(n.) An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.
Example Sentences:
(1) A further 23 Syrian Kurds , among them women and children, were shot dead in the nearby village of Barkh Butan, the group said.
(2) The target concentrations for the butane:pentane mixtures were 4500 and 1000 parts per million (ppm), while 5200 and 1200 ppm were set for the gasoline distillation fraction.
(3) Stopped-flow studies of oxidation of butan-1-ol and propan-2-ol by NAD(+) in the presence of Phenol Red and large concentrations of yeast alcohol dehydrogenase give no evidence for the participation of a group of pK(a) approx.
(4) The purification procedure includes butan-1-ol extraction of yolk lipids, phosphocellulose chromatography of the water-soluble proteins, DEAE-cellulose chromatography at pH 7.4 and hydroxyapatite column chromatography.
(5) The inhibitory activity of 2-phosphono-butane 1,2,4 tricarboxylic acid (PBTA) in the formation of hydroxyapatite (HA) was studied in vitro and in vivo.
(6) Inhibition by organic proteinase inhibitors, including E-64 [L-trans-epoxysuccinyl-leucylamido-(4-guanidino)butane] and activation of the enzyme by 2-mercaptoethanol and dithiothreitol are characteristic of cysteine proteinases.
(7) The bile-pigment chromophores of C-phycoerythrin (phycoerythrobilin) and C-phycocyanin (phycocyanobilin) were cleaved from their respective proteins with boiling methanol or butan-1-ol.
(8) Thiochrome is then extracted with butan-1-ol, which results in fewer co-extracts and greater selectivity.
(9) We investigated the longitudinal dispersion of helium (He), methane, acetylene, butane, sulfur hexafluoride, and octafluorocyclobutane (C4F8) in a clear plastic model of the human bronchial airways.
(10) While with some other heterocyclic and aromatic aldehydes, and under the same conditions, the corresponding analogs of alpha, delta-bis(thiazolidinidione-2,4-N-arylidenehydrazone-4-arylidene-5-yl-3) butane (3) were obtained.
(11) This substance from Brevibacterium ammoniagenes has now been identified as 2-methyl-butan-1,2,3,4,-tetraol-2,4-cyclopyrophosphate, which is accumulated in the cell under certain conditions in concentrations of of about 50 mM.
(12) In all patients there was a reluctance to admit that butane vapour was in use as an intoxicant immediately prior to the injury.
(13) A short-term response immediately after exposure was observed for subjects exposed to butane.
(14) The case of a 17 year old abuser of butane aerosols who developed fulminant hepatic failure after taking a proprietary engine or carburetor cleaner is described.
(15) The volatile substances abused were gas fuels (24%), mainly butane; aerosol sprays (17%); solvents in glues (27%); and other volatile substances, such as cleaning agents (31%).
(16) Diisopropylphosphofluoridate (Dip-F) and phenylmethanesulphonylfluoride (Pms-F) are inhibitors of "serine" proteinases, and L-trans-epoxysuccinylleucylamido-(4-guanido)-butane (E-64) is an inhibitor of "thiol" proteinases.
(17) The therapeutic effect of cis-1, 1-cyclobutane dicarboxylato-(2R)-2-methyl-1,4-butane diamine platinum (II) (NK 121) on 3 human yolk sac tumors of the ovary (YST-1, YST-2 and YST-3), which were transplanted into nude mice, was compared with that of cisplatin (CDDP).
(18) They form a regular series with different degrees of glycosylation (mainly owing to N-acetylneuraminic acid), of charge, of molecular weight, of stability to temperature, to pH and to urea, of minimal requirement for Mg(2+) and of extractability by butan-1-ol.
(19) The structure skeleton consists of four parts, the naphthalene nucleus connected to the 5-membered ring, a 17-membered ring connected to C2, a dimethyl butane diacid extended out from C20, beta-D-3,4-OO' methylenedigitoxose passing through an oxygen bridge O6 and linked to C27 of ansa ring.
(20) L-1-Chloro-4-phenyl-3-tosylamido[1-13C]butan-2-one (Tos-[1-13C]Phe-CH2Cl) and Tos-[1-13C,2H2]Phe-CH2Cl were prepared and used to alkylate delta-chymotrypsin.
Propane
Definition:
(n.) A heavy gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H8, of the paraffin series, occurring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made artificially; -- called also propyl hydride.
