Light can break down riboflavin molecules into other molecules that the body cannot use.
But for the second time in the space of a few minutes, the baffled alien was dissolved into molecules without his consent.
They'd blast the ship into molecules before it got close enough to be dangerous to them.
Compounds that make up organisms may be divided into macromolecules and other smaller molecules.
Sugar is then converted into other organic molecules which can be used in cellular functions.
It then uses other enzymes to refashion the fragments into new molecules.
If you break everything down into molecules, you end up asking some pretty silly questions.
A second flash of light identified the fragments before they recombined into new molecules.
First, I build chemical foods into complicated molecules of the required types.
The bacteria then turn these compounds into organic molecules on which the host worms feed.