(n.) A plant of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber.
(n.) The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true hemp.
Example Sentences:
(1) The experiment resulted in the most complete study of the Czechoslovak variety of hemp from the point of view of extractibility of substances, as well as of the amount of CBD and delta 9-THC.
(2) Adolescents tended to use the following drugs in decreasing order of frequency: alcohol, cigarettes, stimulants, cannabis (Indian hemp) and sedative-hypnotics.
(3) The relationship between immunological status and respiratory function was studied in 42 hemp workers and in 49 control workers.
(4) Plethysmographic measurements in six healthy volunteers exposed to hemp-dust extract confirmed the results obtained in textile workers, that is, that TLC does not change significantly during dust-induced airway constriction and that maximum expiratory flow rate at 50% VC (MEF50%) is a more sensitive test than FEV1-0 in detecting acute ventilatory changes caused by the dust extract.
(5) The highest prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms and diseases and greatest changes in ventilatory capacity were due to exposure to hemp and flax aerosols.
(6) And rather than to the purists of Camra, it was to the anything-goes craft brewers of America that many turned for their inspiration: to exuberant beers with exotic ingredients (chilli, honey, chocolate, hemp, mustard, even myrrh), but also to hip design, guerrilla marketing and social media savvy.
(7) The prevalence of respiratory symptoms and acute and chronic changes in ventilatory function were studied in three groups of textile workers: 68 workers with exposure to synthetic fibers only, 30 with previous exposure to cotton, and 77 with previous exposure to hemp.
(8) A high prevalence of byssinosis was found among female hemp workers in both mills (group A, 47.8%; group B, 57.9%) as well as in the male workers (66.7%).
(9) A significantly higher prevalence of almost all chronic respiratory symptoms was found in female hemp workers when compared to control workers.
(10) Immunological status and its relation to respiratory findings were studied in 42 female textile workers occupationally exposed to hemp dust and in 49 female control workers.
(11) We previously demonstrated that human embryonic mesenchymal cells derived from the palate (HEMP cells) retain alkaline phosphatase (ALP) content and capacity for collagen synthesis after long-term culture, and their growth is markedly stimulated by epidermal growth factor (EGF).
(12) Administration of 20 mg disodium cromoglycate by spinhaler 30 minutes prior to challenge with hemp dust or hemp dust extract protected a small number of subjects against the airway constrictor effect, mostly those with a large acute reduction in flow rates.
(14) The flow rate response is attributed to a pharmacological bronchoconstrictor effect of hemp dust on small airways, the conductance response to a mechanical or reflex effect of hemp dust on large airways.
(15) There is no indication that these substances will be espoused by the drug enthusiasts of the West as avidly as other ethno-psychopharmacological agents such as Peruvian coca leaf, the Indian hemp, the Asian poppy, or the American tobacco.
(16) The on-line version of OPLC proved suitable for the isolation of hemp constituents.
(17) A galactose-specific lectin from seeds of Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea) has been purified by fractional precipitation with ammonium sulfate followed by biospecific affinity chromatography and preparative isoelectric focusing.
(18) Hemp workers with positive skin tests had significantly higher prevalences of chronic respiratory symptoms than those with negative skin tests.
(19) The hemp is grown on farms in France, Spain and the Czech Republic without chemicals or fertiliser, the company claims on its website.
(20) However, internalization of bound 125I-EGF in HEMP-RV cells was profoundly diminished.
Hep
Definition:
(n.) See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.
Example Sentences:
(1) Positive HEP values were obtained in 40 patients out of 42 with malignant tumours and in 5 patients out of 12 with other kidney diseases.
(2) Extracts were also prepared from vaccinia-infected HEp-2, RK and W-K cells respectively.
(3) One peptide, designated Hep III, which is thirteen amino acids in length and binds heparin, was active in directly promoting keratinocyte adhesion.
(4) An association between diarrhoea and high level adhesion was observed in that 12 of the 34 faecal isolates and none of the 29 environmental isolates yielded greater than 20 bacteria per HEp-2 cell in the adhesion assay.
(5) The secretion kinetics of nine proteins by Hep G2 cells in culture was investigated using pulse-chase techniques and immunoisolation of proteins with monospecific antibodies.
(6) This finding appeared to be due to Hep G2 cells expressing lipase activities which led to triacylglycerol and phospholipid hydrolysis and lipid reuptake.
(7) DT diaphorase, purified to homogeneity from human Hep G2 cells, did metabolize CB 1954 to this 4-hydroxylamino product, but the rate of CB 1954 reduction and thus production of the cytotoxic product, was much lower than that of purified Walker enzyme (ratio of Kcat = 6.4).
(8) By electron microscopy, E2348 was seen to adhere to HEp-2 cells in a manner that closely resembled EPEC adhesion to intestinal mucosa; bacteria were intimately attached to projections of the apical HEp-2 cell membrane and caused localized destruction of microvilli.
(9) These examinations showed that only the freshly isolated strain of Aa was found within the HEp-2 cells.
(10) B-PEO-HEP coated grafts still showed patency after 3 days.
(11) For poliovirus types 2 and 3 the observed differences in titres were highly significant (p = 0.001) between Hep 2C and Vero cells, Hep 2C and MRC-5 and also between Vero and MRC-5 cells, with higher titres on Hep 2C cells.
(12) R325-beta TK+, a herpes simplex virus 1 mutant carrying a 500-base-pair deletion in the alpha 22 gene and the wild-type (beta) thymidine kinase (TK) gene, was previously shown to grow efficiently in HEp-2 and Vero cell lines.
(13) Methods are described that are used for the titration of antinuclear, anticentromere, and anti-Scl-70 antibodies in systemic scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid arthritis: indirect immunofluorescence with various antigenic substrates (sections of fresh-frozen rat liver and Hep-2 cell culture), counter-current immunoelectrophoresis, isolation of Scl-70 antigen.
(14) The O157:H8 strains did not produce VT. All gave localised attachment to HEp-2 cells, associated with a positive fluorescence-actin staining test, and all hybridised with the E coli attaching and effacing (eae) probe.
(15) Hep G2 cells produce surplus A alpha and gamma fibrinogen chains.
(16) Adhesion may be studied in vitro systems using HeLa or HEp-2 cells, to which EPEC adhere in a localized pattern.
(17) The serum inhibitory effect appears limited to primary cells because no difference in Ad41 replication, as assayed by accumulation of Ad41 DNA, was found in infected continuous cell lines (HEp-2, 293) cultivated p.i.
(18) Additionally, the invasiveness of C. jejuni M96, a clinical isolate, was significantly increased for HEp-2 cells preinfected with coxsackievirus B3.
(19) Hep 5 impeded binding and degradation of 125I-labelled bovine LPL by perfused rat livers.
(20) To evaluate this possibility, three human cell lines, Hep G2, Hep 3B, and HA 22T, all thought to be arrested in different stages of differentiation based on their biochemical and morphological characteristics, were used as models.