major constituent

  • 101nitrogen — n. a gaseous element and a major constituent of air (79 per cent). Nitrogen is an essential constituent of proteins and nucleic acids and is obtained by animals in the form of protein containing foods (atmospheric nitrogen cannot be utilized… …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 102Cellulose — is an organic compound with the formula chem|(C|6|H|10|O|5|)|n, a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to over ten thousand β(1→4) linked D glucose units.cite book author=Crawford, R. L. title=Lignin biodegradation and… …

    Wikipedia

  • 103Wolfberry — For other uses, see Wolfberry (disambiguation). Wolfberry Lycium barbarum fruits Scientific classification Kingdom …

    Wikipedia

  • 104Phosphatidic acid — Chembox new ImageFile = Phosphatidate2.png ImageSize = IUPACName = OtherNames = 1,2 Diacylglycerol 3 phosphate, phosphatidic acid Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = PubChem = 5460104 SMILES = MeSHName = Phosphatidic+Acids Section2 = Chembox… …

    Wikipedia

  • 105Arman — Infobox Artist bgcolour = name = Armand Pierre Arman imagesize = 200px caption = Portrait of Arman by Lothar Wolleh, 1963. birthname = Armand Pierre Fernandez birthdate = Birth date|1928|11|17 location = Nice, France deathdate = Death… …

    Wikipedia

  • 106Nuapada district — This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Nuapada. Nuapada   district   …

    Wikipedia

  • 107Exploration of Mercury — The exploration of Mercury has taken only a minor role in the space interests of the world. It is the least explored inner planet.JHU/APL (2006). [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/ MESSENGER: MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and… …

    Wikipedia

  • 108Paper battery — A paper battery is a battery engineered to use a paper thin sheet of cellulose (which is the major constituent of regular paper, among other things) infused with aligned carbon nanotubes. [cite news | url = http://www.eurekalert.org/pub… …

    Wikipedia

  • 109ACTA1 — Actin, alpha 1, skeletal muscle, also known as ACTA1, is a human gene. PBB Summary section title = summary text = Actin alpha 1 which is expressed in skeletal muscle is one of six different actin isoforms which have been identified. Actins are… …

    Wikipedia

  • 110candy — candylike, adj. /kan dee/, n., pl. candies, v., candied, candying. n. 1. any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc. 2. a single piece of such a confection. 3. Slang. cocaine. v.t …

    Universalium