He and his colleagues grew bacteria, ones that eat sulfur compounds known as sulfates and produce another group of compounds known as sulfides as waste.
Its stems contain chemical compounds known as isothiocyanates, which give wasabi its famous sinus-clearing properties.
Many night creams contain compounds known to improve the skin's appearance in measurable ways.
Most prominent worldwide in the new generation of refrigerants are compounds known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
In 1972, Rowland, a chemist at the University of California-Irvine, attended a talk on the compounds known as chlorofluorocarbons.
PVC is made by subjecting vinyl chloride to highly reactive compounds known as free-radical initiators.
Staudinger's first discovery was that of the highly reactive organic compounds known as ketenes.
The process of photosynthesis converts carbon dioxide and water to oxygen and compounds known as carbohydrates.
In 1976, Congress banned a broad range of synthetic compounds known as PCBs.
These plants produce compounds known as cardenolides, which are normally toxic to animals.
Free radicals can be quenched in the body by compounds known as 'antioxidants', which include nutrients such as the mineral selenium.
