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REAGENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chemical agent for use in chemical reactions
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("reagent" is a kind of...):
chemical agent (an agent that produces chemical reactions)
Context examples:
DNCB is also used as a reagent for the detection and determination of pyridine compounds.
(Dinitrochlorobenzene, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The device contains all the reagents necessary to provide a clear result, with very short reaction times (10–60 seconds).
(Scientists design devices to calculate the concentration of potassium in water, of creatinine in urine, or glucose in blood using smartphone technology, University of Granada)
Cysteine Protease Genes encode endopeptidases, inactivated by sulfhydryl reagents, that have a cysteine residue involved in the catalytic process.
(Cysteine Peptidase Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Irritants and reagents for labeling terminal amino acid groups.
(Dinitrofluorobenzene, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
We developed reagents that don’t give any cross result with other diseases and keeps its high precision.
(New blood test to detect Zika approved in Brazil, SciDev.Net)
This agent undergoes a color change as its amide bond is hydrolyzed by beta-lactamase, making it useful as a reagent in beta-lactamase activity studies.
(Nitrocefin, NCI Thesaurus)
A category used for classifying sources of research reagents obtained through academic institutions.
(Non-Commercial Sources, NCI Thesaurus)
The Molecular Imaging Shared Resource develops imaging reagents and methods that can be widely applied, develops imaging instruments, translates imaging methods to human studies, identifies biological pathways and organs for disease-specific change targeting.
(Molecular Imaging Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
Michler's base is used as a chemical intermediate in the manufacture of dyes and for its hydrochloric salt and is also used as an analytical reagent in the determination of lead.
(Michler's Base, NCI Thesaurus)
In addition, this agent acts as a coupling reagent for phosphoramidate or pyrophosphate inter-nucleotide bonds in DNA duplexes.
(Cyanogen Bromide, NCI Thesaurus)
