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nitrosonaphthol

nitrosonaphthol noun: any of the three isomeric derivatives of naphthalene, C₁₀H₆(NOH)₂, used for colorimetric assays, such as testing for tyrosine, and in the manufacture of dyes.

Noun

nitrosonaphthol (countable and uncountable, plural nitrosonaphthols)

  1. Any of the three isomeric derivatives of naphthalene, C₁₀H₆(NOH)₂, used for colorimetric assays, such as testing for tyrosine, and in the manufacture of dyes.
    • The benzophenoxazinone derivative for tyramine would give a product with the composition C₁₈H₁₆O₂N₂, in agreement with the analysis obtained on the nitrosonaphthol product by Udenfriend and Cooper […]2014, Sidney Udenfriend, Bernard Horecker, Nathan O. Kaplan, Fluorescence Assay in Biology and Medicine, volume 2, page 211

Forms of nitrosonaphthol

pluralnitrosonaphthols

Questions about nitrosonaphthol

What does nitrosonaphthol mean?
Nitrosonaphthol means any of the three isomeric derivatives of naphthalene, C₁₀H₆(NOH)₂, used for colorimetric assays, such as testing for tyrosine, and in the manufacture of dyes.
What part of speech is nitrosonaphthol?
Nitrosonaphthol is a noun.
What is the plural of nitrosonaphthol?
The plural of nitrosonaphthol is nitrosonaphthols.

Words near nitrosonaphthol in the dictionary

  1. nitrosome
  2. nitrosomes
  3. nitrosomonad
  4. nitrosomonads
  5. nitrosomyoglobin
  6. nitrosonaphthol
  7. nitrosonaphthols
  8. nitrosonium
  9. nitrosophenol
  10. nitrosophenols
  11. nitrosoprotein

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