- present tense form of compound (3rd person singular).
compounds
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The team found higher levels of compounds associated with floral and fruity aromas, including linalool and 2-phenylethanol.
From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026
The team also found that the compounds appeared to act through the same biological pathway identified in previous terpene studies.
From Science Daily • Jun. 20, 2026
California and Los Angeles County are considering whether to tighten regulations or ban the compounds altogether.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
The results also raise questions about whether current nutrition recommendations could do a better job of helping people obtain beneficial compounds such as flavanols.
From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026
The cell was a beaker of chemicals, biochemists argued, a pouch of compounds bound by a membrane that were reacting to produce a phenomenon called “life.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
