(n.) One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite.
Example Sentences:
(1) Samples of raw cereals imported in Italy and of other foodstuffs that can be treated with bromine-containing fumigants were analysed for the total bromide content.
(2) The normal levels of bromine in human tissue are given and their use in the interpretation of levels found when over-exposure is a possibility is described.
(3) Z-DNA antigen was prepared against poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC), which had been converted to the Z-helix conformation in high salt and then stabilized by bromination.
(4) It is found that each of these polymers, including those with brominated bases and those with the four different bases, have a characteristic negative feature at short wavelengths when in the Z form.
(5) Synthesis of hexabromonaphthalenes (HBNs) by direct bromination of naphthalene results in a mixture of two isomers.
(6) In this report the accuracy of this method is established by comparison of spin-label quenching to that obtained using brominated lipids.
(7) 8-Bromo-2'-omicron-acetylinosine cyclic 3',5'-phosphate and 8-[(p-chlorophenyl)thio]-2'-omicron-acetylinosine cyclic 3',5'-phosphate were produced by acylation of 8-bromoinosine cyclic 3',5'-phosphate and 8-[(p-chlorophenyl)thio]inosine cyclic 3',5'-phosphate, respectively; while 8-bromo-2'-omicron-butyrylguanosine cyclic 3',5'-phosphate was synthesized by bromination of 2'-omicron-butyrylguanosine cyclic 3',5'-phosphate.
(8) [14C]Bromomisonidazole was prepared by direct bromination of [ring-2] [14C]misonidazole in dioxane.
(9) In November 1984, because of an accident at a chemical plant, the population of a large area in the town of Geneva, Switzerland, was exposed to toxic bromine gas during several hours at concentrations above the short-term exposure limit.
(10) The absolute configuration of the compound was determined by X-ray structure analysis of its dihydrobromide using the anomalous dispersion of bromine.
(11) The hepatic levels of triglycerides, total proteins and glycogen, as well as the weight gain and caloric intake of the animals which were fed 0.1 g of brominated oil per 100 g diet, were similar to those of the control group.
(12) Substrate specificity towards chlorinated and brominated substrates was limited to short chain monosubstituted 2-halocarboxylic acids.
(13) The minor isomer is definitively identified as 2,3,4,5,6,7-HBN by high-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic analysis of brominated [1-13C]naphthalene-derived products.
(14) None of the patients developed brominism or bromine intoxication.
(15) Electrophilic substitution (chlorination, bromination, and iodination) was effected at the C-5 position of compound 3 with N-chlorosuccinimide, N-bromosuccinimide, and iodine monochloride, respectively, in methylene chloride.
(16) Various soluble tracers were evaluated, among them indium, scandium, and bromine.
(17) This allows a bromine (microgram) to chlorine (mg) ratio to be established (3.2) above which bromine exposure must be considered.
(18) Both dehalogenases show a broad substrate specificity, allowing the degradation of bromine- and chlorine-substituted organic compounds.
(19) The relationship among iodine, bromine and chlorine concentrations in cow's milk samples in Japan was studied with a regression analysis.
(20) The first enzyme was a halophenol para-hydroxylase, a membrane-associated monooxygenase that required molecular oxygen and catalyzed the para-hydroxylation and dehalogenation of chlorinated, fluorinated, and brominated phenols to the corresponding halogenated hydroquinones.
Bromism
Definition:
(n.) A diseased condition produced by the excessive use of bromine or one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness and muscular weakness.
Example Sentences:
(1) Serum bromide levels achieved, however, were far below those reported to result in clinical bromism.
(2) The data, therefore, also suggest that there is not a causal relationship between halothane biotransformation and the clinical syndrome of bromism.
(3) The clinical features and treatment of three suicidal Obral overdoses and of two patients presenting with bromism are presented.
(4) Hyperchloremia may reveal bromism during the neonatal period.
(5) The high frequency of acute intoxications and carbromal induced bromism stresses the need to bring these preparations under prescription.
(6) This case of bromism in a dog suggests that the dosage of potassium bromide should be based on serial measurement of serum bromide concentrations.
(7) The authors report on two cases of neonatal bromism.
(8) When conscious change is due to bromism, hemodialysis instead of forced hydration and diuresis should be performed immediately.
(9) The case demonstrates that, while chronic bromism has become rare, it should still be included in the differential diagnosis, even after intake of supposedly harmless medication.
(10) After diagnosis and treatment of the bromism, they were able to continue living at home.
(11) Although cold syrup containing dextromethorpan bromide is widely administered, the bromism due to cold syrup has not been reported.
(12) We maintain that bromism is not a relic of the past but rather a serious problem in some countries and a potential one in ours.
(13) This article reviews the analytical methodology as it developed historically, and traces the application of chemical analysis of body fluids to monitoring for bromide toxicity (bromism) and then to investigation of the blood-brain barrier in various disorders of the central nervous system.