(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.
Quinoline
Definition:
(n.) A nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent colorless liquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, etc. It the nucleus of many organic bodies, especially of certain alkaloids and related substances; hence, by extension, any one of the series of alkaloidal bases of which quinoline proper is the type.
Example Sentences:
(1) The metabolism of [1,3-14C]benzo[f]quinoline (BfQ) by liver microsomes from control, 3-methylcholanthrene (3-MC)-pretreated and phenobarbital (PB)-pretreated rats has been investigated in order to gain insights into the effect of mixed function oxidase inducers on the types and levels of specific metabolites as formed in vitro.
(2) The quinolinate synthetase B protein exists in all nadA and nadC mutants examined.
(3) Unilateral infusions of quinolinic acid (QUIN) into the rat striatum led to an increase in cholecystokinin octapeptide sulfate-like immunoreactivity (CCK8S-LI) in the striatum and substantia nigra 4 days later.
(4) A histochemical method for staining CNS zinc by the stoichiometric formation of zinc: quinoline fluorescent chelates is described.
(5) In contrast to other excitotoxins, such as kainic acid, quinolinic acid (QA) may spare a specific population of striatal neurons that is also spared in Huntington's disease (HD).
(6) Previous studies have shown that in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated human monocytes, interleukin 1 (IL-1) production is altered by quinoline derivative antibiotics (quinolones), in a way which depends both on the dose and on the agents used.
(7) We conclude that quinolinic acid causes both reversible and long-lasting gliosis when injected into the rat striatum.
(8) The enzymic and non-enzymic formation of protein-arylating intermediates from amodiaquine (AQ,7-chloro-4-(3'-diethylamino-4'-hydroxyanilino) quinoline), an anti-malarial associated with agranulocytosis and liver damage in man, was studied in vitro.
(9) The ability of quinolinic acid to produce neurotoxicity was greater in the striatum than in other parts of the brain.
(10) The behavioral effects of 2-p-chlorophenylpyrazolo[4,3-c]quinolin-3(5H)-one (CGS 9896) were compared with those of lorazepam and zopiclone in squirrel monkeys.
(11) Synthetic heterocyclic quinones (107 samples) consisting of o- and p-quinoline quinones, o-isoquinoline quinones and p-quinoxaline quinones as well as o- and p-naphthoquinones (3 samples) were tested for their inhibitory activities against avian myeloblastosis virus reverse transcriptase (AMV-RT) and cytotoxic activities against mouse lymphoblastoma L5178Y cells.
(12) Ibotenate lesioned rats, despite having larger lesions than the quinolinate, showed no deficits in eating or drinking in the home cage, or reaching or grasping disabilities in the staircase test.
(13) Between the other toxins (kainate, AMPA, ibotenate, quisqualate, NMDA and the high dose of quinolinate) there were no statistically significant differences.
(14) possess anticonvulsant action against kynurenine and not against quinolinic acid.
(15) The quinoline nitrogen atom of quipazine also contributes to affinity and its replacement by carbon reduces affinity by 20-fold.
(16) The localization and distribution of quinolinic acid phosphoribosyltransferase, the degradative enzyme of the endogenous excitotoxin quinolinic acid, were studied in the post mortem human neostriatum by immunohistochemistry.
(17) The quinoline-containing antimalarial drugs chloroquine, quinine and mefloquine exert an irreversible inhibitory effect on erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium falciparum grown in culture.
(18) Bilateral intrastriatal injections of quinolinic acid (QA) (180 nmoles) induced weight loss and neurologic and behavioral deficits including convulsions, decreased catalepsy response to haloperidol, increased nocturnal locomotor activity, and abnormal feeding behavior in adult male Sprague-Dawley rats.
(19) Kainic acid and quinolinic acid were also effective in increasing the AAT activity.
(20) Diabetogenic and acidotropic effects of dithizone, 8-(p-toluenesulfonylamino)-quinoline and 8-(benzenesulfonylamino)-quinoline were studied in experiments on cats, rabbits, golden hamsters and mice.