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ChEBI
impurity
- Term ID
- CHEBI:143130
- Synonyms
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- contaminant
- contaminants
- impurities
- impurity
- Definition
- A chemical role played by any unwanted chemical substance inside a confined amount of liquid, gas, or solid, which differs from the chemical composition of the material or compound. For example, an impurity can be an undesired by-product of a chemical reaction or manufacturing process, a drug contaminant, or can be created upon degradation during storage.
- References
- Ontology
- ChEBI ( EBI )
- is a type of
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- inverse has_role
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Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from impurity
Phenotype where environments contain impurity
Phenotype modified by environments containing impurity
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