(v. t.) To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar.
(v. t.) To sour; to imbitter.
Example Sentences:
(1) All rats were examined in the conscious, unrestrained state 12 wk after induction of diabetes or acidified saline (pH 4.5) injection.
(2) they are shown to inhibit in vitro the release of iron from acidified host cell cytosol, consisting mostly of hemoglobin, a process that could provide this trace element to the parasite.
(3) This report describes the partial purification of an HMW renin from hog kidney extracts which had previously been acidified to pH 2.5.
(4) Hydrogen peroxide (1 mM) acidified pHi but no change occurred with 50 microM.
(5) One group of 6 cats was fed a basal, naturally acidifying diet without added acidifiers, and another group of 6 cats was fed 1.7% dietary phosphoric acid.
(6) The heat-deproteinated extract is acidified to pH 3.5-4 and directly analyzed by LC.
(7) Despite physiological differences, acidified milk replacer can be used successfully to raise Angora kids.
(8) The mean gastric pH of the acidified group was 3.2 compared with the group receiving regular feedings into the stomach (pH = 4.7) and the group receiving regular feedings into the duodenum (pH = 3.8) (p < .01).
(9) Aliquots of 24-h urine collections are acidified and applied to columns of Dowex 50W cation-exchange resin.
(10) Acidified Maalox 70 and Al(OH)3 were significantly more potent than unmodified agents against all four tested types of acute mucosal lesions, and this action was probably due to their 'mild irritant' effect as evidenced by extensive exfoliation of the surface epithelial cells observed microscopically after the exposure of the mucosa to these agents.
(11) Studies using a gastric chamber model demonstrated that sucralfate protected the rat gastric mucosa against hemorrhagic erosions induced by 40 percent ethanol and by acidified 80 mM sodium taurocholate.
(12) Samples are extracted with acidic chloroform, filtered through pre-acidified Hy-Flo Supercel, and cleaned up by acid-base partitioning.
(13) However, an important inhibitory effect in the most acidified fibres, cannot be excluded.
(14) The osteoclasts secrete a large amount of protons by the action of H(+)-pump on the ruffled border into the sealed resorption cavity, resulting in the acidified microenvironment under which condition the bone matrix is dissolved.
(15) With HCO3-CO2 present in the luminal bathing solution alone, proximal colon does not significantly acidify or alkalinize the serosal bathing solution.
(16) Quantitative results down to 2.0 micrograms cm-3 of Al in 0.5-cm-3 acidified samples are readily obtainable in standard 5-mm NMR tubes.
(17) Nigericin, an ionophore which acidifies the cytoplasm when cells are placed in medium at low pHe, was not toxic at pHe 6.5 or above but became very toxic as pHe was reduced below this value.
(18) Similar results were obtained when medium was acidified and chromatographed on Sephadex G-50.
(19) The acidified fetal bovine serum (FBS) produces a factor which inhibits the adipose differentiation of murine fibroblasts 3T3-F442A.
(20) Exposure to CO2 acidifies the cytosol of mitochondria-rich cells in turtle bladder epithelium.
Alkalify
Definition:
(v. t.) To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.
(v. i.) To become changed into an alkali.
Example Sentences:
(1) The number of viable cells decreased as well as the ability to evolve oxygen, to produce C-4 compounds, and to react to pH changes by liberating acids upon alkalifying or neutral products upon acidifying.