Redox reaction of inorganic sulphur compound is very essential to maintain a global sulphur cycle. Certain experimental evidences suggest that gamma-proteobacterial Acidothiobacillus thiooxidans; lacking the sulphur-oxidizing (sox) operon, has an alternative thiosulphate oxidation pathway. Dox operon having essentially participating proteins; DoxD and DoxA serves as the central players for this...

— Biochemists routinely use UV/visible spectrophotometry as a means of identifying and measuring the quantity of many biological compounds. When a new type of compound is isolated however, the method is often unhelpful in determining its chemical nature, and other spectroscopic methods must be used. The iron-sulphur proteins have recently been recognised as major components of bioenergetic syst...

1. Extracts of Escherichia coli A.T.C.C. 9723 and K(12)703 contain serine transacetylase and O-acetylserine sulphhydrase. Synthesis of the latter enzyme is repressed by growth on l-cyst(e)ine and other sulphur compounds. 2. O-Acetyl-l-serine added to cells growing on glutathione or sulphate as source of sulphur induces the enzymes that catalyse (a) the activation of sulphate to adenosine 3'-pho...

Data on the effect of various alkaline reagents on the physical and chemical properties of wool yarn are presented. When wool is treated with dilute sodiumhydroxide solutions, a rapid splitting off of a portion of the sulphur occurs. On continued treatment, the sulphur content of the residual wool approaches a constant value of about 1.8 percent. The results indicate that the alkaline treatment...

Thirty-two lambs were distributed in eight treatments under 2×2×2 factorial experiment to compare the effects of two levels of selenium (0.2 to 5 mg/kg dry matter [DM]), sulphur (0.25% and 0.37%) and copper (8 and 25 mg/kg DM) levels on selenium concentration in liver and serum of lambs. A liver biopsy was done on all animals and blood samples were collected from the jugular vein prior to the b...

A three-phase nonisothermal heterogeneous model for describing the hydrotreating reactions in a trickle-bed reactor with complete catalyst wetting was solved. It includes correlations for determining solubility data, mass-transfer coefficients, and properties of the compounds under operating conditions. The model, based on the two-film theory and mass-transfer resistance at the gas-liquid and l...

The sulphur aroma compounds produced from a phosphate-buffered solution (pH 8) of l-cysteine and l-, l-[1-13C] or l-[4-13C] ascorbic acid, heated at 140±2°C for 2h, were examined by headspace SPME in combination with GC-MS. MS data indicated that C-1 of l-ascorbic acid was not involved in the formation of sulphur aroma compounds. The sulphur aroma compounds formed by reaction of l-ascorbic acid...

Three types of tamra bhasmas separately prepared by using the media of mercury, Solanum xanthocarpum and sulphur were tested in patients of tamaka svasa. Results suggest that the process of making tamra bhasma with sulphur is superior to others due to several reasons.

Lithium–sulphur (Li–S) batteries are currently considered as next-generation battery technology. Sulphur is an attractive positive electrode for lithium metal batteries, mainly due to its high capacity (1675 mAh g?1) and specific energy (2600 Wh kg?1). The electrochemical reaction of with sulphur in non-aqueous electrolytes results the formation electrolyte soluble intermediate lithium–polysulp...