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Excretory function

Known as: Elimination [PK], Elimination, excretion process 
The elimination by an organism of the waste products that arise as a result of metabolic activity. These products include water, carbon dioxide (CO2… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

Biological TransportPhysiology
Body ExcretionsDefecationPortion of body substanceRenal function

Narrower (11)

Extracellular MatrixInterstitial FluidLymphPericardial fluid (substance)

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Separation of enantiomers using vancomycin in a countercurrent process by suppression of electroosmosis.
Excellent separations were achieved using a coated column to suppress electroosmotic flow and employing a countercurrent process… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The Correlation Between Extracellular Polysaccharide Production and Acid Tolerance in Rhizobium 1
Rhizobial isolates from six host genera (Cicer, Phaseolus, Leucaena, Lens, Melilotus and Trifolium) were screened for ability to… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Myocardial imaging and metabolic studies with [17-123I]iodoheptadecanoic acid in patients with idiopathic congestive cardiomyopathy.
In twenty patients with primary congestive cardiomyopathy (COCM) the patterns of accumulation and washout of the fatty acid… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Differential effects of enzyme induction on antipyrine metabolite formation.
1 The influence of enzyme induction with antipyrine and pentobarbitone was studied on the rates of formation of the major… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Mechanisms of elimination reactions
Review
1972
Review
1972
Mechanism of thermal decomposition of dibutylbis(triphenylphosphine)platinum(II)
The thermal decomposition of di-n-butylbis(triphenylphosphine)platinum(Il) (l) in methylene chloride to n-butane, l-butene, and a… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Effects of ouabain and diphenylhydantoin on transmembrane potentials, intracellular electrolytes and cell pH of rat muscle and liver in vivo
1. The effects of ouabain and diphenylhydantoin (DPH) to inhibit and stimulate, respectively, the Na+—K+ pump were used to… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Studies on the elimination of exogenous lipids from the blood stream. The kinetics of the elimination of a fat emulsion studied by single injection technique in man.
Hallberg, D. Studies on the elimination of exogenous lipids from the blood stream. The kinetics of the elimination of a fat… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
A METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF 3-METHOXY-4- HYDROXYMANDELIC ACID ("VANILMANDELIC ACID") FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA
During the past several years our laboratories have undertaken investigations of biochemical methods for the diagnosis of… 
Highly Cited
1951
Highly Cited
1951
The elimination of the end effects in counters.
The operation of cylindrical proportional and Geiger counters near the ends of the wire is examined closely by means of thin…