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Resistance

Microorganisms can only develop resistance to drugs that are directed against them if they are directed against a mechanism or enzyme system in the cell.

Resorcinol

1,3-Dihydroxybenzene; preservative, keratolytic agent

Retinol

A form of the different types of vitamin A

Riboflavin was isolated from yeast in 1932 and its structure was elucidated soon afterwards. Both free riboflavin and protein-bound flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenodinucleotide (FAD), all of which are known as vitamin B2, are found in food.

Ribozymes

are able to cleave or link nucleic acid molecules in the same way as protein enzymes normally do