(n.) A leguminous plant of the genus Ervum (Ervum Lens), of small size, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is used for food on the continent.
Example Sentences:
(1) The purification entails cell lysis and solubilization of gpL115 with the detergent Nonidet P-40, sequential affinity chromatography on lentil lectin-Sepharose, wheat germ lectin-Sepharose, and, after treatment with sialidase, on peanut lectin-Sepharose.
(2) The AFP of this case was characterized by relative increases of concanavalin A-nonreactive AFP-C1 (60.4%), erythroagglutinating phytohemagglutinin-reactive AFP-P4 (37.8%) and AFP-P5 (46.3%) and Allomyrina dichotoma lectin-nonreactive AFP-A1s (66.7%), and by the total absence of lentil lectin-reactive components, AFP-L2 and AFP-L3.
(3) From Pakistan to Bangladesh, from Sri Lanka to the West Indies, red lentils, green lentils, split peas, mung beans, kidney beans, chick peas and others are being turned into dhals.
(4) With regard to Net Protein Ratio (NPR), chick peas had a value of 4.03, followed by Tórtola beans (3.29), Coscorrón (3.09) and lentils (2.61).
(5) When parent T cells were propagated with crude IL 2, which contained glycosylation enhancing factor (GEF), IgE binding factors formed by all of the five hybridomas had affinity for Con A, but only a fraction of the factors bound to lentil lectin.
(6) The plasma membrane components of five human B-cell lines and three human T-cell lines were separated by dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, incubated with the radioactive labeled lectins from lentil, castor bean, wheat germ, Phaseolus bean, peanut, gorse and the Roman snail and the molecular weights of the binding sites determined.
(7) Serum AFP did not bind to Con A or Lentil-lectin by affinity chromatography.
(8) Modi Mwatsama, UK Health Forum Rather than upping our chicken consumption, Mwatsama advises people to switch to healthier sources of protein with low or no saturated fats, such as pulses, beans, lentils, chickpeas and buckwheat, which also provide a good source of fibre.
(9) Three differently glycosylated forms of renin (renin A, B-1, and B-2) were highly purified from rat kidneys by pepstatin-aminohexyl-Sepharose affinity chromatography and by serial lectin affinity chromatography on concanavalin A (con A) and lentil lectin-Sepharose, and the role of glycosylation of renin was investigated.
(10) Growth factors contained in Con A(concanavalin A)-conditioned media (CM) maintain exponential growth in T cell blasts derived from mitogen stimulation of spleen cells with Con A, phytohemagglutinin, lentil lectin and pokeweed mitogen (PWM), as well as from mixed lymphocyte reactions to H-2D or I-C-encoded determinants and from non-H-2 Mls locus-controlled reactions.
(11) Conformation and conformational transitions of phytohemagglutinins (lectins) from Arachis hypogaea (peanut), Lens culinaris (lentil), Glycine max (soybean), and Ricinus communis (castor bean) were studied by the circular dichroism probe.
(12) While Auden and Britten are much grander characters than, say, Maggie Smith's nervy vicar's wife in Bed Among the Lentils or Thora Hird's Doris in A Cream Cracker Under the Settee trying to stave off the care home, they share the same disappointments – loneliness, self-doubt, age.
(13) Lentil lectins had a greater inhibitory effect than pea lectins.
(14) Synergism was also observed between PMA and suboptimum concentrations of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), pokeweed mitogen (PWM) and Bandeiraea simplicifolia seed extract (BSS), but not with concanavalin A (Con A), lentil lectin (LL) or Helix pomatia lectin (HP).
(15) Wheat germ, alfalfa seeds and plant protein mixture resulted in an intermediate incidence of diabetes of 33%; the incidence was lower for Brewer's yeast and lentils (20% and 13%).
(16) We report a technique for the isolation of plasma membranes from gel-filtered platelets exposed to thrombin, using 125I-labeled lentil lectin as an external marker.
