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alcohols
- Subject Category
- W Physical and Chemical Sciences
- Definition
- Alkyl compounds containing a hydroxyl group. They are classified according to relation of the carbon atom: primary alcohols, R-CH2OH; secondary alcohols, R2-CHOH; tertiary alcohols, R3-COH.
- Definition Source
- Medical Subject Headings
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/1222.rdf
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/1222
- Broader Term
- organic compounds
- Narrower Term
- allyl alcohol
- amino alcohols
- artemisia alcohol
- benzyl alcohol
- butanol
- chlorohydrins
- enols
- ethanol
- ethylene chlorohydrin
- fatty alcohols
- flavanols
- geraniol
- glycols
- ipsenol
- isoamyl alcohol
- linalool
- methanol
- nerol
- octanol
- octenol
- phenols
- polyols
- polyprenols
- propanols
- resinols
- sinapyl alcohol
- sterols
- zeaxanthin
- Related Term
- alcohol fuels
- alcoholysis
- dealcoholization
- thiols
- triacylglycerols
- Spanish
- alcoholes
- Term Number
- 1222