Sentences with phrase «organic compounds found»

The odor in the toy is created from «a synthetic blend of the organic compounds found in a dog's anal glands,» and it, as well as the toy itself, is safe for dogs of any age and size.

organic compounds found in a dog's anal glands,» and it, as well as the toy itself, is safe for dogs of any age and size.

However, the types of organic compounds found in plant matter — dominated by aromatic hydrocarbons - underwent some chemical changes, but remained relatively resistant to impact pressures.

The researchers found that the types of organic compounds found in microbial and algal life — long chain hydrocarbon - dominated matter - were destroyed by the pressures of impact.

However, the types of organic compounds found in plant matter — dominated by aromatic hydrocarbons — underwent some chemical changes, but remained relatively resistant to impact pressures.

(Catechins are among the chief organic compounds found in tea, wine, and some fruits and vegetables.)

Peptides are made up of chains of amino acids — the 20 basic organic compounds found in proteins — but they are about one - tenth the size of proteins.

The organic compounds we find on comets are a start, but more complex molecules could have been created during impact.

They tried AMP, an organic compound found in breast milk and other substances, that is created as cells break down food.

While we can't do anything about the earthiness (it is caused by geosmin — an organic compound found in beets), problematic preparation shouldn't be an excuse.

Malic acid is the organic compound found in tart fruits such as Granny Smith apples, certain grapes, and cranberries.

Anthocyanins, another organic compound found in blueberries, have also been touted as helpful in the fight against Alzheimer's disease.

Histamine is an organic compound found in the body that is most known for its role in the inflammatory response.

Not exact matches

found that organic crops have considerably higher concentrations of antioxidants and other beneficial compounds — about 50 percent more, compared to conventional crops.

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.

Researchers tested the the foam padding in crib mattresses, and found they release significant amounts of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), potentially harmful chemicals also found in household items such as cleaners and scented sprays.

Yet finding more complex organic compounds could be challenging.

We found that the particles seen in our images, which were droplets of ocean only hours earlier, bore evidence of large organic molecules and compounds that indicated hydrothermal activity similar to that observed at deep - sea vents on Earth's seafloor.

Every flake of plastic cup or shard of toothbrush handle is a sponge for persistent organic pollutants (POPs)-- potentially hazardous compounds that do not degrade easily and cling to any hard surface they find.

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.

Evidence for such an origin might be bolstered if scientists find signs of other materials known to be present in comets, like carbon - based compounds called organics.

The researchers reported finding several amino acids, as well as nitrogen - containing organic compounds called amines, on the foil in 2008.

The team traced the molecules found in these air samples to their original sources using databases that show the specific volatile organic compounds released by specific products.

Other guidelines may be found at the relevant society website: for example the American Chemical Society gives standards for the characterization of organic and inorganic molecular compounds.

In doing so, they were able to fill in significant gaps in the inventory of organic compounds in the atmosphere, finding that about a third of them were in the form of previously unmeasured semi-volatile and intermediate - volatility organic compounds (SVOCs and IVOCs).

In the 1950s, chemists at DuPont found that when they added metals such as molybdenum to organic compounds such as ethylene and propene, it caused the reactants to change shape.

When Dumesic and his colleagues added GVL to water along with an organic acid catalyst, they transformed fructose — a sugar found in fruits, veggies, and corn syrup — into an organic compound that is a precursor to FDCA.

Hayes and his colleagues looked at organic compounds from sediments formed between 1.8 billion and 550 million years ago, and found that simple hydrocarbons from the sediments contained more carbon - 13 than more complex organic molecules.

They found that organic compounds, called amino nitriles, the molecular precursors to amino acids, were able to use molecules present in interstellar ice to trigger the formation of the backbone molecule, 2 - deoxy - D - ribose, of DNA.

This taste of carbon is intriguing, but it is a far cry from recent feverish speculation that the rover had found definitive evidence for organic compounds on Mars.

