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BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

photosynthesis: biochemical process in which light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll, and is used to fuel the building of sugar molecules.

OBS

Compare with "biological process" and with "biological pathway."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

La photosynthèse est un processus biochimique qui convertit l'énergie de la lumière en énergie chimique (en sucres). C'est un processus assez complexe qu'on retrouve chez les plantes et chez certaines bactéries.

CONT

[...] le compostage [des déchets urbains] est d'abord un processus biochimique et non seulement un dispositif mécanisé de manipulation, de retournement, d'accélération de la transformation.

Spanish

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