A modified polarographic method with inert gas for determination of the oxygen permeability in polymers immersed in liquids is described. Owing to the stream of an inert gas towards polymer from the cathode side, lateral oxygen diffusion (edge effects) is minimized. Unlike the standard Fatt method, the method with inert gas is suitable also for thick samples and, therefore, for high-permeable m...

Tumor oxygenation status is considered one of the important prognostic markers in cancer since it strongly influences the response of cancer cells to various treatments; in particular, to radiation therapy. Thus, a proper and accurate assessment of tumor oxygen distribution before the treatment may highly affect the outcome of the treatment. The heterogeneous nature of tumor hypoxia, mainly inf...

In the past few years there has been considerable interest in the kinetic effects of certain species, such as Mylaxim and THA (g-amino1,2,3,4-tetrahydroaminoacridine) (1)) which act as inhibitors in t,he acetylcholinesterase-catalyzed hydrolysis of acetylcholine. Both compounds are essentially associated (completely inhibit enzyme activity) with t.he enzyme in less than a few minutes (2 to 4 mi...

A simple and rapid differential pulse polarographic method was developed for the trace determination of azathioprine. A welldefined polarogram with three peaks was obtained in acetate buffer (pH 5.0) with peak potentials -0.27 V, -0.73 V and -1.02 V. The current-concentration linearity was found extend up to 5 x 10 mol L (r = 0.9992) with minimum detection limit of 2.8x10 mol L. The values of r...

Cholesterol concentrations in serum are enzymatically determined rapidly by use of a polarographic oxygen analyzer with a circuit modified to record simultaneously the amount and rate of oxygen consumption. The final assay system, assessed from the oxygen consumption value that we found to be optimum, consists of 1 ml of sodium phosphate buffer (0.6 mol/liter, pH 7.0) containing NaN3 (10 mg/lit...