Sentence examples for produce compounds from inspiring English sources

An ever-growing reliance on imported produce compounds the challenge.

But this tends to produce compounds that are very similar to each other.

These plants produce compounds known as cardenolides, which are normally toxic to animals.

One hypothesis is that the antioxidants in fresh produce — compounds like beta carotene, lycopene, vitamin E, etc. — are the X factor.

Laboratory reactions often produce compounds in a mix of mirror-image forms that react differently in the body.

Many insects also produce compounds that volatilize in contact with air and are effective repellents for potential predators.

The reactions are also used to produce compounds used in fungicides, sunscreen and organic light-emitting diodes.

Over the past decade or more, however, some pharmacies have morphed into miniature drug companies that compete with big pharmaceutical firms and produce compounds that essentially mirror drugs already on the market.

Proposing that all the atoms of a given element have the same fixed mass, he concluded that elements react in definite proportions to form compounds because their constituent atoms react in definite proportion to produce compounds.

"Scientists may be able to produce compounds that can mimic the fixative properties of ambergris, but the odor of the ambergris is itself indescribable, let alone replicable," he said.

Many beetles also produce defensive compounds, and some stick insects and a few grasshoppers produce compounds in a spray that can be ejected a distance of 40 cm (16 inches).