A Rhodococcus sp. isolated from contaminated river sediment was investigated to determine if the isolate could degrade high molecular mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The Rhodococcus sp. was able to utilize anthracene (53%), phenanthrene (31%), pyrene (13%), and fluoranthene (5%) as sole source of carbon and energy, but not naphthalene or chrysene. In a study of the degradation of anthrac...

Phytochemical investigations of the ethanolic extract of the seeds of Rhus coriaria L. (Anacardiaceae) led to the identification of four new xanthones, characterized as 2,3-dihydroxy-7-methyl xanthone (1), 2,3,6-trihydroxy-7-hydroxymethylene xanthone-1-carboxylic acid (2), 2-methoxy-4-hydroxy-7-methyl-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl xanthone-1,8-dicarboxylic acid (4), and 2-hydroxy-7-hydroxymethylene...

In previous studies, we observed decreased uptake of 14C-labeled L-aspartate and L-glutamate in s.c. transplants of several rapidly growing hepatomas relative to that in normal liver. The present report extends these observations to isolated cells and indicates that circulation differences cannot be the major factor. Mean net uptakes for the two dicarboxylic amino acids in cells from the rapidl...

Lignin depolymerization through peroxide oxidation produces dicarboxylic acids (DCA), especially C4-DCA, like succinic acid. In this work, the effect of methoxy substituents on C4-DCA production using lignin model compounds (p-hydroxybenzoic acid, vanillic and syringic acid) hardwood softwood samples was studied. It concluded that increased reactivity toward oxidation. The acid yield higher for...