(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.
Mercaptan
Definition:
(n.) Any one of series of compounds, hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen, and hence called also the sulphur alcohols. In general, they are colorless liquids having a strong, repulsive, garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan, C2H5SH. So called from its avidity for mercury, and other metals.
Example Sentences:
(1) Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel analyses of these cross-linked nuclear receptor complexes labeled with the covalently attaching ligand [3H]tamoxifen aziridine reveal a species of about 130,000 mol wt, while the noncross-linked or the cross-linked but mercaptan-cleaved receptor is 65,000 mol wt.
(2) Linear distortion of the mercaptan (polysulfide) rubber base that takes place during setting is a cause of this problem.
(3) Three dialysis membranes, including a polyacrilonitrile membrane, a polycarbonate membrane and a cuprophan membrane coated with charcoal, have been compared with cuprophan in order to assess their ability to clear from aqueous solution and plasma, substances thought to be of pathogenetic importance in hepatic coma (ammonia, short chain fatty acids and mercaptans), some protein bound (glycocholate and bromsulphthalein) and some middle molecular weight molecules (ethylenediaminetetracetic acid, cyanocobalamin and inulin).
(4) A single and chronic inhalation exposure to a complex of chemical substances being part of hydrogen sulphide-containing natural gas (hydrogen sulphide, hydrocarbon, mercaptan, sulphur dioxide) results in a decline in humoral indicators of non-specific body resistance.
(5) A series of alkylthiocolchcines (methyl, ethyl, n-butyl, n-hexy, n-octyl, and pinanyl) was prepared from colchicine by treatment with the appropriate alkyl mercaptan and p-toluenesulfonic acid.
(6) Varieties of thioalkyl-containing quinone and hydroquinone analogues of quinocarcin (1a) were prepared effectively, by addition of mercaptan to 3a-c, which were derived from 1a via DX-52-1 (1b).
(7) Nine of these compounds, hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, heptadiene, methanol, and ethanol, were found on chicken spoiled at both 2 and 10 degrees C. xylene, benzaldehyde, and 2,3-dithiahexane were detected only in samples stored at 2 degrees C and methyl thiolacetate, 2-butanone, and ethyl propionate were associated with 10 degrees C spoilage.
(8) Silicone and polyether materials exhibited perceptibly less permanent deformation than mercaptan materials ten minutes after mixing.
(9) Nucleophilic opening of the chiral epoxide with dodecyl mercaptan gave optically active 1-S-dodecyl-3-O-trityl-1-thio-glycerol, which was used to synthesize 1-S-dodecyl-2-O-decanoyl-thio-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine.
(10) To induce increased tissue levels of ammonia, mercaptans and fatty acids which are found in HE due to FHF, carefully predetermined doses of urease, dimethyldisulphide and octanoic acid were administered.
(11) The structures of mercaptan and sodium borohydride reaction products of neocarzinostatin chromophore A (NCS Chrom A) are compared.
(12) Metabolic ethyl mercaptan is sufficiently bound to be undetectable by the methods used without hydrolysis.
(13) This system has been shown to be capable of catalyzing the desired reactions with endogenous toxins such as phenols and mercaptans in vitro, and phenols in rabbits in vivo.
(14) P-site cross-linking was more sensitive to mercaptan quenching (50% at 0.5 mM) than was that at the A site (50% at greater than 2.0 mM) but both were partially shielded from solvent.
(15) The drug, only under acidic conditions, reacted with a stoichiometric amount of ethyl mercaptan (or beta-mercaptoethanol) to produce regio-isomers of N-sulfenylated omeprazole sulfide (5-methoxy-2[[(4-methoxy-3,5- dimethyl-2-pyridinyl)methyl]thio]-1- or 3-(ethylthio)benzimidazole).
(16) from L-methionine, the production of large amounts of both dimethyl disulfide and methyl mercaptan was found to be a characteristic of the genus.
(17) The hemolytic action of commercially available nonionic surfactants and synthesized polyoxyethylene fatty acids and mercaptans on human erythrocytes was measured.
(18) Running of gas-cylinder buses (GCB) fueled with liquefied propane-butane mixture added with ethyl mercaptan odorant leads to undesirable medical and social consequences.
(19) 2-hydroxyethyl-mercaptan an ingredient used in mammalian cell culture, inhibited antibody production in trout cells.
(20) 2-Cyano-6-alkylthio- and 6-phenylthiopyrazines were prepared from 2-cyano-6-chloropyrazine (CCP) in the reaction with mercaptans.