When talking about biological processes, sugar is a general term for dozens of
vital chemical structures in our bodies.
Not exact matches
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.