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  • noun Plural form of amine.

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Examples

  • The Wolverine Power project would test organic compounds known as amines, which separate carbon dioxide from other gases given off when coal is burned.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • These include the nitrogen-containing molecules called amines, which tend to smell of ammonia, rotting meat and corpses: "very stinky", says Rosenberg.

    New Scientist - Online News 2009

  • The Wolverine Power project would test organic compounds known as amines, which separate carbon dioxide from other gases given off when coal is burned.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • When it was realized a few years later that others in the class were not "amines," but a word was still needed, it was shortened to "vitamin."

    The Nobel Prize and the Discovery of Vitamins 2004

  • Adding a basic mate - that the facility's five cooling towers had accumu­ rial, such as amines to the steam will neutralize lated a significant amount of dirt an biological the acid as the steam condenses, keeping the pH growth.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Then, it can react with almost all end groups found in biological molecules such as amines, amides, hydroxyls, sufhydryls, reactive hydrogen atoms from aromatic amino acids, etc; the aldehyde combination result in the attachment of various hydroximethyl adducts at the original end groups Schematic view of formaldehyde fixation stages.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2008

  • Then, it can react with almost all end groups found in biological molecules such as amines, amides, hydroxyls, sufhydryls, reactive hydrogen atoms from aromatic amino acids, etc; the aldehyde combination result in the attachment of various hydroximethyl adducts at the original end groups Schematic view of formaldehyde fixation stages.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2008

  • For example, Hoveyda explains, olefin metathesis can be difficult to use on compounds that contain sterically hindered alkenes and certain functional groups, such as amines and carbonyls.

    Chemical & Engineering News: Latest News 2008

  • Then, it can react with almost all end groups found in biological molecules such as amines, amides, hydroxyls, sufhydryls, reactive hydrogen atoms from aromatic amino acids, etc; the aldehyde combination result in the attachment of various hydroximethyl adducts at the original end groups Schematic view of formaldehyde fixation stages.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2008

  • Some cancers are caused by heterocyclic amines, DNA-damaging chemicals found in cooked meat and fish.

    Food and Drink 2009

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