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nitroglycerine /ˌnʌɪtrə(ʊ)ˈɡlɪs(ə)riːn / /ˌnʌɪtrə(ʊ)ˈɡlɪn/(US also nitroglycerin) noun [mass noun]An explosive yellow liquid made by nitrating glycerol, used in explosives such as dynamite.- Alternative name: glyceryl trinitrate; chemical formula: CH2(NO3)CH(NO3)CH2(NO3).
When glycerol is treated with a mixture of sulfuric and nitric acid, a yellow oily liquid nitroglycerin is formed....- Because it's difficult to grow blood vessels in the laboratory, investigators have struggled to identify the molecules that convert nitroglycerin into nitric oxide.
- Thus, organic nitrates such as glyceryl trinitrate may be viewed as prodrugs of endogenous nitric oxide.
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