Abstract:
A method of treating inflammation in patients in need of such treatment by administering an effective amount of I-A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-II (General Formula), wherein A is Ala, Gly, Val, Ser, Thr or absent, B is Ala, Gly, Val, Ser, Thr, or absent, C is Ser, Thr or absent, D is Ser, Thr, Asn, Glu, Arg, Ile, Leu or absent, E is Ser, Thr, Asp or absent, F is Ser, Thr, Asp or absent, G is Tyr or absent, H is Thr, Arg, Gly, Met, Met(O), Cys, Thr, Gly or absent and I is Cys or absent II is Cys, an amide group, an ester group or absent. At least one of the amino acids optionally is substituted by a monomeric or polymeric carbohydrate or derivative thereof, such substitution being accomplished through hydroxyl and/or amino acid and/or amido groups of the amino acids, and wherein the peptide composes at least 4 amino acid residues, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Abstract:
Composition and methods of alleviating impaired mental function and memory loss in mammals and reducing the recovery time from anaesthesia in age mammals, comprising treating the mammal with a non-toxic, enhancing effective amount of a cell membrane permeant calcium buffer. The buffer is preferably a calcium ion chelating agent having a KD selected from the range 1×10−4 to 1×10−8 Molar and being essentially calcium ion-selective over other metal ions. A most preferred buffer is BAPTA-AM.
Abstract:
A method for reducing the corrosion potential of steel vessels and piping used in nuclear reactors, in particular steel vessels and piping carrying high temperature water and/or steam which has a concentration of oxygen therein. A metal hydride is added to the water, the hydrogen of such metal hydride combining with oxidizing agents, typically oxygen, present in the water to reduce the concentration of such oxidizing agents. In the preferred embodiment the metal of the metal hydride is a metal that is capable of reacting with oxygen to form a substantially non-water soluble and substantially electrically insulating compound on the surface of the steel, and in particular is one that may react with and become deposited or incorporated into a pre-existing thin oxide film layer on the surface of the steel to thereby render such thin oxide layer substantially non-electrically conducting.
Abstract:
An aqueous dispersion contains melt-fabricable fluoropolymer particles and acrylic copolymer particles, said acrylic copolymers having a decomposition temperature of less than 340.degree. C., wherein the dispersion contains about 75 to about 95 wt % of fluoropolymer and about 5 to about 25 wt % of acrylic copolymer, based on combined weights of the two polymers. Coated articles comprise a substrate coated with a primer layer, optional intermediate coats, and a topcoat with at least the topcoat being formed from the aqueous dispersion.
Abstract:
A method for mitigating initiation or propagation of a crack in a surface of a metal component in a boiling water reactor. The method includes the step of injecting a solution or suspension of a pH-adjusting compound into the bulk water of the reactor. The compound has the property of changing the pH of high-temperature water inside the crack from a value outside a predetermined pH range (namely, pH 6.0 to 8.0) to a value within the predetermined pH range without causing any significant change of the bulk water pH. The growth rate of the crack when the crack pH is outside the predetermined pH range is greater than the growth rate of the crack when the crack pH is within the predetermined pH range.