(n.) The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.
(n.) The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
(n.) The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
Example Sentences:
(1) In each sheep there was a significant negative correlation between the glucose and corticosteroid concentrations in both maternal and fetal plasma, and there were positive correlations between the maternal and fetal plasma concentrations of glucose, and between the glucose and fructose concentrations of fetal plasma.
(2) Synthesis of choline esterase on the medium with acetylcholine at a concentration of 1% was increased more than twofold upon addition of glucose at a concentration of 0.1%.
(3) Steady-state values of cell, glucose, and cellulase concentration oxygen tension, and outlet gas oxygen partial pressure were recorded.
(4) Patient plasma samples demonstrated evidence of marked complement activation, with 3-fold elevations of C3a desArg concentrations by the 8th day of therapy.
(5) Arachidic acid was without effect, while linoleic acid and linolenic acid were (on a concentration basis) at least 5-times less active than arachidonic acid.
(6) The fraction of the viral dose which became cell associated was independent of the incubation temperature and increased with increasing target membrane concentration.
(7) Maximum increases in portal plasma secretin concentrations of 143, 146 and 190% and maximum increases in VIP of 116, 155 and 147% after, respectively, intraduodenal 0.1 M NaHCO3, 0.1 M Na2CO3, and 0.025 M NaOH were found.
(8) ), the concentration of AMPO in the hypothalamus was 5.4 times the concentration at 20 h after one injection.
(9) In cardiac tissue the adenylate system is not a good indicator of the energy state of the mitochondrion, even when the concentrations of AMP and free cytosolic ADP are calculated from the adenylate kinase and creatine kinase equilibria.
(10) We similarly evaluated the ability of other phospholipids to form stable foam at various concentrations and ethanol volume fractions and found: bovine brain sphingomyelin greater than dipalmitoyl 3-sn-phosphatidylcholine greater than egg sphingomyelin greater than egg lecithin greater than phosphatidylglycerol.
(11) Cyclic AMP stimulated phosphorylation by [gamma-32P]ATP of two proteins of apparent Mr = 20,000 and 7,000 that were concentrated in sarcoplasmic reticulum, but the stimulation was markedly dependent on the presence of added soluble cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase.
(12) We conclude that the SHBG concentration strongly affects this estimation.
(13) Ursodeoxycholate was the only dihydroxy bile salt which was able to solubilize phospholipid (although not cholesterol) below the critical micellar concentration.
(14) The fluctuations in [Ca2+]i measured with fura-2 were synchronized among the population of cells observed and were sensitive to extracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]o).
(15) The observed relationship between prorenin and renin substrate concentrations might be a consequence of their regulation by common factors.
(16) In the presence of insulin, a qualitatively similar pattern of increasing responses to albumin is observed; the enhancement of each response by insulin is, however, only slightly potentiated by higher albumin concentrations.
(17) We maximize an objective function that includes both total production rate and product concentration.
(18) The procedure used in our laboratory was not able to provide accurate determination of the concentrations of these binding forms.
(19) Thus adrenaline, via pre- and post-junctional adrenoceptors, may contribute to enhanced vascular smooth muscle contraction, which most likely is sensitized by the elevated intracellular calcium concentration.
(20) The specific activities of extracts from cells grown under phototrophic and aerobic conditions were similar and not affected by the concentration of iron in the growth media.
Fucus
Definition:
(n.) A paint; a dye; also, false show.
(n.) A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green color; rockweed.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition, distribution of lead and cadmium varied within the individual producer (Fucus vesiculosus) in such a way that the holdfast exhibited the highest concentration followed by the apcial tip and the branches of the first dichotomy was the lowest.
(2) The steady state mechanism of the Macrocystis and the Fucus enzymes are compared to the mechanism of the bromide-assisted disproportionation of hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by V-BrPO from Ascophyllum nodosum.
(3) Unfertilized eggs and zygotes of the marine brown alga, Fucus serratus, have been subjected to single external electric field pulses of 1 to 1760 musec duration (tau p) and 50 to 400 V field strength (Upcm-1).
(4) A polyclonal antibody raised against the LH polypeptide of Fucus serratus has been tested on LH apoproteins of other Chromophytes and Chlorophytes.
(5) Antisera raised against surface antigens of Fucus serratus sperm flagella, cause inhibition of fertilization in a species-specific manner, possibly by binding directly to the sperm fertilization receptor.
(6) In this report the additional requirement for cell wall in polarization of Fucus zygotes was investigated.
(7) In the marine brown alga, Fucus vesiculosus L., the sperm pronucleus is delimited by an envelope following penetration of the eff by the sperm.
(8) The mono and polyester glycosyl sulfates or phosphate diglycerides account for a group of polar lipids which is found in large amounts in the three fucacae that are studied: Pelvetia canaliculata (L) Deen and Thur, Fucus vesiculosus (L), Fucus serratus (L).
(9) Vanadium bromoperoxidase (V-BrPO) has been isolated and purified from the marine brown algae Fucus distichus and Macrocystis pyrifera.
(10) At present we know of two components in the proposed ASC of Fucus: an adhesive sulfated glycoprotein which is localized in the ECM, and an actin network which is localized on the adjoining cytoplasmic face.
(11) Condensation of the chromosomes during the first cell division following fertilization of the brown alga Fucus vesiculosus L. is accompanied by the almost complete disappearance of the nuclear envelope.
(12) He then explains that some people like to reuse their bucket of serrated wrack (Fucus serratus) in a bath back at home.
(13) The mechanism of the bromide-assisted disproportionation of hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by V-BrPO, which is the reaction that forms dioxygen, has been investigated for V-BrPO isolated from two new marine algal sources, Macrocystis pyrifera and Fucus distichus.
(14) Brown algae Fucus vesiculosus is recommended for monitoring polycyclic arene pollution in the area from Vormsi Island to Käsmu and green algae Cladophora or Enteromorpha in the eastern part of the Finnish Gulf.
(15) Ribonucleic acid required for rhizoid formation in Fucus zygotes is synthesized several hours before the production of proteins essential for this process.
(16) A comparison of the N-terminal amino acid rbcS sequence of A. eutrophus to those of O. luteus and brown alga Fucus species shows extensive sequence similarity (68.3% identity).
(17) Ethanol extracts of Laminaria ochroleuca, Saccorhiza polyschides and Fucus vesiculosus were administered orally to normal animals and their effects on glycemia and triglyceridemia evaluated.
(18) Extracts from the brown algae Fucus vesiculosus, F. serratus, and Halidrys siliquosa agglutinated human erythrocytes of groups A, B, O, and AB as well as erythrocytes from some animal species, ascites tumour cells from mice, and streptococci of many groups of the LANCEFIELD system.
(19) Following fertilization, there are rapid changes in the appearance of the Fucus egg.
(20) By isoelectric fucusing, the latter type can be split into the S0 and S1 types.