carbinol
AmericanEtymology
Origin of carbinol
1860–70; < German Karbinol, equivalent to Karbin methyl ( karb- carb- + -in -in 2 ) + -ol -ol 1
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Orceyre highlights the fact that the green contains indole-3- carbinol, a nutrient that seems to play a role in how estrogen is metabolized in the body and may play a protective role against breast cancer.
From Washington Post
Scientists believe about a cup of broccoli every other day could contain enough indole carbinol to prevent the growths.
From Time Magazine Archive
This member of the cabbage family is rich in a little-known substance called indole carbinol, which breaks down estrogen, a hormone that seems to promote the development of certain breast tumors.
From Time Magazine Archive
The thermal effects increase as one passes from primary to tertiary alcohols, the values deduced from propyl and isopropyl alcohols and trimethyl carbinol being:—primary = 45.08, secondary = 50.39, tertiary = 60.98.
From Project Gutenberg
It is a liquid, smelling like fusel oil and boiling at 108.4� C. Methyl ethyl carbinol, CH3�C2H5�CHOH, is the secondary alcohol derived from n-butane.
From Project Gutenberg
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