sulfidrilos

English translation: sulphydrils

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Spanish term or phrase:sulfidrilos
English translation:sulphydrils
Entered by: Ana Juliá

15:23 Aug 11, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
Spanish term or phrase: sulfidrilos
I am trying to translate the following sentence:
incrementa el efecto tóxico y, por lo tanto, aporta sulfidrilos como lo hace la acetilcisteína
Please help if you can!
davila3
sulphydrils
Explanation:
HTH
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Ana Juliá
Spain
Local time: 05:18
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Summary of answers provided
2 +2sulphydrils
Ana Juliá
4sulphydryls/sulfhydryls
liz askew


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sulphydrils


Explanation:
HTH

Ana Juliá
Spain
Local time: 05:18
Native speaker of: Spanish
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agree  Alvaro Ferreira
4 hrs
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agree  Laila Pérez
1 day 2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sulphydryls/sulfhydryls


Explanation:
Both spelling seem acceptable, IMHO

See:

Google hits
sulfhydryls = 2140
sulphydryls = 2920

Isozymes
The investigation of reactive sulphydryls in enzymes and their variants by starch-gel electrophoresis: studies on the human phosphohexose isomerase variant ...
ukpmc.ac.uk/articlerender.cgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid... - Similar
by DA Hopkinson - 1974 - Cited by 5 - Related articles - All 5 versions

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-08-11 17:12:06 GMT)
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sorry

that should read

both spellingS seem....

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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-08-11 19:26:40 GMT)
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To Dr Andrew...

since when have medics ever adopted a standardised/standardized way of spelling? The mere fact that both spellings exist and are used by eminent and knowledgeable people speaks for itself doesn't it??

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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