organic compounds

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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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"Here at Penn State, we have modified instrumentation that allows us to make isotopic measurements on really low abundances of organic compounds like glycine," Baczynski said.

From Science Daily

The team evaluated whether this type of external delivery, along with other abiotic chemical reactions, could account for the levels of organic compounds measured in the sample.

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These small organic compounds are considered essential ingredients in more advanced chemical processes.

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They can capture a wide range of organic compounds and hold them for long periods, sometimes lasting decades or even centuries.

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They tested for asbestos, toxic metals such as lead and potentially hazardous organic compounds often unleashed through combustion, called volatile organic compounds, or VOCs.

From Los Angeles Times