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796: 45: 784: 174:, the term "reagent" denotes a chemical ingredient (a compound or mixture, typically of inorganic or small organic molecules) introduced to cause the desired transformation of an organic substance. Examples include the 549:
Kenakin, T; Bylund, DB; Toews, ML; Mullane, K; Winquist, RJ; Williams, M (1 January 2014). "Replicated, replicable and relevant-target engagement and pharmacological experimentation in the 21st century".
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Baell, JB; Holloway, GA (8 April 2010). "New substructure filters for removal of pan assay interference compounds (PAINS) from screening libraries and for their exclusion in bioassays".
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However, many natural substances are hits in almost any assay in which they are tested, and therefore not useful as tool compounds. Medicinal chemists class them instead as
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revolution in the 1980s grew from the development of reagents that could be used to identify and manipulate the chemical matter in and on cells. These reagents included
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Tool compounds are an important class of reagent in biology. They are small molecules or biochemicals like
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Fox, Jeffrey L. (1 January 1979). "Antibody reagents revolutionizing immunology".
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pure, but still useful and economical for undemanding work, may be designated as
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or antibodies that are known to affect a given biomolecule—for example a
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are not consumed by the reaction, so they are not reactants. In
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that ensure the scientific precision and reliability of
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is a substance or compound added to a system to cause a
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Substance added to a system to cause a chemical reaction
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Laboratory products which are 794: 782: 353:pan-assay interference compounds 149:, especially in connection with 66: 829:Biological techniques and tools 634:Baker, Monya (9 January 2017). 824:Reagents for organic chemistry 736:Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 727: 676: 627: 591:Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 578: 542: 491: 443: 160: 13: 1: 799:The dictionary definition of 404: 292:In the field of biology, the 7: 362: 320:, reagents and methods for 10: 855: 690:Future Medicinal Chemistry 287: 36: 29: 839:Reagents for biochemistry 564:10.1016/j.bcp.2013.10.024 504:Frontiers in Microbiology 464:10.1021/cen-v057n001.p015 250:American Chemical Society 135:, though involved in the 552:Biochemical Pharmacology 517:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00465 30:Not to be confused with 439:10.1351/goldbook.R05163 318:immortalised cell lines 266:electrical resistivity 125:specifies a substance 53: 47: 791:at Wikimedia Commons 196:analytical chemistry 190:Analytical chemistry 652:2017Natur.541..144B 487:on August 16, 2000. 328:, and many others. 230:chemical substances 202:. 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Index

Reactants
Regent
Reactance

sulfur
chemistry
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chemical reaction
Solvents
reaction mechanism
catalysts
biochemistry
enzyme
substrates
organic chemistry
Collins reagent
Fenton's reagent
Grignard reagents
analytical chemistry
colorimetry
Fehling's reagent
Millon's reagent
Tollens' reagent
reagent-grade
chemical substances
standards
purity
chemical analysis
ASTM International

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