Sentence examples for compounds may act from inspiring English sources
These compounds may act as fluxes, reducing the melting temperature of magma.
These types of compounds may act as neuroprotective and symptomatic drugs for disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
These compounds may act on dual antitumor targets, the tumor-associated CA isozymes (CA IX) and some matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs).
Based on their structure as well as their biological activity, we assume that some of the newly synthesized compounds may act as DNA bisintercalators.
These food compounds may act by: (1) inducing apoptosis in cancer cells; (2) inhibiting neoplastic transformation through the inhibition of AP-1 and/or NF-κB activation; and/or (3) suppressing COX-2 overexpression in cancer cells.
Applied locally these polyphenolic compounds may act as a sunscreen [11].
Azilsartan displayed low cytotoxic effects at 150 μM concentrations in A549 human lung cancer cells but the higher effect measured for the Zn complex suggested that this compound may act as an anticancer agent.
The improved ORR activity and stability could be ascribed to the surface atom arrangement and reasonable surface strain originated from the ordered structure of Pt3Ni2/C nanoparticles relative to the disordered Pt3Ni2/C alloy, forcefully demonstrating that the Pt3Ni2/C intermetallic compound may act as highly efficient ORR electrocatalysts in energy conversion process.
If you study lots of cells, it gives you a better idea how a compound may act in the body".
Given that the R175H mutant is known as a "zinc-binding" mutant because this mutation impairs the protein's ability to bind zinc, it is hypothesized that this compound may act as a zinc metallochaperone by donating zinc to allow this mutant to refold properly.
Thus, it seems likely that in a growing tumour, the endothelial cells will be rapidly dividing to meet the tumour's demand for angiogenesis, and that this class of compound may act as a classic microtubule disruptor, inducing apoptosis in rapidly dividing cells whether they are of tumour or endothelial origin.
