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ethoxyquin

ethoxyquin noun: a quinoline-based antioxidant used as a food preservative and a pesticide.

Noun

ethoxyquin (uncountable)

  1. A quinoline-based antioxidant used as a food preservative and a pesticide.
    • Ethoxyquin, a synthetic antioxidant, is not generally allowed for human consumption in foods, but it is being added to animal feed and to fruits as an antiscald agent […]2000, Leo M. L. Nollet, Food Analysis by HPLC, Second Edition, page 610

Questions about ethoxyquin

What does ethoxyquin mean?
Ethoxyquin means a quinoline-based antioxidant used as a food preservative and a pesticide.
What part of speech is ethoxyquin?
Ethoxyquin is a noun.

Words near ethoxyquin in the dictionary

  1. ethoxymethyl
  2. ethoxymethylidene
  3. ethoxymethylidenes
  4. ethoxymethyls
  5. ethoxyprecocene
  6. ethoxyquin
  7. ethoxys
  8. ethoxytoluene
  9. ethoxytoluenes
  10. ethoxyzolamide
  11. ethoxzolamide

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