(n.) One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent.
Example Sentences:
(1) The appearance of prepared cavity walls after treatment with different cavity cleansers and cleaning procedures was studied.
(2) Other soaps and a hand cleanser containing (1 4 C) Triclocarban have been applied to rat skin without occlusion and the effects of duration of contact, concentration and the use of a solubilizer have been investigated.
(3) Dentin: using the conventional Gluma Bonding System (A); the Gluma 2 Cleanser was replaced with 10% pyruvic acid containing 10% glycine with pH 2.8 (B); or the dentin was etched with 10% pyruvic acid (pH 1.5) followed by the application of 10% glycine with pH adjusted to 9.0 (C).
(4) A four-week crossover study to compare the efficacy of an acne cleanser containing 2% salicylic acid with that of a 10% benzoyl peroxide wash was conducted in 30 patients with acne vulgaris.
(5) Methods for the evaluation of the relative irritant potential of skin cleansers are reviewed.
(6) This method of gut lavage is not only an effective bowel cleanser, but also a noninvasive means of obtaining intestinal secretions for the study of humoral immunity in gastrointestinal disease.
(7) Iodophors tested in this study demonstrated a distinct superiority to noncomplexed iodine solutions (tincture and aqueous iodine solutions) as wound and skin cleansers.
(8) However, the possible reduction of the rate of 10-5 specimens to 9.1 per cent in the group using Prepodyne did not rule out the possibility of reduced specificity, and the hazard of false-negative results occuring with the use of gram-negative skin cleansers requires further study.
(9) The use of the povidone-iodine skin cleanser inconsistently affected skin flora.
(10) A study was undertaken to compare the efficacy of a soaking solution (Efferdent Extra-Strength Denture Cleanser Tablets) to mechanical cleaning with a denture paste (Advanced Formula Dentu-Creme Denture Cleaning Paste) to remove and kill plaque bacteria from removable dentures.
(11) This assay was useful in the presence of most currently used denture cleanser ingredients, materials which cause other protein assay methods to fail.
(12) To try to allay fears, the UN boss in the country, Kai Eide, held a press conference last month in which he tried to prove that he could not remove it from his finger with a range of domestic cleansers.
(13) Since it is impossible to practise disinfection procedures in a household kitchen on the same scale as in an operating room, we tried to achieve at least a limited disinfection by household cleansers with germicidal properties.
(14) The added insult from cleanser pretreatment caused destruction of the odontoblast processes withnin the cut dentinal tubules, and an increase in diameter of the tubules.
(15) The sample consisted of 40 patients, 16 of whom were randomized to use chlorhexidine and 24 of whom were randomized to use nonmedicated skin cleanser.
(16) A case of fatal poisoning in a 1-year-old girl after ingestion of a household cleanser containing 4.5% sodium hypochlorite (Klorin) in an alkaline solution (pH 12.0) is reported.
(17) Silicate cement was inserted in deep unlined cavities in 70 human teeth; 35 cavities were cleaned with an antibacterial cleanser, and the other 35 cavities in the contralateral teeth were treated with water spray only.
(18) Application of the cleanser directly to the exposed pulp resulted in satisfactory destruction similar to the results obtained with strong acids.
(19) The use of a 50percent citric acid cleanser in root canals after pulpectomy produced well-cleaned surfaces as shown by scanning electron microscopy.
(20) A 31-year-old man had sodium hydroxide blown into his amblyopic left eye after an explosion caused by placing solid sodium hydroxide cleanser into a plugged drain.
Detergent
Definition:
(a.) Cleansing; purging.
(n.) A substance which cleanses the skin, as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds, ulcers, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Detergent-solubilized HLA antigens were isolated from a human lymphoblastoid cell using an anti-beta2-microglobulin immunoaffinity column.
(2) We propose that during the detergent solubilization the acidic phospholipids protect the transport systems against denaturation by preventing delipidation.
(3) Isoprenylated proteins were enriched in the detergent phase upon partition with the non-ionic detergent Triton X-114.
(4) Thymus and spleen cells from such hypogammaglobulinaemic chickens were extracted with non-ionic detergents, acid urea, or combinations of urea and detergent, and the extracts were analysed for Ig by the inhibition assay.
(5) By applying this method to rat cardiac whole muscle, high-molecular weight proteins, such as myosin heavy chains, are focused on the first-dimensional gels and, in addition, minor components are resolved on the second-dimensional gels, without loss during equilibration with detergent.
(6) Electron microscopy has been used to monitor the effect of detergent treatment on the morphology of the organism and to examine the detailed structure of the flagella.
(7) The detergent lauryl maltoside abolishes respiratory control and proton ejection by cytochrome c oxidase-containing proteoliposomes over a narrow concentration range.
(8) Depending on the differential sensitivity of nuclear T-ag to extraction by salt and detergent, nuclear T-ag could be separated into nucleoplasmic T-ag, salt-sensitive T-ag and matrix-bound T-ag subclasses.
(9) Ruminal digestion (% of intake) of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and hemicellulose decreased linearly (P less than .05), whereas acid detergent fiber (ADF) digestion responded in a cubic (P less than .05) fashion to increasing concentrate level; NaHCO3 improved ruminal digestion of NDF (P less than .10) and ADF (P less than .05), but not hemicellulose.
(10) In senescent rats, however, the proportions of salt-soluble and detergent-soluble AChE may differ from those in young rats.
(11) The predominant u-PA binding protein isolated from whole cell detergent extracts migrated with a molecular mass of approximately 36 Kd using affinity chromatography.
(12) The K5 polysaccharide was N-deacetylated (by hydrazinolysis) and N-sulphated, and was then incubated with detergent-solubilized enzymes from a heparin-producing mouse mastocytoma, in the presence of adenosine 3'-phosphate 5'-phospho[35S] sulphate ([35S]PAPS).
(13) Whereas elongation of cDNA100 increased with time of incubation at the optimal detergent concentration, this process was retarded at higher detergent concentrations.
(14) For this, different detergents such as Triton X-100, CHAPS and n-octyl beta-D glucopyranoside were tested at various concentrations, durations and temperatures of incubation.
(15) The purification entails cell lysis and solubilization of gpL115 with the detergent Nonidet P-40, sequential affinity chromatography on lentil lectin-Sepharose, wheat germ lectin-Sepharose, and, after treatment with sialidase, on peanut lectin-Sepharose.
(16) Ultrastructural studies of detergent-insoluble cytoskeletons from infected cells and immunofluorescence microscopy of phalloidin-labeled cells showed alterations in the structure of the cytoskeleton during the internalization process including the accumulation of polymerized actin around entering bacteria.
(17) When detergent-dispersed LA was contaminated with linoleic acid hydroperoxide (LOOH), lipid peroxidation was catalyzed by Fe2+ via reductive cleavage of LOOH (LOOH-Fe2+-induced lipid peroxidation), and Fe2+ was oxidized simultaneously in SDS micelles, even when H2O2 was not present.
(18) The two forms show no differences other than those consistent with binding of detergent micelles to the hydrophobic moiety present on membrane form surface glycoprotein.
(19) In addition to rapid motions, slow motions were detected by 1H spin-lattice relaxation time in the rotating frame (TH1 rho) and cross-polarization time (TCH), together with data from static spectra, indicating that the aliphatic portion of the detergent interacts more strongly with hydrophobic protein surfaces than do the polar heads.
(20) The channel protein most likely is composed of several copies of a single type of polypeptide, which can be removed from photoreceptor membranes by detergents and functionally reincorporated into the membrane of liposomes or planar bilayers.