Benzoic acid metabolism was studied in Azotobacter vinelandii. 14 A radioactive intermediate of C-benzoic acid metabolism was discovered. Preliminary evidence suggests that this intermediate may be 2 ,-hydroxybenzoate but positive identification was not achieved, values for several hydroxybenzoates and catechol on paper chromato­ graphy in various solvent systems are given. The oxygenase, metap...

Representatives of the genus Streptomyces from terrestrial sources have been the focus of intensive research for the last four decades because of their prolific production of chemically diverse and biologically important compounds. However, metabolite research from this ecological niche had declined significantly in the past years because of the rediscovery of the same bioactive compounds and r...

The spectrophotometric and spectrofiuorometric investigations of the enzyme-substrate complex formation of p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase was made by the stopped-flow technique. The apparent velocity of the formation of the enzyme-substrate complex (the velocity of the absorbance change in visible and UV regions, and the velocity of the quenching of the fluorescence intensity in the FAD moiety o...

This paper describes the influence of counterions on the unidirectional growth of micelles formed by alkylpyridinium surfactants in aqueous solution. It is shown that the growth of spherical micelles to form wormlike micelles is strongly dependent on counterion structure. More hydrophobic counterions induce the formation of wormlike micelles at lower surfactant concentrations. Next to hydrophob...

Cancer is a worldwide scourge; it's the leading cause of death in developed countries and is increasing in developing countries. Mankind has been trying with effort to find better and cheaper treatments with fewer side effects, to reduce the incidence of the disease and its consequent mortality. For many years, phenolic compounds have been intensely studied for their antitumor, proapoptotic and...

Date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) fruit soluble phenolics composition and anti-atherogenic properties were examined in nine diverse Israeli grown varieties. Ethanol and acetone extracts of 'Amari', 'Barhi', 'Deglet Noor', 'Deri', 'Hadrawi', 'Hallawi', 'Hayani', 'Medjool', and 'Zahidi' fruit were analyzed for phenolics composition by RP-HPLC and tested for anti-atherogenicity by measuring their effe...

A new sulfate-reducing bacterium was isolated from marine sediment with hydroxyhydroquinone (1,2,4-trihydroxybenzene) as the sole electron and carbon source. Strain HHQ 20 grew slowly with doubling times of > 20 h and oxidized hydroxyhydroquinone, lactate, pyruvate, ethanol, fructose, and ribose incompletely to acetate and carbon dioxide, with concomitant reduction of sulfate to sulfide. Cells ...