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- n formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
- It turns out that oilfish contains "indigestible wax ester.
- In discussing an environmentally friendly form of automobile fuel called biodiesel (rapeseed-methyl-ester), you stated that "for biodiesel to become competitive with petroleum .
- The drug: dimethyl-carbamic ester of 3-hydroxyphenyl-trimethyl ammonium methyl-sulphate, a chemical compound which has been telescoped to prostigmin.