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Guanine /ˈɡwɑːnɨn/ (G Gua) is one of the four main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA the others being adenine cytosine and thymine (uracil in RNA). In […]

Guanosine is a purine nucleoside comprising guanine attached to a ribose (ribofuranose) ring via a β-N9-glycosidic bond. Guanosine can be phosphorylated to become guanosine monophosphate (GMP) cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) […]

Graphite /ˈɡræfaɪt/ is an allotrope of carbon. It was named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1789 from the Ancient Greek γράφω (graphō) to draw/write for its use in pencils where […]

Glycine (abbreviated as Gly or G) is an organic compound with the formula NH2CH2COOH. Having a hydrogen substituent as its side-chain glycine is the smallest of the 20 amino acids […]

Ethanol /ˈɛθənɒl/ also called ethyl alcohol /ˈɛθɪl/ pure alcohol beverage alcohol or drinking alcohol is a volatile flammable colorless liquid with the structural formula CH3CH2OH often abbreviated as C2H5OH or […]

Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Beryl has a hardness of 7.5–8 on the […]

Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon with the formula C2H4 or H2C=CH2. It is a colorless flammable gas with a faint sweet and musky odor when pure. It is […]

DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) is a colorless crystalline tasteless and almost odorless organochloride known for its insecticidal properties.

In mineralogy diamond (from the ancient Greek αδάμας – adámas unbreakable) is a metastable allotrope of carbon where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic […]

RDX an initialism for Research Department Explosive is an explosive nitroamine widely used in military and industrial applications. It was developed as an explosive which was more powerful than TNT […]