(1) Folch extraction and partition followed by silicic acid column chromatography revealed the antigens to be glycolipids.
(2) The UE and KE fractions were then separated by silicic acid column chromatography with a stepwise elution method using ether-hexane.
(3) Increased levels of influenza virus multiplication concomitant with decreased levels of interferon occurred in cell monolayers pretreated with silicates.
(4) The dissolution t50 and various pharmacokinetic parameters showed directly compressible starch and carboxymethylstarch to be the most effective disintegrants in the concentrations employed while magnesium aluminum silicate and microcrystalline cellulose were about equal but less effective than the previous disintegrants.
(5) As with SRS-A, pSRS could be absorbed onto Amberlite XAD-2 and silicic acid.
(6) The in vivo experiments confirmed previous reports concerning unfavourable pulp reaction caused by silicate cement, while the glass ionomer cement caused mainly a mild pulp reaction after 8 days of observation.
(7) The results are negative in swampy meadow -- habitats on siliceous soils.
(8) The origin of aluminum silicate inclusions in pulmonary macrophages has yet to be determined, although preliminary evidence strongly suggests that they are derived from inhaled tobacco smoke.
(9) Purification was achieved by sequential use of partitioning in solvents, DEAE-Sephadex chromatography, base treatment, and silicic acid chromatography.
(10) Chromatography of rat-liver lipids on a column of silicic acid or a mixture of silicic acid and Hyflo Super-Cel, with chloroform-methanol mixtures, gave monophosphoinositide-containing fractions which were invariably contaminated by the presence of nitrogen-containing phospholipids.
(11) Hemolysis from silicates is decreased by interventions which remove superoxide anion or hydrogen peroxide from the medium, or by pretreatment of dusts with iron chelators.
(12) Condensation of 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-acetyl-beta-D-galactopyranose with benzyl 2-azido-4,6-di-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-beta-D-galactopyranoside in the presence of trimethylsilyl triflate gave crystalline benzyl 2-azido-4,6-di-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-3-O-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-ga lactopyranosyl)-beta-D-galactopyranoside (76%), which was converted into benzyl 2-azido-4,6-di-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-3-O-(2,6-di-O-benzyl-beta-D-galactopy ranosyl)-beta-D-galactopyranoside and condensed with 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-azido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl bromide in the presence of silver silicate on alumina and molecular sieve 4 A to give 61% of benzyl O-(3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-azido-2-deoxy-beta-D-galactopyranosyl)-(1----4)- O-(2,6-di- O-benzyl-beta-D-galactopyranosyl)-(1----3)-2-azido-4,6-di-O-benzyl-2-deo xy- beta-D-galactopyranoside.
(13) Total neutral and acidic glycosphingolipids were prepared from whole tissues of the sea-water bivalve, Meretrix lusoria, and the former preparation was further fractionated into subgroups by silicic acid column chromatography.
(14) Talc (magnesium silicate) is a widely used, generally considered benign substance.
(15) Silica is a component of talc (magnesium silicate) used as a drug filler.
(16) Silicic acid could, by hydrogen bonding, alter the conformation of organic macromolecules, since hydrogen bond association can inhibit silanol condensation.
(17) A novel phosphonoglycosphingolipid named SGL-I' containing 1 mol of 2-aminoethylphosphonate residue was isolated from the skin of Aplysia kurodai using two silicic acid chromatography systems.
(18) Treatment of exposed dentin with calcium hydroxide reduced the pulp irritating effect of silicate cement restorations, but induced only limited volumes of irregular secondary dentin formation.
(19) The activity to induce IgE antibody production by fly ash instillation was almost the same as that by aluminum silicate, studied previously.
(20) Isolated cells from the siliceous sponge Geodia cydonium as well as small primary aggregates (diameter: 70 mum) consisting of them show no increase in rates of programmed syntheses and mitotic activity with time.
Vermiculite
Definition:
(n.) A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms.
Example Sentences:
(1) A study was conducted to estimate the exposure-response relationship for tremolite-actinolite fiber exposure and radiographic findings among 184 men employed at a Montana vermiculite mine and mill.
(2) Fibrous actinolite was found in unexpanded Montana vermiculite ore at a maximum concentration of 2.0%.
(3) The addition of either vermiculite or polystyrene pellets in the two culture methods significantly (P less than 0.05) improved larval recoveries of both parasite species.
(4) A cohort of 406 men employed before 1963 for at least one year in a vermiculite mine in Montana was followed up until July 1983.
(5) Any possible adverse effects of work with vermiculite, minimally contaminated with fibrous or non-fibrous tremolite, were thus beyond the limits of detection in this workforce.
(6) A trickle-bed system employing inert matrices of vermiculite or polyurethane foam packed in the downcomer section of a split-flow air-lift reactor has been developed for hybridoma culture to enhance antibody productivity.
(7) In the course of a study on the health effects of vermiculite, 653 black rural industrial workers had their lung function measured.
(8) Actinolite was also found in the Virginia vermiculite ore but at a lower concentration and mostly as cleavage fragments with low length-to-width ratios.
(9) In the present project sputum samples from nearly 600 volunteers from 11 cohorts of workers exposed to asbestos and other mineral fibres were found to contain much lower numbers of asbestos bodies than had been observed in vermiculite workers and these counts did not reliably reflect past levels of exposure.
(10) Health effects have been documented among American vermiculite workers who mined and processed vermiculite contaminated with amphibole asbestos, viz., tremolite-actinolite.
(11) Rate parameters were derived from laboratory studies in which donor and recipient strains were incubated in test tubes with a peat-vermiculite solution or on excised radish or bean leaves in petri dishes.
(12) In the growth chamber, in sterilized soil-vermiculite mixtures, at 28 days after planting, UW85 seed treatments enhanced nodulation by 34 to 61%, indicating that the increase in nodulation was not dependent on the soil flora.
(13) A risk of mesothelioma caused by the fiber content of the vermiculite cannot be excluded by this study.
(15) The vermiculite workers were compared with other workers involved in the mining or refining of copper.
(16) The procedure was applied to data from a cohort of 406 vermiculite miners to examine the lung cancer risk associated with exposure to fibrous tremolite, which contaminated the vermiculite.
(17) In the presence of montmorillonite and vermiculite, expanding clays with high cation-exchange-capacity (CEC), nitrite yield was increased, ammonia oxidation continued at pH values below those which inhibited growth in the absence of clays and growth was biphasic.
(18) No larvae hatched out of a seven-day vermiculite culture of faeces collected from the treated calves 24 h after treatment.
(19) Transfer of seedlings to low-water-potential vermiculite caused a rapid decrease in mRNA hybridizing to pGE23.
(20) The data indicate that vermiculite mixed with sand (volume 1:1) is the most suitable soilless substrate for P. quinquefolium, for it is loose and features good preservation of fertility, water retaining, drainage, and air permeability.