This dye can be easily hydrolyzed with acids, splitting off the acetal group responsible for its solubility in nonpolar solvents, and yielding a water-soluble form.

The water-soluble form of the toxins is prevented from oligomerizing by having the access of one edge of a core β-sheet in the monomer blocked.

It is more bioavailable than the water-soluble form of vitamin B, thiamine, and is the preferred form to be taken in case of a vitamin deficiency.

According to Phiten, a water-soluble form of the element titanium is given an electrical charge.

Plants contain Boron both in a water-soluble and insoluble form.

The water-soluble form is used in alcoholic drinks with calcium carmine; the insoluble form is used in a wide variety of products.

Many are glycols - a water-soluble form of noncorrosive common antifreeze - that are not significantly harmful to the environment.

The capacity of mammalian species to detoxify the carcinogenic chemical benzo(a)pyrene to a water-soluble form also correlates well with maximum life span.

Researchers have succeeded in creating water-soluble forms of vitamin A, which they believed could reduce the potential for toxicity.

"The liver has a machinery of enzymes that converts drugs into more water-soluble forms that can then be excreted," Dr. Kaplowitz said.