Background Tartrate-resistant phosphatase isoform 5a is expressed in tumor-associated macrophages and is a biomarker of chronic inflammation. Herein, we correlated serum tartrate-resistant phosphatase isoform 5a levels with metabolic syndrome status and made comparisons with traditional markers of inflammation, including c-reactive protein and interleukin-6. Methods One hundred healthy volunt...

In the system sarcosine + L-tartaric acid + H2O we identified several new phases in addition to the previously known species sarcosinium hydrogen L-tartrate (I). Two of them (phases (II) and (III)) were obtained in the form of single crystals. Their crystal and molecular structures were determined. Both phases (II) and (III) have 2:1 composition and contain a zwitter-ionic sarcosine, a sarcosin...

Many micro-organisms can utilize tartaric acid for growth. The only well-established reaction sequence for its dissimilation is that first proposed by Barker (1936) for the breakdown of (+ )-tartaric acid by Aerobacter aerogenre in which oxaloacetic and pyruvic acids are formed. By this sequence, tartrate is dehydrated to oxaloacetate, which in turn is usually decomposed so rapidly to pyruvate ...

Although the tartrates have been considered as possible metabolites in higher plants since the initial work of Pasteur in 1848, surprisingly little is known of their actual physiological significance. Vickery and Palmer (35) have briefly reviewed the history of (+)-tartrate in plants, including the problems of identification and of nomenclature. They conclude that (+)-tartrate is an uncommon pl...

A novel, simple and economic reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method has been developed for the estimation of zolpidem tartrate in bulk and tablet dosage form with greater precision and accuracy. Separation was achieved on C18 column (250X4.6mm i.d.,5μm) in isocratic mode using methanol and acetonitrile in the ratio 50:50 (v/v) as mobile phase, pumped in to the col...

The asymmetric unit of the anhydrous title compound, 2Na(+)·C(4)H(4)O(6) (2-), contains two sodium cations and one tartrate anion. Each sodium ion is six coordinate, with bonding to six O atoms from both the carboxyl-ate and hydroxyl groups of the anion. A three-dimensional coordination network is formed with sodium ions stacking in layers along the c-axis direction. This network is supported b...