What's the difference between antiseptic and thymol?

Antiseptic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Antiseptical
  • (n.) A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Microbiological investigations made by membrane filtration method on antiseptics and disinfectants demonstrated that the filtering membranes present very frequently a remarkable antimicrobial activity, even after washing with 300 ml of peptone water according to the guidelines of the Pharmacopoeia.
  • (2) In view of the severe course seen in the presence of any suppurated pancreatic necrosis, it was felt to be of value to treat two patients by the adjuvant use of a new antiseptic tauroline, administered locally and, where appropriate, systemically.
  • (3) Povidone-iodine is frequently used as an antiseptic in patients on chronic dialysis.
  • (4) A procedure is described, topical applications for testing dermal toxicity of antiseptics.
  • (5) Even the Pentagon’s website for the war prefers the relatively antiseptic term “ Targeted Operations Against [Isis] Terrorists ”.
  • (6) Prematurity is shown to be a necessary prerequisite for central nervous system vacuolation to occur during routine antiseptic skin care of newborn infants with 3% hexachlorophene emulsions.
  • (7) Lister, a Scottish surgeon, was the first physician to apply the germ theory to clinical practice and developed the techniques of antiseptic surgery and wound care, resulting in dramatic reductions in surgical mortality.
  • (8) Four antiseptic solutions commonly used for operative preparation were tested to determine thrir potential for sterilizing the external auditory canal.
  • (9) They are very sensitive to the antiseptic agents currently used to purify drinking water.
  • (10) Blood collection for culture purposes must preferably involve alcohol as an antiseptic for cleaning donor skin or suitable receptacles.
  • (11) In development of the wound infection it seems rational to accomplish an active drainage of the wound with local and general administration of massive doses of specific antibiotics, proteolytic enzymes, antiseptics and then to close a vascular graft by viable tissues.
  • (12) The influence of four antiseptic solutions on some dental materials was examined in this study.
  • (13) April 21, 1971 for cosmetics, changed in order to apply it to antiseptics.
  • (14) A new topical antiseptic agent, 5 per cent polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine (PVP-I) cream, with altered physicochemical properties, incorporated in a different carrier base has proved in vivo to be more effective in controlling burn wound infections than 10 per cent PVP-I ointment.
  • (15) The contamination rate was not influenced by the antiseptic procedure, and corresponded to the accepted percentage reported in most other studies.
  • (16) The material passed through an antiseptic bath (liquid-lock) of I per 100 quaternary ammonium in water.
  • (17) Pseudomonas cepacia is also resistant for many antiseptics.
  • (18) The technique has been tried with 176 anaerobe strains isolated from maxillofacial purulent foci from 76 patients; sensitivities to 42 antibiotics and antiseptics have been tested.
  • (19) This study examined two interdependent factors: the time taken to wash the hands and the type of antiseptic solution used.
  • (20) An experimental animal model of operative wound suppuration was elaborated to specify rational antibiotic-antiseptic prophylaxis and adequate wound drainage.

Thymol


Definition:

  • (n.) A phenol derivative of cymene, C10H13.OH, isomeric with carvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong antiseptic properties; -- called also hydroxy cymene.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There were found out one-sided relations for instance concerning the proportion of transaminases, thymol turbidity test as well as creatinine to the erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
  • (2) We found, in a study of the effects of thymol accumulation, that only occasional draining of a Fluotec vaporizer is required to keep thymol concentration below the level at which its output is reduced.
  • (3) A total of 33 strains of staphylococci, isolated from Black Pied cows with subclinical mastitis (conformed by the brom-thymol test), were studied to establish their biochemical properties and resistance to antibiotics as well as the occasional correlation between enzyme activity and resistance.
  • (4) The relationship between zinc sulfate turbidity test (ZTT and thymol turbidity test (TTT), and IgG subclasses, especially IgG1 and IgG2, was studied.
  • (5) After pre-treatment with thymol (0.5 mM), isotonic K Krebs solution depolarized the membrane and reduced the membrane resistance as observed in the absence of thymol.
  • (6) The activity of gamma-glutamyl-transpeptidase (GGTP) and aminotransferases, the level of bilirubin and thymol turbidity test were determined.
  • (7) The other phenols (hexylresorcinol, thymol, phenylphenol and zinc phenolsulfonate) did not inhibit in vitro growth or plaque formation.
  • (8) It was found that of all these parameters, the thymol test and cholesterol measurement had the lowest discriminatory powers.
  • (9) For the assessment of liver functions designations AlAT, AspAT, FA, prothrombin index, bilirubin and iron content in serum, proteinogram and thymol turbility test were prepared and carried out.
  • (10) No significant differences were found in results of thymol test, concentration of total protein, bilirubin, and activity of basic phosphatase in blood serum, compared with the control group.
  • (11) A reduction of 5% in output required an increase in thymol concentration of a factor of 650 compared to the concentration in fresh halothane, while a reduction of 10% required a 1100-fold increase in thymol concentration.
  • (12) Several antioxidants, principally tocopherol analogues and nitroxides, and, as well, a nonenzymatic component of "thymol-free" catalase, potently blocked lipid peroxidation, or, equivalently, dioxygen depletion from suspensions of peroxidizing microsomes.
  • (13) Everest): (1) DIPA takes place independently of PO2; (2) ex vivo DIPA can be inhibited by menthol, thymol, piracetam and pentoxifylline.
  • (14) The test is specific for albumin failing to cross react with other plasma proteins present in urine, as well as with glibenclamide, chlorpropamide, phenformin, hemoglobin, glucose, urea and thymol.
  • (15) The equilibration of the thymol from the wicks throughout the vaporizing chamber was very slow after the vaporizer was drained and filled with fresh halothane; the half-time was 2.7 days.
  • (16) The clinical laboratory findings (SGPT, thymol turbidity) were more in harmony with our laboratory results than with the clinical diagnoses.
  • (17) Effects of pretreatment with caffeine on Ca2+ release induced by caffeine, thymol, quercetin, or p-chloromercuriphenylsulfonic acid (pCMPS) from the heavy fraction of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) were studied and compared with those effects on caffeine contracture and tetanus tension in single fibers of frog skeletal muscle.
  • (18) A simple method for the preparation of sweet potato beta-amylase by thymol amylose adsorption is described.
  • (19) The water soluble dye, thymol blue, only weakly interacts with LDL to cause slight increases in particle size and the interaction can be reversed on column chromatography and dialysis.
  • (20) The properties and mechanisms of Ca release induced by thymol from the intracellular Ca-store in the guinea-pig taenia caecum were investigated and compared with those by carbachol, using an intact muscle and a microsomal fraction.