A trimethyl-phenyl-ammonium salt of a dinuclear μ-oxalate complex of diperoxidomonomolybdate units, (C9H14N)2[Mo2(C2O4)(O2)4O2], was obtained from an acidic aqueous solution; the dianion is located about a centre of inversion. Each Mo atom bears two peroxide groups together with one O atom from the oxalate group in its equatorial positions and one terminal O atom as well as another O atom from ...

A theoretical study of the binding to DNA of netropsin and a bisquaternary ammonium heterocycle, SN 18071, is undertaken with an energy minimizing program based on empirical potential functions. The positioning of the ligand is achieved by force and torque calculations and its internal flexibility is taken into account. The binding preference of both drugs studied for the AT minor groove of B-D...

We report the first (33)S chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) data as obtained from a combined determination of (33)S CSA and quadrupole coupling parameters utilizing the observation of both the (33)S (I = 3/2) central and satellite transitions in a natural abundance (33)S MAS NMR study aimed at characterizing the two important tetrathiometallates (NH4)(2)MoS(4) and (NH4)(2)WS(4).

A new series of nanofluids based on graphene dispersed in 2-hydroxyethylammonium lactate (ML) ionic liquid was developed. Concentrations 0.1, 0.5 and 1 wt% were studied these dispersions stable after 2 months. Raman spectra showed a strong interaction between ML graphene. The effect the concentration temperature viscoelastic behaviour conductivity studied. An unexpected decrease viscosity found...

BACKGROUND Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is a brown to black, velvety hyperpigmentation of the skin that usually involves cutaneous folds. Treatment of AN is important regarding cosmetic reasons and various therapeutic modalities have been used for these purposes. The goal of this study was to compare the effectiveness of long-pulsed alexandrite laser and topical tretinoin-ammonium lactate for trea...

The nutritional requirements of Coccidioides immitis strain Cash, grown in a medium conzisting of glucose, ammonium lactate, and in-organic salts, were reported by Goldschmidt and Taylor (1958). The present paper considers some of the biochemical changes which take place in this medium during growth. The utilization of glucose, lactate, and ammonia was studied with respect to growth, fragmentat...

Denitrification and dissimilatory reduction to ammonium (DNRA) are competing nitrate-reduction processes that entail important biogeochemical consequences for nitrogen retention/removal in natural and man-made ecosystems. The nature of the available carbon source and electron donor have been suggested to play an important role on the outcome of this microbial competition. In this study, the inf...

Lactate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.27) from Vibrio marinus MP-1 was purified 15-fold and ammonium activated. The optimum pH for pyruvate reduction was 7.4. Maximum lactate dehydrogenase activity occurred at 10 to 15 degrees C, and none occurred at 40 degrees C. The crude-extract enzyme was stable between 15 and 20 degrees C and lost 50% of its activity after 60 min at 45 degrees C. The partially p...

A sensitive and rapid technique for directly measuring silver in blood, using electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrophotometry (ETAAS) is described. The method can be used to analyse precisely up to 40 blood samples a day in duplicate. Well-mixed, whole blood samples, collected in EDTA, were diluted 1 + 4 with a diluent containing 40 g l.-1 ammonium dihydrogen orthophosphate and 0...