The non-specific analytical methods for the guanidinium compounds in biological fluids have been unsatisfactory for many years. The methods presented in this paper have a greatly improved specificity and are not too complex for use in the clinical laboratory. A modified Sakaguchi color reaction for substituted guanidines is used in each procedure. Guanidinoacetic acid is measured by developing ...

An organism identified as Pseudomonas putida was isolated from an enrichment culture with 2-furoic acid as its sole source of carbon and energy. The organism contained a 2-furoyl-coenzyme A (CoA) synthetase to form 2-furoyl-CoA and a 2-furoyl-CoA dehydrogenase to form 5-hydroxy-2-furoyl-CoA as the first two enzymes involved in the degradation. Tungstate, the specific antagonist of molybdate, de...

Tungsten (VI) speciation in hydrothermal solutions is investigated through in-situ Raman spectroscopy coupled with the fused silica glass capillary technique at temperatures up to 400 °C. The effect of temperature, pH, chlorinity and carbonate are evaluated systems highly soluble salts Na2WO4 Na6W12O39. At all temperatures, tungstate ion WO42? (927 cm?1) only W species solution pH > 10. a given...

A solar-energy-driven biomass fuel cell for the production of electricity from wastewater using only air and light as additional resources is described. The device consists of a photoelectrochemical cell that contains a nanostructured titanium dioxide or tungsten trioxide film as photoanode and a platinum air electrode as cathode, in separate compartments. The TiO(2) or WO(3) films are fabricat...