Scales' method for the determination of reducing sugars was modified by increasing the boiling time, and reducing values of 32 sugars were determined at various concentrations. The method as modified provides a very simple, convenient means for the quantitative determination of the various sugars. A comparison of the reducing values of different sugars reveals that the configurations of carbons...

The properties of a ferric ion-reducing system which catalyzes the reduction of ferric ion with elemental sulfur was investigated with a pure strain of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. In anaerobic conditions, washed intact cells of the strain reduced 6 mol of Fe with 1 mol of elemental sulfur to give 6 mol of Fe, 1 mol of sulfate, and a small amount of sulfite. In aerobic conditions, the 6 mol of Fe...

Laser bending is an advanced process in sheet metal forming in which a laser heat source is used to shape the metal sheet. In this paper, temperature distribution in a mild steel sheet metal is investigated numerically and experimentally. Laser heat source is applied through curved paths in square sheet metal parts. Finite element (FE) simulation is performed with the ABAQUS/CAE standard softwa...

A pathway for cytochrome c maturation (Ccm) in bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes (mitochondria) requires the genes encoding eight membrane proteins (CcmABCDEFGH). The CcmABCDE proteins are proposed to traffic haem to the cytochrome c synthetase (CcmF/H) for covalent attachment to cytochrome c by unknown mechanisms. For the first time, we purify pathway complexes with trapped haem to elucidate th...

Phytic acid was added into apple juice at the concentration of 0.1mmol/L, and the effects of phytic acid on antioxidant activities and the contents of vitamin C and polyphenols and antioxidant activities of apple juice were investigated. The result showed as followed. Vitamin C and polyphenols of apple juice decreased during storage time. Adding phytic acid with concentration of 0.1mmol/L might...

Traditional plants contain various secondary metabolites such as alkaloids, terpenoids, steroids and phenolic compounds which have shown antioxidant activities that include scavenging free radical species and inhibiting the production of reactive species resulting from normal cell metabolism. The present study was undertaken to analyse the thin layer chromatography and antioxidant activities of...

Silicon in metallic form – dissolved in Fe-Ni metal, as silicide, or as Si 0 – is rare in solar system materials because its formation requires extremely reducing temperatures or oxidation states or both. Fe-Ni metal in carbonaceous chondrites can contain small proportions of Si [1], as does metal in shocked enstatite chondrites and aubrites [2]. Iron silicides are known from ureilite meteorite...

Structural and electronic features of the novel title sulfur-oxygen donor ligand Me(2)pipto (1), are discussed in comparison with those of the corresponding dithione ligand Me(2)pipdt. A tuning of the electronic and coordination properties of the ligand, relatable to the soft/hard power of the donor atoms, is achieved. Coordination properties have been checked towards Ni(II) and Fe(III) cations...

Ž . Although dissimilatory iron reducing bacteria DIRB are capable of reducing a number of metals in oxides and soluble forms, the factors controlling the raterextent of magnetite reduction and the nature of the mineral products resulting from magnetite reduction are not well understood. This study was carried out to investigate mechanisms and biogeochemical processes occurring during magnetite...