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... Surface lattice oxygen is crucial to the degradation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) over transition metal oxides according to the Mars–van Krevelen mechanism. Herein, λ-MnO₂ in situ grown on the surface of CoMn spinel was prepared by acid etching of corresponding spinel catalysts (CoMn-Hx-Ty) for VOC oxidation. Experimental and relevant theoretical exploration revealed that acid etching on t ...
... Growing use of recalcitrant fuel oxygenates like methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), tert-amyl methyl ether (TAME), and diisopropyl ether (DIPE) poses serious threat to aquatic environments and drinking water sources. Mycolicibacterium sp. strain CH28 was isolated earlier as a potential degrader of DIPE. Optimal culture conditions for strain CH28 were determined to be 32 ...
acetates; acetone; anise; benzaldehyde; butyrates; cultivars; flavor; food science; least squares; methyl chavicol; odors; pears; tandem mass spectrometry; technology; wines
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... Dongli, or frozen pear, is a traditional Chinese snack with a unique flavor. This study identified the aroma-active volatile compounds (VOCs) in Dongli using quantitative descriptive analysis (QDA), gas chromatography-triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS), and gas chromatography-olfactometry (GC-O). QDA indicated that Dongli of all cultivars presented increased sweet and wine aroma ...
... Sulfacetamide sodium as an antibacterial agent is co-formulated with prednisolone acetate in Phenamide-P® ophthalmic suspension to cure the ophthalmic infections correlated with inflammatory disorders. For the first time, two innovative, sensitive, specific, and robust chromatographic platforms were developed and their conditions were optimized for rapid analysis of the aforementioned drugs either ...
Junzhi Ye; Zhenchao Li; Dominik J. Kubicki; Yunwei Zhang; Linjie Dai; Clara Otero-Martínez; Manuel A. Reus; Rakesh Arul; Kavya Reddy Dudipala; Zahra Andaji-Garmaroudi; Yi-Teng Huang; Zewei Li; Ziming Chen; Peter Müller-Buschbaum; Hin-Lap Yip; Samuel D. Stranks; Clare P. Grey; Jeremy J. Baumberg; Neil C. Greenham; Lakshminarayana Polavarapu; Akshay Rao; Robert L. Z. Hoye
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; acetates; acetone; butanol; density functional theory; iodides; ligands; nanocrystals; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; oleic acid; photoluminescence; solar energy; transmission electron microscopy
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... Colloidal lead-halide perovskite nanocrystals (LHP NCs) have emerged over the past decade as leading candidates for efficient next-generation optoelectronic devices, but their properties and performance critically depend on how they are purified. While antisolvents are widely used for purification, a detailed understanding of how the polarity of the antisolvent influences the surface chemistry and ...
... Bacillus subtilis E9 was identified as a potential strain producing esterase. The gene coding esterase from B. subtilis E9 was amplified using esterase-specific primers and the sequence was translated in silico. The presence of conserved catalytic triad amino acid residues (His-Ser-Asp/Glu) confirmed the functional nature of the esterase enzyme. Docking studies conducted with modeled protein and t ...
... Ocimum spp., also known as “tulsi” member of Lamiaceae, are widely studied herbal plants. Due to their diverse biological activities, Ocimum basils are the most popular traditional herbal remedies against various diseases. The aim of the present study is comparative chemical composition profiling of bioactive compounds from three species viz: Ocimum tenuiflorum (Black tulsi), Ocimum gratissimum (J ...
Javid A. Banday; Zubaid-ul-khazir Rather; Gulam N. Yatoo; Mohammad Asif Hajam; Sajad A. Bhat; Vichangal Pridiuldi Santhanakrishnan; Alia Farozi; Manzoor A. Rather; Shahid Rasool
... The essential oil composition of the shoot parts of Prangos pabularia, growing in Drass area of Ladakh, India, along with its antioxidant, antibacterial and anticancer activity, is reported for the first time. Gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) revealed the presence of 31 constituents, representing 97.342% of the total essential oil. The major constituents of essential oil w ...
... Efficient bioconversion of abundant waste glycerol to value-added chemicals calls for a wider range of fermentative workhorses that can catabolize glycerol. In this study, we used quantitative gene expression and solvent profiling, qualitative metabolite analysis, and enzyme activity assays to investigate the factors that limit glycerol utilization as a sole carbon source by Clostridium beijerinck ...
... In this work, mechanism and conformation changes of cellulose regenerated from the ionic liquid by anti-solvents (water, ethanol and acetone) were investigated by molecular dynamics simulation. To explore the regeneration mechanism, a cellulose model with seven glucose chains was constructed, both the dissolution and regeneration processes of cellulose in N-butyl pyridinium acetate ([Bpy][OAc]) we ...
Jatropha curcas; Odontotermes obesus; acetates; acetone; biopesticides; chemical composition; chemical constituents of plants; chloroform; financial economics; hexane; methanol; mortality; oleic acid; phenol; phytochemicals; relative humidity; research; solvents; terpenoids
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... Infestations of termites in agricultural fields as well as in domestic and industrial areas have been one of the major problems incurring a great economic loss since long. Chemical pesticides are being used to prevent the devastating action of termites which are deterrent for termites but concomitantly hazardous for health, damage ecological cycles and are perdurable in nature for long. In search ...
