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mercaptoethanols

mercaptoethanols is the plural of mercaptoethanol.

Meaning of mercaptoethanol

Noun

mercaptoethanol (plural mercaptoethanols)

  1. A compound of ethanol with a thiol group, often specifically 2-mercaptoethanol, which is used in various organic chemistry applications including protein denaturation

Questions about mercaptoethanols

What is mercaptoethanols the plural of?
Mercaptoethanols is the plural of mercaptoethanol.

Words near mercaptoethanols in the dictionary

  1. mercaptocarboxylic acid
  2. mercaptocarboxylic acids
  3. mercaptodimethur
  4. mercaptoethane
  5. mercaptoethanol
  6. mercaptoethanols
  7. mercaptoethylamine
  8. mercaptoglycerol
  9. mercaptoguanine
  10. mercaptoguanosine
  11. mercaptohistidine

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