Sentence examples for disulphide from inspiring English sources

This can happen when sulphur atoms sprinkled around the protein pull together the bits of the molecule where they happen to reside to form a so-called disulphide bond.

They achieve this by reacting with chemical structures known as sulph-hydryl groups, which are instrumental in forming disulphide bonds.Most intriguingly, perhaps, silver seems to enable certain antibiotics to kill bacteria that have developed resistance to them.

He and his colleagues have discovered many non-carbon tubes made of materials such as tungsten disulphide and molybdenum disulphide.

Albert Stolow of the Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, Ottawa, and his colleagues did this to a carbon disulphide molecule, observing its dynamics in a photochemical reaction.

On the assumption that insulin chains are held together by disulphide linkages, Sanger oxidized the chains and separated two fractions.

Two problems remained: the distribution of the amide groups and the location of the disulphide linkages.

One deterrent is a drug called Antabuse, or, as it is known to chemistry, tetraethylthiuram disulphide.

They soon discovered that the victims all were workers who handled tetraethylthiuram disulphide, & investigation showed that chemical to be the cause of the trouble.

If done properly the technique cleans the fuel but leaves a highly toxic waste "slop" of caustic soda that is contaminated with harmful sulphur compounds, including hydrogen sulphide, organic disulphides and volatile compounds called mercaptans.

The slop contains a variety of disulphides, which cause severe irritation to the eyes and are extremely dangerous to inhale.