Sentences with phrase «other precursor chemicals»
The chemicals used in methamphetamine production are highly toxic and can include not only pseudoephenadrine — the main ingredient in meth and active ingredient in decongestants — but also 32 other precursor chemicals.
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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.
Benziodoxaborole is a precursor that presents a chemical building block that is used to create other substances.
PFOA can also be transported via the atmosphere in two ways: bound to other particles which are emitted from industrial facilities, or because its chemical precursors pollute the air and they then degrade into PFOA.
[1] It is a precursor to other chemicals and is biochemically active, inhibiting energy (adenosine triphosphate, ATP) production in cells with mitochondria.
Prebiotics, on the other hand, are certain fiber - rich foods that contain the precursors bacteria need to make the chemicals they release.
The researchers basically amplified and then short - circuited E. coli's internal machinery for producing large fatty - acid molecules, enabling them to convert precursor molecules directly into fuels and other chemicals.