List of articles in "Chemical Substance" category - Page 985

Hydrogen peroxide – urea is a solid composed of equal amounts of hydrogen peroxide and urea. This compound is a white crystalline solid which dissolves in water to give free […]

β-Alanine (or beta-alanine) is a naturally occurring beta amino acid which is an amino acid in which the amino group is at the β-position from the carboxylate group (i.e. two […]

Smithsonite or zinc spar is zinc carbonate (ZnCO3) a mineral ore of zinc. Historically smithsonite was identified with hemimorphite before it was realised that they were two distinct minerals. The […]

Dicofol is an organochlorine pesticide that is chemically related to DDT. Dicofol is a miticide that is very effective against red spider mite.One of the intermediates used in its production […]

Potassium benzoate (E212) the potassium salt of benzoic acid is a food preservative that inhibits the growth of mold yeast and some bacteria. It works best in low-pH products below […]

AP5 or APV ((2R)-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid; (2R)-amino-5-phosphonopentanoate) is a selective NMDA receptor antagonist that competitively inhibits the ligand (glutamate) binding site of NMDA receptors.AP5 blocks the cellular analog of classical conditioning […]

para-Azoxyanisole (PAA) is an organic aromatic compound. In a solid state it appears as a white powder but when heated it forms a liquid crystal. As one of the first […]

Zinc pyrithione is a coordination complex of zinc. It has fungistatic (that is it inhibits the division of fungal cells) and bacteriostatic (inhibits bacterial cell division) properties and is used […]

Tannic acid is a specific commercial form of tannin a type of polyphenol. Its weak acidity (pKa around 10) is due to the numerous phenol groups in the structure.

Dimethoxybromoamphetamine (DOB) also known as Brolamfetamine and Bromo-DMA is a psychedelic drug and substituted amphetamine of the phenethylamine class of compounds. DOB was first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin in 1967. […]