(17) The net protein utilization of whole lentils and chick peas were 38 and 53, respectively.
(18) A statistically significant inverse relationship was found between the risk of skin cancer and a high intake of fish (p = 0.05); vegetables in general (p < 0.001); beans, lentils, or peas (p < 0.001), carrots, silverbeet (Swiss chard), or pumpkin (p < 0.001); cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, brussel sprouts, or broccoli) (p < 0.001); and beta-carotene- and vitamin C-containing foods (p = 0.004).
(19) The protein can be radioiodinated, however, it does not appear to blind to lentil lectin.
(20) The rEC-SOD produced is type C, since its affinity for heparin-Sepharose was identical to that of nEC-SOD type C. Both enzymes bound to concanavalin A, lentil lectin, and wheat germ lectin and are thus glycoproteins.
Pod
Definition:
(n.) A bag; a pouch.
(n.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
(n.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals.
(v. i.) To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
Example Sentences:
(1) Middle component particles of bean pod mottle virus (BPMV) containing small protein subunits with a cleaved C terminus were used to produce monoclonal antibodies (MAbs).
(2) The length of small intestine, large intestine and caeca and the weight of gizzard expressed per kg of body weight increased with an increase in the level of carob pods meal, which is rich in fibre, in the diets.
(3) The other group of patients (n = 52) received CsA from the first POD, together with AZA and steroids.
(4) The anastomotic index was similar on postoperative day (POD) 1, 4, and 7; but on day 28 all handsewn anastomoses had larger diameters than the widest CEEA anastomosis.
(5) Sleep in the grand house (B&B doubles from £90) or in a yurt, eco-pod or your own tent.
(6) The trypsin inhibitor of Phaseolus vulgaris L. pods is thermosensitive but stable at low pH.
(7) The peroxidase-(POD)-thiocyanate-hydrogenperoxide-system is a well-known antibacterial system, which has been demonstrated to exist, for example, in milk and saliva.
(8) The other drowned patient (53 years) died on the 3rd postoperative day (POD) from ARDS.
(9) One farmer in Hebei province built seven buoyant steel-and-fibreglass "survival pods" in his garage.
(10) All control animals showed destructive grade 4 changes by POD 7.
(11) For the custard 4 egg yolks 400ml double cream 60g caster sugar 1 tbsp cornflour 1 tsp vanilla essence (or ½ vanilla pod, split) 1 Whisk the egg yolks for a minute in a largish heat-proof bowl (you need to be able to whisk the hot cream in later without worrying about it spilling over.)
(12) Long respiratory care was continued after tracheotomy, and finally he could wean from the mechanical respiratory care utilizing acetazolamide (carbonic anhydrase inhibitor) on 59 POD.
(13) Dimethylsulfoxide (15%) does not alter the LMG conversion rate of free POD, whilst a rate loss by 60% was observed for the immobilized enzyme.
(14) All patients with unfavourable neurological outcome were considered POD if absolute or relative contraindications to organ procurement were absent.
(15) We report here on a paternity analysis, using DNA fingerprinting, of mother-fetus pairs and males sampled from complete pods.
(16) I've just been in the pod listening to Sid Lowe talking about the possible Real Madrid players that Arsenal may be able to shake out of the Bernabéu in a Gareth Bale deal.
(17) In normal livers, only occasional sinusoid-lining cells were stained, whereas in SHN following POD or presumed viral hepatitis, hepatocytes of variable morphology showed significant immunoreactivity.
(18) Yang told the South China Morning Post that his biggest customers are businessmen from coal-rich Shanxi province; they have decided to remain anonymous for fear that panicked neighbors will try to steal their pods.
(19) At 53 days POD, lymphoblastic neoplastic cells in the dermis reacted with anti-T lymphocyte monoclonal antibody by the avidin biotin peroxidase complex method.
(20) The POD-like behavior of different DMEP esters indicates that specific attachment of the R group to the C-4 glucoside moiety is required for VM26-like activity.