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- Koch, Bo L., et al.
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Inhalation of substance P and thiorphan : acute toxicity and effects on respiration in conscious guinea pigs.
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Ingår i: Journal of Applied Toxicology. - 0260-437X .- 1099-1263. ; 19:1, s. 19-23
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Substance P is a tachykinin and a biologically active neuropeptide. The peptide produces salivation, neuronal excitation, vasodilatation, increased vascular permeability and contraction of smooth muscles in the respiratory tract. The study was designed to evaluate the acute effects in guinea pigs of inhaled aerosolized Substance P (SP). Apart from the acute toxic effect of the peptide, the distribution in different organs was also investigated. The acute inhalation toxicity of SP (LC50, 15 min) when co-administrated with the neutral endopeptidase inhibitor thiorphan was 368 microg m(-3). The peptide caused an increase in respiratory rate proceeding a decrease in tidal volume. As the exposure proceeded, a decrease in both respiratory rate and further decreases in tidal volume were observed until either the animal died or the exposure was terminated. The decreases in respiratory rate and tidal volume were probably due to bronchoconstriction caused by SP. Eighteen per cent of the inhaled amount of radioactive SP was retained in the body, and the highest concentrations of radioactivity were found in the kidney, lung and liver. Substance P in combination with thiorphan administered as an aerosol is extremely toxic and highly potent. Exposure to the substance at extremely low air concentrations may result in incapacitation in humans.
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- Koskinen, Lars-Owe D., Professor, 1955-, et al.
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The neuropeptide TRH has a minor effect on the enzymatic activity of acetylcholinesterase in vitro.
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Ingår i: Peptides. - : Elsevier BV. - 0196-9781 .- 1873-5169. ; 19:10, s. 1675-1677
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The neuropeptide thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) elicits a variety of physiological effects of which some are due to cholinergic mechanisms. TRH modulates in vivo the effects of compounds affecting acetylcholinesterase (AChE). In the present study the in vitro effects of TRH on the activity of AChE were explored. TRH has no effect at physiologically relevant concentrations. At unphysiologically high concentrations (>5 mM) a slight inhibition was found. This was noticed also when the enzyme was exposed to the amide-free tripeptide analog p-Glu-His-Pro. We conclude that any cholinergic effect of TRH observed in vivo is unlikely to be due to a direct interaction of the peptide with AChE.
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- Norman, P., et al.
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Efficient parallel implementation of response theory : Calculations of the second hyperpolarizability of polyacenes
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Ingår i: Chemical Physics Letters. - 0009-2614 .- 1873-4448. ; 253:1-2, s. 1-7
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We describe an efficient parallel implementation of response theory for calculations of molecular properties, and demonstrate its performance by calculations on a series of polyacene molecules, from benzene to hexacene. The polarizability and the second hyperpolarizability of the molecules in this series are found to scale as N 1.4 and N 3.5, respectively, where N is the number of benzene rings in the molecule. These N-dependences are weaker than those predicted for the linear polyenes.
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- Wagner I-V., Schneider W., Balconi D., Han F., Koch S
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ALL in ONE - das europäische Projekt ORQUEST
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Ingår i: Computer in der Zahnarztpraxis und Dentallabor” Das EDV-Jahrbuch ‘98. - : Hüthig-Verlag, Heidelberg. ; , s. 80-83
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