Phytochemical investigation of the 80% ethanol extract of the bulbs of Lycoris radiata resulted in the isolation of five new Amaryllidaceae alkaloids: (+)-5,6-dehydrolycorine (1), (+)-3α,6β-diacetyl-bulbispermine (2), (+)-3α-hydroxy-6β-acetyl- bulbispermine (3), (+)-8,9-methylenedioxylhomolycorine-N-oxide (5), and 5,6-dihydro-5- methyl-2-hydroxyphenanthridine (7), together with two known compo...

A new aconitine-type norditerpenoid alkaloid, kohatenine (1) [10β-hydroxy-1α,8β,16β-trimethoxy6α,14α-diacetyl-N-ethyl aconitane], along with four known alkaloids, condelphine (2), talatisamine (3), peregrine (4), and 14-O-acetyltalatisamine (5), was isolated from the aerial parts of Delphinium kohatense Munz. The structure of the new compound was deduced on the basis of combined MS (EI and FAB)...

A method was developed to screen and isolate mutagenized Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis strains accumulating (alpha)-acetolactate. This compound is accumulated by (alpha)-acetolactate decarboxylase-deficient strains and undergoes spontaneous degradation into diacetyl on agar plates. The diacetyl produced is detected by a colorimetric reaction yielding a red halo around th...

STRONGLY ALKALINE SOLUTIONS ninhydrin (1,2,3 indantrione hy) combines with guanidine, monosubstituted guanidines, and disubstituted guanidines to form highly fluorescent addition ucts (1). This reaction has been used as the basis for a simple, itive fluorimetric method for the determination of creatine in m, blood, and urine. he most widely used methods for determining creatine are based n the ...

We describe herein the isolation and semisynthesis of four acetogenin derivatives (1-4) as well as their ability to inhibit the mitochondrial respiratory chain and several tumor cell lines. In addition, four nanoseconds (ns) of MD simulation of compound 4, in a fully hydrated POPC bilayer, is reported.

The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(23)H(23)N(3), which was synthesized by the condensation reaction between 2,6-diacetyl-pyridine and 2-dimethyl-aniline, adopts an E configuration about both C=N imine bonds. The dihedral angles formed by the benzene rings with the pyridine ring are 89.68 (5) and 53.62 (6)°.

Recently it has been observed that the lactic acid bacteria are primarily responsible for the production of diacetyl during concentration of orange juice. The amount of diacetyl present is used as an indicator of the degree of contamination, even though it is not a major end product of fermentation. Its presence may be detected even though little change in total acidity or pH has been noted. A ...

Recently described scientific literature has identified the airborne presence of 2,3-butanedione (diacetyl) and 2,3-pentanedione at concentrations approaching or potentially exceeding the current American Conference of Industrial Hygienists' (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) at commercial coffee roasting and production facilities. Newly established National Institutes of Occupational Safety...

After diacetyl (2,3-butanedione) was shown to cause bronchiolitis obliterans in workers who inhaled high levels of this volatile butter flavoring at microwave popcorn processing plants, 1,2,3 some manufacturers switched to a substitute assumed to be safer. Recent rodent studies, however, suggest that the substitute, 2,3-pentanedione, may be as damaging to the respiratory tract as the diacetyl i...