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There are a number of medical uses of mannitol which include;
* Diuretic - to reduce the volume of extracellular water held by the body * Sodium ion excreting agent * Opening the blood-brain barrier to allow drugs to pass through (e.g Alzheimers) An IV drip of mannitol solution could be used for any of these reasons as well as others.
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Which ingredient in mannitol salt agar supplies carbon?
mannitol is a type of sugar, so it supplies the carbon in the MSA medium
What is the color of methyl red in boric acid and mannitol?
purplish-pink
What is magnesium drip?
Magnesium sulfate drip is used to prevent or stop seizures during pregnancy. It is usaully given intravenously.
Make a sentence with the word drip?
The drip from the water tap got on my nerves, so I went shopping for a new washer.
Why must not the condensed water drip into the flask?
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What is the action of enzymes macerozymes onozuka cellulase sorbitol and mannitol in enzymatic method of isolation of protoplast?
it dissolves cell wall and mannitol & sorbitol act as an osmotic stabilizers,osmoticms.
Why is only mannitol used in ashby's mannitol broth?
MANNITOL IS CARBON SOURCE & AZOTOBACTER can fix nitrogen non- symbiotically
HOW do mannitol salt hook up to glycolysis?
Mannitol is not a substrate for glycolisis
What reaction does the enzyme involved in Mannitol-salt agar test mediate?
Mannitol salt agar is selective for gram positive bacteria, and differential for mannitol fermenters. Phenol red is the indicator containing the enzyme mannitol.
Which artist invented action painting or what was also called drip painting?
Jackson pollock
What is the effect of mannitol during dialysis?
Mannitol is given to raise blood pressure during hemodialysis
Glucose mannitol and sorbitol are all types of WHAT?
Glucose mannitol and sorbitol are both types of sugar.
Does Saccharomyces cerevisiae ferment mannitol?
Mannitol salt agar inoculated with Micrococcus luteusshowing no fermentation of mannitol (pink medium). The colonies show a yellow pigment which is characteristic of M. luteus.
Does bacillus subtilis ferment acid from mannitol salt agar?
In my result i isolate bacillus sp on mannitol salt agar but i expect that this media has deoration or expaired
Was Jackson Pollock drip technique an accident?
His way of painting, Action Painting, was intended to show how the paint had been applied to the canvas - to show the action.
What color indicate positive mannitol test?
Yellow, which means bacteria is able to produce acids from mannitol fermentation
What is the principle of mannitol fermentation?
Mannitol fermentation have high levels of NaCl (7.5%) which inhibit most organism other than staphylococci aureus, contains D-mannitol, pH indicator called 'phenol red' which detect the acid production in mannitol . It also differentiate S. aureus and S. epidermidids .