... Environmental H₂O is an influential factor in the low-temperature catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and it significantly impacts the reaction process and mechanism. Here, a series of rod-like Cu-Mn oxides were synthesised by pyrolysing Cu/Mn-BTC for acetone oxidation. The results confirm that the formation of multiphase interfaces have more excellent catalytic performance c ...
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus; acetates; acetone; activation energy; catalytic activity; centrifugation; cytosol; dissociation; ecological genetics; esterases; hydrolysis; insecticides; instars; pest control
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... Aromatic esterases from the red palm weevil; Rynchophorus ferrugineus 5th instar larvae were partially fractionated using differential centrifugation technique to study some enzyme properties and possible use of some inorganic salts as enzyme inhibitors hoping for future use in the field of pest control. Cytosol soluble fraction contained most of esterases activity. Esterases catalysis was activat ...
... Flavor is among the most important traits valued by consumers of fresh fruits. Human perception of flavor occurs primarily through two main sensory inputs, taste and aroma. Through retronasal olfaction, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by the fruit are able to produce the sensation of aroma which when combined with gustatory inputs from the tongue together underly our perception of the th ...
... The esterase gene from Bacillus subtilis E9 was expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) using the pTAC Bs-est recombinant plasmid and the enzyme was purified to determine its biocatalytic ability on the natural ester, linalyl acetate. The substrate affinity of the esterase enzyme was confirmed through docking studies on the interaction between the modelled esterase protein with the ligand. Recombinant est ...
... Ptaeroxylon obliquum (Thunb.) Radlk, sneezewood, is a commonly used medicinal plant in South Africa for the treatment of parasitic infections in animals, tuberculosis (TB) and related symptoms, and other microbial infections.In this study anthelmintic, antifungal, antimycobacterial, larvicidal and cytotoxic activities of the acetone leaf extract of P. obliquum, solvent-solvent derived fractions of ...
... The integration of green natural chemical resources in agricultural, industrial, and pharmaceutical applications allures researchers and scientistic worldwide. Cleome amblyocarpa has been reported as an important medicinal plant. However, its essential oil (EO) has not been well studied; therefore, the present study aimed to characterize the chemical composition of the C. amblyocarpa, collected fr ...
... A quantitative method for the determination of the following VOCs: acetone, dichloromethane, dimethyl carbonate, methyl acetate, tertiary butyl acetate, chlorobenzotrifluoride (4-CBTF) and propylene carbonate in paints was developed in support of Environment and Climate Change Canada's Automotive Refinishing Product and Architectural Coatings VOC Concentration Limits regulations. These compounds a ...
... Acetone is currently produced by large amount of propylene and benzene, and its synthesis from a cheap and non-petroleum material has not yet been reported. Here, we present a new method for acetone production, which involves the carbonylation of dimethyl ether (DME) to methyl acetate and its subsequent ketonization to acetone over pyridine-modified H-mordenite. This convenient approach offers an ...
... Organic–inorganic hybrid CH₃NH₃PbBr₃ (MAPbBr₃) perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) are considered as promising and cost-effective building blocks for various optoelectronic devices. However, during centrifugation for the purification of these PQDs, commonly used polar protic and aprotic non-solvents (e.g., methanol and acetone) can destroy the nanocrystal structure of MAPbBr₃ perovskites, which will si ...
... The composition of free volatile compounds of essential oils (EO) and hydrosols (Hy) from four different localities of the species Veronica austriaca ssp. jacquinii (Baumg.) Eb. Fisch. were analyzed by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. In the EOs, the most abundant compounds identified were hexahydrofarnesyl acetone (23.34–52.56%), hexadecanoic acid (palmitic acid, 26.71–58.91%) a ...
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Lewis acids; acetates; acetic acid; acetone; acidity; adsorption; ammonium; biotechnology; decarboxylation; drugs; esterification; ion exchange; land evaluation; lanthanum; pyridines; zeolites
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... BACKGROUND: Cyclohexyl acetate and acetone are used as environmentally friendly solvents, while isobutene acts as an intermediate in the production of methacrolein, ethers, plastics and pharmaceuticals. Two La‐zeolite catalysts have been studied for converting acetic acid to cyclohexyl acetate, acetone and isobutene. RESULTS: La‐based zeolites were synthesized from Na‐nFAU zeolites by ammonium ion ...
... The current study assayed the toxicity of Laurus nobilis essential oil and crude extracts obtained using solvents of increasing polarity (cyclohexane, acetone and ethanol), on two ectoparasites of veterinary importance, i.e., Hyalomma scupense and Dermanyssus gallinae.The major components detected in bay laurel essential oil were dominated by 1.8-cineole (46.56 %), α-terpinenyl acetate (13.99 %), ...
