DNP

D2N1P3

noun

2,4-dinitrophenol, an organic molecule used in explosives and as a pesticide, an unsafe diet aid, and a suicide method

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nounDNP (countable and uncountable, plural DNPs)

plural DNPs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablenatural sciencesInitialism of dynamic nuclear polarization.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of Doctor of Nursing Practice.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebiochemistryInitialism of dendroaspis natriuretic peptide.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablechemistryInitialism of dinitrophenol.
    1. countableuncountablechemistry2,4-dinitrophenol, an organic molecule used in explosives and as a pesticide, an unsafe diet aid, and a suicide method

      the most famous metabolic uncoupling agent is 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), a compound which has enjoyed a storied and controversial existence since its discovery approximately 100 years ago. DNP was originally used on an industrial scale to make explosives[…]

      2022 January 6, Nathan Denton, Waisted: The Biology of Body Fat, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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