(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.
Thiol
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Conversion of the active-site thiol to thiocyanate makes it more difficult to inactivate the enzyme by treatment with Cd2+.
(2) Loss of reduced protein thiols, as measured by binding of the thiol reagent iodoacetic acid to GPD, and loss of GPD enzymatic activity occurred in a dose-dependent manner.
(3) The synthetic S-nitroso-thiol, S-nitroso-N-acetylcysteine, markedly inhibited platelet aggregation with an IC50 of 6 nM.
(4) Based on incorporation of radioactively labeled N-ethylmaleimide, the readily reactive thiol groups of isolated myosin (EC 3.6.1.3) from fast, slow and cardiac muscles could be classified into 3 types.
(5) The enzyme was inhibited by thiol and carbonyl reagents.
(6) The thiol-conjugating capacity of quinones may, however, be applied to reduce the tissue-damaging effects of stimulated neutrophils.
(7) In vitro inhibition of the heme-containing enzyme delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase by ATG was reversible in the presence of physiological concentrations of small thiols.
(8) The reactivity of the three disulphide bridges of insulin towards sodium sulphite was studied by amperometric titration of the liberated thiol groups.
(9) Heterogeneity in thiol content of sperm within individual samples was also observed.
(10) Both benzyl alcohol dehydrogenase and benzaldehyde dehydrogenase II were inhibited by the thiol-blocking reagents iodoacetate, iodoacetamide, 4-chloromercuribenzoate and N-ethylmaleimide.
(11) In the normal lens, we found nearly 10% of the total nonprotein thiols bound to the protein.
(12) The choice of 400 nm to monitor the reaction excludes the interference of other intermediates in the reaction of ebselen with thiols as well as the reaction of the thiols with CDNB.
(13) The sulfhydryl enzyme malate synthase was inactivated by X-irradiation in air-saturated aqueous solution, in the absence or presence of a variety of additives (thiols, antioxienzymes, typical radical scavengers, inorganic salts, buffer components, substrates, products, analogues).
(14) Based on the iodoacetamide inactivation and disulfide protection of thioltransferase activity, a model for the catalytic mechanism of the thiol-disulfide oxidoreduction is proposed.
(15) These results suggested that in isolated adipocytes: there are high-affinity and low-affinity receptors, but the low-affinity receptors are absent at 21 degrees C; the binding of oxytocin can be regulated by insulin, and growth factors; and the oxytocin receptors contain disulfide bridges and free thiols that are essential for the maintenance of oxytocin binding.
(16) Finally, there has been considerable interest in supplying thiols by use of the SH-containing angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, such as captopril.
(17) The thiol oxidizing agent diamide inhibited both vaso- and bronchoconstriction induced by H2O2, AA, or U-44069.
(18) IPNS was rapidly inhibited by the thiol-blocking reagents N-ethylmaleimide and 2,2'- and 4,4'-dipyridyl disulphide, but not by 5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) in the same concentration.
(19) Interaction of Se with SeBP is completely blocked by thiol inhibitors.
(20) Effects on CLE formation, morphology, PA, and ornithine decarboxylase activities, EGF binding, and thiol levels were evaluated using 40% growth inhibitory concentrations.