5 sentences with 'chemicals'
Example sentences and phrases with the word chemicals and other words derived from it.
• « Chemotherapy is a special treatment of diseases that involves the administration of chemicals that act on infectious agents without damaging organ tissues. »
• « A secretion is the production and release of chemicals by a cell, gland or organ, such as sweat or sebaceous secretions. »
• « The nose sieve: Nasal mucus is the first defence against the millions of bacteria that are constantly trying to invade our body. Those that survive the action of the powerful chemicals in this mucus are expelled or pass into the stomach, where gastric juices kill them off. »
• « Researchers at the University of Birmingham, England, have shown that Parkinsonians are deficient in the liver enzymes that normally detoxify these chemicals. The resulting accumulation of cysteine and thiol, two neurotoxic compounds, can lead to various brain conditions. Other research suggests that a cellular abnormality may be the cause of the patient's inability to override the effect of the neurotoxicants. »
• « Fertilisers can be natural, such as manure or phosphates, or artificial, such as commercially available chemicals. »