High Pinaceae pollen concentrations in the air and on the surface of puddles before the main pollen season started were observed in Kraków (southern Poland) in May 2013. The paper presents the results of detailed studies of the composition and source of the "yellow rain" in 2013, and as a comparison, the Pinaceae pollen concentrations and samples collected from the ground surface in 2014 were c...

The ambient atmosphere is dominated with pollen and spores, which trigger allergic reactions and diseases and impact negatively on human health. A survey of pollen and fungal spores constituents of the atmosphere of Garki, Abuja (North-Central Nigeria) was carried out for 1 year (June 1, 2011-May 31, 2012). The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and abundance of pollen and fungal ...

Reactions involving removal and addition of glucose to N-glycans in the ER (endoplasmic reticulum) are performed in higher eukaryotes by glucosidases I and II and the UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase respectively. Monoglucosylated N-glycan structures have been implicated in glycoprotein folding or ER quality control. Components of the system appear across a range of organisms; howev...

The extracellular polysaccharides produced by sorne fungi involved in the deterioratlon of wood (Pleurotus species) and stone (Ulocladium atrum) were isolated and characterized. Both are 13-0 ..... 3)-linked glucans with considerable branching degree, as revealed by methylation analysis and 13C-NMR. The Pleurotus glucans present the most complex structure and the study was followed by the analy...

The product formed by incubation of dolichol monophosphate glucose with liver microsomes was studied. It is insoluble in most solvents, but is soluble in a chloroform-methanol mixture with a high content of water. Treatment with ammonia gave rise to the formation of a water soluble, negatively charged compound of molecular weight 3550. The negative charge could be removed by treatment with phos...

The major diagnostic antigen of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the exocellularly secreted 43,000 Da glycoprotein (gp43) which contains a single N-linked oligosaccharide chain. This oligosaccharide, although poorly immunogenic in man, is responsible for the cross-reactivity of the gp43 with sera from patients with histoplasmosis, and may have a role in fungal virulence. It contains a neutral h...

Addition reactions of the C4'-C5' double bond of griseolic acid were investigated. C4'-C5' Dihydrogriseolic acid was obtained by reduction of the adduct having halogen at the 4'-position. The ring juncture of the two five-membered rings of the C4'-C5' dihydro derivatives was of all-"cis" configuration. Acetolysis of the protected dihydrogriseolic acid gave the corresponding 1 '-acetoxy sugar de...

Mannoproteins in the walls of mnn9 cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were released by laminarinase, and purified by concanavalin A affinity chromatography and ion-exchange chromatography. Carbohydrate analysis revealed that they contained N-acetylglucosamine, mannose, and glucose. An antiserum raised against beta (1-6)-glucan reacted with four proteins with molecular masses of 66, 100, 155, and...

Pollen are an important food source for numerous insects and may be used as natural markers in ecological studies. However, to make inferences about the movement rates of based on their gut contents, information pollen digestion is needed. Here, we assessed how consumption ingested by Chrysoperla carnea Stephens (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) adults influenced plant species, temperature, sex. We off...