What's the difference between radical and xylyl?

Radical


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.
  • (a.) Hence: Of or pertaining to the root or origin; reaching to the center, to the foundation, to the ultimate sources, to the principles, or the like; original; fundamental; thorough-going; unsparing; extreme; as, radical evils; radical reform; a radical party.
  • (a.) Belonging to, or proceeding from, the root of a plant; as, radical tubers or hairs.
  • (a.) Proceeding from a rootlike stem, or one which does not rise above the ground; as, the radical leaves of the dandelion and the sidesaddle flower.
  • (a.) Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a radix or root; as, a radical quantity; a radical sign. See below.
  • (n.) A primitive word; a radix, root, or simple, underived, uncompounded word; an etymon.
  • (n.) A primitive letter; a letter that belongs to the radix.
  • (n.) One who advocates radical changes in government or social institutions, especially such changes as are intended to level class inequalities; -- opposed to conservative.
  • (n.) A characteristic, essential, and fundamental constituent of any compound; hence, sometimes, an atom.
  • (n.) Specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that their union implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing the part of a single atom; a residue; -- called also a compound radical. Cf. Residue.
  • (n.) A radical quantity. See under Radical, a.
  • (a.) A radical vessel. See under Radical, a.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In conclusion, the efficacy of free tissue transfer in the treatment of osteomyelitis is geared mainly at enabling the surgeon to perform a wide radical debridement of infected and nonviable soft tissue and bone.
  • (2) The hypothesis that proteins are critical targets in free radical mediated cytolysis was tested using U937 mononuclear phagocytes as targets and iron together with hydrogen peroxide to generate radicals.
  • (3) These membrane perturbation effects not observed with bleomycin-iron in the presence of a hydroxyl radical scavenger, dimethyl thiourea, or a chelating agent, desferrioxamine, were correlated with the ability of the complex to generate highly reactive oxygen species.
  • (4) The role of O2 free radicals in the reduction of sarcolemmal Na+-K+-ATPase, which occurs during reperfusion of ischemic heart, was examined in isolated guinea pig heart using exogenous scavengers of O2 radicals and an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase.
  • (5) Flow cytometric DNA analysis was performed on both fresh and on paraffin embedded samples obtained by gastroscopic biopsies in 5 patients with histologically normal gastric mucosa (20 specimens) and by radical gastrectomies in 9 cases of human gastric cancer (36 specimens).
  • (6) That's why the big dreams have come from the smaller candidates such as the radical left's Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
  • (7) Residual cancer was found in the radical prostatectomy specimen in 11 of the 29 stage-A1 patients (38%) and in 66 of the 86 stage-A2 patients (77%).
  • (8) This may be due to DMSO's ability to scavenge free radicals.
  • (9) A more radical surgery is recommended but with the limitation that the operative method must be adapted to the operative finding.
  • (10) The present study explored the possibility that SOD-mimics such as desferrioxamine-Mn(III) chelate [DF-Mn] or cyclic nitroxide stable free radicals could protect from O2-.-independent damage.
  • (11) Treatment modalities included: partial temporal bone resection, subtotal temporal bone resection, total temporal bone resection, radical mastoidectomy followed by radiation therapy, radiation therapy alone, and chemotherapy.
  • (12) Leaders of Tory local government are preparing radical proposals for minimum 10% cuts in public spending in the search for savings.
  • (13) Plays like The Workhouse Donkey (1963) and Armstrong's Last Goodnight (1964) were staged in major theatres, but as the decade progressed so his identification with the increasingly radical climate of the times began to lead away from the mainstream theatre.
  • (14) 78% of the recurrences were seen two years postoperatively and 27% were asymptomatic; 10% underwent radical operation, 27% palliative operation and 63% conservative treatment.
  • (15) The kinetics of bimolecular decay of alpha-tocopheroxyl free radicals (T) was studied by ESR mainly in ethanol and heptanol solvents.
  • (16) While the correlations between speed and accuracy reversed over time, the abnormal vision group began and ended at the most extreme levels, having undergone a significantly more radical shift in this regard.
  • (17) NPR reported that investigators have not found telltale signs associated with Islamist radicalization , such as a change in mosques or abrupt shifts in behavior or family associations.
  • (18) The second triplet, which was stable in the dark at 4.2 K following illumination, was assigned to the radical pair Donor+I-.
  • (19) It may be due to relative nonreactivity of ascorbic acid free radical that free radical chain reactions, found commonly in radical chemistry, do not occur in the scavenging reaction by ascorbic acid.
  • (20) The free radical scavengers mannitol, thiourea, benzoate, and 4-methylmercapto-2-oxobutyrate protected either native cells exposed to H2O2 or pretreated hepatocytes exposed to H2O2 and given ferric or ferrous iron.

