Medical Definition of Mercaptol

1. A substance derived from a ketone by the replacement of the bivalent oxygen by two thioalkyl (-SR) groups. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercaptol

mercaptals
mercaptan
mercaptans
mercaptide
mercaptides
mercapto
mercapto-
mercaptoacetic acid
mercaptoalkyl
mercaptoalkyls
mercaptobenzoic
mercaptobenzoic acid
mercaptodimethur
mercaptoethanol
mercaptoethanols
mercaptol (current term)
mercaptolactate-cysteine disulfiduria
mercaptole
mercaptoles
mercaptomerin sodium
mercaptopropionic
mercaptopropionic acid
mercaptopropionylglycine
mercaptopurine
mercaptopurines
mercaptothion
mercaptoundecanoic
mercaptoundecanoic acid
mercapturic acid
mercapturic acid pathway

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