Isolate vs Betulin - What's the difference?
isolate | betulin |
(label) To set apart or cut off from others.
(label) To place in quarantine or isolation.
(senseid) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
(label) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
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, title= To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
(label) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
(biochemistry) A naturally abundant triterpene, commonly isolated from the bark of birch trees, that can be converted to betulinic acid.
As nouns the difference between isolate and betulin
is that isolate is something that has been isolated while betulin is (biochemistry) a naturally abundant triterpene, commonly isolated from the bark of birch trees, that can be converted to betulinic acid.As a verb isolate
is (label) to set apart or cut off from others.isolate
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It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}