Evidence for carrier-mediated transport of monosaccharides in the Ehrlich ascites tumor cells was provided through kinetic analysis of data obtained by: (a) studying sugar uptake by dilute cell suspensions with an optical densimetric apparatus, (b) studying sugar uptake by thicker cell suspensions by means of direct chemical analytical methods using packed cell plugs, (c) observing the effects ...

Enzymatic synthesis of sugar fatty acid esters was performed in an organic solvent using an immobilized Candida antartica lipase and various sugars and oleic acid as substrates. A high solubility of the sugar in the solvent was needed for a high sugar ester yield. Among the sugars and solvents tested in this study, the highest yield (98 %) was obtained when xylitol and 2-methyl 2-butanol were u...

We previously reported that incubation of the appropriat’e sugar nucleotides with extracts obtained from Type XIV Diplococcus pneumoniae resulted in the formabion of glycolipids and serologically active polysaccharides (1, 2). During the course of these studies, we observed the formation of an unusual sugar nucleotide when the extracts were incubated with UDP-N-acetylglucosamine. As shown below...

We have preliminarily investigated the hypothesis that sugar consumption may impact the prevalence of major depression by correlating per capita consumption of sugar with the prevalence of major depression. Major depression prevalence data (annual rate/100) was obtained from the Cross-National Epidemiology of Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder study [Weissman et al., 1996]. Sugar consumption...

Structures of the sugar moieties of y-glutamyl transpeptidases purified from the kidney and the liver of rat, mouse, and cattle were studied after being chemically released as oligosaccharides. The results indicated that both organ-specific and species-specific differences exist in the sugar chains of the enzyme. Comparative studies of sugar chains of the heavy and light subunits of the rat kid...

BACKGROUND Lignocellulosic biomass has the potential to be a major source of renewable sugar for biofuel production. Before enzymatic hydrolysis, biomass must first undergo a pretreatment step in order to be more susceptible to saccharification and generate high yields of fermentable sugars. Lignin, a complex, interlinked, phenolic polymer, associates with secondary cell wall polysaccharides, r...

Adenosine analogs in which the sugar unit was replaced by a 1,4-dioxane sugar equivalent, were prepared by coupling the 1,4-dioxane sugar analog as its anomeric acetates, with N6-benzoyl protected adenine. The 1,4-dioxane system was obtained in an enantioselective synthesis from (R,R)-dimethyl tartrate. Using standard phosphorimidite methodology, the adenine analog was further reacted with a 1,...

The myocardium is composed of specialized muscle which relies mainly on fatty acid and sugar metabolism and it is widely contribute to the heart functioning. The changes of the cardiac energy-producing system during heart failure have been proved using autoradiography techniques. This study focused on evaluating sugar and fatty acid metabolism in myocardium as cardiac energy getting system usin...