PAH

See also: pah and pāh

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PAH (plural PAHs)

  1. (biochemistry) Initialism of phenylalanine hydroxylase.
    Synonym: EC 1.14.16.1
    Coordinate terms: PAL, PKU, Phe
  2. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
    • 2022 February 9, Karen McVeigh, “‘Oil spills of our time’: experts sound alarm about plastic lost in cargo ship disasters”, in The Guardian‎[1], Guardian Media Group, retrieved 11 February 2022, Seascape: the state of our oceans:
      Researchers analysed samples of nurdles and burnt lumps of plastic from four Sri Lankan beaches for heavy metals and various chemicals, including benzotriazole UV-stabilisers, which are used to prevent discoloration in plastics, bisphenols and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). […] Of particular concern, they said, were levels of PAHs found on the burnt lumps, which far exceeded safe limits for consumer products set by the EU.
  3. (pathology) Initialism of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
  4. (medicine) Initialism of paradoxical adipose hyperplasia.
  • (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon): PANH (“polycyclic aromatic nitrogen heterocycle”)

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