Letâs look at ferns as an example of alternation of generations. The fern plants you see out in the woods, or in a garden, or by a river are sporophytes. They produce spores. If you turn over a fern frond (thatâs just a fancy word for leaf), sometimes youâll see little circles all over the underside of the leaf.
Tricyclic Antidepressant (TCA) Overdose. California Poison Control 1-800-876-4766. Pediatric considerations. Low toxicity threshold of TCAs. Therapeutic doses range from 2-4 mg/kg/d. Toxicity is observed at doses of 10-20 mg/kg. Ingestion of only two 50-mg tablets in a 10-kg toddler can be sufficient. to produce symptoms of toxicity.
Trichloroacetic acid (TCA) precipitation of proteins is commonly used to concentrate protein samples or remove contaminants, including salts and detergents, prior to downstream applications such as SDS-PAGE or 2D-gels.. Theory. TCA is an analog of acetic acid in which the three hydrogen atoms of the methyl carbon have been replaced with chlorine atoms. TCA is a relatively weak acid so it cannot hydrolyze the peptide bonds of proteins, but it does maintain an acidic pH in water.