Benzoate competes with n-amino acids for n-amino acid oxidase and thus inhibits the activity of the oxidase (l-3). Monosubstituted benzoates, depending upon the substituent, have higher and lower affinities for the oxidase than has benzoate (2). Kojic acid, a Y-pyrone, likewise competitively inhibits the oxidase (4). The present report describes the inhibition of n-amino acid oxidase by certain...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of feeding pigs with inulin and/or benzoic acid on post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD), indices of fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract, and production in pigs experimentally infected with an enterotoxigenic strain of Escherichia coli (ETEC). Forty-eight entire male pigs (Large White×Landrace) aged 21 ± 3 days of age and weighing 4.97 ± 0.08 ...

Benzoate competes with n-amino acids for n-amino acid oxidase and thus inhibits the activity of the oxidase (l-3). Monosubstituted benzoates, depending upon the substituent, have higher and lower affinities for the oxidase than has benzoate (2). Kojic acid, a Y-pyrone, likewise competitively inhibits the oxidase (4). The present report describes the inhibition of n-amino acid oxidase by certain...

Cranberry fruit are a rich source of bioactive compounds that may function as constitutive or inducible barriers against rot-inducing fungi. The content and composition of these compounds change as the season progresses. Several necrotrophic fungi cause cranberry fruit rot disease complex. These fungi remain mostly asymptomatic until the fruit begins to mature in late August. Temporal fluctuati...

Refractive and absorption indices in the UV and visible region of selected aqueous organic acids relevant to tropospheric aerosols are reported. The acids investigated are the aliphatic dicarboxylic acids oxalic, malonic, tartronic, succinic and glutaric acid. In addition we report data for pyruvic, pinonic, benzoic and phthalic acid. To cover a wide range of conditions we have investigated the...