The body is made mostly of organic compounds. The only abundant inorganic compound is water.
Organic lead compounds contain carbon atoms in their molecular structure, while inorganic lead compounds do not. Organic lead compounds are typically more toxic and volatile than inorganic lead compounds. Inorganic lead compounds are commonly found in minerals and are less likely to easily enter the body through inhalation or skin contact compared to organic lead compounds.
Yes, which is why it reacts so little with the human body.
Urea is considered an inorganic compound because it does not contain carbon-hydrogen bonds, which are characteristic of organic compounds. Urea is a nitrogen-containing compound that is produced by living organisms as a waste product of protein metabolism, and it is not derived from living organisms like organic compounds are.
Organic compounds are those containing carbon in some way. They can be found almost everywhere; your body contains a large amount of organic compounds, and the air is around 380 ppm carbon dioxide.
Organic molecules are essential. Almost everything you can touch or see is an organic molecule. Your body is composed primarily of water and organic molecules. Food is organic, and medicines are almost exclusively organic molecules. Most surfaces are organic, including wood and plastics. Without organic molecules, you wouldn't exist!
Basically, organic compounds have carbon. Inorganic do not (though there are some exceptions).
Organic lead compounds contain carbon atoms in their molecular structure, while inorganic lead compounds do not. Organic lead compounds are typically more toxic and volatile than inorganic lead compounds. Inorganic lead compounds are commonly found in minerals and are less likely to easily enter the body through inhalation or skin contact compared to organic lead compounds.
Organic: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, and ATP. Inorganic: water, salts, acids, and bases.
inorganic
yes carbon is a part of organic compound. but there are inorganic compounds also containing carbon (such as carbonates, bicarbonates etc).
Yes, which is why it reacts so little with the human body.
By inorganic, we're talking about compounds without carbon. Your body is capable of metabolizing four general compounds for energy, carbohydrates, fats, protein and alcohol. All of these compounds are organic. Inorganic nutrients cannot be metabolized for energy and play some other role in the body, so they cannot be stored as fat.
Strictly speaking, all elements are inorganic, because organic or inorganic is a property of compounds, not elements, and only compounds that include covalent bonds between carbon atoms and some other atom are organic.
Water is an inorganic compound, since it does not contain carbon. This does not mean that it is not necessary to life: The terms "organic" and "inorganic" in chemistry have remained unchanged from an earlier period when the chemistry underpinning life was poorly understood, but the definitions of these terms have changed so that a compound must contain carbon to be considered "organic" in the chemical sense.
Minerals like calcium, potassium, and iron are essential nutrients needed by the human body that are not organic compounds. These inorganic nutrients are required for various physiological functions, including bone health, nerve function, and oxygen transport in the blood.
Urea is considered an inorganic compound because it does not contain carbon-hydrogen bonds, which are characteristic of organic compounds. Urea is a nitrogen-containing compound that is produced by living organisms as a waste product of protein metabolism, and it is not derived from living organisms like organic compounds are.
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