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Definition of Chromanol
1. Noun. (organic compound) any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles formed by ring-closure from substituted quinones; examples with isoprene sidechains are the basis of numerous naturally occurring compounds, such as tocopherol ¹
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Medical Definition of Chromanol
1. 6-Hydroxychroman (6-chromanol) is the fundamental unit of the tocopherols (vitamin E), tocols, and tocotrienols, as well as of ubi-, toco-, and phyllochromanol. See: chroman, chromene, chromenol. Synonym: hydroxychroman. (05 Mar 2000)
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