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- noun organic chemistry The
methyl substitutedamide HCO-N(CH3)2 used as apolar solvent
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People who work in tanneries are dying of cancer caused by exposure to dimethylformamide and other toxic chemicals used to process and dye the leather.
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Among suitable dispersants are acetonitrile, dimethylformamide, propionitrile, and the like.
L.S.D., R.I.P. 2006
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The Medicines Control Council, which regulates medicine use and production in South Africa, said Virodene contains dimethylformamide, a toxic industrial solvent which can cause liver damage and possibly cancer.
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Experts said it was wrong to test the medicine, comprising the industrial solvent dimethylformamide, on Aids patients as it could cause liver damage.
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Virodene, which contains the industrial chemical dimethylformamide, was slated last January when the researchers went to Cabinet to ask for funding.
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The MCC later banned Virodene because it contained an industrial solvent, dimethylformamide, which council members said was toxic to humans.
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The trial patients were given the drug, comprising the industrial solvent dimethylformamide (DMF), without sufficient scientific evidence that DMF could inhibit HIV, the committee said.
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Virodene because it contained dimethylformamide (DMF), an invents were highly toxic.
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The Medicines Control Council banned Virodene earlier this year, saying it contained an industrial solvent, dimethylformamide, which council members said was toxic to humans.
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The committee said the researchers 'use of Virodene, which contains the industrial solvent dimethylformamide (DMF), on human patients was a contravention of scientific procedures.
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