The effect on veratryl alcohol production of supplementing cultures of the lignin-degrading fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium with different methyl-(sup2)H(inf3)-labelled methyl precursors has been investigated. Both chloromethane (CH(inf3)Cl) and l-methionine caused earlier initiation of veratryl alcohol biosynthesis, but S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) retarded the formation of the compound. A...

background: in iran, methyl alcohol poisoning rarely occurs accidentally and usually occurs through abuse of contaminated ethanol. however, with proper and timely treatment complications and mortality of methanol poisoning can be prevented. in this study, the epidemiological profile of methanol poisoning in the iranian society was investigated. methods: in this prospective cross-sectional study...

WE have isolated from the yellow flowers of the furze a new carotenoid which in its properties is very similar to lutein. It crystallizes from absolute methyl alcohol in stellate groups of pale yellow twinned prisms. The crystals are dichroic and have a strong birefringence. Like lutein this yellow form, which does not contain methyl alcohol of crystallization, changes in contact with the solve...

Vegetable oils and fats in comparison with diesel fuel have high viscosity, by transesterification method the viscosity of oil can be decreased. Transesterification of triglyceride with alcohol is one of the methods for production of biodiesel. In this study sunflower oil, methanol and ethanol, with molar ratio of (1:3, 1:4, 1:6, 1:8) and temperature (40, 50, 60 º C) were dependent parameters e...

A highly efficient, two-step sequence method for the deoxygenation of hydroxyl groups has been developed. The method involves the preparation of the 2-(2-iodophenyl)ethyl methyl phosphite derivative of an alcohol using methyl dichlorophosphite and 2-(2-iodophenyl)ethanol. Treatment of the phosphite intermediate with (n-Bu)3SnH/AIBN in refluxing benzene cleanly produces the deoxygenation product...