(n.) A compound radical, C6H13, regarded as the essential residue of hexane, and a related series of compounds.
Example Sentences:
(1) In advanced Lewis lung carcinoma, the 1-hexyl derivative was active by either intermittent or daily administration, but the 1-phenethyl derivative was active only by daily administration.
(2) 3-Hexyl-3',4'-dihydroxy-5,7, 8-trimethoxyflavone inhibited 5-lipoxygenase with an IC50 value of 58 nM.
(3) The binding of [3H]TCP (N-[1-(2-thienyl)cyclo-hexyl]-3,4-piperidine) to the NMDA receptor remained unchanged in all the experimental groups tested.
(4) The gels were exposed to beta-amylase in solution, and the resulting adsorbates indicated a monotonic increase in adsorption capacity with an increasing hexyl-content.
(5) The fluorescence of the dye CC-6 [(3-hexyl-2-(3-hexyl-2-benzoxazolinylidene)-1-propenyl)-benzoxazolium iodide] has been shown to indicate Donnan potentials in rabbit skeletal muscle myofibrils.
(6) The increase in equilibrium constant from ethyl to n-hexyl isocyanide is accounted for by a favorable partitioning of the ligand into a hydrophobic heme coordination site.
(7) The activities (EC50) of (-)-1-N-methyl, (-)-1-N-ethyl, and (-)-1-N-butyl indolactam V (10, 11, and 12) were about 5 times weaker than that of (-)-indolactam V (1), while (-)-1-N-hexyl and (-)-1-N-octyl indolactam V (13 and 14) were even less active, suggesting that the free imino group of the indole ring in (-)-indolactam V (1) plays an important role in the activity, and that the activity cannot be enhanced by alkylation at the N-1 position of (-)-indolactam V (1).
(8) The ferrochelatase-inhibitory activity of the 4-butyl, 4-pentyl, 4-hexyl, and 4-cyclopropylmethyl analogues of DDC was considered to be due to the formation of the corresponding N-alkylporphyrins.
(9) The hexyl, tetradecyl, and oleyl cholesteryl ethers were synthesized in yields varying between 55 and 70%.
(10) All of them except N-isobutyl-NNG and N-hexyl-NNG were carcinogenic, but N-ethyl-NNG followed by N-methyl-NNG were stronger carcinogens than those with longer alkyl chains.
(11) Two particular compounds, CV-3988 (rac-3-(N-n-octadecylcarbamoyloxy)-2-methoxypropyl-2-thiazolioethyl++ + phosphate) and U66985 (1-O-octadecyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoric acid-6'-trimethylammonium-hexyl ester) emerged as particularly active and effective inhibitors.
(12) Standard curves of several proteins were similar in the absence or presence of 0.1-0.5% hexyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside.
(13) Pentifylline (1-hexyl-3,7-dimethylxanthine equals SK 7, the main active principle in Cosaldon) inhibits the soluble and the particulate cyclic AMP phosphodiesterases (PDE I and PDE II) from bovine platelets.
(14) Of a variety of alkylcyclohexane and alkylbenzene derivatives tested, only hexyl- or heptylbenzene and octyl- or decylcyclohexane were effectively emulsified by EF-RAG.
(15) To characterize the effects of a new calcium antagonist of the dihydropyridine type, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-4-(3-nitrophenyl)-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylic++ + acid methyl 6-(5-phenyl-3-pyrazolyloxy) hexyl ester (CV-159) on the cardiovascular system, experiments were performed in the anesthetized open-chest dogs and in the heart-lung preparation with a support dog in comparison with those of nicardipine.
(16) Results obtained after the administration of 3,7-Dimethyl-1-(5-oxo-hexyl)-xanthine (Pentoxifylline, Trental) in the treatment of 49 cases suffering from occlusion of the retinal vessels and 23 cases with vascular occlusion in the N. opticus are reported and commented with a view to the bad prognosis of these serious disorders, 55% of the patients showing definite improvement of visual acuity.
(17) The remaining 5 compounds, a family of 2,6-tert-butyl phenols with substitutions at position 4 of hydrogen, methyl (BHT), ethyl, butyl, hexyl, or octyl, afforded effective membrane protection to cold shock.
(18) The effects of cis-3,4 dichloro-N-2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)cyclo-hexyl-benzamide (U-54494A), an anticonvulsant related to kappa opioids, were studied in vitro on the extracellular electrical activity of the CA1 region of slices of hippocampus in the rat.
