BOUGHT-IN GOODS
\bˈɔːtɪn ɡˈʊdz], \bˈɔːtɪn ɡˈʊdz], \b_ˈɔː_t_ɪ_n ɡ_ˈʊ_d_z]\
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In relation to diamond trading, blood diamond (also called a converted diamond, conflict diamond, hot diamond, or a war diamond) refers to a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.