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Discover Ludwig"parent compound" is a correct and usable term in written English.
It is generally used to refer to a compound from which a related chemical is derived. For example, "The parent compound of the hormone oxytocin is tyrosine."
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parent compound
noun
The simplest member of a class of compounds, from which the others are formally obtained by substituting radicals for hydrogen atoms.
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The parent compound 6 was not a substrate.
These GI50 values were comparable to the parent compound, SHetA2.
Furthermore, the parent compound 4 reveals high antioxidant potential.
Zhang, J. L. et al. Pressure-induced superconductivity in topological parent compound Bi2Te3.
The unsubstituted parent compound shows a more complex redox behavior including a coupled ECE sequence.
The metabolites were more polar than the parent compound.
Furthermore, stereoisomers were normalised to the same parent compound.
Metabolites of sulfadiazine show transformation back to the parent compound [26].
time needed for disappearance of 50%% of the parent compound, disappearance time.
C o is the initial concentration of parent compound at time zero (t0).
Data were expressed as the percentage of unmetabolised parent compound (18F]-PBR111) in the plasma sample.
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