- Isolation of nucleic acids
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A method for extracting nucleic acids from a biological material such as blood comprises contacting the mixture with a material at a pH such that the material is positively charged and will bind negatively charged nucleic acids and then eluting the nucleic acids at a pH when the said materials possess a neutral or negative charge to release the nucleic acids. The nucleic acids can be removed under mildly alkaline conditions to the maintain integrity of the nucleic acids and to allow retrieval of the nucleic acids in reagents that are immediately compatible with either storage or analytical testing.
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- Zwitterionic compounds and their n-halo derivatives for use in the treatment of clinical conditions
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Zwitterionic compounds selected from: taurine (2-aminoethanesulphonic acid), 2(N-morpholino)ethanesulphonic acid (MES), N-(2-acetamido)iminodiacetic acid (ADA), piperazine-N,N'bis(2-ethanesulphonic acid (PIPES), N-(2-acetamido)-2-aminoethanesulphonic acid (ACES), N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-aminoethanesulphonic acid (BES), 3-(N-morpholino)propanesulphonic (MOPS), N-N[tris(hydroxymethyl)-methyl]-2-aminoethanesulphonic acid (TES), N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulphonic acid (HEPES), N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'3-propanesulphonic acid (H)EPPS), 2-(cyclohexylamino)ethanesulphonic acid (CHES) or 3-(cyclohexylamino)propanesulphonic acid (CAPS), and their N-halo derivatives can be used separately or in combination in the treatment of related clinical conditions by stimulating myeloperoxidase activity, which in turn stimulates hypochlorous acid production in vivo, which leads inter alia to enhanced leukotriene inactivation.
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- Use of zwitterionic compounds and their N-halo derivatives
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Zwitterionic compounds selected from:, taurine (2-aminoethanesulphonic acid), 2(N-morpholino)ethanesulphonic acid (MES), N-(2-acetamido) iminodiacetic acid (ADA), piperazine-N,N?bis(2-ethanesulphonic acid (PIPES), N-(2-acetamido)-2-aminoethanesulphonic acid (ACES), N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-aminoethanesulphonic acid (BES), 3-(N-morpholino)propanesulphonic (MOPS), N-N[tris(hydroxymethyl)-methyl]-2-aminoethanesulphonic acid (TES), N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N?-2-ethanesulphonic acid (HEPES), N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N?3-propanesulphonic acid ((H)EPPS), 2-(cyclohexylamino) ethanesulphonic acid (CHES) or 3-(cyclohexylamino) propanesulphonic acid (CAPS), and their N-halo derivatives can be used separately or in combination in the treatment of related clinical conditions by stimulating myeloperoxidase activity, which in turn stimulates hypochlorous acid production in vivo, which leads inter aliato enhanced leukotriene inactivation.
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- Amino-phosphonic-sulfonic acids
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This invention relates to compounds characterized by the presence of N-methyl, or substituted methyl, phosphonic acid and N-propylenesulfonic acid groups. These compounds contain at least one or more of each group and are bonded to the same or different amino groups. They are derived by reacting an amine with both propane sultone and with a carbonyl compound, such as formaldehyde, and phosphorous acid or its equivalent. They have a wide variety of uses, for example as scale and corrosion inhibitors, chelating agents, etc.
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