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  2. CHNOPS - Wikipedia

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    Graphic representation of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur. CHNOPS and CHON are mnemonic acronyms for the most common elements in living organisms. . "CHON" stands for carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, which together make up more than 95 percent of the mass of biological system

  3. Carbon-based life - Wikipedia

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    Carbon is the 15th most abundant element in the Earth's crust, and the fourth most abundant element in the universe by mass, after hydrogen, helium, and oxygen. Carbon's widespread abundance, its ability to form stable bonds with numerous other elements, and its unusual ability to form polymers at the temperatures commonly encountered on Earth ...

  4. Food chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Comprising 75% of the biological world and 80% of all food intake for human consumption, the most common known human carbohydrate is sucrose [citation needed]. The simplest version of a carbohydrate is a monosaccharide which contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a 1:2:1 ratio under a general formula of C n H 2n O n where n is a minimum of 3.

  5. List of compounds - Wikipedia

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    Inorganic compounds by element; List of alloys; List of alkanes; List of elements by name; List of minerals – List of minerals with Wikipedia articles; List of alchemical substances; Polyatomic ion – Ion containing two or more atoms; Exotic molecules – Atoms composed of exotic particles can form compounds

  6. Biological roles of the elements - Wikipedia

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    Present in most animals, possibly beneficial to plant growth, but not known to be essential; some plants are hyperaccumulators. [11] Common in medical implants. [11] The common compounds are nontoxic. [11] tungsten: 74: 4a: Is a (presumably essential) component of a few bacterial enzymes, and is the heaviest biologically essential element. [67]

  7. Cellulose - Wikipedia

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    Molecules with very small chain length resulting from the breakdown of cellulose are known as cellodextrins; in contrast to long-chain cellulose, cellodextrins are typically soluble in water and organic solvents. The chemical formula of cellulose is (C 6 H 10 O 5) n where n is the degree of polymerization and represents the number of glucose ...

  8. 10 Most Common Food Allergies - AOL

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    Food allergies affect mostly young children, and approximately 90 percent of these allergies are caused by just eight foods: cow's milk, eggs, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, fish, and shellfish.

  9. Biomolecule - Wikipedia

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    Most biomolecules are organic compounds, and just four elements—oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen—make up 96% of the human body's mass. But many other elements, such as the various biometals , are also present in small amounts.