Some biochemical characteristics of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and silver carp (Hypophtalmichthys moltrix) surimi prepared by a conventional washing method and protein isolated using alkaline-acid-aided processes were investigated. Solubility of protein in silver carp and common carp were found to be highest by using the conventional washing method. Decreases in myoglobin and lipid contents ...

BACKGROUND Clinical depression is associated with abnormalities of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis. Changes in thyroid function during sleep deprivation may be related to its antidepressant effects. METHODS Levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone, tri-iodothyronine, tri-iodothyronine uptake, thyroxine, and free thyroxine were measured before, during, and after a 48-hour sleep deprivatio...

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient, which is limited in most soils. The P solubilization and growth enhancement ability of seven arsenic-resistant bacteria (ARB), which were isolated from arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata, was investigated. Siderophore-producing ARB (PG4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12 and 16) were effective in solubilizing P from inorganic minerals FePO4 and phosphate rock, and organi...

An efficient method for the direct N-alkylation of indoles via copper-catalyzed reductive cross coupling between N-tosylhydrazones and indole reagents has been developed. The reaction was performed in the presence of copper iodide and potassium hydroxide by utilization of tri(p-tolyl)phosphine as a ligand. A wide variety of N-alkylated indoles were obtained in moderate to good yields. The appli...

One-dimensional carbon nanotube (CNT) junctions with interesting device characteristics have been designed by encapsulating p- and n-type organic molecules into CNTs with electrophilic tetracyano-p-quinodimethane (TCNQ) and nucleophilic tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene (TDAE) molecules in order to explore the effect of encapsulation of organic molecules and rectifying behaviors of the designed o...

During the solubilization of immune precipitates BSA-rabbit antibodies to BSA by human complement, at least three stages can be distinguished. (A) Generation of alternative pathway C3-convertase sites associated with the immune complexes. During the first minutes of interaction between the immune aggregates and serum, before any solubilization has taken place, properdin (P), factor B, and C3 mo...

1. Adenylate cyclase activity of the washed 600g sediment of bovine corpus-luteum homogenate was solubilized by Lubrol-PX, Triton X-100 and digitonin. Digitonin was the least destructive of NaF-stimulated activity. 2. NaF, present in the solubilization medium together with MgSO4, increased the percentage yields of soluble activity from untreated 600g sediment and 600g sediment which had been pr...