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  • 101HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors — a group of drugs that competitively inhibit the enzyme hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA reductase, which catalyzes the rate limiting step in cholesterol biosynthesis; used to lower plasma lipoprotein levels in treatment of hyperlipoproteinemia. Called… …

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  • 102isocitrate dehydrogenase (NAD+) — iso·ci·trate de·hy·dro·gen·ase (NAD+) (i″so sĭґtrāt de hiґdrə jən ās) [EC 1.1.1.41] a mitochondrial enzyme that catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate to form α ketoglutarate, using NAD+ as an… …

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  • 103ACC synthase — Abbreviation for 1 aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylase The enzyme catalyses the rate limiting step in the ethylene biosynthetic pathway, and is particularly significant in the fruit ripening process. Plants typically carry a number of distinct ACC… …

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  • 104electrochemical reaction — ▪ chemistry Introduction       any process either caused or accompanied by the passage of an electric current and involving in most cases the transfer of electrons between two substances one a solid and the other a liquid.       Under ordinary… …

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  • 105Enzyme kinetics — is the study of the chemical reactions that are catalysed by enzymes, with a focus on their reaction rates. The study of an enzyme s kinetics reveals the catalytic mechanism of this enzyme, its role in metabolism, how its activity is controlled,… …

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  • 106Anti-spam techniques — To prevent e mail spam (aka unsolicited bulk email), both end users and administrators of e mail systems use various anti spam techniques. Some of these techniques have been embedded in products, services and software to ease the burden on users… …

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  • 107Catalysis — Catalyst redirects here. For other uses, see Catalyst (disambiguation). Solid heterogeneous catalysts such as in automobile catalytic converters are plated on structures designed to maximize their surface area …

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  • 108RuBisCO — Ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, most commonly known by the shorter name RuBisCO [The term Rubisco was, in 1979, coined humorously by David Eisenberg at a seminar honouring the retirement of the early, prominent rubisco researcher …

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  • 109Elimination reaction — An elimination reaction is a type of organic reaction in which two substituents are removed from a molecule in either a one or two step mechanism [JerryMarch] . Either the unsaturation of the molecule increases (as in most organic elimination… …

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  • 110Chlorophyllase — Identifiers EC number 3.1.1.14 CAS number 9025 96 1 …

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