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C Y Kim

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Effects of the first (ether) extract of ginseng on the cardiovascular dynamics of dogs during halothane anesthesia.

An electromagnetic flowmeter probe was chronically implanted around the ascending aorta in ten dogs. Subsequently, these animals were maintained under halothane (0.75%) anesthesia during the intravenous administration of an ether extract (40 mg/kg) of ginseng. Five other dogs were anesthetized without injecting ginseng. Eleven cardiovascular variables including cardiac output, stroke volume, heart rate, mean arterial pressure, pulse pressure, central venous pressure, total peripheral resistance, pH, PaCO2, PaO2 and base deficit were compared during the ensuing 120 minutes. The heart rate was significantly decreased and central venous pressure increased significantly following ginseng. There were no other meaningful changes in either group.

Anesthesia↗

Radiologic manifestations of epidemic haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.

Epidemic haemorrhagic fever is a viral disease characterized by acute febrile onset followed by profound renal dysfunction. The endemic areas are widespread throughout the Eurasian continent and the Japanese islands. The patient with EHF usually seeks medical care as an emergency for an "acute abdomen". Consequently the X-ray examination becomes an essential part of the clinical study. We analysed the plain abdomen and chest films of 62 patients with this disease. The radiologic manifestations represented diffuse capillary damage with resultant oedema and haemorrhage, particularly in the retro-peritoneal space. Abnormal findings were seen in 94% of the patients on the plain abdomen, and in 63% on the chest film. The most significant finding was obliteration and blurring of anatomical detail in both intra- and retro-peritoneal cavities and renal enlargement. We believe that simultaneous presence of oedema and effusion in both intra- and retro-peritoneal cavities along with renal enlargement is in practice pathognomic of EHF. Obliteration of the renal outline and cardiomegaly with overt lung oedema was associated with the most severe renal dysfunction.

Adolescent↗

Studies on avian erythrocyte metabolism. VII. Effect of inositol pentaphosphate and other organic phosphates on oxygen affinity of the embryonic and adult-type hemoglobins of the turkey embryo.

The effects of 2, 3-diphosphoglyceric acid (2, 3-DPG), adenosine triphosphate (ATP), inositol tetraphosphate (ITP), inositol pentaphosphate (IPP), and inositol hexaphosphate (IHP) on oxygen affinity of whole stripped hemoglobin (WSH), hemoglobin H (Hb-H; hatching hemoglobin), hemoglobin A (Hb-A), and hemoglobin D (Hb-D) isolated from erythrocytes (RBC) of the 25-day turkey embryo have been studied. The order of the decrease in oxygen affinity induced by these organic phosphates, at molar ratios of phosphate compound to hemoglobin (tetramer) between 2 and 4, is 2, 3-DPG less than ATP less than ITP less than IPP less than IHP. 2, 3-DPG shows a slightly greater effect on reducing oxygen affinity of Hb-H than on either adult-type hemoglobin. The effect of IPP upon lowering the oxygen affinity of either WSH, Hb-H, Hb-A, or Hb-D is approximately 20 percent less than IHP. The effects of the various organic phosphates upon the Hill constant, n, of these purified hemoglobins is variable but appears to reach a maximum when the molar ratio of organic phosphate to hemoglobin (tetramer) is 2 or greater. None of the physiologically occurring organic phosphates has a significant preferential interaction with any specific hemoglobin. These experiments strengthen and support our earlier conclusion, that the changes in whole blood oxygen affinity which occur during avian development result from the changes in composition of the intraerythrocytic organic phosphates.

Adenosine Diphosphate↗

Studies on avian erythrocyte metabolism. 5. Relationship between the major phosphorylated metabolic intermediates and while blood oxygen affinity in embryols and poults of the domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo).

The changes in organic phosphates of turkey erythrocytes (RBC) have been determined in relation to the changes in oxygen affinity of whole blood during growth of the embryo and poult. On a molar basis, 2,3 diphosphoglyceric acid (2,3-DPG) is the predominant organic phosphate of erythrocytes from turkey embryos during the last week of incubation. However, on the basis of relative % phosphate, 2,3-DPG is the major organic phosphate of the erythrocytes from turkey embryos on day 23 and 25 of incubation only. With the exception of day 23 and 25 incubation, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) represents the major organic phosphate of the erythrocytes of the turkey embryo and poult during the last week of embryonic development and through the first 29 days after hatching. The whole blood P50 during the last week of incubation and the first 8 days after hatching correlates best with the amount of ATP in the erythrocytes. The effects of inositol pentaphosphate on P50 of the whole blood is much more gradual and appears to become of major influence after 2-3 weeks post-hatching.

Adenosine Diphosphate↗

Lysinoalanine: presence in foods and food ingredients.

Lysinoalanine, N6-(DL-2-amino-2-carboxyethyl)-L-lysine, an unusual amino acid implicated as a renal toxic factor in rats, has been found in proteins of home-cooked and commercial foods and ingredients. Although it has been reported to occur in both edible and nonfood proteins only after alkali treatment, it has now been identified in food proteins that had not been subjected to alkali. Lysinoalanine is generated in a variety of proteins when heated under nonalkaline conditions.

Dietary Proteins↗

Effects of high-dose cyanate upon cerebral energy metabolism of the rat.

The effect of sodium cyanate (25, 50, 75, and 100 mg/kg body weight i.p. daily for 10 days) upon cerebral metabolism and the EEG of Wistar rats was studied. This treatment resulted in a dose-related carbamylation of hemoglobin and left shift in the oxygen dissociation curve. Animals receiving the highest dose of cyanate developed a significant systemic metabolic acidosis. In brain there was dose-dependent decrease in phosphocreatine, TCO2 and cytoplasmic NADH/NAD+ ratio, reflecting the calculated drop in intracellular pH. Glucose levels were elevated despite a normal calculated energy charge, which suggests a balanced slowing of the energy-producing and energy-utilizing systems. The higher doses of cyanate produced spontaneous seizure activity on the EEG.

Animals↗

Purification and biophysical characterization of hepatitis B antigen.

Hepatitis B antigen (HB Ag) has been purified from serum by pepsin digestion and equilibrium sedimentation. The sedimentation coefficient, density, particle size, and electrophoretic mobility have been determined before and after purification and found to be unaltered. In addition, the diffusion constant and molecular weight of purified HB Ag have been documented. Because the biophysical characteristics found are not consistant with those of any known virus, it is believed that native HB Ag is made up almost entirely of incomplete virus.

Blood Protein Electrophoresis↗