(1) All of the strains examined were motile and hemolytic and produced lipase and liquid gelatin.
(2) Glucose release from these samples was highly correlated with starch gelatinization (r2 = .99).
(3) The combination vaccine consisted of 12 Lf tetanus toxoid and 10 TCID50 vaccinia virus "MVA" preserved with gelatine and glucosamine.
(4) We found that when neutrophils were allowed to settle into protein-coated surfaces the amount of O2- they generated varied with the nature of the protein: IgG greater than bovine serum albumin greater than plastic greater than gelatin greater than serum greater than collagen.
(5) The binding of 125I-labeled core protein to immobilized fibronectin was inhibited by soluble fibronectin and by soluble cold core protein but not by albumin or gelatin.
(6) At low concentrations of gelactin, the gelatin of actin exhibits a bell-shaped dependency on free calcium ion concentration, being stimulated between pCa 8 and 6 and inhibited at pCa below 5.5, while at high gelactin concentrations the calcium sensitivity of actin gelation is apparently abolished.
(7) One hour after induction of shock, the circulating volume was expanded using a colloidal gelatin solution.
(8) A sustained-release property of gelatin microcapsules of piretanide was evaluated by pharmacodynamic parameters.
(9) Soft gelatin capsules were filled with 50 mg of the final mixture to give 0.050 mg of ethinylestradiol.
(10) The arterial network of the fresh animal cadaver was injected with a mixture of lead oxide and gelatin.
(11) An initial insulin loss of 26% (with albumin) to 37% (with gelatine) was followed by only a small loss (less than 9%) during the next 24 hours.
(12) A 35-year-old man developed gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy at age 20.
(13) The use of polymeric silicone film and homograft nasal cartilage was associated with a significant number of complications and has been abandoned, substituting instead absorbable gelatin film and ossicular bone transplants.
(14) The heart and lungs were removed, the pulmonary artery was injected with barium-gelatin, and the lung was fixed in formalin in the inflated state.
(15) 3 The reduction by gelatine was reversed when the protease inhibitor aprotinin was added to the injection vehicle, and hypercalcaemia then persisted for more than 8 h. 4 Of other protease inhibitors studied, epsilon-aminocaproic acid was also found to enhance the hypercalcaemic response to subcutaneous PTH and its fragments but, unlike aprotinin, it was ineffective in the presence of gelatine.
(16) These were activated to inhibit the in-vitro growth of tumour cells much more effectively, when immunoglobulin (IgG), fibronectin (FN), and gelatin conjugates were used than when MDP was used alone.
(17) In second group after thoracotomy the lungs were stabilized with gelatin-resorcin-formaldehyde glue.
(18) A simplified method for the detection of acrosin proteolytic activity (APA) of the individual sperm was developed by using a gelatin substrate slide.
(19) Incorporating polyvinylpyrrolidone, gelatin and methylcellulose binding agents in a metronidazole formulation alters the tensile strength, disintegration and dissolution times of the tablets by reducing their wettability as measured by the adhesion tension of water.
(20) Fish skin gelatin showed much better blocking activity than hydrolyzed porcine gelatin, and it still had the practical advantage of remaining fluid even under refrigeration.
Pectin
Definition:
(n.) One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetable jelly, found very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples, cranberries, etc. It is extracted as variously colored, translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thirty-two strains of pectin-fermenting rumen bacteria were isolated from bovine rumen contents in a rumen fluid medium which contained pectin as the only added energy source.
(2) The different hydrolytic, fermentative and methanogenic activities of these populations ensure the efficient degradation of cell wall constituent in forages (cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin) ingested by ruminants.
(3) These cocultures can be considered as metabolic associations, where the Bacillus produces degradation and fermentation products of pectin, which can be used by Azospirillum species.
(4) On the other hand, wheat bran, pectin, guar gum, and degraded carageenan all stimulate large bowel cell proliferation, the greatest growth response tending to occur in the cecum or proximal colon.
(5) An in vitro experiment was conduced under bacteriologically controlled conditions to examine the effect of light on the production of pectin methyl esterase (PME) and pectin polygalacturonase (PG) in the root exudates of Trifolium alexandrinum inoculated with an efficient strain of Rhizobium trifolii.
(6) Following eight years of employment during which he added pectin to a recipe for Christmas candies, the candymaker developed acute respiratory symptoms.
(7) Amiloride and verapamil inhibit pectin-induced differentiation and also reduce the onset of the Na+ and Ca2+ flux.
(8) This study compared the dietary fiber (DF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, and pectin content of selected fruits and vegetables.
(9) We suggest that the pollen expression of LAT56 and LAT59 might relate to a requirement for pectin degradation during pollen tube growth.
(10) The pectin supplement reduced protein concentration in jejunal contents while cellulose reduced protein concentration in the ileal and caecal contents.
(11) A pectin pectylhydrolase (pectinesterase) (EC 3.1.1.11) was also present in the clarified cultures.
(12) A similar meal in which guar was added to the bread and pectin to the marmalade resulted in significant reductions of blood glucose at 15 min (P less than 0.002) and 30 min (P less than 0.01).
(13) These tumors always develop at the pectinate line and transitional mucosa, while rectal localizations corresponds to contiguous extension from a melanoma of the anal canal.
(14) The nerves distribute to structures at either side of the loop: superolaterally to pectinate muscle and inferomedially to the region of the AV node.
(15) Pectin was consumed with fruit and sugar as a gel in divided doses with meals.
(16) Fecal bacterial flora was modified by pectin; anaerobic bacteria increased and aerobic bacteria increased.
(17) We compared the effectiveness of 1 mM Geritol, 12% corn oil emulsion, Kaolin-pectin, single contrast oral barium sulfate, and effervescent granules as enteric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents.
(18) The pectin effect on gastric emptying may be caused solely by increasing the viscosity of the meals.
(19) The kind of inhibition on kiwi pectin methylesterase was found to be competitive with an apparent Ki of 0.22 microM, using citrus pectin as a substrate.
(20) However, 15% pectin diet could neither inhibit colonic carcinogenesis nor increase the fecal weight.