The structures were established by spectral analyses, mainly HR-ESI-MS and 1D and 2D NMR experiments (COSY, HSQC, and HMBC).”
“Objective-To Linsitinib chemical structure evaluate accuracy of 6 portable blood glucose meters (PBGMs) by comparing results of these meters with results obtained with a reference chemistry analyzer.
Design-Evaluation study.
Animals-49 dogs (158 blood samples).
Procedures-Venous blood samples were tested with the 6 PBGMs, and results were compared with results of a commercially available analyzer that used a reference
method based on the hexokinase reaction.
Results-Plasma glucose concentrations obtained with the reference analyzer ranged from 41 to 639 mg/dL. There were significant correlations between blood glucose concentrations obtained with the 6 PBGMs and plasma glucose concentrations obtained with the reference analyzer (r >= 0.96). However, for all 6 PBGMs, results differed from results for the reference analyzer, with
the difference increasing as plasma glucose concentration XMU-MP-1 Stem Cells & Wnt inhibitor increased. Significant differences in bias were found among meters. For 142 samples classified as hypoglycemic, euglycemic, or hyperglycemic on the basis of results of the reference analyzer, the percentage of samples that were misclassified on the basis of results of the PBGMs ranged from 2.1 % to 38.7%.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance LDK378 Results of the present study suggested that there were substantial differences in the accuracy of currently available PBGMs when used to determine blood glucose concentration in dogs. (J Am Vet Med Assoc 2009;235:276-280)”
“BACKGROUND: In biological treatment of coking wastewater, phenol may decrease the treatment efficiency because of its high concentration and toxicity to microorganisms. Bioaugmentation has been regarded as a good improvement of the traditional biological treatment using isolated degrading strains. In this study, two phenol degrading strains, Pseudomonas sp. PCT01 and PTS02, were isolated and investigated
for degradation ability and application to real coking wastewater treatment.
RESULTS: Complete phenol degradation was achieved after 18 h inoculation in medium containing 229-461 mg L(-1) of phenol for both strains. The presence of phenol, pyridine and other compounds in mixed substrate or in coking wastewater prolonged the degradation to 20-32 h with an initial phenol concentration of 160-280 mg L(-1). The study of degradation kinetics yielded a two-stage model to describe the effect of the initial phenol concentration and inhibitory compounds on phenol degradation. The highest degradation rate constant of the second stage, 1.25 h(-1) for PCT01 and 0.75 h(-1) for PTS02, was obtained at low phenol concentration in a single substrate.