Definitions
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- n. Any univalent organic radical derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon by removing a hydrogen atom.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A name introduced by Vorländer to designate a radical derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon, as phenyl, C6H5, tolyl, C7H7.
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Examples
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In 1979 a new receptor was discovered, called the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, which binds specifically with dioxin and PCB.
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It is the chemical that gets into the body via smoke but then is converted by enzymes called aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylases into a more potent chemical that is the epoxide of BP.
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The aryl hydrocarbon receptor is found in almost every tissue of the body and it is found far down the evolutionary chain, even in fish.
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Dioxin and PCB bind very tightly with the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and keep it turned on for way too long.
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AZO COMPOUNDS, organic substances of the type R·N: N·R '(where R = an aryl radical and R' = a substituted alkyl, or aryl radical).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"
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Organometallic compounds - synthesis of aryl aluminium halogenides next article
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The CYP1A1 promoter allows expression induced by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) [24].
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In the wild type protein, N102 formed weak hydrogen bonds to the 1,4-dihydroxy aryl compound (dotted line) which were lost upon mutation to a serine residue.
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Hypothetical docking of farnesyldiphosphate and a 1,4-dihydroxy aryl compound.
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This dioxin -- 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) -- binds to aryl hydrocarbon receptors (AhR) very tightly, leading to prolonged activation of genomic and nongenomic metabolic disorders, the researchers said.
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