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RSS FeedsA smart chemoenzymatic method detects and removes hazardous phenols
(PHYSorg.com Chemistry)

 
 

8 august 2019 20:17:30

 
A smart chemoenzymatic method detects and removes hazardous phenols
(PHYSorg.com Chemistry)
 


Many industrial and agriculture processes use chemicals that can be harmful for workers and the ecosystems where they accumulate. Researchers from Thailand have now developed a bioinspired method to detect and detoxify these chemicals in only one step. As they report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, a combination of two natural enzymatic reactions convert harmful chloro- and nitrophenols into the substance that causes the characteristic glowing of fireflies: luciferin.


 
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