... In the present study, an extracellular esterase from Serratia sp. was purified 24.46 fold using an initial ammonium sulphate precipitation step (optimized concentration of 30–40%), followed by Diethylaminoethyl cellulose (DEAE-cellulose) chromatography and size exclusion Sephadex G-200 column chromatography steps. The molecular weight of the esterase using native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis ...
... Upon damage by herbivores, plants release herbivory-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs). To find their prey, the pest’s natural enemies need to be fine-tuned to the composition of these volatiles. Whereas standard methods can be used in the identification and quantitation of HIPVs, more recently introduced techniques such as PTR-ToF–MS provide temporal patterns of the volatile release and detect addit ...
... This paper describes a simple method for the modification of TiO₂ surface with palladium to prepare a highly active photocatalyst for oxidation of benzene micropollutants in air. The method consists of the impregnation of anatase TiO₂ with a solution of palladium (II) acetate (Pd(OAc)₂) in acetone followed by photodecomposition of Pd(OAc)₂ under UV irradiation. No additional electron donor is requ ...
... The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), is the most important pest of cruciferous vegetables worldwide. In this study, we evaluated the properties of selected farnesyl derivative compounds against P. xylostella. The toxicity and sublethal concentration (LC₅₀) of farnesyl acetate, farnesyl acetone, farnesyl bromide, farnesyl chloride, and hexahydrofarnesyl acetone ...
... To clarify the discrepancy in characteristic flavor and bacteria composition of 10 fresh fermented rice noodles from southern China, the volatile and bacteria composition were determined by headspace-gas chromatography ion mobility spectrometry and 16SrRNA sequencing methods. The potential relationship between volatile compounds and bacterial composition has also been further revealed using spearm ...
... The utilization of foul condensate (FC) collected from a Kraft pulp mill for the anaerobic production of volatile fatty acids (VFA) was tested in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors operated at 22, 37 and 55°C at a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of ∼75 h. The FC consisted mainly of 11370, 500 and 592 mg/L methanol, ethanol and acetone, respectively. 42–46% of the organic carbon (methan ...
... The impact of chloride ion and chlorine radical on the formation of nitrite was investigated under Vacuum-UV (VUV) photolysis of nitrate contaminating water. An increase in chloride concentration reduced nitrite formation in part due to the relatively high VUV absorption of chloride. The use of various radical scavengers, such as acetate and acetone, helped delineate the specific roles of hydroxyl ...
... Coal-fire gas jets emanating from waste heaps are chemically very complex and variable mixtures, as proved by our former studies. The current paper is a result of further exploration of the GASMET FTIR system via an iterative external databases search. This allowed to pinpoint a number of subsequent chemicals, both in terms of (semi)quantitative analysis and occurrence probability (fit). Some comp ...
... The shortage of food based feedstocks is a challenge in industrial biomanufacturing. In this study, genetically modified Escherichia coli strains were used to produce isopropanol as the mainly product from acetate, a cost-effective nonfood-based substrate. The isopropanol biosynthesis pathway was constructed by combining genes from Clostridium acetobutylicum (thlA, adc), E. coli (atoDA) and Clostr ...
... Genetic manipulation in cyanobacteria enables the direct production of valuable chemicals from carbon dioxide. However, there are still very few reports of the production of highly effective photosynthetic chemicals. Several synthetic metabolic pathways (e.g., isopropanol, acetone, isoprene, and fatty acids) have been constructed by branching from acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA, which are key intermed ...
... Extrusion process using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([EMIM]Ac) in co-solvent, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), was conducted to improve the pretreatment effect on the enzymatic saccharification of pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla Miq.). The use of a twin screw extruder capable of continuous processing increased the solid loading to 50% in [EMIM]Ac and its co-solvent DMSO. The water-soluble fract ...
... The study is devoted to the investigation of atmospheric pressure photochemical ionization mass spectra of binary organic solutions of a small set of the analytes (dibutyl ether, propyl acetate, amyl acetate) in the same solvent (acetone) in the vapor phase and in a nitrogen flow without their separation in dependence on the analyte concentration in the solution and in nitrogen. The study was carr ...
... Designing synthetic pathways for efficient CO₂ fixation and conversion is essential for sustainable chemical production. Here we have designed a synthetic acetate‐acetyl‐CoA/malonyl‐CoA (AAM) bypass to overcome an enzymatic activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. This synthetic pathway utilizes acetate assimilation and carbon rearrangements using a methyl malonyl‐CoA carboxyltransferase. We de ...
Sven Anke; Tobias Falk; Georg Bendt; Ilya Sinev; Michael Hävecker; Hendrik Antoni; Ioannis Zegkinoglou; Hyosang Jeon; Axel Knop-Gericke; Robert Schlögl; Beatriz Roldan Cuenya; Stephan Schulz; Martin Muhler
... CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by using a colloidal one-pot synthesis method based on the decomposition of metal acetylacetonates in the presence of oleyl amine. The characterization by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and N₂physisorption revealed non-porous spinel phase CoFe₂O₄ NPs with an average particle size of 4 nm. The unsupported metal oxide NPs were applied ...
