F

9 Entries in this category

Faeces

Faeces - excretions of the intestine or cloaca.

Fenbendazole

See also flubendazole. Another benzimidazole carbamate that works well as an anthelmintic

Ferment

Enzyme -> synonym: ferment (obsolete)

Flubendazole

Potent anthelmintic in veterinary medicine. See also mebendazole

Fluorescence

Spontaneous emission of light of lower energy than that of the exciting light source

Folic acid

Was first isolated from several tonnes of spinach leaves (lat. folium = leaf) in 1941. In its function as a coenzyme, it transfers hydroxymethyl and formyl groups.

Formaldehyde

Disinfectant and preservative. Simplest (C1-) aldehyde.

Fulvic acids (FA)

Fulvic acids can be formed in water, or they are low-molecular-weight end products of humic acids derived from soil leaching.

Fungicide

An active ingredient that acts against (mould) fungi (lat. fungus) (also: antimycotic)