Epinephrine increases the oxidation of glucose in adipose tissue even when its lipolytic effects are markedly reduced or abolished by propranolol, nicotinic acid, ouabain, or thyroidectomy. In order to locate the site(s) at which epinephrine stimulates glucose utilization, we studied the effects of epinephrine on the oxidation of various metabolites of glucose. Epinephrine neither increased the...

Epinephrine increases the oxidation of glucose in adipose tissue even when its lipolytic effects are markedly reduced or abolished by propranolol, nicotinic acid, ouabain, or thyroidectomy. In order to locate the site(s) at which epinephrine stimulates glucose utilization, we studied the effects of epinephrine on the oxidation of various metabolites of glucose. Epinephrine neither increased the...

Three kinds of polysaccharides, namely, BSP1A, BSP2A, and BSP3B, were isolated from raw bamboo shoot (Dendrocalamus latiflorus) after purification and classification by DEAE cellulose-52 (ion-exchange chromatography) and Sephadex G-50. The molecular weights of BSP1A, BSP2A, and BSP3B were 10.2, 17.0 and 20.0 kDa, respectively, which were measured through GPC (gel performance chromatography) met...

Arabitol is a polyalcohol which has about 70% of the sweetness of sucrose and an energy density of 0.2 kcal/g. Similarly to xylitol, it can be used in the food and pharmaceutical industries as a natural sweetener, a texturing agent, a dental caries reducer, and a humectant. Biotechnological production of arabitol from sugars represents an interesting alternative to chemical production. The yeas...

Abstract Canola fines are the straw-like material and other residues removed from incoming crops before processing for seed oil. In South Africa, this lignocellulosic biomass is abundant non-seasonal, making it an ideal substrate recovery of sugars valorization to higher value products. Pre-treatment release lignocellulose should be optimized a given substrate. study, mechanical pre-treatment r...

It has been shown previously (1) that mung bean seedlings (Phaseolus aureus) contain uridine diphosphate derivatives of n-glucose, n-galactose, n-xylose, and L-arabinose. These seedlings, as well as a number of other higher plants, also contain enzymatic systems capable of catalyzing the reversible formation of sugar nucleotides from UTPI and various monosaccharide l-phosphates (2, 3) according...

NEELY, J. R., H. LIEBERMEISTER, AND H. E. MORGAN. Effect of pressure development on membrare transport of glucose in isolated rat heart. Am. J. Physiol. 212(4): 815-822. 1g67.-Glucose uptake by the perfused rat heart was measured over a range of left ventricular pressure development. Extracellular transfer of glucose, the first step in the uptake process, restricted uptake by less than 20% at m...

BACKGROUND Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus is a thermophilic, Gram-positive, non-spore forming, strictly anaerobic bacterium of interest in potential industrial applications, including the production of biofuels such as hydrogen or ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass through fermentation. High-resolution, solution-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a useful method for ...