Intracellular pH and 2,3-diphosphoglycerate concentration in sickle cell amenia and normal human blood samples were measured by means of phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. To monitor the concentrations of various internal phosphorylated metabolites of intact red blood cells, heparinized blood samples were used and were incubated at 37 degrees C with 5.6% C92, 25% O2, and 69....

Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity and pH changes induced by Portland cement (PC) alone and in association with radiopacifiers. Methods. The materials tested were pure PC, PC + bismuth oxide, PC + zirconium oxide, PC + calcium tungstate, and zinc oxide and eugenol cement (ZOE). Antimicrobial activity was evaluated by agar diffusion test using the followi...

PURPOSE To assess gastric pH and its relationship with urease-test positivity and histological findings in children with Helicobacter pylori infection. METHODS Fasting gastric juices and endoscopic antral biopsy specimens were collected from 562 children and subjected to the urease test and histopathological examination. The subjects were divided into 3 age groups: 0-4, 5-9, and 10-15 years. ...

Background: The knowledge of oral health effects caused by long-term medication in medically compromised children is sparse. Besides the effects on salivary secretion, pharmacotherapy may also act directly on the dental hard tissues, with dental caries and/or erosive lesions as possible outcomes of their acid and fermentable sugar content. Methods: Thirteen pharmaceutical preparations commonly ...

BACKGROUND Carbon dioxide (CO2) dose-dependently decreases minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of anaesthetics in rats. CO2 also dose-dependently decreases cerebrospinal fluid pH. N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) channels exhibit pH sensitivity and are putative targets for inhaled anaesthetics. We hypothesized that CO2 dose-dependently decreases rat NMDA channel current via an acidifying effect at ...

An intact method for measuring immediately linear rates of acetylene reduction was used to investigate the relationship between temperature, pH, O(2) concentration, and light intensity with the rate of root-associated nitrogenase activity in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Nitrogenase activity varied over a temperature range of 10 to 50 degrees C and optimal rates of acetylene reduction were recorded a...

The leather tanning industry of Sukanggang Garut is an that has the potential to produce wastewater contains a lot organic substances. Therefore, it necessary conduct effective test determine parameters pollution in industry. purpose this study was value water pH, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Biochemical oxygen (BOD), Total Suspended Solid (TSS), and amount chromium concentration sample taken....

IN THE DETERMINATION of enzymes in serum, blood or urine, the sample is added to a buffer designed to bring the pH after admixture to the peak of the enzyme activity curve. Body fluids themselves, however, are buffered and the pH of each fluid, even when fresh, can vary within certain limits, e.g., blood can vary from about pH 7 to 7.8 and urine from about pH 4.6 to 8. In. addition, samples of ...

The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the physicochemical properties of gray and white structural and nonstructural Portland cement, gray and white ProRoot MTA and MTA BIO. The water/powder ratio, setting time, solubility and pH (hydrogen-ion potential) changes of the materials were evaluated. Tests followed specification #57 from the American National Standard Institute/American De...

This aim of this study was to evaluate the physicochemical and biological properties of novel experimental cements (Hybrid, Paste and Resin) based on synergistic combinations of existing materials, including pH, diametral tensile strength (DTS) and cytotoxicity comparing them with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA - Angelus®) and a glass ionomer cement (GIC) developed at our laboratory. For the p...