(n.) A long-tailed ape (Macacus cynomolgus) of India and Sumatra. It is reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a black tail.
Example Sentences:
(1) The KRA of SHR at age 10, 20, and 30 wk was also lower, confirming a previous report.
(2) In rats treated with DOCA plus high salt or with high salt alone, hypertensive rats with renal vascular lesions showed an incomplete suppression of KRA.
(3) Plasma and kidney renin activities (PRA, KRA) were determined in male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), the inbred strain of F27-30.
(4) At 50 wk of age, PRA and KRA were significantly lower in SHR (F25) from a random-bred colony than in normal Donryu rats.
(5) Minoxidil (150 mg.litre-1 drinking water) effectively controlled blood pressure (17.3 kPa vs 24.9 kPa [130 mmHg vs 187 mmHg], P less than 0.001) despite marked and sustained increases in both PRA and KRA ventricular weight which were not reduced and myocardial DNA, RNA, and hyperdroxyproline which were increased by minoxidil (P less than 0.01).
(6) 3) KRA was higher in SHRSP aged 10 months than in SHRSR, though KRA of SHR was smaller than KRA of WK rat.
(7) In diabetic animals, kidney renin activity (KRA) was significantly lower than that of the controls, while plasma renin substrate (PRS) concentration was slightly higher and PRA was normal.
(8) 2) In rats of both sexes SHR showed greater KRA and cathepsin activities than WK rat under high salt loading.
(9) Biochemical (myocardial DNA, RNA, and hydroxyproline) and humoral (plasma [PRA] and kidney [KRA] renin activity) factors were determined in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar controls (NR) before and following treatment with minoxidil or propranolol.
(10) Furthermore, new world monkey erythrocytes and chymotrypsinized chimpanzee and kra monkey erythrocytes were invaded, although there was no serologic evidence of Fya or Fyb determinants on these cells.
(11) At 5 wk of age, KRA was slightly higher than that of normal controls.
(12) From the archaebacterium Thermoproteus tenax, strain Kra-1 a mixture of 6 quinones of menaquinone and phylloquinone type with isopentyl side chains, MK-6(12H), MK-6-(10H), MK-5(10H), MK-5(8H), MK-4(8H), MK-4(6H) and two analogous quinones, containing in addition a methyl group in the naphthoquinone system, were isolated and characterized.
(13) PRA after transplantation, or KRA of the transplanted kidneys were not correlated to the blood pressure levels.
Okra
Definition:
(n.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo.
Example Sentences:
(1) Quantitatively, the most essential nutrients for Okra B were arginine and phenylalanine.
(2) Purification of progenitor toxin of Clostridium botulinum type B strain Okra was undertaken by sequential steps of acid precipitation, extraction, ammonium sulfate precipitation, ribonuclease digestion, acid precipitation, protamine treatment, sulphopropyl-Sephadex chromatography, and Sephadex G-200 gel filtration.
(3) Water extract of shiitake, okra, coffee, black tea and fukinoto have only weak activities of thermostable thiamine-inactivating factors as a large percentage of thiamine disulfide is formed from thiamine even at pH 7.0.
(4) The present experimental evidence supports our suggestions from previous surveys that the proteolytic enzyme of okra may be responsible for development of skin lesions, and that allergic contact dermatitis may also play a part in addition to irritant contact dermatitis.
(5) Proteolytic activity was detected on the surface of immature okra pods and seemed to be sufficient to cause the skin lesions.
(6) These two sequences matched exactly with those of the light and heavy chains of type B NT (strain Okra) of which only 16 and 18 residues were known (J. Biol.
(7) Serves 4 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 tsp crushed garlic 4 tomatoes, quartered 1 tsp gia vi (or a mix of 2 parts sugar, 1 part black pepper, 1 part salt and 1 part garlic powder) 1.5 litres water 3 rhubarb stalks, cut into 3cm chunks 2 tbsp fish sauce 50g okra, halved, deseeded and cut into 1cm rounds ½ pineapple, cut into 2cm chunks 1 tsp sugar 1 spring onion, chopped 1 tbsp chopped coriander 1 In a saucepan, heat the oil and stir in the garlic, cooking until fragrant.
(8) Okra, with a moderate oxalate content (264 mg. per load) had a negligible bioavailable oxalate (0.28 mg. per load).
(9) Garden-pea, chick-pea, cow-pea, soybean, peanut, green gram, French bean, lentil, okra and cottonseed converted all of the 7 B. dermatitidis test strains after 5 days of incubation at 37 degrees C. Although the efficacy of many of these seed media was found to be at par with pharmamedia agar - a commercial cottonseed embryo-derived protein, garden-pea seed agar is adopted because of the wider availability and low fat content of this seed.
(10) By questionnaire survey, 32 out of 52 workers (61.5%) reported previous or current skin diseases from okra cultivation.
(11) The fraction purified by preparative paper chromatography from an ethyl acetate extract of okra pods showed moderate allergenicity in the guinea pig maximization test.
(12) Spraying shoot system of okra and lupins plants with insecticide endrin caused changes in plant metabolism.
(13) Meanwhile, our French-speaking cousins in Cote D'Ivoire, Senegal and Mali would see the use of okra or nuts as heresy.
(14) (FYI: Alexa had deep-fried okra at her London book launch.
(15) Glucose or other carbohydrates were not essential for Okra B, although they did stimulate growth.
(16) For Abdel Aziz, a 45-year-old farmer, Ethiopia's plans mean that his extended family of 28, which supports itself on a 10th-of-a-hectare plot of corn, okra and eggplant fields, may go hungry.
(17) Rhubarb and okra sweet and sour soup Sweet and sour is a classic pairing in Vietnam and more widely in Asia.
(18) There are potent green and red chillies, onions, okra, tiny limes, chunks of meat shimmering with flies, Kenyan cigarettes, squares of banana bubble gum, small dried fish and nails and bits of scrap metal for use in homes or whatever other ingenious and thrifty schemes the camp dwellers can dream up.
(19) But his recently-opened Tratto (in the Town and Country mall; pasta from $19, mains from $32) is a far more mature Bianco: no queues, no pizzas, just the most magnificent cooking in chic, chalky-palette surroundings: Italian accented, mostly south-western ingredients; so a lacy, chickpea pancake farinata might come stuffed with okra; casoncelli pasta could contain caramelly kabocha squash.
(20) Spent £7,000 in a five-month period in 2005-06 furnishing his designated second home in north Kensington, a third of which was spent at Okra, an interior design company founded by David Cameron's mother-in-law.