(a.) Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous.
Example Sentences:
(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.
Mucilage
Definition:
(n.) A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, of flax, etc.
(n.) An aqueous solution of gum, or of substances allied to it; as, medicinal mucilage; mucilage for fastening envelopes.
Example Sentences:
(1) The isolation of plant enzymes is frequently hampered by the presence of phenolic compounds, pigments and mucilages.
(2) The supernatant of soil suspension in water mainly contained isolated bacteria, while ultrathin sections of aggregates frequently revealed groups of bacteria surrounded by a sheath of mucilage with adhering clay minerals on the outside.
(3) The localization of the arabinogalactan-protein in the mucilage of the style canal was demonstrated cytochemically.
(4) In such preparations, mucilage was removed, internal structures were preserved, and pertinent characteristics of conidiogenous cells were resolved.
(5) Corn root tissues include cell walls composed of complex polysaccharides esterified with ferulic acid residues, as well as mucilages which are highly hydrated and expanded.
(6) Features of this process, the role of the Golgi and the pathway for mucilage distribution are reviewed.
(7) Dietary fiber is a highly interacting dietary component and is made up of a wide variety of enzyme-indigestible polymers: cellulose, pectins, gums, mucilages, lignin, and water-insoluble hemicelluloses.
(8) Comparative chemical analyses were made of the walls of vegetative cells, heterocysts, and spores, and of the mucilage of Anabaena cylindrica.
(9) Bacteria were found attached to the heterocysts of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae and embedded within the mucilage of both anabaena flos-aquae and Microcystis aeruginosa in freshwater plankton.
(10) The results also demonstrate that the middle lamella of the longitudinal walls shared by epidermal cells and by epidermal and cortical cells constitutes a barrier to the diffusion of cell wall and mucilage molecules.
(11) There was a significant relationship (r = 0.44 p less than 0.025) between the dose of P. psyllium mucilage and its attenuating effect of hyperglycemia.
(12) A decrease in mucilage concentration is also observed in the young antheridia after 3 days of continuous darkness.
(13) The mechanical force responsible apparently originates from the formation of an ectoplasmic mucilage capable of exerting pressure over all of the ascus contents; when the apex of the peduncle ruptures, the ascospores are violently released.
(14) Fibers and concentrations used were carboxymethylcellulose (1.25, 2.5, and 5%), guar gum, oat beta-glucan (2.5, 5, and 7.5%), and mustard mucilage (5, 10, and 15%) as the soluble fibers, and cellulose (20%) as the insoluble fiber.
(15) The mucilage is secreted from the Golgi apparatus in vesicles which fuse at the plasma membrane.
(16) The effects of the granule size and density on the drying rate kinetics of tablet granulations were studied using lactose and sulfathiazole granules prepared with acacia mucilage and providone solution.
(17) The adsorption of radioactive mucilage by pathogenic fungi was shown to be dependent upon time, the composition of mucilage, the type of fungal surface (conidia, hyphae, hyphal apices), fungal species, pH and bivalent cations.
(18) After cannulation of the tubal ostium, 0.25 ml of phenol-mucilage was injected on each side and the presence of the chemical in the Fallopian tubes was confirmed by pelvic x-ray.
(19) The acidic polysaccharide from the seed-coat mucilage of Hyptis suaveolens is a highly branched L-fuco-4-O-methyl-D-glucurono-D-xylan for which a structure is proposed having a 4-linked beta-D-xylan backbone carrying side chains of single 4-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucuronic acid residues at O-2 and 2-O-L-fucopyranosyl-D-xylopyranose units at O-3.
(20) The preliminary phytochemical investigations have revealed the presence of flavonoids, iridoids, phenolic acids, saponins, amino acids, free sugars, and mucilages in the lyophilized infusion obtained from flowers of Verbascum thapsiforme Schrad.