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In order to clarify the characteristic behavior of dissolved state of CO2 in alkanolamine-H2O system five different kinds of alkanolamines were examined spectroscopically under the following conditions: 40 °C for 30 min to 120 min. NMR analysis indicated the presence of five chemical species such as carbamate ion, free amine, bicarbonate, carbonate, and protonated amine. Based on proton NMR, distribution of the respective species against molar loading of CO2 was successfully evaluated.

Fibronectin (FN) is present both in plasma and in extracellular matrix, and is postulated to be involved in wound healing. The appearance of FN was investigated in the wounded rabbit cornea after corneal stroma was injured with a sharp knife or after lamellar keratoplasty was performed. An indirect immunofluorescence technique was employed to detect the presence of FN. Normal, unwounded rabbit cornea showed an intensive fluorescence at Descemet's membrane. Strong specific fluorescence was observed at the edge of a stromal wound and beneath the sliding epithelial cells after non-perforating incisions. These could be detected as early as 3 hours after injury. The fluorescence became the strongest at 6 hours, and and then gradually decreased in its intensity, disappearing by about 7 days when epithelial cells entirely filled the stromal wound. In case of lamellar keratoplasty, FN was detected at the interface of the graft and the recipient cornea. These results suggest that FN plays an important role in the stromal wound healing.

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