(a.) Of, pertaining to resembling, or containing, manganese; specif., designating compounds in which manganese has a higher valence as contrasted with manganous compounds. Cf. Manganous.
Example Sentences:
(1) Smoking behaviour, self-reported mood and cardiac activity were examined in 12 "sedative" and 12 "stimulant" smokers, defined using Mangan and Golding's questionnaire.
(2) Manganous chloride and Congo red incorporated into blotting paper discs have been used to differentiate gonococci from meningococci.
(3) In human studies, reported performance improvements with post-trial administration of nicotine have all involved associative learning (Mangan and Golding 1983; Colrain et al.
(4) The comedian Stephen Mangan called Cameron’s warning “panicky” and “daft”, while another comedian, Vikki Stone, shared a picture of herself hiding in the shed with a colander on her head and said: “Dear David Cameron I’m frightened.
(5) Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has been applied as a method for studying manganous ions transport across the membrane of phosphatidylcholine vesicles.
(6) By midday on Monday, workers had managed to clear landslides from one lane of the main highway connecting Sikkim with the rest of India , and an initial convoy of 75 paramilitaries had started moving toward Mangan, the village closest to the quake's epicentre, officials said.
(7) In contrast, manganous ion (2 mM) and isocitrate (60 mM) produce a sevenfold decrease in the rate constant.
(8) The pH dependence of the binding of free manganous ion, free isocitrate, and manganous-isocitrate complex indicates differences in the interaction of these species with isocitrate dehydrogenase.
(9) The addition of the chelator EDTA essentially prevents protection by isocitrate and manganous ion, demonstrating the importance of the metal ion in this process.
(10) The enzyme requires 2-mercaptoethanol, manganous ions, and glucose 1,6-diphosphate for optimal activity.
(11) It was concluded that the oxidation of manganous ions by S. discophorus is catalyzed by an inducible enzyme(s).
(12) Many ligninolytic basidiomycete fungi have been shown to secrete a group of peroxidase isozymes whose sole function appears to be the peroxide-dependent oxidation of manganous [Mn(II)] to manganic [Mn(III)] ions.
(13) The result is the transformation of insoluble manganic and ferric compounds into manganous and ferrous compounds which are liberated into the groundwater.
(14) Radioimmunoassays for both human copper-zinc and manganous superoxide dismutases (Cu-Zn SOD and Mn SOD, respectively) have been developed, validated, and utilized to measure the concentrations of these enzymes in cultured monocytes.
(15) Pharmacologic stimulation of adenylate cyclase in cardiac membranes with isoproterenol, fluoride ion, guanine nucleotide, forskolin, and manganous ion indicated that there was defective coupling of the guanine nucleotide-binding protein that stimulates adenylate cyclase (Gs) to adenylate cyclase.
(16) In this study, we demonstrated that recombinant human D-factor and growth hormone caused a slight but significant protection of adult rats against oxygen toxicity without affecting levels of pulmonary manganous superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) mRNA.
(17) Manganous superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) scavenges potentially toxic superoxide radicals produced in the mitochondria.
(18) The major toxicological effects of manganese, observed after long occupational exposure, are on the lung (manganese pneumonia) and the central nervous system (manganism).
(19) Direct measurements of oxalosuccinate decarboxylation reveal that the Vmax and the Km for manganous ion are influenced by the presence of oxidized or reduced TPN with the Km being lowest (5-7 muM) in the presence of TPNH.
(20) Expression of manganous superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) mRNA in KB18 was about 20-fold higher than that in KB or KB8 cells.