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Chloroform is an organic compound with formula CHCl3. It is one of the four chloromethanes. The colorless sweet-smelling dense liquid is a trihalomethane and is considered hazardous. Several million tons […]

Acetoacetic acid (also called diacetic acid) is the organic compound with the formula CH3COCH2COOH. It is the simplest beta-keto acid group and like other members of this class is unstable. […]

Pyruvic acid (CH3COCOOH) is an organic acid a ketone as well as the simplest of the alpha-keto acids. The carboxylate (COO−) anion of pyruvic acid its Brønsted–Lowry conjugate base CH3COCOO− […]

Lipoic acid (LA) also known as α-lipoic acid and alpha lipoic acid (ALA) and thiotic acid is an organosulfur compound derived from octanoic acid. ALA is made in animals normally […]

In organic chemistry acetyl is a functional group the acyl with chemical formula COCH3. It is sometimes represented by the symbol Ac (not to be confused with the element actinium). […]

Glutathione (GSH) is an important antioxidant in plants animals fungi and some bacteria and archaea preventing damage to important cellular components caused by reactive oxygen species such as free radicals […]

Lipoamide is a trivial name for 68-dithiooctanoic amide. It is 68-dithiooctanoic acid’s functional form where the carboxyl group is attached to protein (or any other amine) by an amide linkage […]

Coenzyme A (CoA CoASH or HSCoA) is a coenzyme notable for its role in the synthesis and oxidation of fatty acids and the oxidation of pyruvate in the citric acid […]

Sodium chloride also known as salt common salt table salt or halite is an ionic compound with the formula NaCl representing equal proportions of sodium and chlorine. Sodium chloride is […]

Polyethylene (abbreviated PE) or polythene (IUPAC name polyethene or poly(methylene)) is the most common plastic. The annual global production is approximately 80 million tonnes. Its primary use is in packaging […]