| MB | Bachelor of Medicine [Lat. Medicinae Baccalaureus]; buccal margin; isoenzyme of creatine kinase cont... |
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| MBAS | methylene blue active substance |
| MBD | Marchiafava-Bignami disease; Mental Deterioration Battery; methylene blue dye; minimal brain damage;... |
| MBH2 | reduced methylene blue |
| MBR | methylene blue, reduced |
| methylene | <chemistry> A hydrocarbon radical, CH2, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, CH2Br2; formerly called also methene. <chemistry> Methylene blue, an artificial dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of diphenyl amine; called also pure blue. Origin: F. Methylene, from Gr. Wine + wood; a word coined to correspond to the name wood spirit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| methylene azure | A mixture of azure A and B. Synonym: methylene azure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| methylene chloride | <chemical> Dichloromethane. A chlorinated hydrocarbon that has been used as an inhalation anaesthetic and acts as a narcotic in high concentrations. Its primary use is as a solvent in manufacturing and food technology. Chemical name: Methane, dichloro- (12 Dec 1998) |
| methylene tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase-methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase | <chemical> Bifunctional enzyme which contains mg-nad dependent covalently linked methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase (EC 1.5.1.15) and methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase (EC 3.5.4.9); usually found in prokaryotes Synonym: methf dehydrogenase-cyclohydrolase (26 Jun 1999) |
| methylene white | The reduced and colourless form of methylene blue. Synonym: methylene white. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polyamine-methylene resin | A synthetic acid-binding resin used as a gastric antacid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 24-methylene cycloartanol C4-monodemethylase | <enzyme> Catalyses the c4 demethylation of 24-methylene cycloartanol to cycloeucalenol; the demethylation involves a 4-methyl-4-hydroxymethyl derivative to a 4-methyl-4-carboxylic acid to a 3-keto-4-methyl cpd to the final cpd; requires NADPH and molecular oxygen; strongly inhibited by cyanide Registry number: EC 1.13.99.- Synonym: 24-mcmdase, 4,4-dimethylsterol 4-demethylase (26 Jun 1999) |
| 4-methylene-L-glutamine amidohydrolase | <enzyme> From peanut leaves Registry number: EC 3.5.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| AH-101 thermostable alkaline protease | <enzyme> Isolated from bacillus sp. No. Ah-101; has sequence similarity to other subtilisin-like enzymes Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: ah-101 protease (26 Jun 1999) |
| alkaline | <chemistry> Having the reactions of an alkali. Origin: L. Alkalinus (18 Nov 1997) |
| alkaline-ash diet | A diet consisting mainly of fruits, vegetables, and milk (with minimal amounts of meat, fish, eggs, cheese, and cereals), which, when catabolised, leave an alkaline residue to be excreted in the urine. Synonym: acid-ash diet, basic diet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alkaline D-peptidase | <enzyme> A penicillin-recognizing enzyme from bacillus cereus; has beta-lactamase activity; genbank d86380 Registry number: EC 3.4.99.- Synonym: ADP gene product, alkaline d-stereospecific endopeptidase (26 Jun 1999) |
| alkaline earth | <chemistry> Any of the metallic elements found in the second column of the periodic table, such as calcium and magnesium. (09 Oct 1997) |
| alkaline earth elements | Those element's in the family Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Ra, the hydroxides of which are highly ionised and hence alkaline in water solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alkaline earths | See: alkaline earth elements. (05 Mar 2000) |