solubility

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soluble
adjective

solubleadjective (LIQUID)

us/ˈsɑl·jə·bəl/
able to be dissolved when mixed with a liquid:
Sugar is soluble in water.

solubleadjective (CHEMISTRY)

chemistryus/ˈsɑl·jə·bəl/
able to dissolve in another substance, or able to dissolve another substance

Examples of soluble

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The tomato seeds induced to germinate release soluble sugars into the incubation medium, including a significant amount of mannose, which indicates active polysaccharide degradation.
As tumour growth progresses, parts of the tumour can become necrotic and soluble t u m o u r antigens are released.
Presumably the injected proteins accumulate in soluble pools before assimilation.
All our personal, social, theoretical, practical, moral, existential, psychological (you name it) problems are soluble by science alone.
Rapid release of soluble form of the molecules could serve to neutralize deleterious antibodies.
Thus, astrocytes release soluble factors that modulate interneuron maturation and the formation of inhibitory contacts in the absence of either neuronal activity or neurotrophin signaling.
On the other hand, from a computational standpoint, membrane proteins are actually easier to study than soluble ones.
In summary, our results show for the first time an important role for a soluble fibre, pectin, in modifying parasite biology.
The number of interaction partners for soluble proteins and membrane proteins within the interaction network has been examined.
The use of saline drainage water for irrigation creates soil salinity due to the accumulation of soluble salts in the absence of adequate leaching.
This markedly increased in soluble protein extracts from the mature seeds (lanes 1 and 3).
The system is predominantly located in the mitochondrial membranes, with very little activity detectable in the soluble fraction of the organelle.
This organic matter occurs both in solvent soluble and insoluble (kerogen) fractions.
The final effector molecule of the fibrinolytic system is plasmin, which cleaves fibrin into soluble degradation products.
Furthermore, addition of soluble gliomedin to neurons in culture is sufficient to induce clustering of channels along axons.
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