(1) Manometric studies with resting cells obtained by growth on each of these sulfur sources yielded net oxygen uptake for all substrates except sulfite and dithionate.
(2) Typically the iron-iron axis (gz) of the binuclear iron-sulfur clusters is in the membrane plane.
(3) Our study suggests that a major part of the renal antimineralocorticoid activity of spironolactone may be attributable to minor sulfur-containing metabolites or their precursors having a high renal clearance that affords access to their site of activity via the renal tubular fluid.
(4) Ferredoxin reductase (Fd-reductase) supplies reducing equivalents obtained from NADPH to mitochondrial cytochrome P450 enzymes via the small iron-sulfur protein ferredoxin.
(5) The loss of enzyme activity in sulfur-rhodanese does not involve cysteinyl residues but can be correlated with the modification of guanidino groups, notably that of Arg-186, the side chain of which may play a role in substrate binding.
(6) In two patients with extensive marrow necrosis, the diagnosis of marrow necrosis was established by morphologic and radioisotopic studies, and the extent of involvement was accurately assessed by marrow scanning with technetium Tc 99m sulfur colloid while the patients were still alive.
(7) It was presumed that thymohydroquinone is excreted as ethereal sulfuric acid conjugate in man.
(8) Also purple sulfur bacteria lowered BOD levels as demonstrated by the growth of T. floridana in sterilized sewage.
(9) An equivalent maximum growth response of rats fed L-methionine or N-acetyl-L-methionine was obtained when the total dietary sulfur amino acids compromised 0.36-0.41% of the diet.
(10) Histopathological evaluations showed that sulfuric acid particles alone did not cause inflammatory responses in centriacinar units of rat lung parenchyma (expressed in terms of percent lesion area) but did cause significant damage (cell killing followed by a wave of cell replication) in nasal respiratory epithelium, as measured by uptake of tritiated thymidine in the DNA of replicating cells.
(11) Ac-MPS of the hyaluronic acid type prevail in the ground substance of the myxoid and fibroblastic mesenchyma, while the substances containing sulfuric groups predominate in the tissue matrix exhibiting fibrogenic tendencies.
(12) Previous work demonstrated a differential decrease in iron-sulfur centers A, B and X which indicated that center X serves as a branch point for parallel electron flow through centers A and B (Golbeck, J.H.
(13) Our observation leads to the suggestion that, in vivo, either rhodanese is maintained in its more stable sulfur-substituted form or cellular compartmentalization prevents inactivation by nitrite.
(14) In contrast, the (Rp)-isomers, which have an equatorial exocyclic sulfur atom, bound to the enzyme without stimulation of its activity.
(15) A strong shoulder was observed at 2481.7 eV on the low-energy side of the sulfate absorption edge, deriving from a novel type of sulfur having a slightly lower oxidation state than sulfate sulfur.
(16) Long-term treatment with furosemide (up to 13 months) caused transient changes in the elemental content of the pancreatic acinar cells: a decrease in chloride and sulfur, and an increase in phosphorus, potassium and magnesium.
(17) The iron-sulfur proteins of the green photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobium have been characterized by oxidation-reduction potentiometry in conjunction with low-temperature electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
(18) The reaction is based on the reduction of sulfur dioxide at a dropping mercury electrode.
(19) Proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE) analyses were performed on single hair fibers in triplicate from 103 individuals in order to determine sulfur, zinc, calcium, and chlorine content.
(20) In a survey of the proteins from human hair, a genetic electrophoretic variant has been observed in the high-sulfur protein region.
Sulphonal
Definition:
(n.) A substance employed as a hypnotic, produced by the union of mercaptan and acetone.
Example Sentences:
(1) The PSB dioxygenase system displayed a narrow substrate range: none of 18 sulphonated or non-sulphonated analogues of PSB showed significant substrate-dependent O2 uptake.
(2) They disappear after Leydig cell depletion induced by ethanedimethane sulphonate (EDS) and return after testosterone treatment.
(3) Treatment with sulphones, in combination with cortico-steroids in the more severe cases, has resulted in long-term improvement in two of our three patients.
(4) In anaerobiosis, at 25 mM sulphanilic acid, or with addition of p-toluene sulphonic acid only one regression line is obtained for the permeation in both directions.
(5) Isoeugenol fails to elicit a sensitisation response when challenged onto guinea pigs sensitised to methyl dodecane sulphonate, indicating that the mechanism of isoeugenol sensitisation is not based on methyl transfer.
(6) Sulphonic-acid derivatives of established carcinogens are usually inactive.
(7) The fluorescence of 8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulphonate is affected both by delta psi and delta pH.
(8) Among the sulphonated dyes, amphiphilic mono- and disulphonated derivatives exhibit particularly good cell membrane-penetrating properties, although the more highly sulphonated dyes show better tumour retention in vivo.
(9) The chemical asymmetry of the transporter was investigated by studying the effects of p-chloromercuriphenyl sulphonate (PCMBS) on uridine transport and high-affinity NBMPR binding in inside-out and right-side-out membrane vesicles, unsealed erythrocyte ghosts and intact cells.
(10) A number of substituted diphenylsulfides and sulfones (4-11) and 2,2'-disubstituted-5,5'-dibenzimidazolyl sulfides and sulphones (12-19) have been synthesized starting from 5-chloro-2-nitroacetanilide and (3) 4,4'-dichlorodiphenyl sulfone (9), respectively.
(11) The ryanodine receptor protein of sheep cardiac muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes functions as a ligand-regulated ion channel following solubilization with the zwitterionic detergent CHAPS (3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)-dimethylammonio]-1- propane sulphonate); purification by density gradient centrifugation, reconstitution into proteo-liposomes and incorporation into planar phospholipid bilayers.
(12) This involves formation of a mercaptopropyl bonded phase followed by oxidation to the corresponding sulphonic acid.
(13) The results indicated that certain sulphonic acid dyes increase the permeability of the respiratory tract epithelium, perhaps by increasing its porosity.
(14) T-suppressor-inducer and T-suppressor-effector hybridoma supernatants both regulating the DTH reaction intensity triggered by trinitrophenyl-sulphonic acid (TNPSA) or antigen-dependent proliferation of mice lymph node cells to trinitrophenylated bovine serum albumin, possess and ability to inhibit proliferation of TNPSA-modified human and mice leukaemic cells.
(15) Replacement of Cl with Br enhanced the negative afterpotential and and replacement with benzene sulphonate or isethionate depressed it.
(16) There was no evidence that the sulphonic group of Tobias acid is cleaved in the body to a significant extent to give 2-naphthylamine.
(17) Synergy was commonly observed when the sulphones were combined with ampicillin or amoxicillin, generally reducing the drug minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) fourfold to eightfold (synergy rates 85-91%).
(18) Plasma and urine concentrations of NTB, albendazole (ABZ), albendazole sulphoxide (ABZSO) and albendazole sulphone (ABZSO2) were measured serially over a 120-h period by HPLC.
(19) The effects of MDL 73005EF (8-[2-(2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxin-2-yl)methylamino]-8- azaspiro[4,5]decan-7,9-dione methyl sulphonate), a novel selective 5-HT1A receptor ligand with putative anxiolytic properties, were explored using models of central pre- and postsynaptic 5-HT1A receptor function in the male rat.
(20) Responses of neurones to either physiological stimulation of hair and vibrissa follicle sensory afferents and to ionophoretically applied excitatory amino acids were challenged with the antagonists D-2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (APV), kynurenate and gamma-D-glutamylaminomethyl sulphonate (GAMS).