Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The radical (C6H11O) of caproic acid and its derivatives.
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- noun organic chemistry, especially in combination The univalent
radical derived fromcaproic acid by loss of thehydroxy group;hexanoyl
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Australia), using 6′-maleimido-caproyl n-hydroxy succinimide (MCS), as described by Coligan et al. Cohorts of 20-30 BALB / c mice were subcutaneously immunized at the tail base on day 0 with 30 ug of J8-DT or DT adsorbed on alum.
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