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PAH
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pah pāh pah-
English
Noun
en enzyme en phenylalanine hydroxylase.
en EC 1.14.16.1
en PAL PKU Phe
en organic chemistry en polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
en w:The Guardian w:Guardian Media Group ‘Oil spills of our time’: experts sound alarm about plastic lost in cargo ship disasters 2022-02-11 2022-02-09 Karen McVeigh https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/09/cargo-ship-disasters-are-oil-spills-of-our-time-because-of-health-risk-from-plastic 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20261017210848/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/09/cargo-ship-disasters-are-oil-spills-of-our-time-because-of-health-risk-from-plastic 17 October 2026
en disease en pulmonary arterial hypertension.
en medicine en paradoxical adipose hyperplasia.
Related terms
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon en PANH polycyclic aromatic nitrogen heterocycle
Translations
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 多環芳烴 duōhuán fāngtīng
French: fr HAP m
German: de PAK
Polish: pl PAH m
Portuguese: pt HAP m
Spanish: es HAP m
Turkish: tr PAH
Further reading
Anagrams
en ahp AHP HAP PHA Pha hap
en acronyms 3-letter abbreviations
en Diseases