(1) Glucokinase from Buffo marinus and pig liver were, like the rat liver enzyme, inhibited by the regulatory protein, as well as by palmitoyl-CoA at micromolar concentrations.
(2) Contractures of the rectus abdominis muscle of Buffo regularis evoked by carbachol were inhibited in concentration-dependent fashion by verapamil, nifedipine, hydrallazine and ketamine, whereas KCI-induced contractures were relatively resistant to blockade by these compounds.
Bufo
Definition:
(n.) A genus of Amphibia including various species of toads.
Example Sentences:
(1) A golden toad (Bufo periglenes) in Monteverde Cloud forest reserve in Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.
(2) Resting plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine levels were 13.1 and 2.1 nmol liter-1 for the marine toad (Bufo marinus).
(3) Representative specimens from two classes of Vertebrata Sub-Phyllum, Bufo paracnemis (amphibian) and Gallus domesticus (avian) were made anemic by phenylhydrazine treatment.
(4) In the present study, the ultrastructure of the stromal components, basically epithelial elements and macrophages, of the thymus of adult natterjacks, Bufo calamita has been analyzed.
(5) The effect of different lipids on the fertilizing capacity of Bufo arenarum spermatozoa and on acrosome breakdown of Leptodactylus chaquensis spermatozoa was studied.
(6) Earlier studies have shown that a substance(s) released from the egg jelly of the toad Bufo arenarum is required for fertilization.
(7) The properties of hyperpolarization-activated channels were studied in single smooth muscle cells from the stomach of the toad, Bufo marinus, using the patch-clamp technique.
(8) Other than snake venoms, only venoms of the toad Bufo calamita and the lizards were hemorrhagic, and only venoms of the social wasps, social bees and harvester ant exhibited strong anticoagulant activity.
(9) When inseminated with sperm of the newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster, mature Bufo oocytes exhibited polyspermy accompanied by a gradual hyperpolarization and a slowly developing positive plateau, without the fast spike that occurs in self-species fertilization.
(10) The effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) on Na+ transport across the isolated toad (Bufo marinus) skin was studied by measuring the transepithelial short-circuit current (ISC) and resistance (R) at 5, 8, and 10 ATA PO2 and 15 ATA normoxia during steady state conditions.
(11) Experiments were done using frog skin (Rana temporaria and Rana catesbeiana), toad urinary bladder (Bufo marinus) and epithelia of A6 cells.
(12) Male American toads (Bufo americanus) were induced to mating call in response to electronically simulated, conspecific mating calls.
(13) Zn, Mg, Cu, Ca and Fe were determined spectrophotometrically in liver, kidneys, muscle, spleen and blood of Bufo regularis after a single i.m.
(14) The pulmonary artery of Bufo marinus contains large numbers of bipolar cells situated in the tunica adventitia and in the outer layers of the media.
(15) 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) content and synthesis in mucosa-free intestine of guinea-pig, the teleost Platycephalus bassensis and the amphibian Bufo marinus was studied by HPLC with electrochemical detection or by TLC.
(16) The frequency, shape, and pattern of distribution of granular and mitochondria-rich cells is determined for the commonly studied varieties of Bufo marinus.
(17) It is speculated that one or more constituents of black pepper may be responsible for tumour induction in the organs of the Egyptian toad Bufo regularis.
(18) The electrical transients produced on the isolated abdominal skin obtained from Bufo arenarum Hensel, under the influence of inward current pulses of constant intensity have been studied.
(19) To evaluate the role of rRNA in mineralocorticoid action, the inhibitor 3'-deoxycytidine was used in studies on the urinary bladder of the toad Bufo marinus.
(20) Nucleic acids and total protein contents in hepatocytes and erythrocytes of diploid (Bufo viridis, 2n = 22) and tetraploid (B. danatensis, 2n = 44) green toads were measured cytophotometrically.