(n.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.
Example Sentences:
(1) This method provided myocardial perfusion images of high quality which were well correlated with N-13 ammonia images.
(2) Studies were performed to characterize the determinants of proximal tubule ammonia entry (and retention) in vivo.
(3) Confirmation of the striking correlation between increased urinary ammonia and lowered neonatal ponderal index may afford a simple test for the identification of nutrient-related growth retardation.
(4) However, almost all of the numerous compounds found to inhibit ammonia oxidizers also inhibit methanotrophs, and most of the inhibitors act upon the monooxygenases.
(5) An otherwise progressive rise in blood ammonia concentration was halted in the treatment group.
(6) The high rate of H pylori ammonia production in uraemic patients should accentuate any ammonia induced effects.
(7) The determination of ammonia in plasma, using glutamate dehydrogenase, is complicated by non-specific oxidation of the coenzyme, promoted by components of the sample matrix.
(8) The methanol-ammonia (20:1) and chloroform-methanol-ammonia (2:2:1) systems, used with silica-gel plates, are the most promising for rapid preliminary screening of tuna fish extracts for histamine.
(9) The effect of ammonia is partially reversed by nitrate.
(10) The addition of glutamine or ammonia increased glycine incorporation of control cultures, but failed to do so in treated cultures.
(11) Plasma dextrose and bicarbonate declined in concentration while potassium, lactate, LDH, ammonia, and hemoglobin rose with storage.
(12) The changes were proportional to the concentration and duration of ammonia treatment.
(13) The Km for ammonia of carbamyl phosphate synthetase was determined by preincubating isolated liver cells for 30 min in the absence of ammonia and bicarbonate and in the presence of ornithine, chloroquine, which blocks lysosomal proteolysis, and aminoxy acetic acid, which inhibits transaminases.
(14) The highest predictive values for the exclusion of TiC are shown by inconspicuous concentration capacity accompanied by normal ammonia excretion, total acid excretion, water diuresis, free water clearance or urine dilution capacity.
(15) All dogs were evaluated at the beginning of the study by complete physical examination; total and differential WBC counts; serum biochemical analysis (alanine transaminase and alkaline phosphatase activities and bilirubin and albumin concentrations); sulfobromophthalein excretion, ammonia tolerance, and glucagon response testing; portal and intraparenchymal pressure determinations; operative mesenteric portography; and histologic assessment of hepatic biopsy specimens.
(16) The significant differences (p=0.001) are found by lysine, ammonia, histidine, arginine, threonine, glutaminic acid, and phenyl alanine.
(17) Formation of anthranilate will proceed in the presence of partially pure subunit I provided ammonia is available in place of glutamine.
(18) Net synthesis of microbial N (Nn) was calculated from ammonia-N incorporation.
(19) Attachment of sufficient quantities of PEG to phenylalanine ammonia-lyase substantially reduces immunological recognition and clearance of the conjugated enzyme in mice.
(20) No direct relationship exists between glutamate dehydrogenase (NADP+) and glutamate-ammonia ligase in P. denitrificans, while the glutamate synthase (NADPH) activity changes in parallel with that of the latter enzyme.
Phospham
Definition:
(n.) An inert amorphous white powder, PN2H, obtained by passing ammonia over heated phosphorus.
Example Sentences:
(1) Radioactive alkylating 5'-[32P]-[4-(N-2-chlorethyl)N-methylaminobenzyl]-5'-phospham ide decadeoxyribothymidilate derivatives containing either free hydroxyl group (reagent I), hydrophobic cholesterol residue (reagent II) or polyaromatic phenazinium residue (reagent III) at 3'-termini were synthesized.