BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Since proper storage of insulin is necessary for its action, the present study was undertaken to determine the extent to which improper temperature storage conditions could have contributed to the potency of the three insulin formulations tested. METHODS Two human insulin formulations (regular and biphasic) from three different manufacturers were stored at 5 different t...

Several variables have been reported to affect the expression of sex differences in the analgesic potency of morphine. Although the effect of genetic background on morphine analgesia has been well documented, the relevance of genotype to sex differences in morphine analgesia has rarely been considered. The present study investigated morphine dose-response relationships in male and female mice o...

The preceding paper described our numerical index of carcinogenic potency, the TD50 and the statistical procedures adopted for estimating it from experimental data. This paper presents the Carcinogenic Potency Database, which includes results of about 3000 long-term, chronic experiments of 770 test compounds. Part II is a discussion of the sources of our data, the rationale for the inclusion of...

We have used functional co-reconstitution of purified sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA) with phospholamban (PLB), its inhibitor in the heart, to test the hypothesis that loss-of-function (LOF) PLB mutants (PLB(M)) can compete with wild-type PLB (PLB(W)) to relieve SERCA inhibition. Co-reconstitution at varying PLB-to-SERCA ratios was conducted using synthetic PLB(W), gain-of-fun...

In this study, we explored the applicability of using in vitro micronucleus (MN) data from human lymphoblastoid TK6 cells to derive in vivo genotoxicity potency information. Nineteen chemicals covering a broad spectrum of genotoxic modes of action were tested in an in vitro MN test using TK6 cells using the same study protocol. Several of these chemicals were considered to need metabolic activa...

Drug combinations have more potential advantage of greater analgesia than monotherapy. By the combination of analgesics with different mechanism, potency of analgesia can be maximized while the incidence of adverse effects is minimized. This study was aimed to assess a possible interaction in the antinociceptive effects between tramadol (T) and propacetamol (P) when administered in combination ...

STArION, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Communicated March 20, 1952 It has often been observed that when the potency of certain antibiotics is determined by the agar-streak dilution method, an increase in the time of incubation of the plates will result in an apparent decrease in antibiotic potency. This is true particularly of aureomycin and terramycin.' This points to the fact that either the test organi...