Benzene, toluene, xylenes, phenol, naphthalene, and biphenyl are among a group of compounds that have at least one reported pathway for biodegradation involving catechol 2,3-dioxygenase enzymes. Thus, detection of the corresponding catechol 2,3-dioxygenase genes can serve as a basis for identifying and quantifying bacteria that have these catabolic abilities. Primers that can successfully ampli...

Catechol-Based Nanomedicines In article 2300325, Yun-yun Shao, Rui-gang Hou, Xiao Zhang and co-workers, report a nanohybrid self-assembled from chlorogenic acid gold nanorods through robust Au-catechol interface actions, featuring precise nanostructures, great water solubility, good stability adjustable hyperthermia generating capacity. This integrated could not only severely trigger apoptosis ...

Aromatic hydroxylations are important bacterial metabolic processes but are difficult to perform using traditional chemical synthesis, so to use a biological catalyst to convert the priority pollutant benzene into industrially relevant intermediates, benzene oxidation was investigated. It was discovered that toluene 4-monooxygenase (T4MO) of Pseudomonas mendocina KR1, toluene 3-monooxygenase (T...

Benzene, which has been associated with human cancers, is metabolized to produce several major metabolites that could be responsible for the biological effects. Tests have now been carried out on human lymphocytes in culture to determine if benzene or its metabolites, phenol, catechol, and hydroquinone, induce cytogenetic changes and affect the cell cycle. The results indicate that benzene itse...

This study was performed for the detection of cocarcinogens by transformation in vitro with the use of a subclone of a Balb/3T3 cell line. Dose response, cytotoxicity, and transformation studies were done with the use of an indirect-acting carcinogen, benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), a direct-acting alkylating carcinogen, beta-propiolactone (BPL), and the mouse skin cocarcinogen catechol. The rate of tr...

Fermentative degradation of hydroquinone, catechol, and phenol was demonstrated with nearly-homogeneous mixed methanogenic cultures obtained from freshwater sediments and sewage sludge by enrichment with the respective phenolic substrates. Gram-negative short rods predominated in these cultures, together with hydrogenand acetate-utilizirtg methanogens. Acetate and methane were the only degradat...

We report here the first selective de-O-methylation of a large panel of guaiacyl lignans to the corresponding catechol derivatives by using IBX as primary oxidant under green conditions (dimethyl carbonate-H(2)O solvent) through an in situ reduction procedure. The influence of the catechol moiety on the cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of new lignan derivatives has been investigated. The results o...

Phenolic matrices are ubiquitous in nature (e.g., lignin, melanin, and humics) but remain largely intractable to characterize. We examined an abiotic phenol-polysaccharide matrix fabricated by the anodic grafting of catechol to chitosan films. Previous studies have shown that catechol-modified chitosan films are redox-active and can be repeatedly interconverted between oxidized and reduced stat...

Earlier reports from these laboratories outlined the preparationx) and biological properties2>3) of 6a-formamido penicillins. The catecholic acylureido derivative BRL 36650 (1) was the most potent, especially against Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains. Wenowreport on analogues of 1 which either retain a catechol or dihydroxyphenyl unit or contain various catechol isosteres. The general concept of i...

The stability of the catechol-specific fl-adrenergic receptor of turkey erythrocytes was tested with certain physical and chemical agents. The receptor for the catechol function was stable at high temperatures or to treatment with ultrasound. Phospholipase, Pronase, trypsin, Triton X-100, sodium lauryl sulfate, or Lubrol-PX destroyed the catecholamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase but not catecho...