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25 Entries in this category

PAA - sodium polyaspartate

Polyaspartic acid sodium salt or sodium polyaspartate

Panacur

Anthelmintic - active substance fenbendazole

Pancreas

Pancreas - Produces important digestive enzymes and is also the seat of the islets of Langerhans

Pangamic acid

„Vitamin B15” siehe Nicht-Vitamine - Natürlicherweise nicht im Organismus vorkommend; steht im Verdacht kanzerogen zu sein!

Pantothenic acid

Pantothenic acid is used in tissue to build up coenzyme A (CoA). The biological effects of pantothenic acid are therefore universal, as CoA is involved in countless reactions.

Parabens

Abbreviation for 4-hydroxybenzoic acid ester. Preservatives and fungicides authorised for food and pharmaceuticals.

Pectin

Polygalacturonic acid - gelling and thickening agent

pepsin

Enzyme of the stomach that breaks down proteins into smaller fragments

per analysi

= pro analysi ("for analysis"). A very high purity level for chemicals that were originally intended for analytical purposes.

Phenol

Disinfectant for antiseptic wound treatment, coarse and room disinfection

Polymerase chain reaction

„Polymerase chain reaction”: A method for amplifying a defined DNA segment.

Potassium permanganate

A strong inorganic oxidising agent that is often used as a disinfectant in aquariums.

ppm

Parts per million. Corresponds quite exactly to mg/l in aqueous solutions.

Praziquantel

For infestation with trematodes and cestodes

Proflavin

3,6-Diaminoacridine, structurally closely related to acriflavine. Acridine derivative. Disinfectant, antiseptic.

Prokaryo(n)tes

Organisms in which the genetic material of the cells is organised in the form of a pronucleus; this is not separated from the cytoplasm by a nuclear membrane.

The eukaryotic unicellular organisms are summarised under this designation and differentiated from the prokaryotes (bacteria and cyanobacteria) and all multicellular eukaryotes of the plant and animal kingdom.

Pyridoxal

PL see pyridoxine

pyridoxamine

PM see pyridoxine

Pyridoxine

Coenzyme of numerous enzymes

Pyridoxol

Correct name for pyridoxine

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