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activating agent

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Noun1.activating agent - (mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral
beneficiation, mineral dressing, mineral extraction, mineral processing, ore dressing, ore processing - crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques
activator - (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription


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[132] Tissue plasminogen activator (T-PA), a substance that is identical to the body's endogenous thrombolytic activating agent, is said by some to be more effective in reopening occluded vessels and may produce less systemic inhibition of the clotting mechanism.
The poster was titled "GCS-100, a Galectin 3 Antagonist, Is a Novel Caspase-9 Apoptosis Activating Agent for the Treatment of Indolent B-Cell Malignancies.
Again, he says, either of two factors may be at work here: Increased flow may bring the vessel wall or the platelets into closer contact with an activating agent, or it may knock more platelets against the vessel wall, where they stick.
 
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