(n.) A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion.
(n.) Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell squill (S. mutans).
(n.) A squilla.
Example Sentences:
(1) Red squill bulbs, with reported specific rodenticidal properties, have been assayed for their content of the two main glycosides, scilliroside and scillaren A, by a method depending on the separation of the glycosides from purified plant extracts by tlc followed by spectrophotometric (uv and visible) determination of the individual glycosides in the eluates.
(2) The structure of sinistrin from red squill (Urginea maritima) was determined by methylation analysis and 13C NMR spectroscopy, using the fructans from Pucinella peisonis and quack-grass (Agropyron repens) as reference substances.
(3) The method was found convenient for assessment of the potency of red squill bulbs.
(4) In a randomized, controlled, double-blind study 2 groups of 7 patients each with coronary heart disease received either 1 mg methylproscillaridin (MP) a cardiac glycoside of the squill intravenously, or placebo to test the inotropic effect of MP.
Squilla
Definition:
(n.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.
Example Sentences:
(1) Transmitters of motoneurons in the stomatogastric ganglion (STG) of Squilla were identified by analyzing the excitatory neuromuscular properties of muscles in the posterior cardiac plate (pcp) and pyloric regions.
(2) Squilla mantis hemocyanin is composed of two hexameric subunits but has electron microscopic profiles different from other bis-hexameric hemocyanins, e.g.
(3) The findings are compared with those of related studies and their functional implications for the vision of Squilla are discussed.
(4) Proteins extracted from suboesophageal ganglia of Squilla mantis, an arthropod shown to be sensitive in vivo to opiates and to contain native opioid like peptide(s), were fractionated by gel filtration into three pools according to their molecular weight: A (Mr greater than 65,000), B (10,000 less than Mr less than 65,000) and C (Mr less than 10,000).
(5) The femal specific proteins (FSP) identified in the hemolymph of Squilla mantis females are here proven to be vitellogenins (VTG) by immunological and electrophoretical methods.
(6) To detect the presence of a mammalian-like enkephalin precursor in suboesophageal ganglia of Squilla mantis, an arthropod shown to be sensitive in vivo to opiates [8], protein acid extracts were fractionated by gel filtration into three large pools: A(Mr greater than 65,000), B(10,000 less than Mr less than 65,000) and C(Mr less than 10,000).
(7) The fine structure of the compound eye of adult specimens of Squilla mantis was investigated.
(8) The results suggest that native opioid-like peptides are present in Squilla mantis and are most likely released from higher molecular weight precursor(s).
(9) The pacemaker neurons of the Squilla heart ganglion are innervated from the CNS through three pairs of extrinsic nerves.
(10) The pyloric constrictor muscles of the stomach in Squilla can generate spikes by synaptic activation via the motor nerve from the stomatogastric ganglion.