Coniferyl alcohol from newsprint burning

Coniferyl alcohol from newsprint burning

Hitherto unrecognized fluorescence properties of coniferyl alcohol.

We instituted a quasi-quality assurance program for demonstrating coniferyl alcohol's fluorescence and fluorescence diminishment following enzymatic oxidation. The magnitude of diminishment was a measure of catalysis. High throughput screening was performed in pseudo-kinetic and endpoint modes by measuring the fluorescence at 416 nm following excitation at 290, 310 or 340 nm. Dose-response trac...

Anaerobic degradation of coniferyl alcohol by methanogenic consortia.

[This corrects the article on p. 1445 in vol. 46.].

Stereospecificity of Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase and Synthesis of Stereospecifically Labelled Coniferyl Alcohol

Using horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase, stereospecifically tritiated (R)and (S)-(y-3H)-coniferyl alcohol was synthesized. Using both of these substrates it was demonstrated that cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase from lignifying Forsythia tissue specifically removes the pro-R-hydrogen atom of coniferyl alcohol in the oxidation to the aldehyde. This also means that in the reverse reaction the A-hyd...

Alternative$ for Newsprint Recycling