... In this study, we report the preparation of hollow cellulose particles via a solvent-releasing method with the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([Emim]Ac). A dispersion comprising [Emim]Ac droplets with dissolved cellulose and a hexane medium containing a stabilizer was poured into a large amount of acetone (precipitant), resulting in the precipitation of cellulose and the formatio ...
... Acidogenic clostridia naturally producing acetic and butyric acids has attracted high interest as a novel host for butyrate and n-butanol production. Among them, Clostridium tyrobutyricum is a hyper butyrate-producing bacterium, which re-assimilates acetate for butyrate biosynthesis by butyryl-CoA/acetate CoA transferase (CoAT), rather than the phosphotransbutyrylase-butyrate kinase (PTB-BK) pathw ...
... Table olives contain a wide range of polyphenols responsible for protective effects on health that have been associated with a lower prevalence of chronic diseases. A new method to identify and quantify these compounds in table olives, by means of methanol:ethanol (1:1; v/v) extraction followed by LC-ESI-MS/MS, has been developed and validated. The chromatographic column Eclipse-XDB-C18, never use ...
... A new acid-catalyzed tandem sequence was investigated for the upgrading of renewable 1,2-diols such as propylene glycol (PG) and ethylene glycol (EG), with isopropenyl esters. For example, at 50 °C and in the presence of Amberlyst-15, the reaction of PG with nontoxic isopropenyl acetate allowed an initial irreversible monotransesterification of the diol, releasing acetone which then promoted aceta ...
... The problem of designing a new drug is nowadays very important for researches representing many branches of science. This work considers the usefulness of the analytical method such as thin-layer chromatography for the lipophilicity of newly synthesized compounds, betulin derivatives, which could be potential drugs with anticancer activity. The two mobile phases were used for the purpose of experi ...
... In this study, we attempt to prospect potential bacterial isolates from mangrove sediments of Mangalavanam, Kerala, India, with positive carbonic anhydrase (CA) activity to sequester carbon dioxide by calcium precipitation process. Fifteen bacterial colonies (M1–M15) isolated were screened for their carbonic anhydrase enzyme production potential based on p-nitro phenol acetate assay. Based on the ...
... Co-production of solvents (butanol, acetone, and ethanol) and organic acids (butyrate and acetate) by Clostridium acetobutylicum using lignocellulosic biomass as a substrate could further enlarge the application scope of butanol fermentation. This is mainly because solvents and organic acids could be used for production of fine chemicals such as butyl butyrate, butyl oleate, etc. However, many phe ...
... Tulips have a variety of floral scents. Although the charm of tulip is a variety of colours and shapes, there are a few fragrant cultivars. When you smell the tulip scent well, you can feel various scents such as citrus-like, honey-like, green-like. We selected 86 cultivars of tulip that have characteristics floral odor. About 183 scent compounds ranging from terpenoids and benzenoids to fatty aci ...
... Cellulose membranes were fabricated via phase inversion using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate as solvent and acetone as volatile cosolvent. 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid was used to partially crosslink the hydroxyl groups of cellulose, thereby changing mechanical properties of the membranes and the interactions with solvents, ethanol and dimethyl sulfoxide, and solutes. Rejection of dyes ...
... The objective of the study is to analyze the effect of different extracting methods on the polyphenolic content and antioxidant activities in Piper betle leaves. In the present research, P. betle leaf extract was prepared by sonication, Soxhlet and maceration methods using acetone (100%, v/v). The efficiency of the extraction methods was estimated by quantifying the total phenolic content (TPC) by ...
... Three basic ionic liquids (BILs), 1,3-dimethyl-imidazole dimethyl phosphate([MMIM][DMP]), 1-butyl-3methylimidazolium acetate([BMIM][Ac]) and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate([EMIM][Ac]), were applied to the pretreatment of eucalyptus biomass under microwave conditions with the decreasing alkalinity order of [EMIM][Ac] > [BMIM][Ac] > [MMIM][DMP]. The results showed that the alkalinity of ionic l ...
... In the clostridial acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation, the intermediate acetate and butyrate are re-assimilated for solvent production. Here, key genes in ABE pathways in Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4 were overexpressed to enhance acid re-assimilation and solvent production. With the overexpression of sol operon, acid re-assimilation was enhanced, and ABE production was incre ...
... Essential oils of Nepeta cataria var. citriodora, N. transcaucasica, N. melissifolia, N. sibirica and N. nuda were investigated. The yields of EO were from 0.78 (N. nuda) to 5.94 (N. cataria) mg/g plant dry weight (pdw). In total, 143 compounds were identified and quantified in Nepeta plant EOs by GC-MS/FID. 4aα,7α,7aβ-Nepetalactone (NL) was dominant constituent in N. cataria and N. nuda EO (50.16 ...
... Rational design and facile synthesis of two-dimensional (2D) materials still remain a great challenge. Herein, a facile process was proposed to construct 2D porous hybrid nanosheets, with ultrathin antimony nanoplates (with a thickness of ca. 0.5 nm) being anchored on acetone-derived graphene-like carbon porous nanosheets, by an aldol reaction and subsequent carbothermal reduction method using ace ...
