(n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
(v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
(v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
(v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
(v. t.) To compose; to constitute.
(v. t.) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.
(v. i.) To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
(v. t.) Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
(n.) That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.
(n.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.
Example Sentences:
(1) These factors might account for the lower systemic bioavailability of these compounds.
(2) The interaction of the antibody with both the bacterial and the tissue derived polysialic acids suggests that the conformational epitope critical for the interaction is formed by both classes of compounds.
(3) These organic compounds were found to be stable on the sorbent tubes for at least seven days.
(4) Compound Z has the properties expected of an oxidized MPT precursor.
(5) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
(6) Recent data collected by the Games Outcomes Project and shared on the website Gamasutra backs up the view that crunch compounds these problems rather than solving them.
(7) There fore, the adverse effects may be induced by such quartz or silicon compounds.
(8) Fluorination with [18F]acetylhypofluorite yields 6-[18F]fluoro-L-dopa with 95% radiochemical purity; fluorination of the same substrate with [18F]F2 yields a mixture of all three structural isomers in a ratio of 70:16:14 for 6-, 5-, and 2-fluoro compounds.
(9) Mitonafide is the lead compound of a new series of antitumor drugs, the 3-Nitronaphthalimides, which have shown antineoplastic activity in vitro as well as in vivo.
(10) We have examined the activities of X, Y, and several related compounds as activators of macrophages.
(11) [125I]ET-1 binding to ETB receptors (nonselective to ET isopeptides) in cerebellar membranes was not inhibited by either of these compounds even at 100 microM.
(12) The individual classes of drugs are first treated separately to highlight specific aspects of their quantification, and this is followed by an overview of those methods permitting the concomitant analysis of two or more antiepileptic compounds.
(13) The remainder of the radioactivity appeared chromatographically just prior to the bisantrene peak, indicating that compounds more polar than the parent were present as transformation products.
(14) The ADAM derivative of carnitine was separated from decomposition products of the reagent and related compounds such as amino acid derivatives on a silica gel column eluted with methanol-5% aqueous SDS-phosphoric acid (990:10:1).
(15) Accidentally discovered nearly 40 years ago as the first true antidepressants, the MAOIs soon fell into disfavor due to concerns about toxicity and seemingly lesser efficacy compared with the newer tricyclic compounds.
(16) In a series of compounds with H2-antihistaminic activity, a conformational analysis was performed based on force field calculations.
(17) All three compounds were also very similar in their effects on [3H]5HT release from superfused rat striatal slices.
(18) A new compound, 5-bromo-2-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyl)furnan (IIc), is prepared in a similar way.
(19) On the basis of obtained data on the uniformity of chemical compounds of the secretion of glands belonging to different groups their common origin has been suggested.
(20) S-methyl-l-cysteine, 2-hydroxy-4-methiol butyric acid, S-adenosyl-l-methionine, and methionine peptides were the only compounds supporting growth, when substituted for methionine.
Levorotatory
Definition:
(a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition, the inhibitory activity of these acyclic analogues was enantioselective, exhibiting a preference, similar to the parent vesamicol, for the levorotatory isomer [(-)-11a vs (+)-11a].
(2) The levorotatory form of 5-hydroxytryptophan significantly improved the ataxia score.
(3) The stereochemistry of this material was established by conversion to levorotatory methyl 4-phthalimido [4(-2)H] butyrate.
(4) Extraction and fractionation of Frullania tamarisci has given, as the only allergenic component isolated, a levorotatory crystalline sutbstance, the structure of which is demonstrated.
(5) As several reports in literature confirmed the greatest antineoplastic activity of L-form in animals, the suggestion of further clinical investigation of levorotatory form as a separate preparation has been put forward.
(6) The dextrorotatory enantiomer of fluoxetine was slightly more potent than the levorotatory enantiomer in antagonizing the depletion of brain serotonin by p-chloroamphetamine in rats.
(7) The levorotatory compounds of R configuration showed stronger protective and also therapeutic effect in different experimental arrhythmias.
(8) These data indicate that the beta 2-receptor agonistic and anti-permeability actions of terbutaline are found solely in the levorotatory enantiomer.
(9) In five cases in which the levorotatory form of 5-hydroxytryptophan therapy was maintained for 12 months, the effect continued progressively.
(10) Some features of cerebellar ataxia have been reported to regress partially with long-term administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan or levorotatory form of 5-hydroxytryptophan.
(11) The racemic N-alkyl derivatives are more active than the racemic or even the levorotatory N-benzyl compound.
(12) By the consecutive oxidation and hydrolysis reactions a levorotatory intermediate was formed, presumably (-)-2-oxo-4-hydroxy-4-carbohydroxy-5-ureido-imidazoline.
(13) It was shown that the stereodifferentiation of anti-tumor effect of enantiomers was not outstanding although quite consistently in favour of levorotatory forms.
(14) A similar, but less potent neuron-protective effect, was seen with the opioid levorotatory enantiomer of DX, levorphanol (ED50, 40 microM).
(15) Treponemycin is a crystalline light-yellow compound with an mp of 93 to 95 degrees C, levorotatory, and soluble in most organic solvents.
(16) In this report, we identify that a major cortical receptor alteration in these disorders is a reduction in nicotinic receptors measured using both tritiated acetylcholine and levorotatory tritiated nicotine binding.
(17) The therapeutic index of the racemic 13 and its levorotatory enantiomer was about 1.7 times higher than that for ifosfamide and about 2.7 times higher than that for cyclophosphamide.
(18) In a separate experiment, 100 micrograms of dextrorotatory and levorotatory gossypol was administered to male mice.
(19) Among these compounds, the levorotatory 3-acetyl-N-(cyclopropylmethyl)morphinan (12) was found to be an orally active analgesic, comparable in potency to morphine (1), yet only weakly able to substitute for morphine (1) in morphine-dependent rats.
(20) The dextrorotatory gossypol, both in rat and mice, had less pronounced effect on the histoarchitecture of the testis in comparison to racemic and levorotatory gossypol.