C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute phase reactant the concentration of which increases significantly following tissue injury or inflammation. It is present in the albumin fraction of the serum of patients and is antigenic upon injection into rabbits. We report here the development of a local latex reagent coated with rabbit anti-CRP. For this purpose CRP was isolated from pooled sera of patie...

Compounds structurally related to lysine were tested against Penicillium chrysogenum Wis. 54-1255 for inhibition of growth, sporulation, and penicillin formation. This strain is relatively resistant to lysine analogs. The compounds that were the more active inhibitors of growth and whose activities were reversed by L-lysine were diaminohexynoic acid, N-epsilon-methyllysine, N-alpha-methyllysine...

Opiates and opioids are naturally occurring or synthesized derivatives of opium commonly known as “narcotics.” Short-acting narcotics often are used for the acute treatment of migraine headache that is moderate to severe in intensity. Orally self-administered narcotics that are commonly prescribed include codeine (typically prescribed with acetaminophen; eg, Tylenol #3), hydrocodone (typically ...

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