The case subjects were 67 stroke patients (27 males and 40 females, mean age 65.7+/-7.1), who suffered from stroke attack and had participated in annual medical check-up between 1987 and 1988 at Oyabe Public Health Center. The controls, which were adjusted for sex, age and blood pressure level with the case subjects, were selected from participants attending their annual medical check-up in 198...

A carbon ionic liquid electrode (CILE) modified with TiO2-Fe nanoparticles was constructed by incorporating TiO2-Fe nanoparticles into the paste matrix. Under the optimized experimental conditions, using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV), the oxidation of thiocyanate and oxalate were occurred at potentials of 0.740 V and 1.010 V, respectively, at the surface of the modified electrode. Observ...

Ruthenium polypyridyl complexes have seen extensive use in solar energy applications. One of the most efficient dye-sensitized solar cells produced to date employs the dye-sensitizer N719, a ruthenium polypyridyl thiocyanate complex. Thiocyanate complexes are typically present as an inseparable mixture of N-bound and S-bound linkage isomers. Here we report the synthesis of a new complex, [Ru(te...

As a part of our project aimed at developing new safe chemotherapeutic and chemoprophylactic agents against tropical diseases, fluorine-containing drugs structurally related to 4-phenoxyphenoxyethyl thiocyanate (1) were designed, synthesized, and evaluated as antiproliferative agents against Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite responsible of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease), and Toxoplasm...

We compared cotinine, carboxyhemoglobin, and thiocyanate concentrations in blood sampled from 187 cigarette smokers and 181 non-smokers. All three differed significantly between smokers and non-smokers. Cotinine performed best as a test for assessing smoking status, with a sensitivity of 98% as compared with 94% for carboxyhemoglobin and 80% for thiocyanate, all at a specificity of 95%. These d...

Thiocyanate, a ubiquitous anion in the body, inhibits the concentration of iodide by the thyroid and the iodination of tyrosine in this tissue (1, 2). This pseudohalide is oxidized by thyroid tissue in viva (3-6). Sulfate is the major sulfur product. This report will describe a cytoplasmic particulate system derived from mammalian thyroid tissue that oxidizes thiocyanate ion in vitro to product...

Glutaraldehyde-fixed sheep erythrocytes (GA-SRBC) were used in the indirect hemagglutination test for the detection of Pasteurella antibody. GA-SRBC were stable for at least 6 months. Heat extract or potassium thiocyanate extract antigens of Pasteurella strains could be adsorbed onto GA-SRBC or tanned GA-SRBC, respectively. The indirect hemagglutination test reaction was capsular group specific...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE The present investigation was undertaken to study the iodine nutritional status of school children of Imphal east district in Manipur where endemic goitre persists during post-salt iodization phase along with the investigation of the factors responsible for the occurrence of goitre endemicity. METHODS A total of 1,286 children (6-12 yr) were clinically examined for goit...

Estimations of the volume of extracellular fluid in man have been made by calculating the volume of body fluid through which thiocyanate is distributed after the intravenous administration of sodium thiocyanate (1, 2, 3). In the method as proposed, a known amount of sodium thiocyanate in solution is administered intravenously and blood is drawn for the measurement of the concentration of thiocy...

OBJECTIVE Perchlorate is a known competitive inhibitor of the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS). Possible thyroid-related effects of environmental perchlorate have created great health concerns, especially in the US, resulting in a debated reference dose (RfD) of 0.0007 mg/kg per day in drinking water recommended by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). However, the impact of other environmental ...