| 3-O-methyl-fluorescein phosphatase | <enzyme> Used for assay of na-k-atpase in intact tissues Registry number: EC 3.6.1.- Synonym: 3-o-methylfluorescein phosphatase (26 Jun 1999) |
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| (4-fluorophenyl)-alpha-methyl-5-benzoxazole methylamine | Amine derivative of flunoxaprofen. Pharmacological action: fluorescent dye Synonym: s-flopa (26 Jun 1999) |
| 4-methyl-3-hydroxyanthranilic acid adenylyltransferase | <enzyme> From streptomyces chrysomallus; catalyses the formation of 4-mha in the presence of ATP Registry number: EC 2.7.7.- Synonym: 4-mha activating enzyme (26 Jun 1999) |
| 4-methyl-5-nitrocatechol oxygenase | <enzyme> Catalyses conversion of 4-methyl-5-nitrocatechol to 2-hydroxy-5-methylquinone; dntb isolated from burkholderia; genbank u68411 Registry number: EC 1.13.12.- Synonym: mnc oxygenase, dntb gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| 4-methylmuconolactone methyl-isomerase | <enzyme> From nocardioform actinomycetes; forms 3-methylmuconolactone Registry number: EC 5.3.3.- Synonym: 4-methyl-2-enelactone methylisomerase, mmlm-isomerase (26 Jun 1999) |
| 4-methyl sterol demethylase | <chemical> This term is used to describe 10 reactions in the collective processes of monooxygenation, decarboxylation and reduction, which, together account for the conversion of each of the two 4-methyl groups of lanosterol to carbon dioxide Chemical name: demethylase, methyl sterol Synonym: 4,4-dimethylzymosterol monooxygenase, sterol 4-demethylase (26 Jun 1999) |
| 4-toluene sulfonate methyl monooxygenase | <enzyme> From comamonas testosteroni t-2; catalyses the transformation of toluene sulfonate or p-toluate to the corresponding alcohol and the methyl side-chain to the corresponding acid in the presence of o2 and NADH; p- and m- toluates and 4-ethylbenzoate are substrates, whereas p-xylene, toluene and p-cresol are not substrates; enzyme also catalyses the demethylation of 4-methoxybenzoate to 4-hydroxybenzoate and formaldehyde; comprises reductase b and oxygenase m Registry number: EC 1.14.13.- Synonym: tsmoxygenase, tsmos, p-ts methyl-monooxygenase, tsam protein, tsab protein (26 Jun 1999) |
| alcian blue | <chemical> Water soluble copper phthalocyanin stain used to demonstrate acid mucopolysaccharides. By varying the ionic strength some differentiation of various types is possible. (18 Nov 1997) |
| alkaline toluidine blue O | Toluidine blue O in borax solution, used with heat on semithick sections of epoxy embedded tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aniline blue | A mixture of sulfonated triphenylmethane dyes used widely as a connective tissue stain and counterstain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| azovan blue | <chemical> 6,6'-((3,3'-dimethyl(1,1'-biphenyl)-4,4'-diyl)bis(azo))bis (4-amino-5-hydroxy-1,3-naphthalenedisulfonic acid) tetrasodium salt. An azo dye used in blood volume and cardiac output measurement by the dye dilution method. It is very soluble, strongly bound to plasma albumin, and disappears very slowly. Pharmacological action: dyes. Chemical name: 1,3-Naphthalenedisulfonic acid, 6,6'-((3,3'-dimethyl(1,1'-biphenyl)-4,4'-diyl)bis(azo))bis(4-amino-5-hydroxy-, tetrasodium salt (12 Dec 1998) |
| basic fuchsin-methylene blue stain | <technique> A stain for intact epoxy sections; semi-thick sections of plastic-embedded tissues have nuclei stained purple; collagen, elastic lamina, and connective tissue are stained blue; mitochondria, myelin, and lipid droplets are stained red; cytoplasm, smooth muscle cells, axoplasm, and chrondroblasts are stained pink. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Berlin blue | Fe4(Fe(CN)6)3; ferric ferrocyanide;a dye used to colour injection masses for blood vessels and lymphatics, and in staining of siderocytes. Synonym: Prussian blue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blue | 1. Having the colour of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament." 2. Pale, without redness or glare, said of a flame; hence, of the colour of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths. 3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue. 4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue. 5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws. 6. Literary; applied to women; an abbreviation of bluestocking. "The ladies were very blue and well informed." (Thackeray) Blue asbestus. See Crocidolite. Blue black, of, or having, a very dark blue colour, almost black. Blue blood. See Blood. Blue buck, sulphate of copper, a violet blue crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico printing, etc. Blue water, the open ocean. To look blue, to look disheartened or dejected. True blue, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed; not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising Presbyterianism, blue being the colour adopted by the Covenanters. "For his religion . . . 'T was Presbyterian, true blue." (Hudibras) Origin: OE. Bla, blo, blew, blue, Sw. Bl, D. Blauw, OHG. Blo, G. Blau; but influenced in form by F. Bleu, from OHG. Blao. 1. One of the seven colours into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the colour of the clear sky, or a colour resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such colour. Sometimes, poetically, the sky. 2. A pedantic woman; a bluestocking. 3. [Short for blue devils] Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy. Berlin blue, Prussian blue. Mineral blue. See Mineral. Prussian blue. See Prussian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blue asphyxia | A form of asphyxia neonatorum in which the skin is cyanotic, but the heart is strong and the reflexes are preserved. Synonym: blue asphyxia. (05 Mar 2000) |