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- noun chemistry Either of two
isomeric chemical compounds of thelactone family, α-propiolactone and and β-propiolactone.
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After the virus is grown in these cells, it is purified away from the cells and treated with a chemical (called beta-propiolactone) that completely kills the virus.
Rabies Vaccine 2008
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I. Toplin, "Continuous Chemical Sterilization of Microbiological Media with - propiolactone," Biotech. 8ioeng.
Chapter 29 1979
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Of course, one could use - propiolactone, which easily hydrolyzes to a non-toxic chemical (4), but perhaps a more realistic approach would be to alternate lactic fermentations with some that are more prone to contamination.
Chapter 29 1979
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Methods typically employed for inactivation of virus or bacteriophage infectivity include chemical treatment (formalin, beta propiolactone, chlorine, hydrogen peroxide, ammonia, and sodium hypochlorite), exposure to extremes of pH or heat, desiccation, proteolytic degradation, isotope irradiation or UV irradiation
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Hog cholera virus yields in seine kidney cells fuled with beta-propiolactone-inactivated Sendai virus
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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-- beta-propiolactone, a known carcinogen and suspected gastrointestinal, liver, respiratory, skin and sense organ toxicant;
LA IMC Stephen Lendman 2010
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