I. Young female Wistar rats were fed for 18 d on diets containing dextrose, 43 dextrose equivalent (DE) glucose syrup, fractions of 43 DE glucose syrup of high and low molecular weight or sucrosc. 2. All rats gained weight and showed no gross external abnormalities or significant dental caries scores. 3. The concentrations of cholesterol, trig1 ycerides, free fatty acids and glucose were determ...

Infusions of hypertonic dextrose or NaCl solutions reduce resistance in several vascular beds of experimental animals. To study the response in man, 60 intrabrachial arterial jet infusions of hypertonic dextrose solution or hypertonic NaCl solution, each at 3 dose levels (1, 2, and 4 milliosmols/min), were made in 19 male student volunteers aged 21 to 29 years. Limb blood flow was measured by c...

BACKGROUND Degenerative discs are thought to produce nerve root pain either mechanically or chemically. Particularly in the case of advanced degenerative disc disease, this clinical entity has often proven to be symptomatically resistant to peridural steroids, Intra-discal Electrothermoplasty (IDET) and direct surgical intervention. Exposure of irritated nerves to hypertonic dextrose is thought...

Statins may have favorable effects on endothelial barrier function, possibly through reduction of oxidative stress and modulation of expression of vasoactive proteins. The permeability of human umbilical endothelial cells in culture to a group of fluorescein isothiocyanate dextrans of different molecular weights were studied under various experimental conditions. Superoxide anion production was...

Voriconazole is a novel broad-spectrum antifungal drug, employed in the treatment of invasive fungal infections, and represents an alternative to amphotericin B treatment. The manufacturer recommends that any unused reconstituted product should be stored at 2 masculineC to 8 masculineC, for no more than 24 h, but no recommendations about i.v. infusion solutions are given. Previous works have re...

The influences of temperature and nutritional conditions on the mycelium growth of oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus (PO) and Pleurotus cystidiosus (PC) were investigated in laboratory experiment during the summer season of 2014. The results of the experiment indicated that potato dextrose agar (PDA) and yam dextrose agar (YDA) were the most suitable media for the mycelium growth of oyster mu...

1. Dextrose is not in itself injurious but rather favorable to toxin production. When added in quantities not exceeding 0.2 per cent to peptone bouillon freed from fermentable acid-producing substances (muscle sugar) it leads to a maximum accumulation of toxin by utilizing the available peptone to the best advantage. 2. The different courses taken by cultures of diphtheria bacilli in ordinary u...

INTRODUCTION Hypoglycemia and glucose variability are independently associated with increased mortality in septic, surgical, and mixed intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Treatment of hypoglycemia with dextrose 50% can overcorrect blood glucose levels and increase glucose variability. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a hypoglycemia treatment protocol focused on minimizing ...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to investigate the stability of a mixture of temocillin 20mg/ml in 5% dextrose and in 0.9% sodium chloride polyolefin bags after freezing, microwave thawing and long-term storage at 5±3°C. METHODS The stability of ten polyolefin bags containing 20mg/ml of temocillin, five bags in 5% dextrose and five bags in 0.9% sodium chloride, prepared under aseptic c...

Myocardial function and peripheral hemodynamic alterations were measured through the late stages of canine endotoxin shock. 60 min postendotoxin paired animals were given infusions of either 5 ml/kg per hr of 5% dextrose or dextrose plus isoproterenol (0.25 mug/kg per min). Comparable blood lactic and pyruvic acid levels were determined, the excess lactic acid calculated, and pH values were obt...