Sentences with phrase «molecular weight compounds»

Department researchers are developing new vaccines against these viruses and in identifying small molecular weight compounds for use as antivirals.

Researchers are now trying to screen low molecular weight compounds for developing new anti-viral drugs.

Not exact matches

Using many advanced techniques though, we saw that some very small, low - molecular - weight compounds were working their way into the cell wall.

Thousands of sweet - tasting compounds belonging to more than 150 chemical classes have been discovered, including low - molecular - weight carbohydrates, aminoacyl sugars, amino acids, peptides, proteins, terpenoids, chlorinated hydrocarbons, halogenated sugars, N - sulfonyl amides, sulfamates, polyketides, anilines, and ureas.

Small molecule a low molecular weight (usually less than 500 Daltons) organic compound that can bind to and alter the activity or function of proteins, nucleic acids, or polysaccharides.

First, an enzymatic reaction (epimerization) was observed during the degradation of procyanidin C1, and then, it was registered a reduction in molecular weight as well as a change in the physical properties of the compounds in procyanidin C1 - a process called depolymerization - with the oxidation capacity being affected to a lesser extent.

Fulvic acid consists of naturally occurring low and medium molecular - weight compounds, including oxygenated DBPs and acylated DBPs, which exhibit a number of positive biological inhibitory properties that are hard to obtain from any other source.

And yet, most have been heavily enculturated to focus entirely on the «how much» question, opting to identify the molecular weight (i.e. how many milligrams in a serving) of a particular compound as more important than the qualitative dimensions (e.g. is it organic?