Definition of "chaotropic" []

• That disrupts hydrogen bonds, especially within or between biological molecules (adjective)

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• "The solutes are called chaotropic after their property of disordering cellular macromolecules."
• "The research team first confirmed that glycerol, a solute often used to preserve cells at low temperatures in the laboratory, becomes chaotropic when present in high concentrations."
• "They then grew extremophiles on a medium supplemented with either chaotropic or kosmotropic solutes (which stabilize macromolecules rather than destabilize them)."