OBJECTIVES To test the validity of a Michaelis-Menten-like kinetic model of pulmonary clearance of insoluble dusts. METHODS Data were investigated from studies of pulmonary clearance in F344 rats exposed to antimony trioxide (Sb2O3), photocopy test toner, polyvinyl chloride powder (PVC), and diesel exhaust particles. The Michaelis-Menten-like model was used to develop a relation in which the ...

In the case of a transport system obeying Michaelis-Menten kinetics, completely general relationships are shown to exist between the final ratio of internal and external substrate concentrations, alpha, and the V/Km ratios found in zero-trans-entry, zero-trans-exit and equilibrium-exchange experiments (where V is a maximum substrate flux and Km a substrate half-saturation constant). The proof d...

Sensitivity analysis is routinely performed on simplified surrogate models as the cost of such original model may be prohibitive. Little known in general about induced bias sensitivity results. Within framework chemical kinetics, we provide a full justification above approach case variance based methods provided results from one through thermodynamic limit. In particular, analyze convergence So...

Cell suspensions of Olea europaea var. Galega Vulgar grown in batch culture with 0.5% (w/v) glucose were able to transport D-[(14)C]glucose according to Michaelis-Menten kinetics associated with a first-order kinetics. The monosaccharide carrier exhibited high affinity (K(m) approximately 50 micro M) and was able to transport D-glucose, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-xylose, 2-deoxy-D-glucose and 3...

Sucralose, one of the popular non-caloric artificial sweeteners, has been known to influence enzymatic conversion sucrose glucose and fructose by invertase. In continuing use real-time NMR experiments reaction progress curve analysis measure enzyme kinetics, here we investigate role sucralose as an inhibitor. based kinetic were performed a function substrate concentration for range concentratio...

Morphine elimination involves UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) catalyzed conjugation with glucuronic acid to form morphine 3- and 6-glucuronides (M3G and M6G, respectively). It has been proposed that UGT2B7 is the major enzyme involved in these reactions, but there is evidence to suggest that other isoforms also catalyze morphine glucuronidation in man. Thus, we have characterized the selectiv...