Ketracel-white

• Complex chemical developed by Dominion scientists
• Required by Jem'Hadar to provide nutrition, provide enzyme lacked by Jem'Hadar biology (DS9: "Rocks and Shoals")
  • Dependence genetically engineered by Founders to maintain Jem'Hadar devotion to Vorta (DS9: "To the Death", "A Time to Stand", "Rocks and Shoals")
• Incredibly difficult to synthesize (DS9: "The Abandoned"; S31 Novel: Abyss)
  • Even slight impurities in synthesis can lead to aberrant behavior in Jem'Hadar, culminating in homicidal psychosis (S31 Novel: Abyss)