Desoxycorticosterone acetate prolongs the lives and restores many of the functions of patients suffering from Addison's disease and of adrenalectomized animals (1 to 5). The beneficial effects are related to the action on the kidneys which leads to excretion of potassium and retention of sodium (1, 5). Clinical observations have suggested that injurious results due to the steroid may appear alo...

Paraoxonase 1 (PON1), contained in plasma high-density lipoproteins, plays an important role in the protection of plasma lipoproteins and cell membranes from oxidative damage. Previous studies indicate that human PON1 is stimulated by high NaCl concentrations. The aim of this study was to characterize in more detail the effect of salts on serum PON1. Paraoxon-hydrolyzing activity of human serum...

Eslicarbazepine acetate is a new anti-epileptic drug belonging to the dibenzazepine carboxamide family that is currently approved as adjunctive therapy and monotherapy for partial-onset (focal) seizures. The drug enhances slow inactivation of voltage-gated sodium channels and subsequently reduces the activity of rapidly firing neurons. Eslicarbazepine acetate has few, but some, drug-drug intera...

We hypothesized that volatile fatty acids in rumen fluid are feedback signals that can condition food preferences or aversions in sheep. Three predictions were tested based on this hypothesis: 1) low doses of sodium propionate or sodium acetate condition preferences, but high doses condition aversions (Exp. 1 and 2); 2) preferences are not caused by osmotic load (Exp. 3 and 4); and 3) low doses...

a simple and mild procedure for the conversion of anilines into aryl isocyanates is described using the 3-hydroxypropylammonium acetate (hpaa) ionic liquid as a novel and efficient media has been explored in the synthesis of aryl isocyanates from the reaction of substituted urea with sodium nitrite in a water immiscible solvent. this ionic liquid can be easily recovered and reused for many time...

The transport and distribution of sodium, potassium, and water were examined in tail arteries of rats treated with deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-saline for 10 days, a time that marks the earliest onset of a rise of blood pressure in the strain (Wistar) used. The arteries were incubated for more than 20 hours to ensure that any change observed was sufficiently built in so that it could not ...

The calcium/calmodulin-regulated Ca-ATPase of the plasma membrane is implicated in Paramecium chemosensory transduction. Calmodulin antisense oligonucleotides electroporated into Paramecium disrupt chemosensory responses to sodium acetate but not to ammonium chloride.

Glucose. ...................... Sodium acetate (anhydrous). ... Salts A K~HPOI ..................... KHzPOr .................... Salts B MgSOa.7HzO. ................ MnS01.4H20. ............... NaCl ........................ FeSO,.7HzO .................. Adenine ....................... Guanine ....................... Uracil ......................... Thiamine chloride. ............. Pyridoxamine ...

The influence of sodium hydroxide addition during the thermo-chemical pretreatment of a microbial biomass has been evaluated in terms of particulate chemical oxygen demand (COD) solubilization and anaerobic biodegradability. Both COD solubilization and total solid elimination rates increased with the dose of NaOH added: COD solubilization reached 63%, and total solid elimination was 33% when 5 ...