Associations to the word «Ionophore»

Wiktionary

IONOPHORE, noun. (chemistry) any substance that can transfer ions from a hydrophilic medium (such as water) to a hydrophobic medium, or across a biological membrane, normally by forming a complex with it; an ion carrier

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne