The cyclic-imide-hydrolyzing activity of a prokaryotic cyclic-ureide-hydrolyzing enzyme, D-hydantoinase, was investigated. The enzyme hydrolyzed cyclic imides with bulky substituents such as 2-methylsuccinimide, 2-phenylsuccinimide, phthalimide, and 3,4-pyridine dicarboximide to the corresponding half-amides. However, simple cyclic imides without substituents, which are substrates of imidase (i...

Self-assembled ZnO secondary nanoparticles have been fabricated as an effective photoelectrode for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). The hierarchical architecture, which manifested the significant lightscattering, can provide more photon harvesting. In addition, dye-molecule adsorption was sufficient due to enough internal surface area provided by the primary single nanocrystallites. Two indol...

A new modified silica gel doped with 5-(4-dimethylaminobenzylidene)-rhodanine was prepared for separation, preconcentration and determination of silver ion by atomic absorption spectrometry. This new modified silica gel was used as an effective adsorbent for the solid phase extraction of Ag(+) from aqueous solutions. The variables that influence the adsorption/desorption of trace levels of Ag(+...

A method has been developed for the selective solid phase extraction of Pd(II) based on the adsorption of its 5(p-dimethylaminobenzylidene)rhodanine (PDR) complex on silica gel-polyethylene glycol (Silica-PEG) as a new synthesized adsorbent. The adsorbed complex was eluted using hydrochloric acid—acetone mixture and the concentration of Pd(II) was determined using flame atomic absorption spectr...

background and objectives: numerous procedures in biology and medicine require the counting of cells. direct enumer- ation of colony forming units (cfus) is time-consuming and dreary accurate cell counting on plates with high numbers of cfus is error prone. in this study we report a new indirect cell counting method that was developed based on the use of redsafe fluorometric assay. the usefulne...

The effects of Ca2+ on electrical propagation in early embryonic precontractile chick hearts were studied optically using a voltage-sensitive merocyanine-rhodanine dye. Spontaneous optical signals, corresponding to action potentials, were recorded simultaneously from 25 separate regions of the eight-to-nine-somite embryonic primitive heart, using a square photodiode array. Electrical propagatio...

Zinc and copper were histochemically localized in rat ocular tissues. Zinc was demonstrated by the dithizone method, and copper by the rubeanic acid and rhodanine methods. The retinal photoreceptor's outer segment showed the presence of zinc, but no zinc reaction was seen in other parts of the retina or other ocular tissues, even in rats fed excess zinc. It seems that photoreceptor cells contai...