The metabolic fate of [1-14-C]hexadecylsulphate and hexadecyl[35-S]sulphate, administered intravenously as the sodium and trimethylammonium salt to dogs and orally as the erythromycin salt to dogs, rats and humans, was studied. Studies with rats indicated that the compounds were well absorbed and rapidly excreted in the urine. However, after oral administration of the 14-C-and 35-S-labelled hex...

Natural stone is an important component of historical heritage (buildings and art objects such as sculptures or rock engravings), it still widely used in contemporary works. Soluble salts are the main erosive agent built environment, we review here comparative studies that subject same type to testing with different salt solutions. The results mostly support accepted notion major impact sodium ...

An attempt was made to purify Clostridium perfringens Beta toxin. Crude toxin prepared by ammonium sulphate precipitation of culture supernatants was purified by chromatography on Sephadex G50, Sephadex G100 and DEAE cellulose. This material, although highly purified was not homogeneous on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. It had a toxicity of 800 000 mouse MLDs/mg N, a typical protein absorp...

Bacteroides amylophilus strain H I 8 produced protease(s), active at pH 7.0, when grown anaerobically in a simple maltose, ammonium sulphate, cysteine, sodium bicarbonate and salts medium. Protease production was neither induced nor repressed by a wide range of nutrients. Protease was synthesized by exponentially growing organisms and 20% of it was liberated into the growth medium. The cell-bou...

Ordered conformations of proteoglycan-hyaluronic acid aggregates in the intercellular matrix in cartilage were observed by X-ray diffraction. The sodium salt form of three samples, (a) aggregated proteoglycan, (b) disaggregated proteoglycan and (c) reconstituted disaggregated proteoglycan, give essentially similar X-ray fibre-type diffraction photographs. The patterns correlate with the chondro...

The extracellular Opacity Factor elaborated by a strain of group A streptococcus M type 2 was purified by ammonium sulphate precipitation, DEAE-cellulose and hydroxylapatite column chromatography and Sephadex G-200 gel filtration. Gel filtration experiments indicated that the Opacity Factor is consituted of high molecular weight proteins or protein aggregates which appear to dissociate into sub...

alpha 1-Proteinase inhibitor was purified from porcine blood by ammonium sulphate and Cibachron Blue-Sepharose fractionation, ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-Cellulose, gel filtration on Sephadex G-25, and zinc chelating chromatography. Thus, an inhibitor preparation with a specific activity of 1.62 IU/mg protein (enzyme: trypsin; substrate: BzArgNan) was obtained. In sodium dodecyl sulphat...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Plants from gypsum habitats are classified as gypsophiles and gypsovags. The former include both narrow endemics limited to small gypsum areas and regionally dominant gypsophiles growing in gypsum areas of large regions, whereas gypsovags are plants that can grow both in gypsum and non-gypsum soils. Factors controlling the distribution of gypsum plants are still not fully un...

Dissolution behaviour of both 5, 5-diphenyl hydantoin sodium commonly known as dilantin sodium (DS) and its corresponding marketed capsule dilantin have been studied in aqueous as well as micellar media. Percentage dissolution of both DS and its marketed capsule are found to be low as expected in aqueous medium due to its very low solubility in water. However, their dissolution tendency is foun...

A hygromycin B phosphotransferase activity from Streptomyces hygroscopicus has been highly purified by ammonium sulphate fractionation followed by affinity column chromatography through Sepharose-6B-hygromycin-B. The combined active fractions showed a single protein band (41 kDa) when subjected to polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate. When gel electropho...