The syntrophically propionate-oxidizing bacterium Syntrophobacter wolinii was grown in binary methanogenic coculture with Methanospirillum hungatei as sole partner, free of contaminating Desulfovibrio vulgaris. Substrate tests revealed that S. wolinii could grow also without any syntrophic partner, either with pyruvate as sole substrate or with propionate plus sulfate. Pyruvate was fermented to...

Clobetasol propionate is a super-high potent class 1 topical corticosteroid available in several formulations, including a spray formulation that is approved for use up to 4 weeks in patients aged 18 years and older with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. The efficacy and safety of clobetasol propionate spray 0.05% has been extensively evaluated in clinical trials in more than 2200 patients w...

Density functional theory calculations have been employed to model ethene hydroarylation using an [Ir(κ(2)-OAc)(PMe(3))Cp](+) catalyst, 1. The reaction proceeds via: (i) an acetate-assisted C-H activation of benzene via an AMLA-6 transition state; (ii) rate-limiting insertion of ethene into the Ir-Ph bond; and (iii) protonolysis of the β-phenylethyl species by HOAc. A range of competing process...

Two glucose clamp techniques were performed for 6 h starting 2 h before the initiation of feeding to investigate the effect of dietary propionate supplementation on insulin responsiveness to glucose and tissue responsiveness to insulin in relation to feeding in rams. The rams were fed alfalfa hay without (Cont diet) and with 10 mmol.kg BW-1.d-1 of calcium propionate (Prop diet) for 4 weeks in r...

The mechanism of the formation of propionate by the propionic acid bacteria has remained uncertain for many years but current evidence indicates its formation is by decarboxylation of succinate (review by van Niel, 1952). Johns (1951a) demonstrated that Micrococcus lactilyticus decarboxylates succinate very rapidly to propionate. Delwiche (1948) and Johns (1951b) have concluded that propionate ...

The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of propionate supplementation on whole body glucose turnover in growing lambs fed frozen rye-grass at 1.5 x maintenance using [1-13C]-glucose. Intraruminal infusion of propionate (0.55 and 0.91 mol x d(-1)) increased the ruminal molar proportions of propionate from 25% with the control to 40% with the highest propionate treatment...

Propionate is a short chain fatty acid that is abundant as butyrate in the gut and blood. However, propionate has not been studied as extensively as butyrate in the treatment of colitis. The present study was to investigate the effects of sodium propionate on intestinal barrier function, inflammation and oxidative stress in dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis mice. Animals in DSS group...

The effect of intrajugular injections of insulin, glucagon and propionate, administered singly and in combination, as possible peripheral feedbacks in the control of feed intake in wethers was studied. A complete mixed diet (25% chopped hay: 75% cracked corn) was fed ad libitum. The treatments were saline, 6 mU insulin/kg body weight (BW), 9 ng glucagon/kg BW and 1.3 mg propionate/kg BW. In Exp...

A rapid, simple to use and low-cost thin-layer chromatographic procedure in normal phase system with densitometric detection at 246 nm was carefully validated according to the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) guidelines for assay of clobetasol propionate in topical solution containing clobetasol propionate in quantity 0.50 mg/mL. The adopted thin-layer chromatographic (TLC)-densi...