Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A univalent organic radical, Its derivatives, such as isoamyl alcohol, isoamyl iodide, etc., are prepared from certain portions of fusel-oil.
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- noun chemistry the
organic radical derived fromisoamyl alcohol ; 3-methyl butyl
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Examples
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• Scents "have personalities," Ms. Wright said, sniffing a paper strip soaked in isoamyl acetate, which, on a first whiff, smells like nail-polish remover but quickly morphs into bubble gum and pear.
The Tastemaker in Her Flavor Factory Alexandra Alter 2011
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Back in the days before the explosion of kits, our protocol involved PK digestion, phenol extraction, phenol:chloroform extraction, phenol:chloroform:isoamyl alcohol extraction, ammonium acetate/isopropanol precipitation, followed by EtOH washes.
Marketing: the good, the boring and the ugly Cath@VWXYNot? 2008
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Genomic DNA from the sample was isolated by 3 rounds of extraction with phenol: chloroform: isoamyl alcohol (25: 24: 1) and twice with chloroform to remove any residual phenol.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Zhemin Zhou et al. 2010
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The density of pure phenol (unlike phenol: chloroform: isoamyl alcohol) is almost 1.0.
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MeDIP was purified and precipitated using phenol and chloroform: isoamyl alcohol.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mehregan Movassagh et al. 2010
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After TRIzol phase separation, the aqueous phase was extracted once with equal volume of phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol (25: 24: 1), before RNA precipitation with isopropanol.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Neelkamal Chaudhary et al. 2010
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Extract the sample two times with an equal volume of chloroform: isoamyl alcohol to remove any trace phenol.
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Protein removal was accomplished by extracting twice with an equal volume of 25: 24: 1 phenol: chloroform: isoamyl alchol.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jenna L. Morgan et al. 2010
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DNA extraction with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol pH 8 - aqueous top phase contains the majority of DNA, interphase mostly proteins, and lower organic phase most of the RNA and lipids
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Synthesis of cDNA for the array screening assays was performed on 2 µg of total RNA using a T7-oligo dT12-18 primer (Amersham Pharmacia) and it was purified using phenol: chloroform: isoamyl alcohol and NH
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