Definition of "polyene" []

• An organic compound containing many double bonds. (noun)

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• "Kuhn was fascinated by the unusual structural symmetry of the carbon bonds that form the molecular backbone of polyene pigments."
• "Carotene was only the most highly visible of Kuhn's polyene studies."
• "Ironically, in 1930, when impurities were hampering Kuhn's structural and functional work on polyene pigments, it was"