Example sentences for: esters

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  • Additionally, he did an evaporation study and found that after a week, a beaker containing dibasic esters had no significant change in weight.

  • Scorpion venom when injected exerts a strong inflammatory response [ 11 ] . Many plant species used against stings contain compounds with antiinflammatory properties, flavonoids (rutin, hesperidin, quercetin), coumarins (bergapten), coumestans (wedelolactone), triterpenes, sterols and saponins [ 38 11 ] . The mechanism of action of the flavonoids is based on the inhibition of enzymatic steps in the arachidonic acid cascade [ 38 ] . Plant compounds that are immunostimulants at very low doses are some alkaloids, quinones, isobutylamides, phenolcarboxylic acid esters and terpenoids [ 39 ] . Other plant compounds with immunostimulatory effects are sesquiterpene lactones [ 40 ] . Many polysaccharides and glycoproteins enhance the unspecific immune system by activating the phagocytotic activity of granulocytes and macrophages, or by inducing cytokine production or influencing complement factors [ 39 ] .

  • This could raise the interesting possibility of Egl-29 synthesizing an ester similar to the retinyl esters that might function as a secreted differentiation signal during vulval development.

  • These polymers belong to several classes: (1) sulfate esters of polysaccharides (dextrin and dextran sulfates [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ] ; cellulose sulfate [ 12 13 14 15 ] ; sulfate esters of galactose + 3,6-anhydrogalactose copolymers {carrageenan; [ 1 16 17 18 19 ] }); (2) polymers containing sulfonated benzene or naphthalene rings {poly(styrene-4-sulfonate) [ 20 21 ] } and naphthalene sulfonate polymers {PRO2000 [ 22 23 24 ] }; and (3) polycarboxylates (acrylic acid polymers {Carbomer 974P; BufferGel [ 25 26 27 28 29 ] }); and acetyl phthaloyl cellulose {cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP) [ 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 ] }.

  • [ 26 ] The very low vapor pressure of dibasic esters and polyethylene glycol would mitigate against inhalation.


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