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acrolein
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acrolein /acro·le·in/ (ak-ro´le-in) a volatile, highly toxic liquid, produced industrially and also one of the degradation products of cyclophosphamide.
acrolein
aldehyde of allyl, formed by the destructive distillation of glycerin and during the burning of fat; has a pungent odor.
acrolein poisoning
exposure to fumes causes conjunctivitis, rhinitis, pulmonary edema.
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The observations confirmed the presence of three lines of glycolaldegyde towards the most central part of the core of the region Glycolaldehyde, the simplest of the monosaccharide sugars, can react with the substance propenal to form ribose, a central constituent of Ribonucleic acid (RNA), thought to be the central molecule in the origin of life.
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In the July 20 Astrophysical Journal Letters, the researchers report recording the frequencies associated with two aldehydes called propenal and propanal, which consist of 8 and 10 atoms, respectively, and include three carbons each.
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