Degradation of (-)-ephedrine by Pseudomonas putida. Detection of (-)-ephedrine: NAD+-oxidoreductase from Arthrobacter globiformis.

Genomic analysis of Pseudomonas putida: genes in a genome island are crucial for nicotine degradation

Nicotine is an important chemical compound in nature that has been regarded as an environmental toxicant causing various preventable diseases. Several bacterial species are adapted to decompose this heterocyclic compound, including Pseudomonas and Arthrobacter. Pseudomonas putida S16 is a bacterium that degrades nicotine through the pyrrolidine pathway, similar to that present in animals. The c...

[The antimicrobial activity of ephedrine and admixture of ephedrine and propofol: an in vitro study].

INTRODUCTION Propofol and Ephedrine are commonly used during anesthesia maintenance, the former as a hypnotic agent and the later as a vasopressor. The addition of propofol to ephedrine or administration of ephedrine before propofol injection is useful for decreasing or preventing propofol related hemodynamic changes and vascular pain. This in vitro study evaluated the antibacterial effect on c...

Detection of NAD(P)H: Quinone Oxidoreductase 609C T Polymorphism in Blood and Archival Human Tissues Using a Simple PCR Method

mono-Brominated-Propyphenazone as a New Derivatization Reagent for High Performance Liquid Chromatography of Ephedrine with UV-Detection

mono-brominated-propyphenazone was used as a derivatization reagent for the detection and quantification of ephedrine by high performance liquid chromatography using Zorbax-XDB C18 column, and 0.02 M sodium acetate (pH 4.4): acetonitrile (52:48 v/v) as mobile phase and UV detection at 280nm. The cited reagent reacts with the secondary amino group of ephedrine in acetone using anhydrous potassiu...

Distribution of amine oxidases and amine dehydrogenases in bacteria grown on primary amines and characterization of the amine oxidase from Klebsiella oxytoca.

The bacteria Klebsiella oxytoca LMD 72.65 (ATCC 8724), Arthrobacter P1 LMD 81.60 (NCIB 11625), Paracoccus versutus LMD 80.62 (ATCC 25364), Escherichia coli W LMD 50.28 (ATCC 9637), E. coli K12 LMD 93.68, Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 LMD 89.1 (ATCC 17933) and Pseudomonas putida LMD 68.20 (ATCC 12633) utilized primary amines as a carbon and energy source, although the range of amines accepted vari...