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zeaxanthol

zeaxanthol noun: a carotenol, dihydroxy-β-carotene.

Noun

zeaxanthol (uncountable)

  1. A carotenol, dihydroxy-β-carotene.
    • […] almost a dozen other carotenols are regularly found in green leaves. One of these is zeaxanthol (dihydroxy-β-carotene), which is an isomer of luteol.1945, Eugene Rabinowitch, Photosynthesis and Related Processes, volume 1, page 472
    • Luteol is by far the most abundant carotenol is leaves ^([sic]) other leaf xanthophylls include zeaxanthol, violaxanthol, cryptoxanthol, flavoxanthol, and neoxanthin.2004, Shubhrata R. Mishra, Photosynthesis in Plants, page 123

Questions about zeaxanthol

What does zeaxanthol mean?
Zeaxanthol means a carotenol, dihydroxy-β-carotene.
What part of speech is zeaxanthol?
Zeaxanthol is a noun.

Words near zeaxanthol in the dictionary

  1. zeatins
  2. zeawant
  3. zeaxanthin
  4. zeaxanthine
  5. zeaxanthins
  6. zeaxanthol
  7. Zeb
  8. Zebadiah
  9. Zebak
  10. Zeballos
  11. zebavidin

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