This paper presents an optosensor for screening of four polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: anthracene (ANT), benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), fluoranthene (FLT), and benzo[b]fluoranthene (Bbf) using a photomultiplier device with an artificial neural network as transducer. The optosensor is based on the on-line immobilization on a non-ionic resin (Amberlite XAD-4) solid support in a continuous flow. The det...

Carbohydrate-containing hydrolysates (1.1 to 14.9% of wood dry matter) obtained from autohydrolysis (at 130 to 150°C for 30 to 120 minutes) of birch (Betula pendula) chips prior to pulping were purified with respect to non-carbohydrate materials, without carbohydrate losses, either by ethyl acetate extraction or XAD-4 resin treatment. In the former case, about 50% of lignin and practically all ...

Placental estriol in urine can be determined by rapid enzymatic hydrolysis, extraction with neutral XAD-2 resin, and quantitation by gas-liquid chromatography, with equilenin as the internal standard. Glucose, methenamine mandelate, hydrochlorothiazide, phenolphthalein, or salicylate do not interfere. Analytical recovery of estriol added to urine was 92-108%. Day-to-day precison (CV), establish...

introduction rhodium metal is known for its stability in corrosive environments, physical beauty, and its unique properties. rhodium is now widely used for alloying platinum in thermocouples, crucibles, evaporating dishes, weighing boats windings for high-temperature furnaces. it has been applied as a coating material because of the hardness and luster of its surface. rhodium is present at abou...

*Permission to carry out these drug studies was granted by the Northwick Park Hospital Ethical Committee. steroids. The columns were washed with water and the steroids recovered by elution with ethanol. The ethanol was taken to dryness and the residue dissolved in 0.5M acetate buffer (pH 4.6) and the steroid conjugates were hydrolysed by two enzymes present in snail digestive juice (Helix pomat...

1. An Amberlite XAD-2 column in a heated (37 degrees C) jacket was incorporated in between two banks of bioassay organs superfused with Krebs bicarbonate solution in cascade. The column removed prostaglandins, E1, E2 and F2alpha and also rabbit aorta contracting substance (RCS) and possibly slow reacting substance of anaphylaxis (SRS-A). 2. The column gave free passage to histamine in concentra...

The objectives of this study were to identify molecular features characteristic to arctic DOM from the Kolyma River basin and to elucidate structural imprints induced by a choice of the sorption technique. To achieve this goal, DOM was isolated from the Kolyma River basin with a use of three nonionic sorbents: Amberlite XAD-8 resin, PPL- and C18 - SPE cartridges, and one anion exchanging resin-...

Edible flowers are a new “old” trend in modern gastronomy and healthy nutrition aimed at increasing food attractiveness improving the consumption of beneficial phytocompounds that have valuable properties. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L., Cucurbitaceae family) is well-known agricultural product; it an important crop commonly used across globe. Despite sufficient knowledge nutrients secondary metab...