The need for field and laboratory studies of the physical and
chemical behavior of environmentally significant organic molecules often
poses problems because of the toxicity of the chemical and the difficulty
of detecting it at environmentally significant concentrations.
Two dysprosium tracers, dysprosium (III) trisacetylacetonate trihydrate
and dysprosium(III) trisdibenzoylmethane monohydrate, were...
Measurable surface parameters which may be related to the response evoked upon contact with biofluids have been suggested to provide direction for characterization, prediction, and ultimate control of biofluid behavior at interfaces. With respect to fouling of heat exchange equipment by biofluids, such properties may be useful for the development...
A sample of 243 Willamette Valley households participated in
personal interviews and kept 7-day records of all foods brought into
the household but not consumed by human household members. Their
reason for discarding the foods, the amounts of discard, and their
assessment of the safety of the foods were compared...
Verrucarol is the sesquiterpene portion of a number of macrocyclic di- and triesters of potential medicinal importance. In this study, a novel approach to the synthesis of this fungal metabolite is presented. An A-B-C route was investigated in which C-3 and C-4 of the C-ring were emplaced using a [2+2]...
Beer, nonfat dry milk, fried bacon and microwave baked fish were
treated under simulated gastric and extreme nitrosation conditions to
estimate their capacity for generation of endogenously formed
N-nitrosamines. The level of nitrosamines in beer increased from 0.1
ppb N-nitrosodimethylamine to 0.4 ppb N-nitrosodimethylamine (p < 0.05) under simulated gastric...
Microgard, a commercially-available pasteurized
fermented milk, was found inhibitory to gram negative
bacteria such as Pseudomonas putida, some well-known foodborne
pathogens (e.g. Salmonella, Yersinia and Aeromonas)
and some fungi as revealed by an agar incorporation assay
method. Gram positive bacteria, however, were not
inhibited. Rather, some bacteria in this group...
A high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
procedure using a LiChrosorb-NH₂ column and a eluant
buffer of 75:25 (v/v) of acetonitrile:0.05 M KH₂P0₄, pH
5.95, was developed for the successful separation and
determination of ascorbic and erythorbic acids in selected
food samples.
Application of the method, which is sensitive, rapid
and...
The sea offers a wide variety of potentially useful resources. Marine algae have been a rich source of structurally unique natural products showing diverse biological properties. The current need to develop new antifungal, antibiotic, anticancer and antiviral drugs has prompted intense research efforts into the discovery, isolation and structure determination...