PABA


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Synonyms for PABA

a metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells

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To modify the PABA by using edible oil, Olive oil (unsaturated fat) was neutralized from free fatty acids with standard solution of alkali like Sodium hydroxide.
He said that like PABA, George Mason University was also actively working to open new doors to youth by providing opportunities for education and training to build a prosperous future and become useful citizens.
While the PABA has had a large hand in sculpting the council bill, changes have bounced across the table for months leading up to the May vote.
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A spokeswoman for the Guinness World Records said they only had a record of heaviest fungi, called the 'chicken of the woods' mushroom (Laetiporus sulphureus) which weighed 45.35 kg (100 lb) and was found in the New Forest, Hampshire, UK by Giovanni Paba of Broadstone, Dorset on 15 October 1990.
* Ethanol or ethanol containing 5% para aminobenzoic acid (PABA) was applied to pieces of human skin prior to exposure to 30 mJ [cm.sup.-2] solar simulated radiation.
Its principal ingredients, the vitamin PABA (paraaminobenzoic acid) and the metabolite DEAE (diethylaminoethanol), are eliminated from the body when not needed.
To characterize the efficiency of the respective plate strategies, we use on-base percentage (OBP) and introduce the statistic plate-appearance base average (PABA) as a plate-appearance analog to slugging percentage (SLG).
SENSITIVE Nix sunscreens that contain PABA and instead go for formulas that are hgpoallersenic or labeled for sensitive skin.
All three products have a sheer finish, and they are water resistant, fragrance free, PABA free, noncomedogenic, and suitable for sensitive skin.
Para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) is an isomeric form of amino benzoic acid (ABA) that is often thought as only an ingredient used in sunscreens preparations since it can help protect the skin against ultra-violet radiation, while it is in actual fact a nutritional ingredient as well [1, 2].
I presented the bottle to her and humbly asked, "What is in this that made me swim faster?" Rolling the bottle back and forth in her hands, like a safe cracker, she looked up and uttered "It was probably the PABA." This four-letter word resurrected several times in the years to follow, as a chemical I made in organic chemistry as an undergrad, as the photoprotectant in my sun block used over a decade of surfing, and as the pseudovitamin that I intentionally excluded from numerous multinutrient compositions that I formulated in my various corporate positions in the 1990s.
Esters of p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), a class of analgesics are prepared by Fischer Esterification, a method, commonly employed for the synthesis of esters.