... Fungal biofilms are invariably recalcitrant to antifungal drugs and thus can cause recurrent serious infections. The aim of this work was to prepare highly effective form of the antifungal drug griseofulvin using the chloroform solvate embedded into different polymeric matrices. Based on their solid solubility, solvated (chloroform) and non-solvated (methanol and acetone) solid dispersions were pr ...
... The variation in habitat has a direct effect on the plants and as a consequence, changes their content of the bioactive constituents and biological activities. The present study aimed to explore the variation in the essential oils (EOs) and phenolics of Heliotropium curassavicum collected from the coastal and inland habitats. Additionally, we determined their antioxidant and allelopathic activity ...
Kluyveromyces marxianus var. lactis; acetates; acetone; biocatalysis; biocatalysts; enantioselective synthesis; engineering; enzymes; isopropyl alcohol; mass transfer; permeability
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... Low permeability of microbial cells and mass transfer limitations are major problems for efficient whole-cell biocatalysis. In this work, a method for enhanced enantioselective synthesis of S-EHPP, an intermediate for antidepressant drug fluoxetine via Kluyveromyces lactis whole-cell-catalyzed reduction of ethyl benzoyl acetate (EBA) was developed by the integration of cell permeabilization and me ...
... The oxidative and non-oxidative dehydrogenation of propane over a monolayer V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalyst was examined using in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and pseudo in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). It was found that the freshly calcined catalyst contains vanadium in the V⁵⁺ state; however, its treatment in the propane flow leads to the reduction of V⁵⁺ to V³⁺. Simultaneously ...
Daniela Flávia M. Turati; Alex F. Almeida; Cárol C. Terrone; Juliana M.F. Nascimento; César R.F. Terrasan; Gloria Fernandez-Lorente; Benevides C. Pessela; Jose M. Guisan; Eleonora C. Carmona
... In this study, Penicillium sp. section Gracilenta CBMAI 1583 was used to produce lipase under submerged conditions. The enzyme was purified and the biochemical properties of both the crude and purified enzymes were evaluated. Maximum lipase production (1.62 U mL−1) was obtained using olive oil 0.5% (w v−1) after 72 h of cultivation, representing a 90% increase in the lipase initially produced. The ...
Angiopteris; acetates; acetone; acid insoluble lignin; chemical constituents of plants; ethnobotany; glycosides; lignin; mass spectrometry; methanol; methylene chloride; minimum inhibitory concentration; nitrobenzenes; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; oxidation; quantum mechanics; rhizomes; solid phase extraction; sugars; surveys; thin layer chromatography; Borneo; Indonesia
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... INTRODUCTION: The rhizome of Angiopteris evecta is of academic interest in Kalimantan, Indonesia, from an ethnobotanical perspective. Angiopteroside is a substance of pharmaceutical importance that is found in the rhizome of A. evecta. OBJECTIVE: The aims of this research are to improve the extraction method for angiopteroside from the rhizome, compared to that in a previous report, and to determi ...
Lewis bases; acetates; acetic acid; acetone; activation energy; active sites; carbon; carbon dioxide; catalysts; density functional theory; energy; methane; moieties; oxygen; production technology; zinc
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... The production of acetone through ketonization of acetic acid is both energy intensive and environmentally detrimental, as it emits equimolecular CO₂. Herein, a novel approach for acetone production from CO₂ and CH₄ was proposed through consecutive C–C coupling based on an extensive density functional theory computational study. To realize the consecutive C–C coupling, CeO₂-based catalyst doped wi ...
... Derivatization techniques based on α-effect amines and H⁺ catalysis are commonly used for the measurement of carbonyl compounds (CCs), whether in environmental, food, or biological samples. Here, we investigated the potential of aniline-based catalysts to improve derivatization rates of selected carbonyls by using dansylacetamidooxyamine (DNSAOA) as a reagent. Kinetic experiments were performed in ...
... Cellulose membranes were fabricated by phase inversion from solutions of cellulose in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([EMIM]OAc) as solvent and acetone as volatile cosolvent. The rejection of Bromothymol Blue (624Da) in ethanol increased and the permeance decreased by increasing the cellulose concentration in the solution prior to coagulation, either by having more cellulose in the starting s ...
acetates; acetone; animal-based foods; cyclohexanes; energy; fish products; flame retardants; gas chromatography; hexane; isomers; liver; mass spectrometry; silica gel; solid phase extraction; solvents; toluene
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... An analytical method has been developed for the trace determination of 10 dechlorane-related compounds (DRCs) in food products by gas chromatography – high resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS). The highest sensitivity of this instrumental analysis method was achieved by selection of the GC column type, optimization of the heated zones within the instrument, and adjusting the electron impact ener ...
acetates; acetoacetic acid; acetone; adenosine; arginine; body weight; breast meat; breast muscle; breasts; broiler chickens; broiler feeding; chicks; dermatitis; diet; energy; feed conversion; glutamic acid; inosine; leucine; lysine; magnetism; males; meat quality; metabolites; metabolomics; muscular diseases; proline; protein metabolism; slaughter
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... BACKGROUND: Due to the important functions of arginine in poultry, it should be questioned whether the currently adopted dietary Arg:Lys ratios are sufficient to meet the modern broiler requirement in arginine. The present study aimed, therefore, to evaluate the effects of the dietary supplementation of L-arginine in a commercial broiler diet on productive performance, breast meat quality attribut ...