(19) Bamifylline displaced 3H-Cyclo-hexyl-adenosine and 3H-Diethyl-8-phenyl-xanthine with a potency similar to that of 8-phenyl-theophylline, suggesting a high activity on A1-receptor subtype.
(20) The ability of 3-aminopropyl(diethyoxymethyl)phosphinic acid (CGP 35348), 3-aminopropyl (hexyl)phosphinic acid (3-APHPA) and phaclofen to antagonize these responses was assessed.
Hydrocarbon
Definition:
(n.) A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.
Example Sentences:
(1) The high transition enthalpy for kerasin is ascribed to a lesser accommodation of gauche conformers in the hydrocarbon chains just below the transition temperature.
(2) Aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) inducibility, carbon monoxide in expired air (CO), serum gammaglutamyl-transferase (GGT), and total cholesterol were compared in equal-sized, age-matched samples of healthy middle-aged males born in 1921, 1934-1936, and 1946 attending the ongoing preventive medical population program in Malmö.
(3) The length of the hydrocarbon chains of the surface-modified silica supports had no significant influence on the selectivity.
(4) The specificity of binding to microsomal proteins of metabolically activated hydrocarbons has been studied.
(5) Aryl hydrocarbon (benzo(a)pyrene) hydroxylase is present and inducible in Buffalo rat liver cells in culture.
(6) The possible occupational cause of the disease, as more solvents in the mud have the structure of aromatic hydrocarbons is discussed.
(7) Experiments with a series of adsorbents homologous with CPAD-Sepharose, in which the length of the hydrocarbon chain was varied, provided strong evidence of hydrophobic interactions, in addition to ionic interactions, in the binding of these proteins to CPAD-Sepharose.
(8) In the hydrocarbon promotion study, dose related increases were observed in the incidence of ACF in male rats promoted with UG or 50 ppm TMP for 24 or 60 weeks.
(9) The results also demonstrated that there was not any apparent correlation between the receptor-binding avidities and in vitro monooxygenase enzyme-induction potencies for the most active polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.
(10) Both main-stream and side-stream cigarette smoke condensates and some fractions, containing water-soluble bases, water-insoluble bases, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, were found to induce AHH activity in lung and liver, the lung being induced to the greatest extent.
(11) Pancreas transplantation offers the possibility of preventing the development and progression of diabetic lesions by adequate control of hydrocarbon metabolism.
(12) A comparison of the relative cytosolic Ah (9S) receptor binding affinities and aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) induction potencies of these hydrocarbons with their 4S protein binding affinities demonstrated the following: five compounds, namely 1,2,5,6-dibenz[a]-anthracene, 1,2,3,4-dibenz[a]anthracene, picene, benzo[a]pyrene and 3-methylcholanthrene exhibited high to moderate binding affinities for the 4S and 9S cytosolic proteins (EC50 values less than 10(-6) M) and induced AHH in rat hepatoma cells; three compounds, namely perylene, benzo[e]pyrene and benzo[g,h,i]perylene exhibited high affinities for the 4S binding protein (1.25 X 10(-7), 4.4 X 10(-8) and 2.9 X 10(-8) M, respectively) and low affinities (EC50 values greater than 10(-5) M) for the Ah receptor protein; moreover these three compounds did not induce AHH in rat hepatoma H-4-II E cells in culture.
(13) It was found that HBSAg was strongly bound to straight hydrocarbon chains with more than seven carbon atoms.
(14) The parent hydrocarbons and the related K-region dihydrodiols induced some sister-chromatid exchanges but they were considerably less active than these two non-K-region diols.
(15) The effect of various fuel additives on the ability of platinum-palladium catalytic converters to remove the carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon components of automotive exhaust has been examined.
(16) Other chlorinated hydrocarbons as decachlorobiphenyl, pentachloronaphthalene, hexachloronaphthalene and hexachlorostyrene were identified, but not quantified.
(17) It has been estimated that natural oil seeps may also contribute as much as 10% of the hydrocarbons in the global marine environment.
(18) The metabolic fate of the carcinogenic aza-aromatic hydrocarbon 7-methyl[7-(14)C]benz[c]acridine (14C-7MBAC) was studied in hepatocytes freshly isolated from untreated, phenobarbital-pretreated and 3-methylcholanthrene-pretreated rats.
(19) Renal cytochrome P450, aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase, 7-ethoxycoumarin-O-deethylase, and benzphetamine N-demethylase were increased after partial hepatectomy by 84%, 360%, 165% and 406%, respectively.
(20) Antioxidants devoid of hydrocarbon tails, are 10-20 fold more potent LPO inhibitors than the corresponding AOs with hydrocarbon tails.