Sentences with phrase «compound is toxic to»

Organganophosphates: This compound is toxic to both dogs and cats; however, cats are especially sensitive.

This compound is toxic to both dogs and cats; however, cats are especially sensitive.

Research continues to show the ways in which neonicotinoids, the most widely used group of insecticides in the world, are having devastating effects on pollinator species, and new research reveals that some of these compounds are toxic to monarch caterpillars.

Dr. Keller, who sees exotic pets at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana, advises bird owners to learn which compounds are toxic to birds and make sure their birds are not exposed.

Not exact matches

SUPERIOR, Wis. — The mayors of the Lake Superior twin port cities near last week's oil refinery explosion and fire are calling on its owners to stop using a toxic chemical compound at the site.

It is a family of compounds comprised of more than 100 chemicals, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and many are released into the atmosphere by forest fires, volcano eruptions and automobile emissions.

SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP)-- The mayors of the Lake Superior twin port cities near last week's oil refinery explosion and fire are calling on its owners to stop using a toxic chemical compound at the site.

Even scarier: When exposed to heat (like when it's baked into cookies or cupcakes), the chemical compounds in sucralose may experience a toxic breakdown.

According to the World Health organization1 dioxins are a group of compounds that are highly toxic and persistent pollutants.

According to the study, most of the highly toxic benzene and toluene in the oil were transported away in deep currents, along with other entrapped petroleum compounds that affected organisms on and near the sea floor.

Many of these compounds are thought to be toxic to humans: a recent study has shown very strong evidence that one, PFOA, retards human fetal growth.

Voluntary efforts by manufacturers are beginning to eliminate some of the most toxic compounds in e-waste

Incorporation of CNTs enhanced electron flow associated with photosynthesis by 49 % in extracted chloroplasts and by 30 % in leaves of living plants, and incorporation of cerium oxide nanoparticles (nanoceria) into extracted chloroplasts significantly reduced concentrations of superoxide, a compound that is toxic to plants.

«This may be an adaptation in order to avoid intake of bitter - tasting, toxic compounds,» says Marijke Faas of the University Medical Centre in Groningen, the Netherlands, and lead author of the Chemosensory Perception paper.

To tackle lifelong diseases where patients are missing a key protein, such as an enzyme that removes toxic compounds from the body, mRNA drugs will likely have to be delivered intravenously for decadeTo tackle lifelong diseases where patients are missing a key protein, such as an enzyme that removes toxic compounds from the body, mRNA drugs will likely have to be delivered intravenously for decadeto be delivered intravenously for decades.

While these compounds did not reduce the amount of protein aggregates, they were found to reduce the protein's toxicity and to increase the stability of amyloid fibrils — a finding that lends further evidence to the theory that smaller assemblies of amyloid - beta known as oligomers, and not the fibrils themselves, are the toxic agents responsible for Alzheimer's symptoms.

In the past, researchers have examined herbal medicines by running assays for toxic compounds and using DNA tests to determine whether a specific plant or animal is present.

Nicolaou and his colleagues achieved the total synthesis of several of the natural products and related substances in the past, but those compounds proved too toxic to be used as anti-cancer drugs, he said.

The airborne compounds — cyclic siloxanes — are traveling to places as far as the Arctic, and can be toxic to aquatic life.

The tawny crazy ant (above) covers itself in its own venom to neutralize toxic compounds after being attacked by fire ants (below).

Previous lab studies found the compound toxic to certain species — small rainbow trout and water fleas — at concentrations that are expected in the environment.

One possibility for how that happens, says Hekimi, is that slow cellular metabolism delays the normal buildup of metabolic byproducts, such as reactive compounds known as free radicals, that are toxic to cells.

Toxic lead - and mercury - based compounds were once pervasive in Asia and Europe to add color to tea and cayenne and curry powders.

Some of these changes can lead to the formation of new compounds that are potentially toxic.