... Clostridium acetobutylicum has been used as a microbial platform for the production of butanol, acetone, and butyrate from biomass. This study examined the effect of nutritional enrichment on the production of acetate and butyrate by C. acetobutylicum in culture, and tested whether this nutritional change could shift metabolic flux in these microbial cells. The degenerated (non-solventogenic) C. a ...
... Clostridium acetobutylicum is a natural producer of butanol, butyrate, acetone and ethanol. The pattern of metabolites reflects the partitioning of redox equivalents between hydrogen and carbon metabolites. Here the exogenous genes of ferredoxin-NAD(P)⁺ oxidoreductase (FdNR) and trans-enoyl-coenzyme reductase (TER) are introduced to three different Clostridium acetobutylicum strains to investigate ...
... The use of 185 nm radiation from a conventional low pressure mercury lamp generates the hydroxyl radical (OH) from the photolysis of water and offers an advanced oxidation process (AOP) for water treatment that does not require chemical addition. However, the influence of the water matrix on the process differs substantially from that of other ultraviolet and ozone based processes. In particular c ...
... Ionic liquids (ILs) used to pretreat lignocellulosic biomass could stimulate or be detrimental to the subsequent fermentation process when the ILs retained in the biomass hydrolysate. This study aimed to investigate if the presence of the ILs including 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([AMIM][Cl]), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([BMIM][Cl]), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([EMIM][ ...
Paweł Mochalski; Helmut Wiesenhofer; Maria Allers; Stefan Zimmermann; Andreas T. Güntner; Nicolay J. Pineau; Wolfgang Lederer; Agapios Agapiou; Christopher A. Mayhew; Veronika Ruzsanyi
... Human smuggling and associated cross-border crimes have evolved as a major challenge for the European Union in recent years. Of particular concern is the increasing trend of smuggling migrants hidden inside shipping containers or trucks. Therefore, there is a growing demand for portable security devices for the non-intrusive and rapid monitoring of containers to detect people hiding inside. In thi ...
... A noninvasive mini‐sensor for blood glucose concentration assessment has been developed. The monitoring is performed by gently pressing a wrist or fingertip onto the chemochromic mixture coating a thin glass or polymer film positioned on the back panel of a smart watch with PPG/HRM (photoplethysmographic/heart rate monitoring sensor). The various chemochromic components measure the absolute values ...
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; absorption; acetates; acetone; aqueous solutions; crystal structure; hot water treatment; indium; nanocrystals; nanoparticles; nanorods; pH; process design; sodium acetate; sodium hydroxide; temperature; tin
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... Indium hydroxide (In(OH)₃) nanorods and Sn-doped indium oxyhydroxide (InOOH) nanoparticles were synthesized through the hydrothermal method in an aqueous solution. Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) was introduced to adjust the pH value, and sodium acetate (CH₃COONa) was employed as the inducer to accelerate the growth along the preferential orientation. Cubic In(OH)₃ was synthesized at pH values ranging fro ...
acetaldehyde; acetates; acetone; active sites; adsorption; air pollutants; air pollution; catalysts; energy; methodology; models; moieties; titanium dioxide; volatile organic compounds
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... The carbonyl-containing compounds (CCs) are typical volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and ubiquitously present in the environment. Therefore, the adsorption structures and properties of typical CCs on the anatase TiO₂ (001) surface were investigated systematically with density functional theory (DFT) to understand their further catalytic degradation mechanisms. The adsorption mechanisms show that ...
... Three bacterial isolates were isolated from infected potato tubers showing soft and brown rots like symptoms as well as one isolate from infected peach tree showing crown gall symptom. The morphological, biochemical and molecular assays proved that bacterial isolates belonging to Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum, Ralstonia solanacearum, Dickeya spp. and Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The ...
... Esters of terpinyl alcohols are substances used for adding flavor to several products because of their organoleptic properties. The enzymatic synthesis of these substances is more eco-friendly than conventional chemical synthesis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the concentration of Candida rugosa lipase by precipitation with acetone followed by lyophilization and application of the enzyme i ...
... Amendment of reservoir fluid with injected substrates can enhance the growth and activity of microbes. The present study used isopropyl alcohol (IPA) or acetone to enhance the indigenous anaerobic nitrate-reducing bacterium Thauera sp. TK001. The strain was able to grow on IPA or acetone and nitrate. To monitor effects of strain TK001 on oil recovery, sand-packed columns containing heavy oil were ...
