(a.) Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling or containing phosphorus; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a lower valence as contrasted with phosphoric compounds; as, phosphorous acid, H3PO3.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ADAM derivative of carnitine was separated from decomposition products of the reagent and related compounds such as amino acid derivatives on a silica gel column eluted with methanol-5% aqueous SDS-phosphoric acid (990:10:1).
(2) This demineralization was similar to enamel acid etched with 50% phosphoric acid for 2 mn.
(3) Chemical analyses of the radioactive species in the incubation medium showed that a considerable portion of the radiolabeled sugar nucleotide had broken down to cytidine, phosphoric acid, and sialic acid.
(4) There were no temperature induced changes in the other phosphorous components seen in the spectra with exception of a decrease in ATP for higher temperatures.
(5) Such aspects as the physics of the stimulable phosphor detector are dealt with, and image acquisition, processing, and hard-copy output.
(6) Multiple-inhibitor experiments of pyruvate decarboxylase show that inorganic phosphate and n-decyl ester of phosphoric acid are mutually exclusive.
(7) One group of 6 cats was fed a basal, naturally acidifying diet without added acidifiers, and another group of 6 cats was fed 1.7% dietary phosphoric acid.
(8) McArdle's disease was also detected by phosphor nuclear resonance in the two male children.
(9) The IP phosphor retains a latent image of the energy pattern to which it was exposed.
(10) After spraying the plates with phosphoric acid and heating, the amount of carbon from the charred compounds is measured densitometrically.
(11) The use of photo-simulated phosphor plates and scanned equalization radiographic systems for chest imaging are discussed.
(12) The six patients had normal hemoglobin levels and the serum concentration of the following urinary constituents was normal in most of the patients: albumin, carotene, 25-hydroxycalciferol, parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, calcium, phosphorous, osteogenous alkaline phosphatase, cholesterol, triglycerides, and serum lipoproteins.
(13) Hydrochloric and phosphoric acids were efficient between 20 and 50% concentrations.
(14) The sensitivity of storage phosphor imaging plates (SPIP) at megavolt photon energies (60Co, 6-, 10-, and 18-MV radiotherapy beams) is studied both experimentally and by Monte Carlo radiation transport calculations.
(15) The activated CO2 intermediate formed in the reaction catalyzed by glutamine-dependent carbamyl phosphate synthetase was identified as carbonic-phosphoric anhydride through the use of two independent procedures.
(16) The influence of sympathectomy of the ear artery in rabbits on the activity of a number of redox coenzymes inthe vascular wall (lactic, glucose-6-phosphoric, isocitrate, and succinic dehydrogenases: LDH, G-6-PDHm isoCDH, and SDH, respectively) was studied by the quantitative histochemical method.
(17) To assess the effects of left ventricular chamber volume on the mechanism of changes in left ventricular developed pressure we performed phosphorous-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, hydrogen-1 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy with a shift reagent, two-dimensional echocardiography, atomic absorption spectrophotometry, microsphere analysis, and surface fluorometry on isovolumic isolated perfused rat hearts with incremental intraventricular balloon volumes, while left ventricular pressure was concurrently monitored.
(18) The subtle radiolucent polyethylene component was identified in all patients; adequate visualization in some cases may necessitate imaging with additional methods such as magnification, phosphor plate, and soft-tissue radiographic techniques; conventional tomography; and arthrography.
(19) Since it is well known that chronic alcohol consumption leads to hypophosphatemia and hypomagnesemia, we designed experiments to determine if controlled depletion of either phosphorous or magnesium (Mg2+) lead, in themselves, to cardiovascular disturbances and what effects these mineral depletions exert on myocardial cellular bioenergetics.
(20) A digital radiography system based on reusable, photostimulable phosphor technology was evaluated in approximately 3,500 portable chest radiographs of patients in an intensive care unit.
Potassium
Definition:
(n.) An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined, as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic weight 39.0. Symbol K (Kalium).
Example Sentences:
(1) With NaCl as the major constituent of the bathing solution (potassium-free pipette and external solutions) the reversal potential (Er) of the noradrenaline-evoked current was about 0 mV.
(2) The transport of potassium ions through membranes of red blood cells was examined in in bitro experiments using a CMF of 4500 oersted.
(3) RNAs encoding a wild-type (RBK1) and a mutant (RBK1(Y379V,V381T); RBK1*) subunit of voltage-dependent potassium channels were injected into Xenopus oocytes.
(4) Nicardipine lowered systolic and diastolic blood pressure to normal, plasma aldosterone was reduced and serum potassium levels were increased.
(5) However, within 5 min potassium overcame the vanadate potentiation of ouabain binding regardless of the order in which it was added to the reaction mixture.
(6) In this study, a potassium nitrate-polycarboxylate cement was used as a liner and was found clinically to tend to preserve pulpal vitality and significantly eliminate or decrease postoperative pain.
(7) This promotion of repetitive activity by the introduction of additional potassium channels occurred up to an "optimal" value beyond which a further increase in paranodal potassium permeability narrowed the range of currents with a repetitive response.
(8) Assuming 1 kg LBM to contain 52.1 mmol potassium, the mean LBM was 3028 g in the I-NSM and 2739 in the I-SM; mean fat mass was similar in both groups.
(9) PYY inhibited the reduction in net absorption of sodium chloride and water evoked by vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), but did not affect the VIP-evoked increase in net potassium secretion.
(10) Thallium-201, a radiopharmaceutical that possesses many of the characteristics of potassium analogues, at present is receiving the greatest attention as a regional blood flow indicator.
(11) No changes were seen in the levels of serum creatinine and potassium, but episodes of hyperkalemia were more frequent in patients on Epo.
(12) Urinalysis revealed a low pH, increased ketones and bilirubin excretion, dark yellowish change in color, the appearance of "leaflet-shaped" crystals and increased red blood cells and epithelial cells in the urinary sediment, increased water intake, decreased specific gravity and decreased sodium, potassium and chloride in the urine.
(13) An electrogenic sodium-potassium pump appears to contribute materially to the steady-state potential and to certain of the transient potential responses of vascular smooth muscle.
(14) No difference in urinary sodium or potassium excretion was observed between SHR and WKY, but basal calcium and phosphate excretion were reduced in SHR (P less than 0.05).
(15) There were no relationships between blood pressure and calorie-adjusted intakes of fats, carbohydrates, sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium.
(16) The effects of insulin on the renal handling of sodium, potassium, calcium, and phosphate were studied in man while maintaining the blood glucose concentration at the fasting level by negative feedback servocontrol of a variable glucose infusion.
(17) A calcium dependent potassium conductance was probably involved in the slow phase, because it was sensitive to inorganic calcium blockers.
(18) The renal response to aldosterone, measured by urinary sodium and potassium excretion, was determined in adrenalectomized rats that had been previously fed either a high potassium diet or a control diet.
(20) The concentration of potassium (K+) and sodium (Na+) was measured in breast cyst fluid (BCF) from 611 cysts greater than 3 ml aspirated in 520 women with gross cystic disease of the breast.