(n.) The radical (CO)'', occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The rhodamine 123-induced growth inhibition was partially reversed by treating the dye-pre-exposed infected erythrocytes with the proton ionophore carbonyl-cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone, which dissipates transmembrane proton gradients.
(2) The purity and configuration of each isomer of the free acid and N-chloroacetylated derivative were ascertained by: (a) paper chromatography in five solvent systems, (b) elemental analysis, (c) Van Slyke nitrous acid determination of alpha-carbonyl carbon, and (d) Van Slyke ninhydrin determination of alpha-carbonyl carbon, and (e) optical rotation.
(3) The enzyme was inhibited by thiol and carbonyl reagents.
(4) We studied the localization of carbonyl reductase (E.C.
(5) Both adiphenine.HCl and proadifen.HCl form more stable complexes, suggesting that hydrogen bonding to the carbonyl oxygen by the hydroxyl-group on the rim of the CD ring could be an important contributor to the complexation.
(6) This structure is further characterized by approaches of both the carbonyl and the furan O atoms to ring H atoms with separations which are slightly less than the sum of the relevant van der Waals radii.
(7) Cimaterol at 10-100 nM concentrations reduced cathepsin B benzyloxy-carbonyl-Arg-Arg-4-methyl-7-coumarylamide hydrolyzing activity, as well as benzyloxycarbonyl-Phe-Arg-4-methyl-7-coumarylamide hydrolysis, which is a substrate for both cathepsin B and cathepsin L. Maximum effect was observed after 6-16 h treatment.
(8) An additional synthetic analog of RA, which lacks a carbonyl group at the diketopiperazine ring, exhibited the same uptake rates as ferric RA.
(9) This series of compounds includes [R-(R*,R*)]-4-[[2-[[3-(1H-indol-3-yl)-2-methyl-1-oxo-2- [[(tricyclo[3.3.1.1] dec-2-yloxy)carbonyl]amino]propyl]amino]-1-phenylethyl]amino]- 4-oxobutanoic acid (CI-988, 1, Figure 1), the first rationally designed non-peptide antagonist of a neuropeptide receptor.
(10) Highly resolved signals are observed in the carbonyl stretching frequency region of the light-induced FTIR spectra.
(11) In compounds with other substituents that promote activity, C-6 alpha substitution with -CH3, -Cl, or -Br strongly enhances activity; -F, -OCH3, carbonyl, or the unsubstituted compound promotes weak binding; and -OC2H5, -OAc, -OCOOCH3, or -OH eliminates binding activity.
(12) Since the activity of canrenone is 38% that of spironolactone, introduction of the carbonyl group at the 15 position of canrenone resulted in a reduction in activity.
(13) Treatment with carbonyl iron reduced monocyte concentration to less than 1.2% in all donors, as measured by morphologic criteria, esterase staining and ingestion of latex particles.
(14) Our data do not support the possibility of hydrogen bonding between the 16 beta-hydroxyl of gitoxigenin and the lactone ring, previously suggested to account for the decreased activity of gitoxigenin vis à vis digitoxigenin, but, rather, suggest that the decreased activity may be due to an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the hydroxyls on C-14 and C-16 and an unusual D-ring conformation which combine to alter the carbonyl oxygen of the lactone ring away from the putative active position.
(15) Accordingly, the concept that intravascular adenosine may exert some of its action on the capillary lumen was tested by coupling the agonists: N6-([aminoethylamino]carbonyl)methylphenyladenosine (ADAC) and N6-octylamine adenosine (NOA) to carboxylated latex microspheres (0.07 microns diameter); thus, insuring their intravascular confinement.
(16) Solubilities of [carbonyl-13C]triolein in phospholipid bilayer vesicles containing between 0 and 50 mol % free cholesterol, prepared by cosonication, were measured by 13C NMR.
(17) This paper reports the evaluation of five tetrahydro-beta-carboline carboxylic acids, formed from the interaction of woodsmoke carbonyls and tryptophan, for mutagenicity in the Ames test.
(18) Depletion of cells adhering to carbonyl iron led to higher ADCC activity.
(19) Similar was the cyclization which accompanied the basic hydrolysis of N-benzyl-oxycarbonyl-L-threonyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester and of N-benzyloxy-carbonyl-L-seryl-DL-valine ethyl ester, and which resulted in the formation of L - O = C Thr-L-Phe and L - O = C Ser-DL-Val, respectively.
