Research chemicals are
chemical substance
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s which scientists use for medical and scientific
research purposes. One characteristic of a research chemical is that it is for laboratory research use only; a research chemical is not intended for human or veterinary use. In the United States, this distinction is required on the labels of research chemicals and exempts them from regulation under parts 100-740 in Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (
21CFR).
Background
Agricultural research chemicals
Research
agrochemicals are created and evaluated to select effective substances for
commercial off-the-shelf
Commercial-off-the-shelf or commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) products are packaged or canned (ready-made) hardware or software, which are adapted aftermarket to the needs of the purchasing organization, rather than the commissioning of ...
end-user
In product development, an end user (sometimes end-user) is a person who ultimately uses or is intended to ultimately use a product. The end user stands in contrast to users who support or maintain the product, such as sysops, system administrato ...
products. Many research agrochemicals are never publicly marketed. Agricultural research chemicals often use sequential
code name
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s.
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See also
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Designer drug
Drug culture
Drug discovery
Medicinal chemistry