A regional air assessment was performed to characterize volatile natural isothiocyanate (NITC) compounds in air during soil incorporation of mustard cover crops in Washington State. Field air sampling and analytical methods were developed specific to three NITCs known to be present in air at appreciable concentrations during/after field incorporation. The maximum observed concentrations in air ...

The decomposition of allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) in an aqueous solution was depressed in the presence of cyclodextrin (CD), it's uppression effect increasing in the order of none <fi-CD < cM-CD. The results of kinetic and tkermodynamic analyses of the CD-AITC inclusion complexes showed that the inclusion process was mostly governed by an enthalpy change (AHO) rather than by an entropy change (z...

Plants contain numerous components that are important sources of new bioactive molecules with antimicrobial properties. Isothiocyanates (ITCs) are plant secondary metabolites found in cruciferous vegetables that are arising as promising antimicrobial agents in food industry. The aim of this study was to assess the antibacterial activity of two isothiocyanates (ITCs), allylisothiocyanate (AITC) ...

Abstract Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae; red imported fire ant) is an invasive species in several parts of the world. A major contributor to spread S. infested shipping containers. The vapor allyl isothiocyanate (AITC), a naturally occurring organosulfur compound, highly toxic ; however, AITC volatile. Microencapsulation polyethylene (PE) resin slows release AITC, making it p...

Production of Shiga toxins by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) which is responsible for the pathogenicity of these strains, is strictly correlated with induction of lambdoid bacteriophages present in the host's genome, replication of phage DNA and expression of stx genes. Antibiotic treatment of EHEC infection may lead to induction of prophage into a lytic development, thus increasing ...