Digestive enzymatic activity in three geographic strains (Miandiab, Kalposh and Moghan regions) of Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) reared on different sugar beet cultivars (Dorothea, Rozier, Persia and Perimer) was studied under laboratory conditions (25 ± 1 °C, 65 ± 5% RH, and a photo period of 16:8 (L:D) h photoperiod). The results of this study demonstrated that digestive...

BACKGROUND In patients with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA), vital spermatozoa from the tissue is obtained from testes by enzymatic treatment besides the mechanical treatment. OBJECTIVE To increase the sperm recovery success of testicular sperm extraction (TESE), with enzymatic digestion if no sperm is obtained from testis tissue by mechanical method. MATERIALS AND METHODS Tissue samples ...

This research was carried out to study the effect of ageing on antioxidant and biochemical changes of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seeds. The experiment laid out in completely randomized design (CRD) with four replications in Islamic Azad University, Boroujerd Branch, Boroujerd, Iran in 2015. The seeds of wheat (cv Sardari) were harvested at maturity and ageing treatments were done at 43° C wit...

Various methods of isolating cellulosic fibers from banana pseudo-stems including mechanical extraction, steam release, release combined with chemical treatment, and an enzymatic method pectinase Staphylococcus sciuri, were performed. The produced by all the characterized. In this work, we report on breaking tenacity, strength, fiber length, diameter, toughness, linear density enzyme-retted fib...

Lipophilic esters of hydroxytyrosol have been synthesized in a one-pot procedure from tyrosol and long side-chain carboxylic acids by lignin nanoparticles supported enzymatic cascade lipase M tyrosinase. The reaction involved the initial esterification aliphatic group with hydroxyl followed ortho-hydroxylation aromatic moiety. Lipase tyrosinase were immobilized on layer-by-layer using chitosan ...

Tonin has been purified from rat submaxillary glands. The purification procedure included affinity chromatography on Sepharose 4B coupled to antitonin followed by DEAE chromatography and gel filtration on Sephadex G-100. Homogeneity of the purified enzyme was confirmed by Sephadex G-100 gel filtration, disc electrophoresis, and isoelectric focusing on polyacrylamide gel, immunodiffusion, and im...

A new rapid assay for phosphatidylserine decarboxylase, which is sensitive in the nanomolar range, is described. Synthesis of radiolabeled phosphatidylserine for use as a substrate is not required, since the assay, unlike previous ones, is based on the detection of CO(2) liberated from unlabeled phosphatidylserine. The assay employs a gas chromatographic procedure for the analysis of methane fo...

Using a simple automated procedure for measurement of total estrogens in urine, we found that several estrogen conjugates gave higher fluorescence yields than did the corresponding free steroids. In the analysis of urine samples from pregnant women, the “direct Kober reaction” gave consistently higher values than those obtained after preliminary acid or enzymatic hydrolysis. The effects of stor...

Recently Boratyński & Roy (Glycoconjugate J., 1998, 15, 131) described a fast and convenient procedure for the synthesis of glycoconjugates. In the present study we used ESI-MS and circular dichroism as tools to analyze non-enzymatic glycation products of proteins and peptides. We discuss influence of reaction conditions on the rate of glycation of lysozyme. We analyze for the first time collis...

The adaptive D-glycerate 3-kinase from glycerate-adapted Escherichia coli has been purified 4200-fold in 37% yield and has been crystallized. The procedure, starting with the crude, cell-free extract, consisted of treatment with protamine sulfate, ammonium sulfate, passage through a diethylaminoethyl Sephadex column, and precipitation with ethanol. The reaction product, 3-phosphoglycerate, has ...