Meaning & use

Nanomole

noun·Academic

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A unit of measurement equal to one billionth of a mole, used to quantify very small amounts of a substance.

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The assay could detect hormone concentrations as low as a few nanomoles per liter.

Researchers measured the enzyme's activity in nanomoles of product formed per minute.

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Written with the symbol 'nmol'; commonly used in biochemistry and pharmacology to describe trace quantities.

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