What's the difference between glycolide and lactone?
Glycolide
Definition:
(n.) A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid.
Example Sentences:
(1) In order to compare them, similar compression-moulded specimens were implanted intramuscularly in the backs of rabbits, namely PLA50 (poly(DL-lactic acid)), PLA37.5GA25 (75% DL-lactide and 25% glycolide in the feed) and PLA75GA25 (75% L-lactide and 25% glycolide).
(2) The duration of hormone release from testosterone-loaded poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) microspheres was assessed in eight hypogonadal men.
(3) The inclusion of osteo-inductive substances in poly-(DL, lactide-co-glycolide) copolymer alloplastic implants has been shown to enhance the repair of osseous defects.
(4) When microspheres of poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide), starch, dextran or dextran blue were transferred, their distribution in the genital tract in the morning of Day 5 showed that poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) and dextran microspheres stayed longer in the oviduct while starch and dextran blue microspheres were transported to the uterus at the same time as the eggs.
(5) A biodegradable lysine diisocyanate-based poly(glycolide-co-epsilon-caprolactone)urethane network has been evaluated as a material for the construction of a macroporous bottom layer (dermal analogue) in a two-layer artificial skin.
(6) Biodegradable polylactide-glycolide copolymer implants for fracture fixation were developed and tested in rabbits.
(7) We have evaluated the use of biodegradable poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) microspheres for the controlled release of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and its modified forms: succinyl IL-2 (SIL-2) and polyethylene glycol-modified IL-2 (PEG IL-2).
(8) Microspheres composed of biocompatible, biodegradable poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) (DL-PLG) and staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) toxoid were evaluated as a vaccine delivery system when subcutaneously injected into mice.
(9) Biodegradable rods made of polyglycolide (Dexon, Biofix) or lactide-glycolide copolymer (Vicryl) have been used for the past 5 years for internal fixation of a variety of fractures and osteotomies (Böstman et al.
(10) To provide for prolonged, site-specific delivery of this growth factor to the grafted tissue in a convenient manner, we fabricated biodegradable polymer microspheres of poly(L-lactide)co-glycolide (70:30) containing NGF.
(11) Erosion of microspheres of poly(lactide), poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), copolymers of lactide and glycolide, and copolymers of 3-hydroxybutyrate and 3-hydroxyvalerate at 85 degrees C and 37 degrees C have been studied using ion chromatography, nuclear magnetic resonance, residual mass measurements, viscometry and gel permeation chromatography.
(12) Injectable local drug delivery formulations-so-called microspheres have recently been developed, in which drugs are microencapsulated within biocompatible and biodegradable copolymer excipients like poly[DL-lactide-co-glycolide].
(13) We have examined the effects of a single subcutaneous injection of an LHRH agonist, D-Trp-6-LHRH, in biodegradable microcapsules of poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) on plasma gonadotropin and prolactin (PRL) levels in castrated and in castrated-hypophysectomized-pituitary grafted (CAST-APX-GRAFT) male rats.
(14) Experimental microvascular anastomosis using a glutide copolymer (lactide:glycolide, 80:20) as an external splint was undertaken in 33 rats between the carotid artery and the jugular vein.
(15) The authors have examined the effects of a subcutaneous injection of the LH-RH agonist D-Trp6-LH-RH formulated in biodegradable poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) microcapsules on plasma levels of D-Trp6LH-RH, LH, and PRL in adult, gonadectomized male rats.
(16) Biodegradable rods of polyglycolide or lactide-glycolide copolymer were used in the internal fixation of a variety of fractures and osteotomies in 516 patients.
(17) The physical and biologic characteristics of a new synthetic absorbable monofilament suture, glycolide trimethylene carbonate (GTMC) are presented.
(18) These results demonstrate the potential of poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) microspheres for continuous delivery of large proteins.
(19) Sustained release of fluphenazine was achieved with fluphenazine loadings of up to 30 per cent in both the lactide and lactide-co-glycolide polymers.
(20) Orally-administered 1-10 micron microspheres composed of poly (DL-lactide-co-glycolide) were specifically taken up into the Peyer's patch lymphoid tissue of the gut, where those greater than or equal to 5 micron remained for up to 35 days.
