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acrylamide /acryl·a·mide/ (ah-kril´ah-mīd) a vinyl monomer used in the production of polymers with many industrial and research uses; the monomeric form is a neurotoxin.
acrylamide
Nutrition A substance found in ↑ concentrations in fried foods–eg, potato chips, French fries, and regarded by the WHO as a probable human carcinogen


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8 billion won (2005) Head office: 154 Bugok-dong, Nam-gu, Ulsan, Korea Main products: AN, acrylamide, sodium cyanide, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) AN production lines: 70,000 ton/year line converted to propane process 230,000 ton/year line
The undiluted sample (equivalent to 15 mg of tissue) was loaded onto homemade acrylamide SDS-polyacrylamide gels.
The FDA allows Vibrio vulnificus bacteria in Gulf Coast shellfish to kill about 20 people each year, permits the sale of fish that are highly contaminated with mercury, and fails to restrict cancer-causing acrylamide contaminants in foods.
 
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