What's the difference between emulsion and latex?

Emulsion


Definition:

  • (n.) Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This paper has considered the effects and potential application of PFCs, their emulsions and emulsion components for regulating growth and metabolic functions of microbial, animal and plant cells in culture.
  • (2) The influence of calcium ions on the electrophoretic properties of phospholipid stabilized emulsions containing various quantities of the sodium salts of oleic acid (SO), phosphatidic acid (SPA), phosphatidylinositol (SPI), and phosphatidylserine (SPS) was examined.
  • (3) After the incubation during 6 hours of Emulsions 1 and 2 with plasma the 36% and 50% decrease of the cholesterol content in plasma was found.
  • (4) Measurable quantities of temefos were found in the snails within 1 day after the first treatment with a 2% granular formulation but 3 weeks elapsed before uptake occurred following treatment with a temefos emulsion.
  • (5) Pediatric) (280 micrograms retinol; 160 IU vitamin D; 2.8 mg tocopherol; 0.68 mg riboflavin) in a lipid emulsion, Intralipid.
  • (6) A fat emulsion when injected into tissue is scarcely taken up by the blood vascular system but is retained within the tissue over a relatively extended period, and is distributed slowly into the surrounding tissues and to the regional lymph nodes.
  • (7) The effects of injecting either a novel perfluorodecalin (FDC)-based emulsion or various perfluorochemical (PFC) oils on liver cytochromes P-450 (P-450) and aryl esterase (LAE) enzymes in male rats have been studied.
  • (8) The mean plasma antibody titre to SRBC was significantly increased in some groups of animals injected with F-DA both before or after immunization; maximum titres were observed following injection of emulsion simultaneously with SRBC.
  • (9) For comparison, the same characteristics of currently used 20% water-soap benzylbenzoate emulsion and of the new ointment base, SAKAP (acryl copolymer), have been examined.
  • (10) Clinical efficacy of a new preparation of peplomycin emulsion in hydroxypropylcellulosum (HPC-PEP) was studied in 26 patients to compared with that in 14 patients administered with 60 mg of PEP in 20 ml saline (S-PEP).
  • (11) with nonviable Mycobacterium tuberculosis Jamaica cells associated with oil-droplet emulsions (WCV) were highly resistant to the i.v.
  • (12) The induction of a T cell proliferative response to a peptide antigen could be inhibited by co-administration of core-extended peptide with antigen in the same adjuvant emulsion.
  • (13) Microspheres of 14C-labeled highly cross-linked polyacrylamide (mean diameter 0.25-0.30 micron) have been prepared by emulsion polymerization.
  • (14) The immunogens were administered in water-in-oil emulsions containing pertussis vaccine as adjuvant.
  • (15) Infants receiving total parenteral nutrition including intravenous lipid emulsion excrete more than 100 pmol of pentane per kilogram body weight per minute.
  • (16) The soybean oil emulsion Intralipid was given intravenously to 12 healthy subjects for 2 hr.
  • (17) If the concentration of alcohol in decane is increased the amount of protein adsorbed on the emulsion is decreased.
  • (18) The formula of a new stable 20% benzylbenzoate emulsion is presented, so are the results of studies on its toxicity, local irritating and sensitizing effects in guinea pigs.
  • (19) It seems prudent to avoid hypertriglyceridemia secondary to intravenous fat emulsions, as this alone is a cause of pancreatitis, albeit uncommon, in patients with abnormalities of triglyceride metabolism.
  • (20) The emulsion stability were analyzed by visual inspection, Coulter-Counter and optic microscopy.

Latex


Definition:

  • (n.) A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A study revealed that the percentage of active sperm in semen 30 seconds after ejaculation was 10.3% when a nonoxynol 9 latex condom was used as opposed to 55.9% in a nonspermicidal condom.
  • (2) Dynamics in the changes was established among the workers from the production of "Synthetic rubber and latex", associated with the duration of occupational exposure to styrene and divinyl.
  • (3) These observations indicate that peroxidase staining, as a marker for identification of Kupffer cells in mouse liver, is only of limited value and should be used in conjunction with other methods (e.g., latex phagocytosis).
  • (4) Changes in protein phosphorylation induced by phagocytic challenge were identified in cultured rat retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) following exposure to isolated rat rod outer segments (ROS) or to polystyrene latex microspheres (PSL).
  • (5) All these strains produced an enterotoxic principle, antigenically related to cholera coli family of enterotoxins, as detected by latex agglutination and immuno-dot-blot tests.
  • (6) a) To determine the frequency of perforations in latex surgical gloves before, during, and after surgical and dental procedures; b) to evaluate the topographical distribution of perforations in latex surgical gloves after surgical and dental procedures; and c) to validate methods of testing for latex surgical glove patency.
  • (7) Conditioned medium was concentrated 10-fold and placed on cultures of rabbit synovial fibroblasts along with an inducer of collagenase (phorbol myristate acetate or latex particles) and [3H]leucine.
  • (8) latex agglutination, culture and cytotoxic activity.
  • (9) This was determined by letting the cultured cells phagocytize Latex particles.
  • (10) The authors report on the sensitivity and interobserver variability of the assay as performed in a blinded fashion in a hospital laboratory by technologists experienced with other latex agglutination assays.
  • (11) A large decrease in the number of macrophages showing EAC receptors was found after treatment of the cells with BCG, but not "inert" particles such as latex and zymosan.
  • (12) Three different methods for the determination of circulating immune complexes were compared : precipitation of radioiodinated C1q in polyethyleneglycol-EDTA, inhibition of IgG-coated latex particles agglutination by C1q or polyclonal rheumatoid factor.
  • (13) The new slide latex particle agglutination test gave better results, with 100% specificity, 80% sensitivity, high predictive values (greater than or equal to 91%), and an overall diagnostic efficiency of 93%.
  • (14) To investigate the effect of steroid hormone on phagocytosis by keratocytes, we investigated the phagocytic activities for latex beads by rabbit corneal keratocytes cultured in the presence and absence of dexamethasone.
  • (15) The tests demonstrated that mineral oil damaged the latex condoms within 60 seconds.
  • (16) It was hypothesized that the noted inhibition was a result of contamination with latex gloves.
  • (17) The electron-dense tracers, ferritin, peroxidase, Thorotrast, and latex beads were all ingested but none was phagocytized.
  • (18) The principle can be applied for the preparation of affinity sorbents, e.g., for high-performance affinity chromatography and for the immobilization of enzymes using latex PS particles.
  • (19) We found that thin gloves manufactured from polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride are ineffective barriers while gloves of thin latex are superior but not without failure.
  • (20) Human basophil degranulation tests with all four allergens were positive and radio allergo sorbent tests to latex were also positive.