(n.) A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.
Example Sentences:
(1) Glyceryl p-aminobenzoate and amyl p-dimethyl-aminobenzoate were labeled on 1 and 3 sunscreens, respectively, but glyceryl p-aminobenzoate was not found in any of them and only traces of amyl p-dimethylaminobenzoate were found in 1 sunscreen.
(2) Amplitude of the musical vibrations decreased by inhalation of amyl nitrite, but increased by infusion of methoxamine.
(3) Serial binary dilutions of amyl acetate and nitrobenzene were used in a double-blind test to determine olfactory acuity of 40 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
(4) The odorant, diluted in diethyl phthalate, was n-butanol in two experiments and n-amyl acetate in two others.
(5) The response (increase in action potential frequency) of nasopalatine and ethmoidal nerves to brief presentations of formaldehyde, ozone, or amyl alcohol was a power function of stimulus concentration.
(6) The response of cells to four odors (amyl acetate, 1-butanol, ethyl acetate and ethyl butyrate) showed differences in odor selectivity, suggesting their ability to discriminate among odors.
(7) In order to direct chromosomal integration of the alpha-amylase-encoding gene from Bacillus licheniformis (amyL) under the control of expression and secretion signals from Enterococcus faecalis, the chromosomal fragment (named AB) from the pGIP3124 plasmid [Hols et al., Gene 118 (1992) 21-30] was chosen and split into two fragments (A and B).
(8) Experiments focused on obtaining a complete intensity series, including interspersed unstimulated spontaneous activity records, for a single odorant (usually amyl acetate), but concentration responses to other odorants were tested when possible.
(9) The study of the carotid pulse tracing and systolic time intervals was made using the injection of methoxane and inhalation of amyl nitrite.
(10) This study showed that it is possible to produce a relaxation of biliary tract muscle fibres with an injection of nitroglycerin and then replace amyl nitrite during anesthesia.
(11) Regional cerebral blood flow (CBF), mood states and somatic symptoms were measured before and after inhalation of amyl nitrite in 10 physically healthy volunteers with a prior history of using volatile nitrites for recreational purposes.
(12) There was no evidence of any increase in [Ca2+]i in the olfactory receptor cells in nominally Ca2+ free solution and stimulated by amyl acetate.
(13) The present electrophysiological and behavioral experiments address this issue using tiger salamanders, Ambystoma tigrinum, and four compounds (amyl acetate, cyclohexanone, butanol, and d-limonene).
(14) Glucose represses both spore formation and expression of amyL.
(15) The study was conducted to obtain information on the recreational use of the vasodilators (RVs) amyl nitrite and butyl nitrite in Toronto.
(16) Three lipophilic amide derivatives of phthaloyl-GABA (P-GABA), namely gamma-phthalimido N-amyl butyramide (PGA), gamma-phthalimido-N-hexylbutyramide (PGH) and gamma-phthalimido N-phenylbutyramide (PGP), were synthesized and evaluated for their hypnotic and anticonvulsant activities in mice.
(17) In artificially ventilated, paralyzed rabbits amyl nitrite caused a pronounced sensitization of pulmonary stretch receptors (PSRs) during the inflation phase, typically with a reduction in the level of activity during the deflation phase.
(18) It is concluded that from the clinical stand point, neither amyl nitrite administration nor standing up can be used as a test to assess acurately the degree of beta blockade, because both procedures activate vagal withdrawal which increases heart rate regardless of the degree of beta blockade.
(19) In this study ethanol and certain other short-chain aryl (benzyl and phenethyl) and aliphatic (methyl, propyl, butyl, and amyl) alcohols produced up to 10-fold increases in cyclic AMP (cAMP) concentrations in purified human peripheral blood lymphocytes.
(20) Catabolite repression occurred independently of the amylase promoter and irrespective of the distance of the promoterless amyL gene from the promoter which transcribed it.
Oxygen
Definition:
(n.) A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent by weight and about 21 per cent by volume, being slightly heavier than nitrogen. Symbol O. Atomic weight 15.96.
(n.) Chlorine used in bleaching.
Example Sentences:
(1) Steady-state values of cell, glucose, and cellulase concentration oxygen tension, and outlet gas oxygen partial pressure were recorded.
(2) It is concluded that amlodipine reduces myocardial ischemic injury by mechanism(s) that may involve a reduction in myocardial oxygen demand as well as by positively influencing transmembrane Ca2+ fluxes during ischemia and reperfusion.
(3) Heart rate (HR), pulmonary ventilation (V), oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production (VCO2), and respiratory quotient (RQ) were measured.
(4) Manometric studies with resting cells obtained by growth on each of these sulfur sources yielded net oxygen uptake for all substrates except sulfite and dithionate.
(5) The data indicate that ebselen is likely to be useful in the therapy of inflammatory conditions in which reactive oxygen species, such as peroxides, play an aetiological role.
(6) These membrane perturbation effects not observed with bleomycin-iron in the presence of a hydroxyl radical scavenger, dimethyl thiourea, or a chelating agent, desferrioxamine, were correlated with the ability of the complex to generate highly reactive oxygen species.
(7) Microelectrodes were used to measure the oxygen tension (PO2) profile within individual spheroids at different stages of growth.
(8) However, time in greater than 21% oxygen was significantly longer in infants less than 1000 g (median 30 days, 8.5 days in patients greater than 1000 g, p less than 0.01).
(9) Previous studies have not evaluated the potential for oxygen toxicity at 9.5 psia.
(10) The pH of ST solutions varied with the mode of oxygenation as follows: 7.9-8.2 in Groups I and IV; 8.7-8.9 in Groups II and V; 7.1-7.4 in Groups III and VI.
(11) The aim of this study was to plot the course of the transcutaneously measured PCO2 (tcPCO2) in the fetus during oxygenation of the mother.
(12) Blood gas variables produced from a computed in vivo oxygen dissociation curve, PaeO2, P95 and C(a-x)O2, were introduced in the University Hospital of Wales in 1986.
(13) Also for bronchogenic carcinoma with that a dependence could be shown between haemoglobin concentration--and by this the oxygen supply of the tumor--and the reaction of the primary tumor after radiotherapy.
(14) The present results using approximately 12% hemoglobin concentration in 0.1 M Bistris buffer at pD 7 and 27 degrees C with and without organic phosphate show that there is no significant line broadening on oxygenation (from 0 to 50% saturation) to affect the determination of the intensities or areas of these resonances.
(15) There was good agreement between the survival of normally oxygenated cells in culture and bright cells from tumors and between hypoxic cells in culture and dim cells from tumors over a radiation dosage range of 2-5 Gray.
(16) In presence of oxygen (air) the phototactic reaction values are somewhat lower than in its absence.
(17) A fiberoptic flow-directed catheter inserted into the hepatic vein continuously measures hepatic venous oxygen hemoglobin saturation (ShvO2).
(18) Anaesthesia was achieved by a mixture of oxygen, nitrous oxide and fluothane without use of muscle relaxants.
(19) The use of 100% oxygen to calculate intrapulmonary shunting in patients on PEEP is misleading in both physiological and methodological terms.
(20) Tachycardia, pulmonary hypertension, increased venous oxygen desaturation, and increasing core temperature develop as the syndrome progresses.