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Finally, the responses to citric and nicotinic acids demonstrated very similar response profiles in the two nerves with sharp onset and strong tonic responses over the stimulation.
Crushed leaves of Nicotiana tabacum are applied to wounds in Guatemala [ 63 ] . The steam vapour was a general cure-all in Latin America and the Caribbean [ 16 104 ] . Historically, powdered tobacco was burnt on the blade of a paddle as a propitiatory offering to the local boa snake ( Constrictor orophias ) [ 16 ] . The plant contains nicotine, malic and citric acids, phenolic acids (chlorogenic, quinic, nicotinic), flavonoids (rutoside), coumarins and enzymes [ 81 ] . Presumably the nicotine in the dog's nose would act as a stimulant.
Ablation of HIF-1α in skeletal muscle was associated with an increase in the activity of rate-limiting enzymes of the mitochondria, indicating that the citric acid cycle and increased fatty acid oxidation may be compensating for decreased flow through the glycolytic pathway in these animals.
Since some of these enzymes function in the citric acid cycle (also called the Krebs cycle) and in amino acid biosynthesis, high levels of O 2 − lead to a requirement for certain amino acids in growth media (Imlay and is well known Fridovich 1991).
The artificial saliva [ 17 ] was of the following composition: 0.1 L each of 25 mM K 2 HPO 4 , 24 mM Na 2 HPO 4 , 150 mM KHCO 3 , 100 mM NaCl, and 1.5 mM MgCl 2 . To this were added 0.006 L of 25 mM citric acid and 0.1 L of 15 mM CaCl 2 . The pH was then adjusted to 6.7 with NaOH or HCl and the volume made up to 1 L. To avoid bacterial growth, we added 0.05% by weight thymol to the artificial saliva.