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AROMATIC HYDROCARBON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hydrocarbon that contains one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of organic compounds
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("aromatic hydrocarbon" is a kind of...):
hydrocarbon (an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aromatic hydrocarbon"):
benzene; benzine; benzol (a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds)
Context examples:
A yellowish aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of five fused rings formed by the incomplete burning of organic matter.
(Dibenz[a,j]acridine, NCI Thesaurus)
A aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of five fused rings formed during the incomplete burning of organic matter.
(Dibenz[a,h]acridine, NCI Thesaurus)
An aromatic hydrocarbon that consists of five fused rings and is formed during the incomplete combustion of organic matter.
(Cyclopenta[cd]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)
A noncarcinogenic and structural analogue of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), phenanthrene labeled with deuterium ([D10]Phe) with potential use in assessing an individual's capacity for PAH metabolism by the diol epoxide pathway.
(Deuterated Phenanthrene, NCI Thesaurus)
A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and metabolite of benzo(a)pyrene with potent cytotoxic and mutagenic properties.
(Benzo[a]pyrene trans-7,8-Dihydrodiol, NCI Thesaurus)
A sulfur-containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) derivate consisting of 3 fused rings with keratolytic activity.
(Dibenzothiophene, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes aryl hydrocarbon receptor protein, plays a role in both the mediation of the biochemical and toxic effects of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons and the regulation of the cell cycle.
(AHR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Anthracene, also called paranaphthalene or green oil, a solid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) consisting of three benzene rings derived from coal-tar, is the simplest tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
(Anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)
Organic molecules made of carbon and hydrogen, called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), are excited by interstellar radiation and become luminescent at wavelengths near 8.0 microns, giving the nebula its reddish features.
('Space Butterfly' Is Home to Hundreds of Baby Stars, NASA)
Attached to the debris, they identified persistent organic pollutants — very stable compounds resistant to chemical and biological degradation — such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
(Microplastic pollution adds to oceans’ problems, scidev.net)