«Organic - conjugated polymers are emerging as a materials class for energy - related applications, enabling a path to a more sustainable energy landscape without the need of energy - intensive, expensive and sometimes toxic metal - based compounds,» the researchers wrote, concluding that «a model polymer, P (NDI2OD - T2), was stably and reversibly n - doped to a high doping level of 2.0, a significant progress for electron - transporting π - conjugated polymers.

Chlorophagy is likely to be important in suppressing the production of toxic compounds and enabling survival under light stress,» explains Izumi.

An abnormal protein, left, is intercepted by the UW's compound that can bind to the toxic protein and neutralize it, as shown at right.

An international study published in Nature Biotechnology presents the combined results of a 2013 DREAM Challenge: a crowd - sourcing initiative to test how well the effects of a toxic compound can be predicted in different people.

Participants were challenged to develop algorithms that could predict toxic response in different individuals and across populations, all based on the structural attributes of the compounds.

If we could use computers to predict whether a compound would have a toxic effect on people, chemical safety testing would be a lot simpler.

However, it turned out that the new compound, which the group named teixobactin, was not toxic to human cells in a dish.

One of the hurdles they faced was to safely fabricate the phosphor using a compound containing fluoride, which is itself a toxic, corrosive and potentially dangerous chemical to handle.

Abcb4 can repel a multitude of different chemical compounds, as a result of which the embryo is resistant to a multitude of toxic substances.

In most reported cases, vultures are the incidental victims of attempts by farmers to kill lions or hyenas by lacing carcasses with pesticides and other toxic compounds.

«Further tests conducted at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience demonstrated that this compound was more toxic to cancer cell lines than other compounds found in sea slugs.»

In test - tube experiments, WS cells are much more susceptible than normal to harm from a compound that is toxic to DNA.

«They do not emit any of those toxic compounds,» says Xu, «but are forced to shoulder the burden of their impact.»

«The theory being that there are a lot of varyingly toxic bitter compounds we have to know how to distinguish between, but everything sweet can be lumped together as good.»

But to scientists» surprise, plumes of oil extending several kilometers were floating roughly 1,000 meters beneath the surface, where the toxic compounds are literally washing off the oil and contaminating the water.

Equally as important, he notes, the technology can be used for detection of other types of toxic compounds in both liquids and gases, lending itself to anti-terrorism applications, among other uses.

Even crops whose genes are modified and shuffled by conventional breeding can turn out to have harmful effects, such as heightened levels of naturally occurring toxic compounds.

Many herbivores are known to store their host plant's toxic compounds in specialized compartments of their body, a process which is called sequestration.

They were especially interested in a compound named lyciumoside IV which contains three sugar molecules and is toxic to larvae of the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta.

While thousands of agents based on camptothecin have been synthesized, and two of these analogs — irinotecan and topotecan — have been approved for treatment of many solid - tumor cancers, these compounds typically are highly toxic to healthy cells, and not all of them have proven effective as anticancer agents.

Most distressingly for people, toxic compounds such as PBDEs that are associated with plastic transfer to and bioaccumulate in fish tissues.

Microbes capable of removing toxic compounds from their environment are potentially beneficial for bioremediation, the use of bacteria to clean up contaminated environments.

For instance in Mahonia or Oregon grape — it's a plant from the Pacific Northwest — there is one compound called hydnocarpin that will kill [a] certain type of bacteria, but the bacteria develops a resistance where it evolves this pump to remove the hydnocarpinfrom its cells and it's no longer toxic; and then it turns out that the Oregon grape also has this other compound called berberine which stops that pump from working, so it's only in combination [that] these two compounds in that plant will actually still kill the bacteria.

The compound was later found to be toxic, however, and the experiment was never repeated.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a widely distributed group of marine bacteria that produce compounds nearly identical to toxic man - made fire r...

The radiation triggers a shower of reactive oxygen compounds which are toxic to all sorts of parts of the cell: «Proteins, lipids, they chew up any biological molecule,» Lin said.