... Acetic acid decomposition on Pd(100) and Pd/Au(100) during vinyl acetate (VA) synthesis from ethylene acetoxylation is the primary source of such undesirable byproducts as methanol (CH₃OH), acetaldehyde (CH₃CHO), ketene (CH₂CO), acetone (CH₃COCH₃), and methane (CH₄), and also one possible source of surface carbon formation, which will lead to the deactivation of the catalyst. In this work, density ...
acetates; acetone; boiling point; distillation; ionic liquids; isopropyl alcohol; methanol; process design; temperature
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... Ionic liquids (ILs) have received much attention in the last two decades. One of the important applications is to use this relatively new class of compounds for the separation of azeotropic mixtures via extractive distillation. In this paper, overall extractive distillation processes of two azeotropic separation systems using a favorable ionic liquid as entrainer are rigorously developed. The opti ...
... Real-time detection of lung cancer-related volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is a promising, non-intrusive technique for lung cancer (LC) prescreening. In this study, a novel method was designed to enhance the detection selectivity and sensitivity of LC-related polar VOCs by dichloromethane (CH2Cl2) doping-assisted low-pressure photoionization mass spectrometry (LPPI-MS). Compared with conventiona ...
NAD (coenzyme); acetates; acetone; biomass; butanol; carbon; energy; fermentation; glucose
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... A novel glucose/acetate co-substrate system incorporating with C. acetobutylicum/S. cerevisiae co-culturing and glucose limitation was proposed and applied in ABE fermentations by C. acetobutylicum. With this strategy, acetone production was enhanced while NADH dependent butanol synthesis rate was adequately restricted by glucose limitation via decreasing initial glucose concentration in the mediu ...
... The electrochemical reduction of CO₂ in the gas phase has been carried out in a solid polymer electrolyte type cell (25 cm² geometric area) in continuous operation mode using carbon nanotube-supported platinum catalysts (Pt/CNT). The main novelty of this work relies on the use of supercritical media (supercritical CO₂) for Pt deposition on CNT. Supercritical synthesis has allowed obtaining small P ...
... Cyanobacteria engineered for production of biofuels and biochemicals from carbon dioxide represent a promising area of research in relation to a sustainable economy. Previously, we have succeeded in producing isopropanol from cellular acetyl-CoA by means of Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 into which a synthetic metabolic pathway was introduced. The isopropanol production by this synthetic metabol ...
... Hydraulic fracturing fluids are injected into shales to extend fracture networks that enhance oil and natural gas production from unconventional reservoirs. Here we evaluated the biodegradability of three widely used nonionic polyglycol ether surfactants (alkyl ethoxylates (AEOs), nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEOs), and polypropylene glycols (PPGs)) that function as weatherizers, emulsifiers, wetting ...
... Graphene oxide–cellulose acetate (GO–CA) nanocomposite membranes have been successfully prepared via phase inversion method. The GO sheets were firstly well dispersed in formamide, and then the solution was mixed with acetone containing CA so as to confirm the GO sheets well dispersed in the final GO–CA nanocomposite membranes. All the GO–CA nanocomposite membranes are composed of dense skin layer ...
acetates; acetone; acetonitrile; chloroform; diodes; drug residues; hexane; high performance liquid chromatography; maximum residue limits; methanol; milk; normal values; pH; rapid methods; raw milk; sulfonamides
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... In the present study, a column packed with core-shell particles was used for the separation and the quantification of 13 sulphonamides in milk by conventional high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array ultraviolet detection (HPLC/UV-DAD). Preliminary experiments were carried out to investigate selectivity of different stationary phases. Best results were achieved using a C18 c ...
... We describe the optimization and validation of a sequential extractive method for the determination of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and elements (Al, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, V and Zn) that are chemically fractionated into bio-accessible and mineralized residual fractions on a single particulate matter filter. The extraction is performed by automatic accelerated solvent e ...
... Non-forage crop residues like rice straw are among the most important and pertinent renewable biomass available for utilization for producing biofuels, specialty chemicals, aromatics etc. Recovery of cellulose from them and its processing for products are two key steps of value addition to these materials that are available in abundance. Of these, rice straw is perhaps the most recalcitrant of all ...
... The growth of oxygenated carbonaceous (oxy-carbon) species on the surface of Pt/Al2O3 during total oxidation of propane is analyzed in detail—including their composition, their location on the catalyst surface, their reactivity, and their role in the propane oxidation mechanism—by in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier-transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS). Platinum nanoparticles catalyze the tran ...
... Expected depletion of oil and fossil resources urges the development of new alternative routes for the production of bulk chemicals and fuels beyond petroleum resources. In this study, the clostridial acetone pathway was used for the formation of acetone in the acetogenic bacterium Acetobacterium woodii. The acetone production operon (APO) containing the genes thlA (encoding thiolase A), ctfA/ctfB ...
... A modification of a GC was developed to investigate both infinitely dilute and finite concentrations of solvents in polymers. Thermodynamic properties of hypromellose acetate succinate (HPMCAS-L)-acetone-water systems are important for the optimization of spray-drying processes used in pharmaceutical manufacturing of solid dispersion formulations. These properties, at temperatures below the glass ...
