background: untreated leachate is being discharged into the environment in many countries worldwide. leachate treatment methods have not been unified so far due to the variable composition of leachate. moreover, the lack of appropriate treatment and disposal of leachate causes environmental pollution. this study aimed to compare removal efficiency of chemical oxygen demand (cod) and total suspe...

Modified quantum mechanical calculations predict the binding enthalpies of saccharide inhibitors of lysozyme to within a few kilocalories of experimental measurements.

Pseudorotaxane formed by reacting beta-cyclodextrin bearing a phenylboronic acid residue with 1-heptyl-4-(4'-dimethylaminostyryl)pyridinium functioned as a novel fluorescent saccharide receptor having unique responses.

iron oxide is an important biological agent that has a key role in medical processes; however, the mechanism whereby it provides iron for human and animal cells and its biological uses remains unclear. we aimed to evaluate the effects of oral iron oxide on serum iron status and compare the results with those of iron sulfate as a reference salt. fifteen adult rabbits were divided into 3 groups o...

A review of the literature indicates that numerous microorganisms can reduce ferric iron during the metabolism of organic matter. In most cases, the reduction of ferric iron appears to be enzymatically catalyzed and, in some instances. may be coupled to an electron transport chain that could generate A TP. However, the-physiology and biochem" istry of ferric irQn reduction are POQrly understood...

Boronic acids can reversibly bind diols, a molecular feature that is ubiquitous within saccharides, leading to their use in the design and implementation of sensors for numerous saccharide species. There growing understanding importance saccharides many biological processes systems; while or carbohydrate sensing medicine most often associated with detection glucose diabetes patients, have prove...

Submitted to the NANOTUBE'05 Conference: Photoluminescence from SWNTs and DWNTs dispersed in saccharide solution Takashi Shimada1 , Yuhei Miyauchi1 , Toshiki Sugai2,3 , Hisanori Shinohara2,3, and Shigeo Maruyama1 1The University of Tokyo 2Nagoya University 3CREST, JST Contact e-mail: [email protected] Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy is a powerful tool to investigate the chirali...

Hyaluronic acid (HA), a glycosaminoglycan, is a linear polysaccharide with negative charge, composed of a repeating disaccharide unit [→4)-β-d-glucopyranosyluronic acid (1→3)-β-d- N-acetyl-d-glucoaminopyranose (1→]n ([→4) GlcA (1→3) GlcNAc 1→]n). It is widely used in different applications based on its physicochemical properties associated with its molecular weight. Enzymatic digestion by polys...