nitrosonaphthol

N1I1T1R1O1S1O1N1A1P3H4T1H4O1L1

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.

Scrabble 23
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounnitrosonaphthol (countable and uncountable, plural nitrosonaphthols)

plural nitrosonaphthols

  1. countableuncountableAny 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
Cite this entry
APA

nitrosonaphthol. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nitrosonaphthol

MLA

“nitrosonaphthol.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nitrosonaphthol. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nitrosonaphthol,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nitrosonaphthol.

Source: nitrosonaphthol on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.