BACKGROUND Blood glucose (BG) meters used for assisted monitoring of blood glucose (AMBG) require different attributes compared with meters designed for home use. These include safety considerations (i.e., minimized risk of blood-borne pathogen transmission), capability for testing multiple blood sample types, and enhanced performance specifications. The OneTouch® Verio™Pro+ BG meter is designe...

Mg6Pd represents the second of the two structure types so far found for complex A6B compounds of cubic symmetry containing about 400 atoms each per smallest unit cube, arranged according to space group F-43m. The first type is represented by Na6T1. A complete structure determination has been carried out for Mg6Pd with the use of packing maps and least-squares refinements employing intensity dat...

introduction: organophosphate compounds are used as insecticides, nerve gases, ophthalmic agents, and antihelmintics.the primary mechanism of action of organophosphate pesticides is inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (ache). however  pralidoxim has been introduced as organophosphate `s antidote but recent studies establish that pralidoxim has unclear benefit in treatment of organophosphate pois...

Mixed-ligand hydride complexes OsHCl(CO)(PPh3)2L (2) [L = P(OMe)3, P(OEt)3] were prepared by allowing OsHCl(CO)(PPh3)3 (1) to react with an excess of phosphite P(OR)3 in refluxing toluene. Dichloro compounds OsCl2(CO)(PPh3)2L (3, 4) were also prepared by reacting 1, 2 with HCl. Treatment of hydrides OsHCl(CO)(PPh3)2L (2), first with triflic acid and then with an excess of RN3 afforded organic a...

One of the most toxic effects of organophosphate (OP) poisoning has been the paralysis of skeletal muscles that can lead to paralysis of respiratory muscles and death. However, oximes are the only antidotes available to reverse or prevent such toxic effects of OP insecticides and nerve chemical warfare agents. In the present research work, the effect of different concentrations of paraoxon (as ...

TOPIC: Critical Care TYPE: Fellow Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Cholinergic toxicity can result from ingestion of generic pesticides, which contain organophosphates or carbamates. These compounds act by inhibiting red blood cell acetylcholinesterase (RBC AChE), resulting in an overabundance acetylcholine at the neural synapse and neuromuscular junction. Early suspicion for this toxidrome is essent...

The participation of polyamines and nonprotein sulfhydryls in the gastric cytoprotective mechanisms was studied using gastric mucosal lesions produced by acidified ethanol in rats as an experimental model. Treatment with prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), but not cimetidine, prevented the formation of gastric mucosal lesions. Oral administration of cadaverine, spermidine and spermine prevented the lesion...

Organophosphorous compounds have been employed as pesticides and chemical warfare nerve agents. Toxicity of organophosphorous compounds is a result of excessive cholinergic stimulation through inhibition of acetyl cholinesterase. Clinical manifestations include cholinergic syndromes, central nervous system and cardiovascular disorders. Organophosphorous pesticide poisonings are common in develo...