Bedouin goats were fed on wheat straw as a single-component diet under two watering regimens, drinking once daily or once every 4 d, in order to clarify whether lignin-degradation products were absorbed, metabolized and excreted in urine. Acid-soluble lignin accounted for 220 g/kg total lignin, its digestibility was the highest (0.87) and was unaffected by water deprivation. Acid-insoluble lign...

Bio-oil produced from fast pyrolysis of biomass contains sugars originating from cellulose. Traditional quantification of sugars in bio-oil is accomplished by gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS) via derivatization, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), ion-exchange chromatography (IC), or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methodologies. These techniques are highly specific for ...

Bedouin goats were fed on wheat straw as a single-component diet under two watering regimens, drinking once daily or once every 4 d, in order to clarify whether lignin-degradation products were absorbed, metabolized and excreted in urine. Acid-soluble lignin accounted for 220 g/kg total lignin, its digestibility was the highest (0.87) and was unaffected by water deprivation. Acid-insoluble lign...

The present study was carried out to investigate biochemical responses of marigold (Calendula officinalis L.) to Bio-organic fertilizers. Effects of co-inoculation of two plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) (Azotobacter sp.145PI and Azospirillum sp.AC49I), humic acid (HA) (10 kg ha−1), vermicompost (VC) (7 T ha−1) and combinations of these treatments were evaluated in two marigold culti...

S TUDIES of the chemical nature of prothrombin have indicated a glycoprotein structure.2 Data obtained on purified bovine prothrombin have shown the reducing sugar content to be approximately 5 per cent, based on a reference standard of galactose and mannose.35 Laki et al.5 reported a value of 6.5 per cent in terms of glucose, and 1.6 to 1.7 per cent hexosamine. Alexander6 and colleagues observ...

S TUDIES of the chemical nature of prothrombin have indicated a glycoprotein structure.2 Data obtained on purified bovine prothrombin have shown the reducing sugar content to be approximately 5 per cent, based on a reference standard of galactose and mannose.35 Laki et al.5 reported a value of 6.5 per cent in terms of glucose, and 1.6 to 1.7 per cent hexosamine. Alexander6 and colleagues observ...

The resource availability hypothesis predicts an increase in the allocation to secondary metabolites when carbon gain is improved relative to nutrient availability, which normally occurs during periods of low irradiance. The present work was carried out to confirm this hypothesis by investigating the effects of decreasing irradiance on the production of plant secondary metabolites (flavonoids a...

S TUDIES of the chemical nature of prothrombin have indicated a glycoprotein structure.2 Data obtained on purified bovine prothrombin have shown the reducing sugar content to be approximately 5 per cent, based on a reference standard of galactose and mannose.35 Laki et al.5 reported a value of 6.5 per cent in terms of glucose, and 1.6 to 1.7 per cent hexosamine. Alexander6 and colleagues observ...

S TUDIES of the chemical nature of prothrombin have indicated a glycoprotein structure.2 Data obtained on purified bovine prothrombin have shown the reducing sugar content to be approximately 5 per cent, based on a reference standard of galactose and mannose.35 Laki et al.5 reported a value of 6.5 per cent in terms of glucose, and 1.6 to 1.7 per cent hexosamine. Alexander6 and colleagues observ...