A central question in lignin biosynthesis is how guaiacyl intermediates are hydroxylated and methylated to the syringyl monolignol in angiosperms. To address this question, we cloned cDNAs encoding a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (LsM88) and a caffeate O-methyltransferase (COMT) from sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) xylem. Mass spectrometry-based functional analysis of LsM88 in yeast identifi...

Aldophosphamide, the penultimate cytotoxic metabolite of cyclophosphamide, can be detoxified by an oxidation reaction catalyzed by certain aldehyde dehydrogenases. The selective toxicity of cyclophosphamide is due, at least in part, to a greater expression of the relevant aldehyde dehydrogenase activity in normal cells relative to that expressed in certain tumor cells. Not known at the onset of...

Cr(III), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) salts of 2-(4-nitrophenylaminocarbonyl)benzoic acid were characterized by physical, analytical and spectroscopic studies and checked for their  in-vitro antimicrobial activity against three bacterial strains, Mycobacterium smegmatis (Gram +ve), Escherichia coli (Gram -ve), Pseudomonas aeuroginosa (Gram -ve) and three fung...

Treatment of 5,6-dimethoxy-2-(methylphenylcarbamoyl)-benzofuran-3carboxylic acid with PPA yielded 2,3-dimethoxy-7-methyl-7,12-dihydro-6H-[1]benzofuro-[2,3-c]-[1]-benzazepin-6,12-dione. The analogous 2-[(5,6-dimethoxybenzofuran-2-carbonyl)methylamino]benzoic acid was resistant to cyclization, whereas 2-[(6methoxybenzofuran-2-carbonyl)-amino]benzoic acid underwent cyclization to the corresponding...

The 1:1 co-crystal N ′-[(2-methylphenyl)methylidene]pyridine-4-carbohydrazide–benzoic acid (1/1), C 13 H 11 3 O·C 7 6 O 2 , formed unexpectedly after autoxidation of benzaldehyde during the slow evaporation process a solution isoniazid in benzaldehyde. original intent synthesis was to modify with and crystallize product order improve efficacy against Mycobacteria species, but benzoic spontaneou...

An application of solid-phase extraction (SPE) for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis was developed for the rapid determination of benzoic acid and sorbic acid in Thai rice wine and distillate products. The SPE extraction gave promising results with 95.7+1.7% recovery for benzoic acid standard, and 95.2+2.3% for sorbic acid standard. Mean relative standard deviation (RSD) fo...

Intake of foods and drinks containing benzoic acid influences the urinary hippuric acid (HA) concentration, which is used to monitor toluene exposure in Japan. Therefore, it is necessary to control the intake of benzoic acid before urine collection. Recently, some reports have suggested that components of coffee, such as chlorogenic, caffeic, and quinic acids are metabolized to HA. In this stud...

In milk and milk products, a number of organic acids naturally occur. We investigated the contents of some naturally occurred food preservatives (sorbic acid, benzoic acid, propionic acid, nitrite, and nitrate) contained in domestic and imported cheeses to establish the standard for the allowable range of food preservatives content in cheese. 8 kinds of domestic precheeses (n=104), 16 kinds of ...

In the present study, the effect of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy benzoic acid isolated from roots of Hemisdesmus indicus on the erythrocyte membrane bound enzymes and antioxidant status in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats was investigated. The streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were treated with 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy benzoic acid (500 μg/kg/day) for 7 weeks by oral intubation and compared with glibe...