| polyethylene glycol dehydrogenase | <enzyme> Catalyses the first step in polyethylene glycol metabolism in bacteria Registry number: EC 1.1.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
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| polyethylene glycol-glutaminase-asparaginase | <chemical> Covalent attachment of polyethylene glycol to nonessential amine groups of enzyme renders it nonimmunogenic for treatment of leukaemia (EC 3.5.1.-) Pharmacological action: immunosuppressive agent Chemical name: glutaminase-asparaginase Synonym: polyethyleneglycol-l-glutaminase-l-asparaginase, peg-l-glutaminase-l-asparaginase (26 Jun 1999) |
| polyethylene glycol-superoxide dismutase | <chemical> A free radical scavenger Pharmacological action: free radical scavengers Synonym: peg-sod (26 Jun 1999) |
| polyethylene glycol-uricase | <chemical> Uricase covalently attached to polyethylene glycol, modifying 71% of amino groups and retaining 11% of activity without eliciting antibody response in mice or man; used for lowering serum uric acid Synonym: peg-uricase, methoxypolyethylene glycol uricase (26 Jun 1999) |
| propylene glycol | <chemical> A clear, colourless, viscous liquid used as a humectant and solvent in pharmaceutical preparations. Derivative of propylene glycol (1,2-propanediol). They are used as humectants and solvents in pharmaceutical preparations. Pharmacological action: cryoprotective agents, solvents, vehicles. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diethylene glycol | An organic solvent chemically related to ethylene glycol. Upon metabolic conversion it becomes oxalic acid, which is toxic to the kidney. A sweet, viscous liquid that was used to make the infamous elixir of sulfanilamide that proved fatal to over 100 children in 1937, leading to the establishment of the FDA to monitor drug safety. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triethylene glycol | C6H14O4; 2,2'-Ethylenedioxybis(ethanol);used in the vapor state as an air-sterilizing agent; toxic to bacteria, fungi, and viruses in very low concentrations in air; variations in the humidity of the air limit the germicidal effectiveness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| L-glycol dehydrogenase | <enzyme> Catalyses NADPH linked reversible reduction of uncharged vicinal dicarbonyls and alpha-hydroxycarbonyls to l-(+)-glycols Registry number: EC 1.1.1.185 Synonym: l-(+)-glycol-NADP oxidoreductase, alpha-dicarbonyl reductase, l-(+)-alpha-hydroxycarbonyl-NADP oxidoreductase (26 Jun 1999) |
| ackee poisoning | An acute and frequently fatal vomiting disease associated with central nervous system symptoms and marked hypoglycaemia, caused by eating unripe ackee fruit of Blighia spaida, a tree common in Jamaica. Synonym: Jamaican vomiting sickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arsenic poisoning | A severe poisoning that occurs after the exposure (ingested or inhaled). Signs and symptoms include: nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, rapid heart rate, apprehension and difficulty breathing. (27 Sep 1997) |
| bacterial food poisoning | A term commonly used to refer to conditions limited to enteritis or gastroenteritis (excluding the enteric fevers and the dysenteries) caused by bacterial multiplication per se or by a soluble bacterial exotoxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blister beetle poisoning | Poisoning, most often of horses, by ingestion of blister beetles (Epicauta spp.) in hay; the causative toxin is cantharidin, which produces salivation, shock, pollakiuria, and colic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blood poisoning | See: septicaemia, pyaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bracken poisoning | A disease of cattle caused by long-term, low-level consumption of the bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) and characterised by haemorrhages or tumours in the bladder. Synonym: bracken poisoning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cadmium poisoning | Poisoning occurring after exposure to cadmium compounds or fumes. It may cause gastrointestinal syndromes, anaemia, or pneumonitis. (12 Dec 1998) |