Sep 5, 2008 02:34
15 yrs ago
English term

Quirality

FVA Not for points English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals
V. Quirality studies if applies
VI. Polymorphism studies if applies
VII. Stability Studies

Responses

+6
18 mins
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chirality

Not unlikely that authors meant chirality studies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality_(chemistry)
Peer comment(s):

agree Dr. Andrew Frankland : Most likely this. Different enantiomers of a drug can produce different effects, with thalidomide being the most famous case.
4 hrs
thank you :)
agree juvera : chirality, polymorphism and stability are all molecular structure characteristics.
7 hrs
thank you :)
agree d_vachliot (X)
7 hrs
thank you :)
agree Rachel Fell : agree
10 hrs
thank you :)
agree Sabine Akabayov, PhD
11 hrs
thank you :)
agree Pham Huu Phuoc
1 day 13 hrs
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
6 mins

typo: quality

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Note from asker:
I think it's not the wrong spelling of QUALITY. It should be about one study item of a drug. But anyway, thank you for your help.
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2 hrs

quirility - radius and symmetry

"Why is quirality interesting?

On the one hand, because it has a lot to do with creation of life, having great importance in all biological systems. On the other, because, from a basic science perspective, it is very open-ended. Concretely, our aim was to know how to control or induce quirality in one way or the other."


Sentence:

Using a diameter in the order of 1 - 100 nm, quantic effects of confinement make this material to be considered a one-dimensional system and its electronic properties dependent on its crystallography, that is to say, its radius and symmetry (or quirality) can be compared with those of a metal or semiconductor.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-09-05 09:12:01 GMT)
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I cannot find the term 'quirality' in any terms glossary or dictionary; it can be found in use in many articles, but as Dr. Frankland has noted the definition cannot be found or confirmed.

Peer comment(s):

disagree Dr. Andrew Frankland : Neither quirility nor quirality exist in English.// I certainly am -- 300 or so Google hits and none of them from native speakers should say it all.
2 hrs
Thank you, Andrew; how did that slip through proofing in science / math so smoothly? I have learned a new lesson ~ and it is much appreciated! : )
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