In a recent study (1) it was found that the synthesis of hippuric acid is markedly diminished in various diseases of the liver especially those in which jaundice is present. These results are all the more interesting because in spite of the extensive research that has been done on hippuric acid, little attention has hitherto been given to the effect of liver damage. The discovery of Bunge and S...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of feeding pigs with inulin and/or benzoic acid on post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD), indices of fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract, and production in pigs experimentally infected with an enterotoxigenic strain of Escherichia coli (ETEC). Forty-eight entire male pigs (Large White×Landrace) aged 21 ± 3 days of age and weighing 4.97 ± 0.08 ...

Microbial spoilage of food causes losses of up to 40% of all food grown for human consumption worldwide. Yeast growth is a major factor in the spoilage of foods and beverages that are characterized by a high sugar content, low pH, and low water activity, and it is a significant economic problem. While growth of spoilage yeasts such as Zygosaccharomyces bailii and Saccharomyces cerevisiae can us...

Soft drinks nowadays are becoming an important part of the modern diet consumed in many communities worldwide and available market virtually same form almost anywhere around globe. Additives such as antioxidants preservatives usually added to soft increase their shelf life. Several acids benzoic ascorbic acid used beverages prevent oxidation degradation matrix. Literature documented that combin...

An amperometric benzoic acid-sensing inhibitor biosensor was prepared by immobilizing mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) tissue homogenate on a Clark-type oxygen electrode. The effects of the quantity of mushroom tissue homogenate, the quantity of gelatin and the effect of the crosslinking agent glutaraldehyde percent on the biosensor were studied. The optimum concentration of phenol used as substrat...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(5)H(7)N(2) (+)·C(7)H(4)NO(4) (-)·C(7)H(5)NO(4), consists of an amino-pyridinium cation, a 4-nitro-benzoate anion and a neutral 4-nitro-benzoic acid mol-ecule. The pyridine ring forms dihedral angles of 64.70 (5)° and 70.37 (5)°, respectively, with the benzene rings of 4-nitro-benzoic acid and 4-nitro-benzoate. In the crystal structure, the cations, a...

A domino reaction catalyzed by palladium gives access to tetrahydrofluorenone scaffolds with full regio- and stereoselectivity in a single step, where the precursor dienes originate from naturally occurring benzoic acid.