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Home Dictionary Name: milligramGrain
Grain, the twenty-fourth part of a penny-weight according to Troy weight.A grain is 1/252326th of the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water at a temperature of 62' F. A grain is 1/5760th of the pound Troy and 1/7000th of the pound avoirdupois. A metric gram equals 15.432356 grains. A milligram is .015 grains. A carat is 200 milligram or 3 grains. (B.T. Standard.)...
coenzyme A
a coenzyme C21H36N7O16P3S that participates in the transfer of acetyl groups in biochemical reactions abbreviated CoA It contains adenosine phosphate pantothenic acid and cysteamine groups The acetyl group to be transferred during biosynthesis is temporarily attached to the free sulhydryl of the cysteamine group to form a thioester in which state it is called acetyl coenzyme A The strength of a preparation of coenzyme A may be expressed by the Lippman unit one milligram of CoA contains 413 Lippman units...
Milli
A prefix denoting a thousandth part of as millimeter milligram milliampegravere...
Milligram
A measure of weight in the metric system being the thousandth part of a gram equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water or 01543 of a grain avoirdupois...
Polonium
A radioactive chemical element discovered by M and MMe Curie in pitchblende and originally called radium F It has atomic number 84 and an atomic weight of 210 It is a very rare natural element having an abundance in uranium ores only 02 that of radium It is closely related chemically to bismuth It emits only alpha rays and has a half life of 138 days It is thus more unstable than radium and a milligram of polonium emits as many alpha particles as 5 grams of radium Twenty seven isotopes are known with atomic masses from 192 to 218 At present a more practical method of preparation than isolation from ores is the preparation by neutron bombardment of bismuth in a nuclear reactor and it may be obtained commercially by users having an appropriate permit...
rofecoxib
A chemical substance C17H14O4S molecular weight 31436 used in medicine as an analgesic to alleviate pain and inflammation it is a synthetic compound and is marketed by Merck amp Co under the trade name Vioxx in tablets giving dosages of 125 or 25 milligrams It is classed as a non steroidal anti inflammatory drug NSAID Chemically it is 4 4 methylsulfonyphenyl 3 phenyl 25H furanone Its chemical structure contains two phenyl rings and a furanone ring It is believed to act by inhibition of prostaglandin biosynthesis through inhibition of the enzyme cyclooxygenase 2 COX 2 unlike aspirin it does not inhibit cyclooxygenase 1...
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