Sentences with phrase «called volatile organic compounds»

You can think of dogs as having two noses — the 300 million olfactory receptors and their Jacobson's organ — and this Synaptic Smelling System (my phrase, trademark pending) allows trained dogs to detect odors called volatile organic compounds.

There are biometric markers called volatile organic compounds that are on the breath of a patient with cancer.

On top of that, new carpets can also off - gas toxic chemicals called volatile organic compounds (VOCs) when you first bring them into your home.

The sensor works by measuring levels of chemicals called volatile organic compounds present in exhaled breath.

Dirty laundry smells bad because of certain chemicals called volatile organic compounds, which can't always be washed out on an eco-friendly 20 ˚C cycle, according to a new study in the Journal of Chromatography A.

Since 2006, he has worked with NOAA's air sampling system that uses glass flasks to collect atmospheric samples from 44 different sites around the world to track the annual increase of ethane and other so - called volatile organic compounds in the air.

The study concerns the most abundant class of carbon - based particles in the atmosphere, so - called volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

Like vehicles and power plants, trees emit airborne chemicals called volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which in the presence of sunlight react with nitrogen oxides in vehicle fumes to form ozone, one of the components in smog that makes it a health threat.

Of course, the more we burn, the more we produce those man - made precursor pollutants, such as nitrous oxides and so - called volatile organic compounds.

Tomato plants produce repellent chemicals called volatile organic compounds in response to herbivore attacks.

A study published in the Archives of Environmental Health in 1999, found that disposable diapers release chemicals called volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene and dipentene.

Not exact matches

Soy oil is generally separated from flaked soybeans — leaving defatted meal that's ground into flour — using a chemical called hexane, one of the volatile organic compounds that constitutes natural gas, crude oil and gasoline.

The presence of these so - called herbivore - induced volatile organic compounds can make the plant less attractive to pollinators, which can reduce pollen deposition and negatively affect individual plants, an effect known as herbivore - induced pollinator limitation.

Among biogenic volatile organic molecules is a class of compounds called monoterpenes, which react with ozone, hydroxyl radicals, nitrogen oxides, and other gases in the atmosphere.

At the Earth's surface, we humans help create ozone, by providing the precursors like nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds, also called VOCs.

After analyzing biomarkers in the breath samples of 60 patients, the scientists found a link between bacterial pneumonia and the presence of certain volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by a pathogen called A. baumannii.

At the Earth's surface, we humans help create ozone, by providing the precursors like nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds, also called VOCs.

Organic aerosols that are directly injected in the atmosphere in the particulate phase are called primary organic aerosols (POA), while those that are created by the oxidation of volatile organic compounds are known as secondary organic aerosols (SOA).