In aflatoxin biosynthesis, the pathway for the conversion of 1-hydroxyversicolorone to versiconal hemiacetal acetate (VHA) to versiconal (VHOH) is part of a metabolic grid. In the grid, the steps from VHA to VHOH and from versiconol acetate (VOAc) to versiconol (VOH) may be catalyzed by the same esterase. Several esterase activities are associated with the conversion of VHA to VHOH, but only on...

background diabetes mellitus as a chronic metabolic disease occurs in patients with partial or complete deficiency of insulin secretion or disorder in action of insulin on tissue. the disease is known to provide conditions for overgrowth of candida species. candida spp. cause candidiasis by many virulence factors such as esterase, hemolysin and phospholipase. objectives this study aimed to comp...

Treatment of non-T/non-B human leukemic cell line REH with 5 x 1CT9M -^-O-tetradecanoylphorboMS-acetate (TPA) at 37° resulted in their adherence to culture flasks by 24 to 36 hr and, after 72 hr, the entire surface of the flask/coverslips became covered with macrophage-like cells containing pseudopodia. Wright-Giemsa-stained untreated cells had blast morphology, whereas TPA-treated cells (adhe...

Essential oil isolated from lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) mutant cv. GRL-1 leaves is mainly composed of geraniol (G) and geranyl acetate (GA). The proportion of G and GA markedly fluctuates during leaf development. The proportions of GA and G in the essential oil recorded at day 10 after leaf emergence were approximately 59% and approximately 33% respectively. However, the level of GA went ...

containing 1 ml. 15 % glycerol solution, 1-0 ml. 0-1 M-sodium acetate, 0-5 ml. 0-3 M-bicarbonate solution and 0 5 ml. of the enzyme solution. Occurrence of the back reaction would have given rise to an uptake of C02 from the system, but in fact no such uptake was observed. Under these conditions, therefore, no back reaction takes place, so that the incompleteness ofthe de-esterification cannot ...

This report describes a newly identified potential of grapefruit juice (GFJ) in mediating pharmacokinetic drug interactions due to its capability to inhibit esterase. The study demonstrates that GFJ inhibits purified porcine esterase activity toward p-nitrophenyl acetate and the prodrugs lovastatin and enalapril. In rat and human hepatic or gut S9 fractions and rat gut lumen, GFJ inhibited the ...

Cholesterol esterase, cholesterol oxidase and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) have been co-immobilized onto cellulose acetate membrane, which is mounted over biosensor, Pt electrode. Biosensor showes excellent performance with a linear response between 2.5 to 50 mg dl of cholesterol acetate [correlation coefficient (r) = 0.9912]. Mean analytical recovery of added cholesteryl acetate (100 and 200 m...