THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF AGEING POPULATIONS (A COMPARISON OF THE EU,US AND JAPAN) ppt

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... comparison of the effects of roughandsmoothLPSsofE. coli, both in the presence and absence of EDTA (Fig. 1). The rate of oxidation wasincreased in the presence of the LPSs of both the smooth and rough ... increased the initial fast phase of the reaction, but decreased the rate of the slow phase of oxidation in the presence of EDTA.A comparison of rough and smooth LPSs of E. coli and S. minnesota in the ... measure of the rate of oxidation of oxyHb.RESULTS The effect of pH on the auto-oxidation of cross-linked Hbwas studied. The rate of decrease of the concentration of oxyHb increased as the pH...

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