Sentences with phrase «chemical compounds which»

Since the birth of the Industrial Age, man has developed 100,000's of chemical compounds which are released into the atmosphere on a daily basis.

The most common definition of carbohydrates is chemical compounds which act as the main biological means of storing and consuming energy, the other two compounds being protein and fat.

«We have to realise,» reminds the Potsdam atmospheric physicist, «that chemical compounds which enter the stratosphere always have a global impact.»

To carry out chemical analysis continuously is complex and expensive, and also provides limited data about the chemical compounds which ignores the influence of those excluded in the analysis.

During cooking, a lot of interesting chemical reactions occur which lead to the formation of some other chemical compounds which were neither components of the raw food material nor nutrients in themselves.

During the course of the arrest the man was sprayed with pepper spray, a chemical compound which irritates the eyes to cause tears, pain, and possibly temporary blindness.

«Now we know the very unique target for producing a drug which may help to ameliorate the fragile X syndrome — a chemical compound which will inhibit PAK activity,» Tonegawa says.

The chelating substance / medication attaches to toxic metal ions in the body, forming a chemical compound which is excreted from the body via urine, feces, and perspiration.

As mentioned before, Phentermine is a popular appetite suppressant and is a generic term for the chemical compound which is now used in several appetite suppressants.

It is a chemical compound which is found almost everywhere like in foods, plants, and rocks.

DMSA, also known as succimer, is a chemical compound which attracts and binds to heavy metals in the bloodstream.

ii) Utilization of Chemical weapons of mass destruction means the emission, discharge, dispersal, release or escape of any solid, liquid or gaseous chemical compound which, when suitably distributed, is capable of causing incapacitating disablement or death amongst people or animals (including in connection with Terrorist Activity).

iii) Utilization of Chemical weapons of mass destruction means the emission, discharge, dispersal, release or escape of any solid, liquid or gaseous chemical compound which, when suitably distributed, is capable of causing incapacitating disablement or death amongst people or animals.

Not exact matches

Chao spoke of learning to speak the language of the brain — which he contended was better done with electrical impulses than chemical compounds.

This releases a chemical called a polyphenol oxidase, an enzyme that pulls oxygen from the air and uses it to create compounds called o - quinones, which then link up into long chains (which may include proteins, too) that turn the apple's flesh brown.

All of these scientific hypotheses boil down to first there was an planetary mass covered with water and providing the correct conditions for chemical reactions to create a simple organic compound from which life was formed.

The process of synthesis by which azoic elements have reached their present multiplicity and complexity is an evolution, the same process entirely as the biologist traces in the order of living things, and the synthetic chemical compound embodies in itself a complex relativity capable of being expressed in most exact laws, which reflect the evolutionary emergence of its substance as much as do the organs of an animal explained in terms of evolutionary development.

The coalition of industry associations, of which FPA is a member, sought clarification on the scope of the Conflict Minerals rule with regard to chemical compounds derived from tin, tantalum and tungsten

I hear you cry (or maybe that was just me) it is a chemical compound, the name of which taken from a Sanskrit word meaning «bliss or delight».

The company partners with farmers and botanists to discover these materials rather than focusing on the development of chemical compounds in a laboratory, which Callahan says is how many other firms in the industry operate.

What makes matcha unique though is the green tea leaves spend their last few weeks growing in the shade, which causes them produce more chlorophyll — the chemical compound that gives matcha it's bright vibrant color.

Food are generally composed of chemical and biochemical compounds which may exposed each other or to the certain environmental conditions and resulting in the new food compounds.

If we were going to get rid of the pink slime, which hasn't been proven to be harmful to human health, then why hasnt anyone tried to eliminate plastic and foam packaging that contains compounds that have been proven to be xenobiotics (carcinogens and endocrine disruptors — ceram wrap is really bad in this respect it contain a lot of chemicals that leach in to the food it covers).

Specifically, most disposable diapers on the market today use a chemical compound known as sodium polyacrylate, which is used frequently in gardening, too, to help soil retain water.

The chemical compound toluene, which is found in many brands of nail polish has negative side effects to baby fetuses.

Their site states their Honestly Free Guarantee policy which promises not to use «potentially health - compromising chemicals or compounds» in their products.

It is a source of cannabidiol, a chemical compound used in medical marijuana applications and is also rich in Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids, which gives it numerous health benefits to both humans and animals.

