nitrogenous
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“By the time Lehman Brothers failed in September 2008, nitrogenous fertilizer prices had jumped by an unprecedented 86 percent year over year.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Importantly they also discovered all five nitrogenous bases — adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil — that are necessary to build DNA and RNA.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025
These are nitrogenous substances found in many fermented or spoiled foods, and can cause headaches, but the amount in wine is far too low to be a problem.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024
Crucially, the chemical, called nitrogenous triphosphonate, nitrilotri-methylphosphonic acid or NTMPA, is commercially available in industrial quantities because it is typically used to inhibit corrosion in water treatment plants.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024
By properly rotating his crops he mitigates this to a certain extent, in addition to which he restores to the land some of its old nitrogenous constituents by the addition of manure.
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