Lactone
Definition:
(n.) One of a series of organic compounds, regarded as anhydrides of certain hydroxy acids. In general, they are colorless liquids, having a weak aromatic odor. They are so called because the typical lactone is derived from lactic acid.
Example Sentences:
(1) These compounds were tentatively identified as two epimers at C-23 of 3 alpha,7 alpha,12 alpha-trihydroxy-5 beta-cholestano-26,23-lactone, which were probably artifacts formed from the corresponding tetrahydroxycholestanoic acids during the procedures for extraction after hydrolysis.
(2) Second, both lovastatin and simvastatin are administered as prodrugs in their lactone forms.
(3) The method involves the selective joining of two synthetic fragments, namely residues 1-65 of the apopeptide with Met65 replaced by homoserine lactone and residues 66-104 of the protein in the presence of fragment 1-25 of the native heme-containing peptide.
(4) Two new isomeric delta-lactones 2 and 3 have been isolated from the marine fungus Helicascus kanaloanus (ATCC 18591).
(5) Our data do not support the possibility of hydrogen bonding between the 16 beta-hydroxyl of gitoxigenin and the lactone ring, previously suggested to account for the decreased activity of gitoxigenin vis à vis digitoxigenin, but, rather, suggest that the decreased activity may be due to an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the hydroxyls on C-14 and C-16 and an unusual D-ring conformation which combine to alter the carbonyl oxygen of the lactone ring away from the putative active position.
(6) Status epilepticus was provoked in 10 rats by embedding coriaria lactone particle into the left cerebral motor cortex.
(7) Preliminary results indicate that chloride is eliminated during subsequent lactonization of the 2,3-dichloro-cis,cis-muconate, followed by hydrolysis to form 5-chloromaleylacetic acid.
(8) This ester, on standing, gradually formed the corresponding lactone.
(9) Studies were made on the ultraviolet difference-spectra of glucoamylase from Rhizopus niveus [EC 3.2.1.3] specifically produced by the substrate maltose and the inhibitors, glucose, glucono-1: 5-lactone (gluconolactone), methyl beta-D-glucoside, cellubiose, and cyclohexa-, and cyclohepta-amyloses.
(10) Pharmacokinetics of digitoxin (DGT) and its derivative hydrogenated at the unsaturated lactone ring have been studied using the 3H-labelled compounds in cats.
(11) The enzyme hydrolyzes aldonate lactones, such as D-galactono-gamma-lactone and L-mannono-gamma-lactone, stereospecifically.
(12) Since furanoses in the envelope form are analogous (in some ways) to half-chair or sofa conformations and since lactones with six-membered rings probably have half-chair or sofa conformations, the results indicate that beta-galactosidase probably destabilizes its substrate into a planar conformation of some type and that the galactose in the transition state may, therefore, also be quite planar.
(13) An unusual change in absorbance from 300 to 310-320 nm, obtained only with the valienamine-derived inhibitors or when D-glucono-1,5-lactone and maltose are combined, is concluded to arise when subsite 2 is occupied in a transition-state-type of complex.
(14) These studies showed that neither the strained trans-fused alpha-methylene lactone 12 nor the hydroxy-alpha-methylene lactones 5 and 6 reacted with cysteine with rates comparable to elephantopin.
(15) Relative to that of glucagon, biological activity and affinity of [des-Asn-28,Thr-29](homoserine lactone-27)-glucagon, prepared by CNBr treatment of glucagon, were reduced equally by 40- to 50-fold.
(16) These data indicate that PGF2alpha, 1-15 lactone decreases menstrual cycle lengths in non-pregnant rhesus monkeys.
(17) The metabolic pathway from 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1 alpha,25-(OH)2D3] to 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-26,23-lactone includes the formation of 1 alpha,23,25-26-tetrahydroxyvitamin D3 [1 alpha,23,25,26-(OH)4D3].
(18) The macrocyclic lactone ring is necessary for antibiotic activity.
(19) The lactones were treated with benzyl mercaptide anion to form 4-(benzylthio)butyric acid, which, on treatment with trifluoroacetic acid, cyclized to yield thiololactones.
(20) Thapsigargin is a potent skin irritating sesquiterpene lactone isolated from the roots of Thapsia garganica L. (Apiaceae).