... Cellulose carboxylate/tosylate mixed esters (Cel-Carboxy/Ts) were synthesized with constant degree of tosylation, DSTs=0.98 and variable degree of acylation, DSCarboxy; acetate, butanoate, and hexanoate. The tosylate (Cel-Ts) was prepared by reacting cellulose with tosyl chloride in presence of trimethylamine. The mixed esters were obtained by reacting Cel-Ts with carboxylic acid anhydride. The de ...
3-hydroxybutyric acid; acetates; acetone; alanine; allantoin; alpha-ketoglutaric acid; amino acid metabolism; animal production; arginine; asparagine; body weight; citrates; citrulline; creatinine; death; diquat; energy metabolism; ethanol; growth retardation; intestinal microorganisms; lactic acid; low density lipoprotein; lysine; metabolome; metabolomics; nicotinamide; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; ornithine; oxidative stress; phenylalanine; propionic acid; pyruvic acid; rats; threonine; trigonelline; tyrosine; urea; urine; very low density lipoprotein
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... Numerous factors can induce oxidative stress in animal production and lead to growth retardation, disease, and even death. Arginine and N-carbamylglutamate can alleviate the effects of oxidative stress. However, the systematic changes in metabolic biochemistry linked to oxidative stress and arginine and N-carbamylglutamate treatment remain largely unknown. This study aims to examine the effects of ...
... The essential oil of the aerial parts of Trianthema portulacastrum L. was analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Fourty four compounds were identified, representing 92.27% of the oil. Terpenes represent the major constituents (72.98%) including monoterpenes (35.69%), sesquiterpenes (30.75%) and diterpene derivates (6.54%). The major chemical constituents were hexahydro-farnesyl acetone ...
... The Nafion/graphene nanocomposite electrodes showed excellent electrochemical reactivity toward the oxidation of α-tocopherol, which permitted the highly sensitive detection of α-tocopherol. The optimal experimental conditions for the oxidation of α-tocopherol were achieved in acetone/acetate buffer solution and acetone/room temperature ionic liquid solution. The oxidation peak current of α-tocoph ...
... Capture and conversion of CO₂ to valuable chemicals is intended to answer global challenges on environmental issues, climate change and energy security. Engineered cyanobacteria have been enabled to produce industry‐relevant chemicals from CO₂. However, the final products from cyanobacteria have often been mixed with fermented metabolites during dark fermentation. In this study, our engineering of ...
... Acetone is the major by-product in ABE fermentations, most researches focused on increasing butanol/acetone ratio by decreasing acetone biosynthesis. However, economics of ABE fermentation industry strongly relies on evaluating acetone as a valuable platform chemical. Therefore, a novel ABE fermentation strategy focusing on bio-acetone production by co-culturing Clostridium acetobutylicum/Saccharo ...
... In typical acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation, acetone is the main by-product (50 % of butanol mass) of butanol production, resulting in a low yield of butanol. It is known that some Clostridium tetanomorphum strains are able to produce butanol without acetone in nature. Here, we described that C. tetanomorphum strain DSM665 can produce 4.16 g/L butanol and 4.98 g/L ethanol at pH 6.0, and ...
... We previously reported the metabolic analysis of butanol and acetone production from exogenous acetate by ¹³C tracer experiments (Gao et al., RSC Adv., 5, 8486–8495, 2015). To clarify the influence of acetate on acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) production, we first performed an enzyme assay in Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4. Acetate addition was found to drastically increase the activiti ...
... An economical and easy to scale up method for glycerol conversion to solketalacetin (i.e., (2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)methyl acetate) as a valuable fuel additive is described, for the first time. Monoacetin was synthesized by reacting glycerol with acetic acid, and then solketalacetin was produced from the reaction of monoacetin with acetone using Purolite PD 206 as a catalyst. The central co ...
... Plant derived pharmacologically active compounds have gained importance in food and pharmaceutical industries. The aim of the present study is to identify and study the antioxidant, antimicrobial properties of the phytochemicals present in the crude extract of Eugenia caryophyllus flower buds. The antioxidant activity of the methanol, acetone and chloroform extract was evaluated by 1,1-diphenyl-2- ...
... The objective of this study was to characterize in-vitro the potential of acetylated corn starch (ACS) particles as a matrix for the delivery of ciprofloxacin (CFx). ACS was successfully synthesized and optimized by the reaction of native corn starch using acetic anhydride and acetic acid with low and high degrees of substitution (DS). The nanoprecipitation method was applied for the formation of ...
... Sorption of vapors of four organic compounds in two glassy polymers, cellulose triacetate (CTA) and poly[(trimethylsilyl)propyne] (PTMSP), has been reported and analyzed in terms of Guggenheim‐Anderson‐De Boer (GAB) model. These two structurally and physicochemically different glassy polymers both independently showed that one sorption site was formed by about three monomeric units. This finding h ...
... Glutamine and N-carbamylglutamate can enhance growth performance and health in animals, but the underlying mechanisms are not yet elucidated. This study aimed to investigate the effect of glutamine and N-carbamylglutamate supplementation in rat metabolism. Thirty rats were fed a control, glutamine, or N-carbamylglutamate diet for four weeks. Urine samples were analyzed by nuclear magnetic resonanc ...