Associations to the word «Ketone»

Wiktionary

KETONE, noun. (organic chemistry) A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.
KETONE BODY, noun. (biochemistry) Any of several compounds that are intermediates in the metabolism of fatty acids; principally acetoacetate and acetone (together with hydroxybutyrate which is not a ketone)

Dictionary definition

KETONE, noun. Any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals.

Wise words

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