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Denaturation vs Cosmotropic - What's the difference?

denaturation | cosmotropic |

As a noun denaturation

is the deliberate addition of a noxious substance to alcohol to make it unfit to drink.

As an adjective cosmotropic is

able to stabilize proteins and prevent their denaturation.

denaturation

English

(wikipedia denaturation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The deliberate addition of a noxious substance to alcohol to make it unfit to drink
  • (biochemistry) The change of folding structure of a protein (and thus of physical properties) caused by heating, changes in pH, or exposure to certain chemicals.

    • cosmotropic

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Able to stabilize proteins and prevent their denaturation.