(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.
Ointment
Definition:
(n.) That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used for smearing or anointing; an unguent.
Example Sentences:
(1) Withdrawal of the drug and application of all-trans retinoic acid ointment resulted in resolving of the keratinisation.
(2) The activity was similar to that of 0.1% phenylbutazone ointment.
(3) The blanching activities and hence bioavailabilities of the cream, ointment and fatty ointment preparations of Nerisone and Temetex (diflucortolone valerate 0.1%) were evaluated using an occluded and unoccluded blanching assay.
(4) A 66-year-old female developed increasing eczematous reactions after treatment of her leg ulcer with a corticoid ointment.
(5) The object was to study the influence of concentration, contact time, psoriasis type, self-treatment at home, frequency of application, ointment base, and the admixture of corticosteroids on the efficacy of "minutes therapy."
(6) Treatments for jock itch include anti-fungal ointments and lotions, or anti-fungal pills for severe cases.
(7) 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.
(8) To demonstrate the effect of topical vitamin A ointment upon the healing of corneoscleral incisions, rabbits were incised bilaterally.
(9) 10 coumarins used in perfumery, cosmetics and ointments, have been investigated by 2 different methods to determine their sensitizing capacity.
(10) The addition of MBS to povidone-iodine cream did not produce as significant an improvement in results as its addition to povidone-iodine ointment.
(11) Allergic contact dermatitis to nitrofurazone has been reported from Europe and elsewhere from the use of eyedrops and topical ointments, and the drug in some livestock feeds and veterinary medications has caused a few cases of allergic contact dermatitis in humans.
(12) Two additional plaques were evaluated in each patient; one was left untreated, and another was treated topically with either placebo ointment or betamethasone ointment.
(13) Sorbitan monooleate had no enhancer effect for the IND-Ca gel ointment, while the addition of calcium thioglycolate dramatically decreased the absorption of IND-Ca due to powdering of the ointment.
(14) These ointments, which are marketed as nonsterile products, are similar to those used for hemostatic packing in otolaryngologic surgery.
(15) Only 4% of the patients rated the tolerance of the ointment or cream as moderate or bad.
(16) The increase of d-limonene concentration in the gel ointments was directly proportional to the accumulation of ethanol in the skin.
(17) Sodium salicylate had a marked effect on the release of benzocaine, depending upon the the type of vehicle, with the largest increase observed for the water-miscible base, polyethylene glycol (macrogol ointment BPC).
(18) Thirty-five patients presenting with phthiriasis palpebrarum were all treated with a regimen of 1% yellow oxide of mercury ointment four times daily for 14 days.
(19) A double-blind randomized study to compare the plasma cortisol values at both 9.00 a.m. and 12 midnight following topical application fo 10 g daily for 7 days of either diflucortolone valerate 0.3% (Nerisone Forte) ointment or clobetasol propionate 0.05% (Dermovate) ointment in 20 hospital inpatients suffering from severe psoriasis, showed that clinically both compounds behaved as potent, highly active topical preparations and caused rapid clinical improvement.
(20) Compared to the ointment base, the steroid-treated area was significantly hypoxic up to 13 h after application.