| chemistry, pharmaceutical | Chemistry that deals with the composition and preparation of substances used in treatment of patients or diagnostic studies. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| pharmaceutical chemistry | Medicinal chemistry in its application to the analysis, development, preparation, and the manufacture of drugs. Synonym: medicinal chemistry, pharmacochemistry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical chemistry | The chemistry of human health and disease, chemistry in connection with the management of patients, as in a hospital laboratory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical chemistry tests | Laboratory tests demonstrating the presence of physiologically significant substances in the blood, urine, tissue, and body fluids with application to the diagnosis or therapy of disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| physiological chemistry | The scientific study of the chemistry of living cells, tissues, organs and organisms. (09 Oct 1997) |
| computational chemistry | <chemistry> The use of computers to aid in the analysis of chemicals. (05 Jan 1998) |
| nuclear chemistry | The science concerned with the chemistry of nuclear reactions and processes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synthetic chemistry | The formation or building up of complex compounds by uniting the more simple ones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inorganic chemistry | The science concerned with compounds not involving carbon-containing molecules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organic chemistry | <chemistry> A branch of chemistry that deals specifically with the structures, synthesis and reactions of carbon-containing compounds. (11 Jan 1998) |
| ecological chemistry | Chemistry that concentrates on the effects of woman-made chemicals on the environment as well as the development of agents that are not harmful to the environment. The study of the molecular interactions between species and between species and the environment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epithermal chemistry | So-called "hot atom" chemistry; the science concerned with the chemical reactions of recoil atoms and free radicals produced in low energy nuclear processes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetoacetyl-acyl carrier protein synthase | <enzyme> E coli enzyme, that catalyses condensation of malonyl-acyl carrier protein plus acetyl-acyl carrier protein; not inhibited by cerulenin Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- Synonym: acetoacetyl-acp synthase (26 Jun 1999) |
| acid soluble spore protein | <molecular biology> A DNA binding protein in the spores of some bacteria, thought to stabilise the DNA in an A configuration, so protecting it from cleavage by enzymes or UV light. (18 Nov 1997) |
| acute-phase protein | <haematology> These plasma proteins (in addition to fibrinogen) increase 25% or more in response to inflammation and injury are under direct control of interleukin-6 (IL-6) (hepatocyte-stimulating factor). Other proteins which increase are ceruloplasmin, C3 and C4 which increase 50% or more; alpha-1 acid glycoprotein, alpha-1 antitrypsin, haptoglobin and fibrinogen (the major determinant of viscosity 1 ) which increase two- to fourfold; C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid A which increase several hundred-fold. Despite long-held clinical opinion to the contrary, available data indicate that neither ESR nor measurement of specific acute-phase reactants are useful in excluding underlying infection or inflammation regardless of the pretest probability. These proteins are secreted into the blood in increased or decreased quantities by hepatocytes in response to trauma, inflammation, or disease. They can serve as inhibitors or mediators of the inflammatory processes. Certain acute-phase proteins have been used to diagnose and follow the course of diseases or as tumour markers. See also: amyloid, c-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, viscosity. (25 Jun 1999) |