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• Erythromycin
  ...ructure, this macrocyclic compound contains a 14-membered [[lactone]] ring with ten asymmetric centers and two sugars (<small>L</small>-[[cladinose]] and < ...]] ([[Cambridge, MA]]) [[Robert Burns Woodward|Robert B. Woodward]], along with a large number of members from his research group, posthumously reported th
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• Omeprazole
  ...ht= Santarus Receives FDA Approval for Immediate-Release Omeprazole Tablet with Dual Buffers].</ref><ref>[http://www.merck.com/newsroom/news-release-archiv ...tions of the stomach, both are converted to achiral products, which reacts with a cysteine group in [[Hydrogen potassium ATPase|H⁺/K<sup>+</sup
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• Dopamine
  ...ous system]]. To increase the amount of dopamine in the brains of patients with diseases such as [[Parkinson's disease]] and dopa-responsive [[dystonia]], ...Trends in Pharmacological Sciences'', Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 January 2001, Pages 46-47.</ref> Carlsson was awarded the 2000 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or M
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• Glucose
  ...journal = J. Chem. Thermodynam. | year = 1991 | volume = 23 | issue = 5 | pages = 403–9 | doi = 10.1016/S0021-9614(05)80128-4}}.</ref> ...light to the right (in Latin: [[dexter]] = "right" ). This article deals with <small>D</small>-glucose. The mirror-image of the molecule, [[L-Glucose|<sm
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• Morphine
  ...ast1=Ramoutsaki|first1=I|journal=International Congress Series|volume=1242|pages=43}}</ref> Around 1522, [[Paracelsus]] made reference to an opium-based eli ...any in 1827 by the pharmacy which became the pharmaceutical compary Merck, with morphine sales being a large part of their early growth. <ref>[[Opium]]</re
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• Castor oil plant
  [[File:Ricinus March 2010-1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Female (top) and male flowers]] ...the plant. Plants with the dark leaves can be found growing next to those with green leaves, so there probably is only a single gene controlling the produ
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• Airspeed Oxford
  |variants with their own articles=[[Airspeed Consul]] ...in response to a requirement for a capable trainer aircraft that conformed with [[List_of_Air_Ministry_specifications#1930.E2.80.931939|Specification T.23/
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• Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity
  ...ematizing of the results of Arabian study." [[Stanley Lane-Poole]] (1883), pages 190, 191.</ref> in 52 [[treatise]]s (or ''"rasa'il"'') written by the myste ...105 Encyclopædia Britannica Online]</ref> though the work has been linked with as varied groups as the [[Isma'ili]], [[Sufi]], [[Sunni]], [[Mu'tazili]], [
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• Shape memory polymer
  ...O;2-M|title=Shape-memory polymers|journal=Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. |volume=41|pages=2034–2057|year=2002}}</ref> ...e03496|title=Light-induced shape-memory polymers|journal=Nature|volume=434|pages= 879–882|year=2005|pmid=15829960|issue=7035}}</ref> or solution.<ref>{{ci
  21 KB (2,974 words) - 09:09, 20 September 2010
• Biopolymer
  [[File:ADN animation.gif|thumb|right|220px|Microstructure of part of a [[DNA]] [[d ...ostable' symbol, under European Standard EN 13432 (2000). Packaging marked with this symbol can be put into industrial composting processes and will break
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• Petroleum
  [[File:Oil well.jpg|thumb|[[Pumpjack]] pumping an oil well near [[Lubbock, Texas]] [[File:Oil Reserves.png|thumb|400px|right|Proven world [[oil reserves]], 2009.]]
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• Ruthenium
  ...r [[Etymology of Rus and derivatives|Rus']]. Ruthenium is found associated with [[platinum]] ores. Ruthenium is a minor component in these ores and therefo ...lt=An irregular bar of lustrous silvery metal. One end is rough, as though broken, while the other, cigar-shaped end is relatively smooth.|A half of a pure,
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• Polystyrene
  [[File:Expanded_polystyrene_foam_dunnage.jpg|thumb|Expanded polystyrene packaging] [[File:Envase de yogur.jpg|thumb|A polystyrene yogurt container]]
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• Gunpowder
  [[File:Black Powder Close Up.jpg|thumb|right|Black powder for [[muzzleloader|muzzl ...der]]. [[Antique]] firearms or replicas of antique firearms are often used with [[black powder substitute]].
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• Textile manufacturing
  ...at the [[Spinning (textiles)|spinning]] and fabric-forming stages coupled with the complexities of the [[Finishing (textiles)|finishing]] and colouration [[Gossypium|Cotton]] is grown anywhere with long, hot dry summers with plenty of sunshine and low humidity. Indian cotton, gossypium arboreum, is
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• Bamboo
  ...Pacific Region |journal=Biodiversity and Conservation |volume=12 |issue=9 |pages=1833–1841 |url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/gu726j88x87k4508/ |acc ...nths. During this first season, the clump of young shoots grow vertically, with no branching. In the next year, the pulpy wall of each [[culm]] or stem slo
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• Concrete
  [[File:Pantheon dome.jpg|thumb|right|275px|Outer view of the [[Roman Empire|Roman] [[File:1981 BostonCityHall byLebovich8 HABS MA1176 crop.jpg|thumb|right|275px|A mo
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• Iron
  ...icon|ˈ|aɪ|.|ər|n}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|aɪ|r|n}}) is a [[chemical element]] with the symbol '''Fe''' ({{lang-la|ferrum}}) and [[atomic number]] 26. It is a ...y addition of minute amounts of impurities, such as carbon. Alloying iron with appropriate small amounts (up to a few per cent) of other metals and carbon
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• Laser safety
  [[File:Laser-symbol-text.svg|thumb|200px|right|A typical laser [[hazard sign|warni ...gulations also prescribe required safety measures, such as labeling lasers with specific warnings, and wearing laser safety goggles when operating lasers.
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• Asbestos
  [[Image:Asbestos with muscovite.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Fibrous asbestos on [[muscovite]]]] ...cancer]], [[mesothelioma]] (a formerly rare [[cancer]] strongly associated with exposure to asbestos and fiber glass.), and [[asbestosis]] (a type of [[pne
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