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In pharmacology, the international unit (IU) is a unit of measurement for the effect or biological activity of a substance, for the purpose of easier comparison across similar forms of substances. International units are used to quantify vitamins and biologics ( hormones , some medications , vaccines , blood products and similar biologically ...
The insulin unit conversion is not consistent with his molar weight 5808 Da (g/mol): Using the insulin unit definition as 0.0347 mg/IU and human insulin molar mass 5808 g/mol: 1 IU = (0.0347*10^-3 g) / (5808 g/mol) = 5.974 * 10^-9 mol. But in other sources is written, that 1 IU of insulin is 6.945 * 10^-9 mol. Where is the mistake?
The enzyme unit, or international unit for enzyme (symbol U, sometimes also IU) is a unit of enzyme's catalytic activity. [ 1 ] 1 U (μmol/min) is defined as the amount of the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of one micro mole of substrate per minute under the specified conditions of the assay method .
= 205.196 548 3 mg carat (metric) ct ≡ 200 mg = 200 mg clove: ≡ 8 lb av = 3.628 738 96 kg: crith: ≡ mass of 1 L of hydrogen gas at STP: ≈ 89.9349 mg dalton: Da 1/12 the mass of an unbound neutral atom of carbon-12 in its nuclear and electronic ground state and at rest: ≈ 1.660 539 068 92 (52) × 10 −27 kg [20] dram (apothecary ...
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In the metric system, a microgram or microgramme is a unit of mass equal to one millionth (1 × 10 −6) of a gram.The unit symbol is μg according to the International System of Units (SI); the recommended symbol in the United States and United Kingdom when communicating medical information is mcg.
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In 2017, several polka-dot tree frogs collected in the Santa Fe Province in Argentina were the first amphibian, amongst more than 6,000 species of frog, identified as naturally fluorescent. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Among land-living vertebrates , it had only been confirmed earlier in certain parrots (as opposed to fish and invertebrates where ...