PAH
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English
Noun
PAH (plural PAHs)
- (biochemistry) Initialism of phenylalanine hydroxylase.
- Synonym: EC 1.14.16.1
- Coordinate terms: PAL, PKU, Phe
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
- 2022 February 9, Karen McVeigh, “‘Oil spills of our time’: experts sound alarm about plastic lost in cargo ship disasters”, in The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, retrieved 2022-02-11, Seascape: the state of our oceans:
- Researchers analysed samples of nurdles and burnt lumps of plastic from four Sri Lankan beaches for heavy metals and various chemicals, including benzotriazole UV-stabilisers, which are used to prevent discoloration in plastics, bisphenols and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
- (pathology) Initialism of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- (medicine) Initialism of paradoxical adipose hyperplasia.
Related terms
- (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon): PANH (“polycyclic aromatic nitrogen heterocycle”)
Translations
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
