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organic compounds

  1. The compounds containing carbon that are typically found in living systems.


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Generally, anything made from living systems, such as cloth, fuels, or wood, is said to be organic. Organic foods are grown with no fertilizer except the organic compounds found naturally in plants and animals.

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Example Sentences

Comets contain amino acids, which are organic compounds that include the raw ingredients for proteins that make for living things.

The organic compounds known as phenols (found in both) stabilize cholesterol levels when consumed together.

Consequently, these organic compounds do not interfere with tests which may be carried out in strongly acid solution.

No attempt has ever been made to compile a bibliography of selenium organic compounds.

Many of the seleno organic compounds are colored, while the corresponding sulphur derivatives are colorless.

The organic compounds required to extend the fabric, are formed by the plant, instead of being supplied from without.

The later study of organic compounds led up to the modern views.

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