BACKGROUND Rhodopseudomonas palustris is a versatile microbe that encounters an innate redox imbalance while growing photoheterotrophically with reduced substrates. The resulting excess in reducing equivalents, together with ATP from photosynthesis, could be utilized to drive a wide range of bioconversions. The objective of this study was to genetically modify R. palustris to provide a pathway ...

BACKGROUND Refactoring microorganisms for efficient production of advanced biofuel such as n-butanol from a mixture of sugars in the cheap feedstock is a prerequisite to achieve economic feasibility in biorefinery. However, production of biofuel from inedible and cheap feedstock is highly challenging due to the slower utilization of biomass-driven sugars, arising from complex assimilation pathw...

In this work, poly (ether-block-amide) (PEBA)/ceramic hollow fiber (HF) composite membranes with high flux were prepared by dip-coating the ceramic hollow fiber with PEBA polymer solution for pervaporation (PV). The membrane fabrication was optimized by finely tailoring the coating parameters such as the viscosity and concentration of PEBA coating solution, which made the pervaporation flux as ...

n-Alcohols exert a dual action on neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptors with short-chain alcohols exhibiting potentiating action and long-chain alcohols exhibiting inhibitory action. n-Butanol lies at the transition point from potentiation to inhibition. To elucidate the mechanism of dual action of alcohols, the effects of n-butanol on the human 4 2 ACh receptors expressed in the HEK...

Neutrophils, immune cells crucial for protecting against invading pathogens, are important in sepsis. Neutrophil migration is regulated by chemokine receptors and their cognate ligands. Our previous study investigated the effect of n‑butanol extract from Folium isatidis on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)‑induced septic shock. The present study stimulated neutrophils with LPS to explore the influence o...

BACKGROUND The presence of anti-microbial phenolic compounds, such as the model compound ferulic acid, in biomass hydrolysates pose significant challenges to the widespread use of biomass in conjunction with whole cell biocatalysis or fermentation. Currently, these inhibitory compounds must be removed through additional downstream processing or sufficiently diluted to create environments suitab...

Hypoglycemic effects of Siamese Momordica charantia and Phyllanthus urinaria extracts in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats (the 1st report). Hideaki HIGASHINO, Aritomo SUZUKI, Yasuo TANAKA* and Krisana POOTAKHAM** (Department of Pharmacology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama 589, Japan; *Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka 577, J...

Butyl lactate is a green solvent produced from renewable materials through the reaction of ammonium with n-butanol. It could be source material for valuable products such as propylene glycol, acrylic acid, its derivatives, and cyclic monomer polylactic acid (PLA)—lactate. In this study, we present novel non-catalytic interactions n-butanol carried out in temperature range 130–170 °C closed syst...

The antioxidant capacity of the crude extract and fractions of Tabernaemontana catharinensis fruits and branches, was evaluated by the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) method and the content of polyphenols, flavonoids, alkaloids and condensed tannins were determined by the spectrophotometric method. The ethyl acetate fraction of the fruits and the n-butanol fraction of the branches showed I...

The negative impact of transport on climate has led to incentives increase the amount renewable fuels used in internal combustion engines (ICEs). Oxygenated, liquid biofuels are promising alternatives, as they exhibit similar behaviour gasoline. In this article, effect different engine efficiency, propagation and emissions a gasoline-optimised direct injected spark ignited (DISI) were evaluated...