List of articles in "Chemical Substance" category - Page 1001

Silver sulfide (Ag2S) is the sulfide of silver. This dense black solid constitutes the tarnish that forms over time on silverware and other silver objects. Silver sulfide is insoluble in […]

ENU also known as N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (chemical formula C3H7N3O2) is a highly potent mutagen. For a given gene in mice ENU can induce 1 new mutation in every 700 loci. It […]

5-Bromouracil (or 5-bromo-24(1H3H)-pyrimidinedione or 5-BrU or 5-BU) is a brominated derivative of uracil that acts as an antimetabolite or base analog substituting for thymine in DNA and can induce DNA […]

Potassium permanganate is an inorganic chemical compound with the formula KMnO4. It is a salt consisting of K+ and MnO−4 ions. Formerly known as permanganate of potash or Condy’s crystals […]

Calcium silicate (often referred to by its shortened trade name Cal-Sil or Calsil) is the chemical compound Ca2SiO4 also known as calcium orthosilicate and sometimes formulated 2CaO.SiO2. It is one […]

Copper(II) sulfate also known as cupric sulfate or copper sulphate is the chemical compound with the chemical formula CuSO4. This salt exists as a series of compounds that differ in […]

Inulins are a group of naturally occurring polysaccharides produced by many types of plants industrially most often extracted from chicory. The inulins belong to a class of dietary fibers known […]

Dehydroalanine (or (alpha)-(beta)-di-dehydroalanine) is an uncommon unsaturated amino acid found in peptides of microbial origin.Dehydroalanine (DHA) is also found in food proteins including casein that have been heated and/or treated […]

Nisin is a polycyclic antibacterial peptide with 34 amino acid residues used as a food preservative. It contains the uncommon amino acids lanthionine (Lan) methyllanthionine (MeLan) didehydroalanine (Dha) and didehydroaminobutyric […]

Lanthionine is a nonproteinogenic amino acid with the chemical formula (HOOC-CH(NH2)-CH2-S-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH). As the monosulfide analog of cystine lanthionine is composed of two alanine residues that are crosslinked on their β-carbon […]