-
Article
Open AccessIDH-1 deficiency induces growth defects and metabolic alterations in GSPD-1-deficient Caenorhabditis elegans
NADPH is a reducing equivalent that maintains redox homeostasis and supports reductive biosynthesis. Lack of major NADPH-producing enzymes predisposes cells to growth retardation and demise. It was hypothesize...
-
Article
Lysobacter lycopersici sp. nov., isolated from tomato plant Solanum lycopersicum
A Gram-stain negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and non-spore-forming bacterium, CC-Bw-6T was isolated from chopped tomato stems. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the strain CC-Bw-6T showed its affiliation wi...
-
Article
Rhizobium capsici sp. nov., isolated from root tumor of a green bell pepper (Capsicum annuum var. grossum) plant
A novel, Gram-staining-negative, rod-shaped, aerobic and motile bacterium, designated strain CC-SKC2T, was isolated from the root tumor of a green bell pepper (Capsicum annuum var. grossum) plant in Taiwan. Cells...
-
Article
Oricola cellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a cellulose-degrading bacterium of the family Phyllobacteriaceae isolated from surface seashore water, and emended descriptions of Mesorhizobium loti and Phyllobacterium myrsinacearum
A Gram-stain negative, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming, motile cellulolytic bacterium, designated strain CC-AMH-0T, was isolated from surface seashore water of Hualien, Taiwan and subjected to pol...
-
Article
Description of Niveispirillum fermenti gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a fermentor in Taiwan, transfer of Azospirillum irakense (1989) as Niveispirillum irakense comb. nov., and reclassification of Azospirillum amazonense (1983) as Nitrospirillum amazonense gen. nov
A taxonomic study was carried out on a novel aerobic bacterial strain (designated CC-LY736T) isolated from a fermentor in Taiwan. Cells of strain CC-LY736T were Gram-stain negative, spiral-shaped and motile by me...
-
Article
A novel coenzyme NADH model 1-benzyl-1,4-dihydronicotinamide-mediated reaction: a single intermediate serves two mechanisms
Thermal reaction of ethyl (2Z)-4-bromo-2-cyano-3-(2-naphthyl)but-2-enoate (BCNB) with coenzyme NADH model 1-benzyl-1,4-dihydronicotinamide (BNAH) gives the debrominated cyclized product (E)-1-cyano-2-methyl-2-(2-...
-
Article
Crystal structures of 1,1-di(p-substituted phenyl)-2,2-dinitroethylenes
The X-ray crystal structures of 1,1-di(p-methylphenyl)-2,2-dinitroethylene (2), 1,1-di(p-methoxylphenyl)-2,2-dinitroethylene (3), 1,1-di(p-fluorophenyl)-2,2- dinitroethylene (4), 1,1-di(p-chlorophenyl)-2,2-dinitr...
-
Article
Interplay between Molecular Recognition and Redox Properties: A Theoretical Study of the Inclusion Complexation of β-Cyclodextrin with Phenothiazine and its Radical Cation
The PM3 molecular orbital method was employed in the conformational analysis of the inclusion complexation of β-cyclodextrin with phenothiazine and its radical cation from a complete and unrestricted geometry ...
-
Article
A theoretical study on the structure and properties of phenothiazine derivatives and their radical cations
Semiempirical CNDO, AM1, PM3 and ab initio HF/STO-3G, HF/3-21G(d), and HF/6-31(d) methods were employed in the geometry optimization of the phenothiazine and the corresponding radical cation. The results obtained...
-
Article
Experimental and Theoretical Studies on the Inclusion Complexation of β-Cyclodextrin with Phenothiazine Derivatives
Inclusion complexation of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) with N-phenylphenothiazine ( 1), N-benzylphenothiazine ( 2) and N-phenethylphenothiazine ( 3) has been studied by means of UV-vis spectroscopy and molecular dyna...
-
Article
A study on one-electron oxidation of phenothiazine derivatives BV piperidine oxoammonium ion in SDS micelle
N-Substituted phenothiazines were oxidized by 2,2,6,6-tetramethy-4-acetyloxypiperidine oxoammonium hexachloroantimonate (TAPO) to the corresponding radical cations in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micellar solu...
-
Article
Substituent Effects on the Driving Force for Inclusion Complexation of α- and β-Cyclodextrin with Monosubstituted Benzene Derivatives
The association constant values, Ka, for the inclusion of α- and β-CD with monosubstituted benzene derivatives were determined by means of UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy. The stability of the complexes is i...
-
Article
Crystal structure of 2,4′-biflavonoid
The X-ray crystal structure of 2,4′-biflavonoid has been determined. Colorless regular prism shaped crystals of C30H22O4 crystallize in the space group ...
-
Article
Substituent effect and enthalpy-entropy compensation on the inclusion ofβ-cyclodextrin with 1-substituted naphthalenes
The inclusion complexation ofβ-CD with 1-substituted naphthalenes has been investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy. It was observed that the association constants were influenced by the molar refraction (R m), ...
-
Article
Kinetics and mechanism of one-electron oxidation of bilirubin in dichloromethane solution
Bilirubin (BR) was oxidized by tris-(4-bromophenyl)-ammonium hexachloraantimonate (1), 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-acetyloxypiperidine oxoammonium hexachloroantimonate (2) and 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-methoxypiperidine ox...
-
Article
Binding of vitamin A byβ-cyclodextrin and heptakis(2,6-O-dimethyl)-β-cyclodextrin
Inclusion complexation of all-trans-retinol, retinal and retinoic acid with β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and heptakis(2,6-O-dimethyl)-β-cyclodextrin (DM-β-CD) were investigated by means of UV-vis spectroscopy. The assoc...
-
Article
Synthesis and characterization of cleavable cationic surfactants with a 1,3-dioxane ring
A series of cationic cleavable surfactants was prepared by condensation of 2-alkyl-1,3-propanediols with 3-bromopropanal, followed by reaction with triethylamine. Each surfactant is a mixture of two diastereom...
-
Article
Preparation and properties of sulfonate salt-type cleavable surfactants with a 1,3-dioxane ring
A series of di-anionic cleavable surfactants were prepared by the condensation of aldehydes with 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol, followed by reaction with 1,3-propanesultone in the presence of sodium hydr...
-
Article
Inclusion complexation of sodium alkyl sulfates withβ-cyclodextrin. A1H NMR study
The association of anionic surfactants,viz., sodium alkyl sulfates, C n H2n+1OSO3Na (n=5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12), withβ-cyclodextrin has been investigated by means of NMR spectrosco...
-
Article
A study of vitamin A as a probe in critical micelle concentration determinations of surfactants
The critical micelle concentrations (CMC) of some sodium alkyl sulfates (SNS, SdS, SDS, STS, and SHS), sodium dodecyl sulfonate (SDSO), CTAB and Triton X-100 were determined by measuring both the absorbance an...
