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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A white crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2, which may be regarded as the amide of benzoyl.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry The amide of benzoic acid or any of its derivatives; several of its derivatives are pharmaceuticals

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  • The authors, led by Aijun Zhang of the USDA's Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, found that isolongifolenone deters the biting of the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi "more effectively than the widely used synthetic chemical repellent N, N-diethyl-3-methyl benzamide (DEET) in laboratory bioassays" and repels blacklegged ticks and lone star ticks "as effectively as DEET".

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  • Aijun Zhang, who led the study leading to this report, says that isolongifolenone deters the biting of the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti (L.) and Anopheles stephensi Liston more effectively than the widely used synthetic chemical repellent N, N-diethyl-3-methyl benzamide (DEET) in laboratory bioassays.

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  • Cells were washed once in PBS and lysed in RIPA buffer (150 mM NaCl, 1\% Triton X100, 0. 5\% sodium deoxycholate, 0. 1\% SDS in 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5) supplemented with 10 mM ß-glycerophosphate, 10 mM sodium pyrophosphate, 10 mM sodium fluoride, 1 mM sodium orthovanadate, 3 mM benzamide, 5 µM cantharidine and complete protease inhibitor cocktail

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  • The ZBG consists of a hydroxamate, a sulfhydryl, or a benzamide moiety

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  • (Figure 3A shows a benzamide inhibitor complexed with HDAC2).

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