Barbara Gosselin, P.T. My interest in holistic healing began as the result of a simple suggestion by a friend, but was driven on by my own struggle with back pain. Barbara GosselinBack in the 1980s, I was on a very conventional path, having just received my Bachelorâs degree in Physical Therapy.
Compounds <br /> A compound is made up of two or more types of elements (e.g. water and carbon dioxide) that are chemically combined in a set ratio. They cannot be broken down into two or more simpler substances by physical means, only by chemical means. Properties of compounds differ from those of their elements.
Organic compounds are compounds that contain one or more atoms of carbon covalently bonded to atoms of other elements, most notably hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, nitrogen, or sulfur. However, not all carbon-containing compounds are classified are organic.