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Quinone vs Xylindein - What's the difference?

quinone | xylindein |

As nouns the difference between quinone and xylindein

is that quinone is (organic compound) any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring while xylindein is a quinone pigment, a dimeric naphthoquinone derivative, responsible for the characteristic bluish-green stain of wood infected by the chlorociboria aeruginascens mushroom.

quinone

English

(wikipedia quinone)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.

    • Derived terms

    * benzoquinone * dioxyquinone * hydroquinone * ventiloquinone, isoventiloquinone

    xylindein

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A quinone pigment, a dimeric naphthoquinone derivative, responsible for the characteristic bluish-green stain of wood infected by the Chlorociboria aeruginascens mushroom.