Crude ether extracts of green shoots of Cucumis sativus L. promoted the elongation of cucumber hypocotyl segments. Purification of the extract was accomplished by DEAE cellulose, silicic acid, and magnesium silicate chromatography followed by gel filtration and preparative thin layer chromatography. Identification of the growth promoter as indole-3-ethanol was achieved by mass spectrometry, thi...

The Toba Caldera in Indonesia is one of the most remarkable volcanic features formed during Quaternary geologic time. Its rich history of research for over a century has yielded important information on the physical volcanology of silicic calderas and super-eruptions, geochemical evolution of silicic magma bodies, and geophysical imaging of active sub-volcanic systems. During the past 1.3 my, t...

Within recent years, the technique of silicic acid chromatography to separate complex mixtures of lipides has been developed widely (1-3). At the present time it is possible to resolve some eight different classes of lipides ranging from hydrocarbons to phospholipides on a single column (4). In addition, this procedure has been used to separate classes of phospholipides from one another (5). Ou...

Aquaporins are channel proteins present in the plasma and intracellular membranes of plant cells, where they facilitate the transport of water and/or small neutral solutes (urea, boric acid, silicic acid) or gases (ammonia, carbon dioxide). Recent progress was made in understanding the molecular bases of aquaporin transport selectivity and gating. The present review examines how a wide range of...

A sulfated neolactotetraosylceramide has been isolated from the lipid extract of hog gastric mucosa. Isolation procedure involved extraction of lipids with 0.4 M sodium acetate in methanol/chloroform/water, alkaline methanolysis, column fractionation on DEAE-Sephadex, separation of the acetylated acidic glycolipids on silicic acid column, and thin layer chromatography. By partial acid hydrolysi...

Silica cycling was examined during a major upwelling event in Monterey Bay, California. Strong upwcllingfavorable winds blew for 6 d with speeds up to 15 m s ’ just prior to the study. A survey of the region near the end of the wind event showed newly upwelled water at the north end of the bay, with silicic acid concentrations up to 29.8 PM. Silicic acid concentrations decreased to a minimum of...

1. The total lipid was extracted from the non-capsulated strain ofPneumococcus I-192R, A.T.C.C. 12213, with chloroform-methanol mixtures. Two glycolipids were isolated by chromatography on silicic acid and DEAE-cellulose (acetate form). 2. The major glycolipid was obtained pure in a yield of 640mg./34g. dry wt. of cells and represents about 34% of the total lipid. It contained galactose, glucos...

The ability of silicon to dissolve in physiological environments allows its use as the basis of a highperformance inorganic integrated circuit technology for active, bioresorbable implant devices. N. R. Aluru, J. A. Rogers, and co-workers perform systematic experimental and theoretical studies of hydrolysis of silicon nanomembranes at near neutral pH, as described on page 1857. This image shows...