(20) In the binary complex with enzyme, the positions of the resonances of oxaloacetate are shifted relative to those of the free ligand as follows: C-1 (carboxylate), -2.5 ppm; C-2 (carbonyl), +4.3 ppm; C-3 (methylene), -0.6 ppm; C-4 (carboxylate), +1.3 ppm.
Xanthophyll
Definition:
(n.) A yellow coloring matter found in yellow autumn leaves, and also produced artificially from chlorophyll; -- formerly called also phylloxanthin.
Example Sentences:
(1) In general, polymeric C18 columns allow for the detection of cis carotenes, while monomeric C18 columns provide for some separation of certain xanthophylls.
(2) The characterization of two novel triterpenoid xanthophylls occurring in Streptococcus faecium UNH 564P is described.
(3) The relationship between dietary levels of xanthophyll, the degree of pigmentation in the hen, and egg production rate was studied in commercial broiler breeders (Anak 2000).
(4) The influences of fundus pigments like oxihemoglobin, melanin, xanthophyll and rhodopsin as well as the intensity and the exponent of the scattered light are optimized.
(5) Most reports have focused on the hydrocarbon carotenoids (lycopene, alpha-carotene, and beta-carotene) with fewer dealing with the more polar xanthophyll pigments.
(6) Theoretically, 577 nm seems to be a particularly useful wavelength for the treatment of a wide variety of retinal lesions because it is not absorbed in xanthophyll and penetrates opacities of the optic media better than argon blue green.
(7) The generalization that yellow flowers contained large amounts of xanthophylls and only traces of carotenes, whereas deep-orange flowers seemed to be characterized by the presence of large amounts of one carotene, was not always the correct one.
(8) In theory, the longer wavelength of the solid-state laser offers the advantages of less scattering in ocular media, higher absorption by oxyhemoglobin, and less absorption by macular xanthophyll than the 514-nm wavelength of the regular green argon laser.
(9) In chick plasma studies, it was observed that endogenious xanthophylls participated in the antioxidant defenses against the attack of aqueous peroxyl radical.
(10) It was also observed that rather small concentrations of added xanthophylls (molar fraction up to 3%) increase the pigmented bilayer thickness by a value of about 2 A as compared with that of the pure DMPC bilayer.
(11) The studies involving uninoculated birds with reciprocal chagnes between high and low xanthophyll diets indicated that plasma carotenoids are a more rapid and sensitive means of measuring changes in pigmentation levels than are visual skin scores carotenoid levels from the skin.
(12) Therefore, the AB96 gene product contains binding sites for chlorophylls a and b and xanthophylls, all of which are necessary for optimal reconstitution in vitro.
(13) A number of xanthophylls were included in this study; it would appear that an epoxide group rather than carbonyl or hydroxyl substituents increase the reactivity of the carotenoid with respect to O2(1 delta g).
(14) Using Raman spectroscopy, we demonstrate that low levels of beta-carotene, lycopene, and xanthophyll give rise to resonance enhanced bands in blood plasma.
(15) Conversely, a marked increase in the xanthophyll : Cr2O3 ratio was observed in the cecal contents of chicks inoculated with E. tenella compared with uninuoculated controls or those inoculated with E. acervulina.
(16) The bright yellows, oranges, and reds are due mostly to xanthophylls; keto and hydroxy carotenes.
(17) For both the monohydroxy-xanthophylls, alpha-cryptoxanthin and beta-cryptoxanthin, and the dihydroxy-xanthophylls, lutein and zeaxanthin, the beta, beta structural isomer (beta-cryptoxanthin or zeaxanthin) is less abundant than the beta, epsilon isomer in plasma than in the diet.
(18) Dark and photooxidative degradation of the cells is accompanied with an increase in the level of epiphase xanthophylls (particularly, ketoxanthophylls) and a decrease in the level of carotenes and glycoside xanthophylls, whereas the total content of carotenoids decreases.
(19) In result of the analyses the presence of the following carotenoids has been established: beta-zeacarotene, canthaxanthin, cryptoxanthin, alpha-cryptoxanthin, isocryptoxanthin, lutein, lutein-5,6-epoxide, zeaxanthin, isozeaxanthin, tunaxanthin, flavoxanthin, astaxanthin ester, 4-hydroxy-alpha-carotene, 4-keto-alpha-carotene and unknown xanthophylls.
(20) The findings also support the view that the xanthophylls lutein and zeaxanthin are formed from the corresponding carotenes and are especially important in the development of a normal chloroplast structure.