Sentences with phrase «synthetic compound used»

BPA has received a lot of attention lately as one potential endocrine disruptor, but even if it is labeled «BPA - free,» there could still be other synthetic compounds used for lining and preservation.

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These include antibacterials, commercial waterproofers, nanoparticles used as waterproofing or antibacterial agents, polyurethane, synthetic latex, vinyl, and antimony, phosphate and nitrogen compounds (flame retardants).

A synthetic family of surfactants, this group of compounds is used to neutralize acids in products to make them non-irritating.

Therefore, having these compounds in you child's diet is recommended and, as you can imagine, formula manufacturers have used these studies promote the benefits of using synthetic DHA and ARA to boost infant brain development.

An outright ban on synthetic dyes is unlikely, though the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest just petitioned the FDA to outlaw caramel colorings that use ammonium compounds, and in 2008 asked it to revoke approval for several synthetic food dyes.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. today announced that he has asked the Oneida County Board of Legislators to adopt a countywide local law banning the synthetic drugs that are used in chemical compounds referred to as «bath salts.»

HAPPY TREE Doctors use synthetic versions of a compound derived from a rare tree — Camptotheca acuminata, used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine — to treat cancer.

There are more than 30 kinds of anabolic - androgenic steroids — the infamous» roids used and abused to promote muscle growth — but they are all synthetic compounds mimicking testosterone's chemical structure.

Intrigued, Vezzosi tried out the recipes and ended up with a compound resembling Bakelite, one of the first synthetic polymers, which was widely used in the early 1900s.

The study findings, published online in PLOS Biology, describe how two UT Southwestern research teams created a synthetic compound that blocks a bacterial pump used to expel antibiotics.

The new study shows that the synthetic compound is capable of inhibiting the activities of several DNA - processing enzymes, including the «integrase» used by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to insert its genome into that of its host cell.

The use of novel psychoactive substances — synthetic compounds with stimulant or hallucinogenic effects — is on the rise.

In this latest research, Mohan and his colleagues present new findings that detail the use of a synthetic, plant - derived compound — abbreviated CDDO — that was shown to effectively suppress the multiple steps of lupus development in murine models, including the onset of kidney disease.

Two synthetic cannabinoids — compounds that act on specific receptors in the brain — have been approved for medical use in the U.S., both of which mimic a form of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the compound responsible for the «high» of recreational cannabis use.

«This is achieved by using synthetic molecular compounds that react specifically to light as switches for natural receptors,» he says.

Medicines derived from plants were widely used as remedies in Brazil until the end of World War II, when these were progressively replaced by synthetic compounds.

A combination of genetic modification and synthetic drug development was used to create the new compound, which so far has only been developed in laboratory, not commercial quantities.

That concern is one reason the research team, led by Christina Smolke, a synthetic biologist at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, stopped short of making a yeast strain with the complete morphine pathway; medicinal drug makers also primarily use thebaine to make new compounds.

Solt notes that the study strongly suggests that Th17 cells have a pathological role in the development of type 1 diabetes and use of ROR - specific synthetic compounds targeting this cell type may have potential as a preventative therapy for type 1 diabetes.

This knowledge is used to engineer synthetic compounds to stimulate cell destruction in cancer cells, or delay cell destruction in neurodegenerative diseases and stroke.

This synthetic method avoids the use of toxic metals, hazardous chloride reagents, and moisture sensitive chloride intermediates for the synthesis of biologically important mixed phosphonate compounds.

Avoid fragrances that use synthetic and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that plug in, get thrown in the dryer, or are sprayed in the bathroom.

Some brands claim to use naturally derived nutrients for fortification, while others openly use synthetic compounds.

Prior research had developed a number of new compounds making use of a novel drug discovery paradigm which begins with natural products extracted from plants; it then entails selecting synthetic derivatives which demonstrate efficacy in multiple assays testing protection against different factors of the nerve cell damage and death which take place in brain injuries and in age - associated neurodegenerative conditions.

By using the phrase, «Compounding pharmacies use chemically synthesized hormones», the author is again confusing the reader with the difference between synthetic hormones and bioidentical hormones.

Synthetic xenoestrogens imitate oestrogen and are widely used industrial chemical compounds such as pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, plastics, and preservatives in cosmetics (e.g. parabens).

Inert, synthetic compounds generally used to improve make product glide smoothly over the skin.

The acronym BPA stands for bisphenol A. BPA is a synthetic chemical compounded for commercial use in the mid-1950's.

There are synthetic hormones in the foods we eat, pesticides in our air and water, and estrogen - like compounds in many of the products we use every day.

A similar composite material is used for the tailpipes on the exhaust system — the compound of ceramic powder and synthetic resin makes this carbon material extremely heat resistant.

The two 2011 A3 TDI models were using RenDiesel, a synthetic fuel that's made from organic compounds and green waste that are most commonly found in landfills.

Metronidazole is a synthetic nitroimidazole compound used in small animal practice for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, gastritis associated with helicobacter, giardiasis and empirical treatment of diarrhea.

The addition of bronze to de Jong's sculptural language represents an engagement with mortality, monumentality and world history that is more nuanced and less visceral than the use of modern synthetic compounds that defined the first 15 years of the artist's practice.

Interested in industrial mass - production, Nawa often works with synthetic compounds, using them to mediate between ideas of the real and the virtual, perception and illusion.

Both Rosenkranz and Yi use synthetic replicas instead of organic scents, relying on scientist collaborators to determine the molecular compounds that will best imitate their scent referents.

About 2,600 chemicals are commonly used in perfume; 95 % of chemicals used in perfumes and as fragrances in cosmetics are synthetic compounds derived from petroleum.

CFC (1,1,2 - Trichloro -1,2,2-trifluoroethane), a synthetic compound that destructs the ozone layer, has been used as a material in shoe soles.

An EPA study of chemicals in septic tanks found toluene, methylene chloride, benzene, chloroform, and other volatile synthetic organic compounds related to home chemical use, many of them cancer - causing.

Coal is an abundant natural resource that can be used as a source of energy, as a chemical feedstock from which numerous synthetic compounds (e.g., dyes, oils, waxes, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides) can be derived, and in the production of coke for metallurgical processes.

DEF Company, Sometown, MN Chemical manufacturer serving the energy sector Research Technician, 9/12 to 2/14 Research Apprentice, 6/12 to 9/12 Gained experience in the preparation of inorganic compounds using high - temperature, high - pressure and other synthetic techniques.