Sentences with phrase «vital chemical structures»

When talking about biological processes, sugar is a general term for dozens of vital chemical structures in our bodies.

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Furthermore, our vital functions depend on our being such structures; we can not walk if our legs are broken or see if our retinas get detached, or continue to live at all if the balance of chemicals in our bodies is badly disturbed.
Hofmann knew that quinine, the only effective treatment for malaria and thus vital to the British Empire, was also an amine, with a chemical structure very similar to that of several coal tar components, including naphtha.
These thin, tubelike structures transmit electrical and chemical signals that are vital for carrying information among different regions of the brain.
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