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Quinolines vs Quinolone - What's the difference?

quinolines | quinolone |

As nouns the difference between quinolines and quinolone

is that quinolines is while quinolone is (organic compound) any of several isomeric ketones derived from quinoline.

quinolines

English

Noun

(head)

    • quinolone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of several isomeric ketones derived from quinoline.
  • (medicine) Any of a range of broad-spectrum antibiotics, related to nalidixic acid, based on this structure.

    • Related terms

    * fluoroquinolone

    External links

    * ("quinolone" on Wikipedia)