Example Sentences:
(1) Stopped-flow studies of oxidation of butan-1-ol and propan-2-ol by NAD(+) in the presence of Phenol Red and large concentrations of yeast alcohol dehydrogenase give no evidence for the participation of a group of pK(a) approx.
(2) Young female rats dosed with 1-bromo[1-14C]propane excrete the same metabolites as adult females but in different relative proportions.
(3) The performance of a commercial double-propane-jet freezer (Balzers QFD 101) has been assessed, for rapid freezing of fresh tissues in freeze-etch work.
(4) The ryanodine receptor protein of sheep cardiac muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes functions as a ligand-regulated ion channel following solubilization with the zwitterionic detergent CHAPS (3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)-dimethylammonio]-1- propane sulphonate); purification by density gradient centrifugation, reconstitution into proteo-liposomes and incorporation into planar phospholipid bilayers.
(5) The biliary excretion of metabolites of 1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitrophenoxy)-propane is described.
(6) There is no detectable activity with 1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitrophenoxy)propane, ethacrynic acid, p-nitrobenzyl chloride or p-nitrophenyl acetate.
(7) Clinical experience is reported with bis-dioxopiperazine propane (ICRF 159) in 20 children with acute leukaemia in relapse.
(8) A fast freezing technique using liquid propane was used to obtain frozen solutions of methemoglobin at pH 7.
(9) Substitution of "strong" salts in the sample zone with salts formed by weak acids and bases, e.g.. Tris-acetate, Tris-glycinate, Good's buffers such as (N-[2-acetamido]-2-iminodiacetic acid (ADA), (2-[(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)-amino] ethanesulfonic acid (ACES), (3-[N-morpholino]propane sulfonic acid (MOPS), essentially abolishes both phenomena, oxidation and irreversible denaturation.
(10) Results of the demonstration tests show that the system, which uses liquefied propane, successfully removed PCBs from contaminated sediments in New Bedford Harbor.
(11) The capacity of carnosine to decrease free radical-induced damage was evaluated using the oxidation of brain homogenates, the 2,2'-azobis-2-amidino propane-induced oxidation of erythrocyte ghost membranes, the radiation induced inactivation of horseradish peroxidase and the 2,2'-azobis-2-amidino propane-induced inactivation of lysozyme.
(12) Lignin peroxidase also hydroxylated 1-(4'-ethoxy-3'-methoxyphenyl)propane II at the alpha-position to yield 1-(4'-ethoxy-3'-methoxyphenyl)-1-hydroxypropane VI under anaerobic conditions in the presence of mCPBA.
(13) Derivatives of the antiallergic drug cromolyn [disodium 5,5'-[(2-hydroxy-1,3-propanediyl)-bis(oxy)]bis [4-oxo-(4H-1-benzopyran)-2- carboxylate]], which can be conjugated covalently at the propane 2-position to macromolecules and to insoluble matrices, were synthesized.
(14) The effect of two nitroimidazoles, 2-acetoxyl-1,3-bis-(2'-methyl-4'-nitro-1'-imidazolyl)propane (Rs-029) and 2-acetoxy-1-(2'-methyl-4'-nitro-1'-imidazolyl)-3-(2''-methyl-5''-nitro- 1- nitroimidazolyl)propane (Rs-034) on ATP level and erythrocyte membrane ATP-ase activity was studied.
(15) The animals were decapitated and, the pituitary glands were removed, mounted on tissue holders and frozen in liquified propane.
(16) macrosporus is a unique acid endopeptidase that is insensitive (or less sensitive) to specific inhibitors of ordinary acid or aspartic proteinases, such as pepstatin, diazoacetyl-DL-norleucine methyl ester, and 1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitrophenoxy)-propane.
(17) Rapid quenching methods such as plunging a grid into liquid propane cooled by LN2 or collision with a clean surface of a copper block cooled to LHe temperature were used to avoid ice crystal formation.
(18) Considerable activity was obtained with 1-chlorl-2,4-dinitrobenzene and low activity with 3,4-dichloro-1-nitrobenzene, but no enzymic reaction was detectable with sulphobromophthalein 1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitrophenoxy)propane of trans-4-phenylbut-3-en-2-one as substrates.
(19) When porcine brain membranes were solubilized with digitonin or 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propane sulfonate (CHAPS), approximately 20% of the receptors were solubilized, most (90% or more) of which bound to Sepharose 4B conjugated with wheat germ agglutinin (WGA).
(20) Propane inhalation may be widespread, yet only a few cases have been reported.