While straight fentanyl is already on the state list as a Schedule II controlled substance, dealers change the chemical compound in labs to make a different analog not subjected to the same criminal penalties, which could sometimes be more potent.

At a meeting last month just outside Boston, chemists and biologists discussed the promise of DNA - encoded chemical libraries (DELs), which rely on the unique talents of DNA to track, select, and even synthesize compounds that bind to enzymes, receptors, and other biological targets.

A study in the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology finds that mercury on the surface of dental fillings slowly turns to an inert sulfide compound, which should keep the mercury from harming the nervous system.

To make the gels sensitive to particular compounds, University of Pittsburgh chemists Sanford Asher and John Holtz equipped the polymer with chemical recognition groups, which are designed to bind to particular molecules.

To do so, he sat down with The Merck Index, a standard reference manual for chemicals, drugs, and other compounds, and turned to the section on the class of hormones to which norbolethone's precursor belonged.

The researchers, who released their findings in the current issue of the Journal of Functional Foods, suggest that cruciferous vegetables — such as broccoli, brussels sprouts and cabbage — contain an organic chemical compound called indole glucosinolates, which breaks down into other compounds, including indolocarbazole — ICZ — in the stomach.

Specifically, the Mount Sinai study was designed to test whether pharmacological compounds designed to block the function of XPO1 / CRM1 could stop disease progression in mouse models that exhibit some of the characteristics of MS. Researchers found that two chemical agents (called KPT - 276 and KPT - 350) prevented XPO1 / CRM1 from shuttling cargo out of the nucleus of nerve cells, which protected them from free radicals and structural damage.

By looking at how the chemicals there react with each other at very high pressures and low temperatures, they were able to predict which compounds are formed in the mantle.

We are next hoping to transfer this model to more complex food systems, such as batters for crêpes or puff pastry, in which dozens of chemical compounds come into play and affect the formation and properties of these networks of rigidity.

For each material, they collected spectra — which are like chemical fingerprints — encoded in the light reflected by the compounds.

The injectable drug was inspired by the digestive system of the Gila monster, which needs to eat only three or four times a year; a chemical compound in the lizard's saliva called exendin - 4 seems to jump - start its pancreas after its multimonth fasts.

But before life arose, nitrogen fixation must have occurred via purely chemical means: That's because amino acids and nucleic acids, which both contain nitrogen, were likely the organic compounds that developed into Earth's first lifeforms.

The ascetic diet of slow starvation eliminated body fat — which tends to decay faster than other types of tissue — and built up chemical compounds toxic to bacteria associated with decomposition.

The agency released data from these test wells in November that confirmed high levels of carcinogenic chemicals such as benzene, and a chemical compound called 2 Butoxyethanol, which is known to be used in fracking.

The dish combined structural compounds such as gellan gum — a polysaccharide produced by bacteria — with flavour chemicals including 2 - methyl — 3 — furanthiol, which gives the taste of chicken, and verbenone and borneol to add a hint of rosemary (see «Roast dinner with a twist «-RRB-.

The scientists, who will work collaboratively with Rothamsted Research, Wageningen University and Radboud University, hope their research will enable the identification of the chemical compounds in human odour to which mosquitoes are attracted and to determine whether infected mosquitoes respond differently to those compounds.

Chemicals firms warn that a black market is growing in these compounds which could delay Europe's switch to less damaging alternatives.

As we created more synthetic chemicals, we exposed ourselves to a wider range of compounds, each of which could potentially cause damage and trigger an allergic reaction.

Itxaso San Román, Luis Bartolomé and Rosa María Alonso allowed the chemical compound to age under normal conditions, without ageing it artificially, which is what happens in other methods, and studied its evaporation speed.

These interactions between nicotine - like chemicals and infection are consistent with our results, in which miniature queen-less colonies had reduced productivity when faced with pathogens plus a potentially poisonous compound.»

This genetic code is embodied in long strings of chemical compounds called nucleotides and is copied onto RNA molecules, which then get shipped to ribosomes, biochemical factories where protein molecules are manufactured.

Using spectral readings from telescopes at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, Hand has found high levels of oxidative chemicals such as sulfate, oxygen, sulfur dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Europa's surface, which are produced as ionizing radiation from Jupiter scours it, splitting apart water molecules and sulfur compounds in the uppermost layers of its ice.

The private institution, which today we call INBio, began negotiations to sell the wealth of our country to companies which wanted to make money off of chemical compounds taken from our land, and then patent the procedure for medical or cosmetic production.»