zeptomole
nounUS /ˈzɛptoʊˌmoʊl/ · UK /ˈzɛptəʊˌməʊl/
Etymology From zepto- + mole.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Physical 10⁻²¹ mole, or about 600 molecules. SI symbol: zmol.
- It has been repeatedly shown that enzyme-derived ODN-based assays can detect as little as 50 zeptomoles of target DNA corresponding to about 25,000 molecules.2002, Jeffrey Van Ness, “Present and Future of Tags and Labels in High Throughput Genomic Analysis”, in D. J. Galas, S. J. McCormack, editors, Genomic Technologies: Present and Future: Functional Genomics Series, Caister Academic Press, →ISBN, pages 144–145:
- The sensitivity of detection is in the range of zeptomoles […]2005, Beatriz Sanchez-Vega, “Introduction to Capillary Electrophoresis of DNA: Biomedical Applications”, in John M. Walker, Ralph Rapley, editors, Medical Biomethods Handbook, Humana Press, →ISBN, page 109:
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- This scatter-based method enables detection of zeptomole quantities of nucleic acid targets […]2008, Kewal K. Jain, The Handbook of Nanomedicine, Humana Press, →ISBN, page 88:
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