NASA workers, the FBI, FEMA, and the EPA rushed into the area, coordinating with volunteers to mark the finds with yellow plastic tape, and then testing the pieces for toxic volatile organic compounds.

The team found ices and minerals bearing water, iron, complex organic materials, and exotic cyanide compounds not previously seen on other solar - system objects.

Air monitoring by researchers in 2000 found levels of volatile organic compounds — highly reactive ozone precursors such as benzene, known as VOCs — were 10 to 100 times higher than what had previously been estimated.

They also correlated the amount of energy found in the sample to its chemical oxygen demand (COD), a commonly used indirect measurement of dissolved organic compounds.

The team made crystals composed of an organic compound, called azobenzene, commonly used in dye manufacturing, and oleic acid, commonly found in cooking oil.

They have also found components used to make DNA, the molecule that carries the instructions for how to build and regulate a living organism, as well as other biologically important molecules like nitrogen heterocycles, sugar - related organic compounds, and compounds found in modern metabolism.

Finding out how methane and other organic species are formed in deep - sea hydrothermal systems is compelling because these compounds support modern day life, providing energy for microbial communities in the deep biosphere, and because of the potential role of abiotically - formed organic compounds in the origin of life.

The researchers tested a variety of solutions containing the soil bacteria Geobacter sulfurreducens and Thiobacillus denitrificans, which thrive by eating acetate (an organic compound that makes vinegar sour) and nitrate (a negatively - charged molecule of biologically available nitrogen and oxygen), respectively, when they can find a spare electron or two.

One of the Holy Grails in chemical science has been to find the late - stage, site - specific incorporation of a halogen atom into a complex natural product by replacing an sp ³ C - H bond (one of the most inert chemical bonds known in an organic compound) with a C - X bond (X = halogen).

The findings also call into question other suggestions for using titanium dioxide for environmental remediation — for example, to remove odor - causing organic compounds from emissions produced by confined livestock feeding operations.

In the second scenario, Pfister and her colleagues found that sharp reductions in nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds could reduce ozone pollution even as the climate warms.

Intriguingly, radioactive carbon was detected, but then another experiment found no evidence of organic compounds in the soil — there were no alien bodies.

Previous in situ analyses of the Martian terrain have found inconclusive evidence for the existence organic compounds — so far only finding chlorinated organic matter.

«I also find many organic chemists have the same feeling that sugar compounds are difficult to handle, especially when handling them in isolation.»

The near - infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Galileo spacecraft found evidence of the presence of molecules made of oxygen, carbon, sulfur, hydrogen, and nitrogen on Europa, and a hint of the presence of a class of complex organic compounds called tholins which may be driven by pre-biotic processes (more).

Eventually, a stable rocky crust may have developed between Years 0.2 and 0.4 billion (see J. Bret Bennington's discussion of recycled zircons (crystals of zirconium silicate) from the rocks of western Australia in the Hadean Eon and the January 11, 2001 announcement of zircons found north of Perth that appear to be 4.4 billion years old), covered and surrounded by soupy water that was already rich with organic compounds from interstellar space.

NASA Astrobiology Institute — larger and detailed images Ionizing radiation such as ultraviolet light «processes» substances found in the cold molecular clouds of interstellar space such as ices rich in organic compounds into even more complex organic materials.

There have been around 22,000 documented meteorite discoveries on Earth and many have been found to hold organic compounds.

Adapted to their very hot but watery environment, these microbes metabolized hydrogen - rich compounds or dead or live organic materials to derive the energy that sustains anaerobic life, including sulfate - reducing bacteria that produce Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S), fermentative bacteria that produce carbon dioxide and alcohol -LRB-- OH), and methanogenic bacteria — the methanogens found in sewage and mudflats today — that produce methane (CH4) gas as a waste product.

Two meteorites that fell in 1998 were found to contain traces of liquid water and organic compounds vital to life.