Xylyl


Definition:

  • (n.) Any one of three metameric radicals which are characteristic respectively of the three xylenes.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Eleven derivatives including alkyl-, benzyl-, xylyl- and phenylethyl-substitution onto the N3-position of 1 were synthesized and their pharmacological effects were evaluated using hypnotic activity, locomotor activity, motor incoordination and pentobarbital-induced sleep prolongation as indices.
  • (2) To complete the set of synthetic analogs of the three recognized types of active sites in iron-sulfur redox proteins, the compound (Et4N)[Fe((SCH2)2C6H4)2], derived from o-xylyl-alpha,alpha'-dithiol, has been prepared and its structure has been determined by x-ray diffraction.
  • (3) Cyclobutanecarbonylurea, 1-cyclobutane-carbonyl-3-n-butylurea, 1-cyclobutancarbonyl-3-cyanoacetylurea, 1-cyclobuta-necarbonyl-3-(1-adamantyl)urea and 1-cyclobutanecarbonyl-3-(2,4-xylyl)urea are also slightly active oxotremorine antagonists.
  • (4) N3-Benzyl, o,m,p-xylyl, alpha-phenylethyl, phenacyl substituted and related oxopyrimidine nucleosides exhibited potent hypnotic activity by intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.)
  • (5) We evaluated the antimicrobial activity of two metal compounds, JM-1397 (OsO2[xylyl]2) and JM-2469 (AuCl[S2CPEt3]).
  • (6) The capacity of N-(2,3-xylyl)anthranilic acid (mefenamic acid) to reduce fever in children was compared with that of acetylsalicylic acid, paracetamol and amino-phenazone.
  • (7) The nicotinic stimulant properties of DMPP have been compared with those of its ortho-, meta- and para-tolyl analogues, and its 2,6- and 3,5-xylyl analogues, on the blood pressure of the cat and on the semispinalis cervicis muscle of the chick.2.
  • (8) The isolated glucuronide was hydrolyzed in sodium hydroxide (pH greater than 12) to 3-(2',6'-xylyl)-5-methylhydantoin.
  • (9) Cyclobutanecarbonylurea, 1-cyclobutanecarbonyl-3-n-butylurea and 1-cyclobutanecarbonyl-3-(2,4-xylyl)urea appear to be the most active myorelaxants, while 1-cyclobutanecarbonyl-3-n-butylurea and 1-cyclobutanecarbonyl-3-(1-adamantyl)urea are the most active against pentylenetetrazole-induced convulsions.
  • (10) Methiocarb (4-methylthio-3, 5-xylyl N-methyl carbamate, Mesurol, Bay (3744), a bird repellent, was fed in concentrations of 100 to 1,000 ppm to common grackles (Quiscalus quiscula), mourning doves (Zenaida macroura), and breeding pairs of coturnix quail (Coturnix coturnix) to investigate the possibility of cumulative intoxication.
  • (11) The method involves extrusion with o-xylyl-alpha, alpha'-dithiol, ligand exchange of the extrusion products with p-CF3C6H4SH (RFSH), and identification and quantitation of the resultant [FenSn(SRF)4]2- complexes (n = 2,4) by 19F NMR spectroscopy.
  • (12) Twelve lipophilic 1,3-xylyl-21-crown-6 macrocyclic polyether 2-carboxylic acids, two lariat ether 1,3-xylyl-21-crown-6 macrocyclic polyether 2-carboxylic acids, and two 1,3-xylyl-28-crown-8 macrocyclic polyether 2-carboxylic acids were synthesized and tested for in vitro antibacterial activity, in vitro stimulation of rumen propionic acid production, and in vivo anticoccidial activity in chickens.
  • (13) The analyses and rates of hydrolysis of Zectran, 4-dimethylamino-3,5-xylyl methylcarbamate are reported in aqueous media.
  • (14) Compound 4 and xylyl analogues (11-13) significantly decreased locomotor activity of mice by i.c.v.
  • (15) The effect of the fungicide metalaxyl [methyl N-(2-methoxyacetyl)-N-(2,6-xylyl)-DL-alaniate] on cardiac activity was investigated in albino rats anesthetized with phentobarbitone.
  • (16) Among these, a sulfinate moiety is related to a di- or trisulfie moiety in the sense of 1,8 in a naphthyl system (4,5), 2,2' in a biphenyl system (6-9), and alpha,alpha' in an o-xylyl system (10,11).
  • (17) Quantitation of tocainide carbamoyl-O-B-D-glucuronide, a major metabolite of the antiarrhythmic agent, tocainide, was previously reported using sodium hydroxide hydrolysis (pH greater than 12) of the glucuronide followed by gas chromatographic analysis of the hydrolyzed product, 3-(2',6'-xylyl)-5-methylhydantoin.
  • (18) A facile analytical procedure was developed for determining Mesurol (4-(methylthio)-3,5-xylyl-N-methyl carbamate) and its oxidation products in blueberries.
  • (19) Tocainide carbamoyl-O-beta-D-glucuronide, a major urinary metabolite of the antiarrhythmic drug tocainide [2-amino-N-(2',6'-xylyl)propanoxylidide], was isolated by preparative-TLC and preparative-HPLC.
  • (20) Compound 4, N3-benzyl- (10), N3-o-xylyl- (11), N3-m-xylyl- (12), N3-p-xylyl- (13), N3-alpha-phenylethyl-substituted 6-azauridine (14) exhibited hypnotic activity and PB-induced sleep prolongation, whereas N3-alkyl substituted analogues (methyl-, ethyl-, n-propyl-, n-butyl- and allyl-substitution) did not.

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