Meanings
nounzeaxanthol (uncountable)
- uncountableA 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 4721 more example
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
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