Commercial bilirubin: A trinity of isomers

Indican interference with six commercial procedures for measuring total bilirubin.

We have studied the effect of indican on six commercial procedures for the measurement of total bilirubin in serum. Total bilirubin measured by the Bilirubin A-Gent (Abbott) 2,4-dichlorophenyl diazonium procedure increased by 50 mg/L for each 1 mmol/L of added indican. Similarly, total bilirubin measured by the Bilirubin C-System (Boehringer Mannheim) 2,5-dichlorophenyl diazonium procedure incr...

Trinity or Monotheism A Mystical-Qur’anic Approach

Muhammad Taqi Fa’ali PhD.*[1] The most significant doctrinal difference between Islam and Christianity is the issue of trinity versus monotheism. The doctrine of trinity has a variety of interpretations, the most important of which are Arianism, Sabellianism, Orthodox, Deity, epiphany and the mysterious affair. These interpretations date back to the Old and New T...

Kant’s Trinity of Freedom

Masaccio's Trinity

neutrum, and ut nunc and simpliciter. The more technical chapters devoted to explaining these theoretical concepts are nicely balanced by an excellent introductory chapter on Galenic medicine in the Renaissance, and a fascinating closing chapter on Renaissance discussions of whether neutral bodies really do exist in nature and whether ageing bodies and convalescing bodies provide practical exam...

Trinity Hamilton

The metalloenzyme nitrogenase is utilized by microbial diazotrophs to accomplish the majority of biological nitrogen fixation. Many different forms of the enzyme nitrogenase are known to exist. They are categorized by the type of metal cluster providing the N2-binding site, which is also the active site of the enzyme. The nitrogenase best-characterized to date has an active site with the compos...