The yeast nucleic acid used in these experiments was a commercial preparation purified by treatment with picric acid (3). A sample of yeast nucleic acid and one of thymus nucleic acid were kindly supplied by Dr. P. A. Levene to whom the author wishes to extend his heartiest thanks. The effect of the enzyme preparations on nucleic acid was followed by determining the amount of total phosphorus r...

Traditionally drugs used in peptic ulcer have been directed mainly against a single luminal damaging agent i.e. hydrochloric acid and a plethora of drugs like antacids, anticholinergics, histamine H2-antagonists etc. have flooded the market. An increase in 'aggressive' factors like acid and pepsin is found only in a minority of peptic ulcer patients. These factors do not alter during or after s...

Leaching reactions in hydrochloric acid of several cathodic materials used lithium-ion batteries were investigated between 25 °C and 82 °C. The dissolution rate increased as follows: NMC811 (LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2) > NMC622 (LiNi0.6Mn0.2Co0.2O2) NMC532 (LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2) NMC111 (LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2). lithium is faster than that for nickel, cobalt manganese. Data analysis demonstrated NMC always...

Consumption of kiwifruit is reported to relieve symptoms of functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder. The effect may be related to the proteases in kiwifruit. This in vitro study aimed to measure protein hydrolysis due to kiwifruit protease under gastric and duodenal conditions. A sequence of experiments incubated meat protein, with and without kiwifruit, with varying concentrations of pepsin ...

background: histamine is a food-borne chemical hazard which causes scombroid poisoning. the efficiency of histamine recovery from fish is greatly influenced by selection of an appropriate extraction solvent. hence, in this study the efficiency of different extraction solvents on recovery of histamine from fresh, frozen and canned fish was evaluated. methods: fresh, frozen and canned rainbow tro...

A simple method for manufacturing gold working electrodes for chronopotentiometric stripping measurements from recordable CD-R's is described. These gold electrodes are much cheaper than commercially available ones. The electrochemical behavior of such an electrode and the working parameters for mercury determination by chronopotentiometric stripping analysis were studied. Detection limit was 0...

Hydrochloric acid (HCl) secretion assists protein digestion by activating pepsinogen to pepsin, renders the stomach sterile against orally-ingested pathogens, prevents bacterial or fungal overgrowth of the small intestine, encourages the flow of bile and pancreatic enzymes, and facilitates the absorption of a variety of nutrients, including folic acid, ascorbic acid, beta-carotene, non-heme iro...

Bones from porphyric animals are treated first with 40% sodium hydroxide and subsequently with concentrated hydrochloric acid which dissolves the chalky residue from the alkaline digestion under violent foaming. The porphyrins are precipitated from the acid solution at pH ca. 3 together with calcium salts and subsequently washed and dissolved in about 50% acetic acid. The solution is then dilut...

Background: Histamine is a food-borne chemical hazard which causes scombroid poisoning. The efficiency of histamine recovery from fish is greatly influenced by selection of an appropriate extraction solvent. Hence, in this study the efficiency of different extraction solvents on recovery of histamine from fresh, frozen and canned fish was evaluated. Methods: Fresh, frozen and canned rainbow tr...