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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A class-name applied, in organic chemistry, to compounds containing in their molecule three amino groups. -NR2, where R may be hydrogen or any hydrocarbon radical such as methyl, CH3.

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

  • noun (Chem.) An amine containing three amido groups.

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  • noun organic chemistry Any compound having three amino groups

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  • Solvent systems included diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid in water (DTPA, 50 mM, pH 7) and phosphate buffered saline (PBS).

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  • Solvent systems included diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid in water (DTPA, 50 mM, pH 7) and phosphate buffered saline (PBS).

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