The exposure of two Iranian victims of the Iran-Iraq conflict (1980-1988) to sulfur mustard was established by immunochemical and mass spectrometric analysis of blood samples taken 22 and 26 days after alleged exposure. One victim suffered from skin injuries compatible with sulfur mustard intoxication but did not have lung injuries; the symptoms of the other victim were only vaguely compatible ...

Diaminopimelic acid was found to be a component of the cell wall of the Legionnaires disease bacterium, thus providing additional evidence that the organism is a bacterium. The presence of this amino acid was determined by gas-liquid chromatography and confirmed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

In this study, centrifugal ultrafiltration coupled with high performance liquid chromatographymass spectrometry was utilized to screen and identify xanthine oxidase inhibitors from Puerariae flos extract. The experimental conditions of centrifugal ultrafiltration including xanthine oxidase concentration, incubation time, pH and temperature were optimized. At the optimum condition (xanthine oxid...

in this research, the characteristics of cmp dioxane lignin (hardwood origin) and soda bagasse lignin (ethanol soluble fraction) and dioxane lignin of bagasse were studied using gel permeation chromatography, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and 13c nmr spectroscopy and dfrc degradation procedure. the results indicated that the main structural units in lignins are phenyl propane skeletons b...

The occurrence of 2-keto-3-deoxy-D-manno-octonic acid (KDO) in lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus was demonstrated for the first time by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry after dephosphorylation, reduction, and methylation. KDO was virtually completely phosphorylated, since no KDO was detected by either gas chromatography or thiobarbituric acid assay before dephosphorylatio...