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The chemical compound ammonium nitrate the nitrate of ammonia with the chemical formula NH4NO3 is a white crystalline solid at room temperature and standard pressure. It is commonly used in […]

The organic compound citrulline is an α-amino acid. Its name is derived from citrullus the Latin word for watermelon from which it was first isolated in 1914 by Koga & […]

Ornithine is an amino acid that plays a role in the urea cycle. Ornithine is abnormally accumulated in the body in ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency.

Goethite (FeO(OH)) (/ˈɡɜrtaɪt/ GUR-tite) named after the German polymath and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) an iron bearing hydroxide mineral of the diaspore group is found in soil and […]

5-Methylcytosine is a methylated form of the DNA base cytosine that may be involved in the regulation of gene transcription. When cytosine is methylated the DNA maintains the same sequence […]

Adenosine monophosphate (AMP) also known as 5′-adenylic acid is a nucleotide that is used as a monomer in DNA and RNA. It is an ester of phosphoric acid and the […]

Adenosine diphosphate abbreviated ADP is an important organic compound in metabolism and is essential to the flow of energy in living cells. A molecule of ADP consists of three important […]

Methyl (also systematically named λ3-methane and trihydridocarbon) is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH3 (also written as [CH3]). It is a metastable colourless gas which is mainly produced […]

Thymidine (more precisely called deoxythymidine; can also be labeled deoxyribosylthymine and thymine deoxyriboside) is a chemical compound more precisely a pyrimidine deoxynucleoside. Deoxythymidine is the DNA nucleoside T which pairs […]

Acetaldehyde (systematic name ethanal) is an organic chemical compound with the formula CH3CHO sometimes abbreviated by chemists as MeCHO (Me = methyl). It is one of the most important aldehydes […]