This paper is the first phytochemical and ABTS cation radical decolorisation activity, cupric reducing antioxidant capacity, anticholinesterase and DNA damage protection effect of endemic Verbascum pinetorum (Boiss.) O. Kuntze. Phenolic profile of V. pinetorum were qualified and quantified by UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS analysis. Malic acid (47250.61±2504.28 µg/g) and luteolin (7651.96±527.98 µg/g) were fo...

The aim of this study was the use and revalorization two persimmon by-products A B generated in juice production process. by-product resulting from a pectinase enzymatic treatment peels pulp to optimize extraction especially suitable for recovery valuable bioactive carotenoids. solvents solvent combinations used were: ethanol, acetone, ethanol/acetone (50:50 v/v) ethanol/acetone/hexane (25:25:5...

Although the literature contains studies published more than 30 years ago showing that acetone is not metabolically inert, it is common to find biochemistry textbooks and current research publications asserting that acetone is a 'dead-end' metabolite. In fact, acetone derived from the non-enzymatic breakdown of acetoacetate in ketotic individuals or from the oxidation of ingested isopropanol ca...

We estimated the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in HeLa S3 cells by flow cytometry with monoclonal antibody (MAb) PC10. HeLa cells were fued with six Merent fuation procedures: 15-mk and 30-min acetone, 15-mb acetone followed by 15-mb methanol (acetonelmethanol), 30-mb methanol, 15-min methanol followed by 15-mh acetone (methanollacetone), and a mixture of acetone and m...

The Tg.AC mouse is being evaluated for use in short-term carcinogenicity bioassays. Because the dermal test protocol necessitates dissolving test agents we determined the effects of several solvents on responsiveness of hemizygous mice to dermal applications of the classical skin tumor promoter. phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (TPA). Mice of both sexes received dermal applications of either ace...

Background: In acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation by Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 using corn-based substrate, the solvents are generally produced at a ratio of 3:6:1 (A:B:E, w/w). Results: A higher butanol/acetone ratio of 2.9:1 was found when cassava was used as the substrate of an in-situ extractive fermentation by C. acetobutylicum. This ratio had a 64% increment compared to t...

Specimens to be plastinated are often moist which necessitates the removal of tissue fluid (dehydration) before forced impregnation or plastination can be carried, out. Dehydration removes the specimen fluid (water), as well as, some fat. The tissue fluid is replaced with an organic solvent. To be a dehydrating agent, the solvent must be miscible with water and may consist of a variety of chemi...

A novel acetone-degrading, nitrate-reducing bacterium, strain KN Bun08, was isolated from an enrichment culture with butanone and nitrate as the sole sources of carbon and energy. The cells were motile short rods, 0.5 to 1 by 1 to 2 μm in size, which gave Gram-positive staining results in the exponential growth phase and Gram-negative staining results in the stationary-growth phase. Based on 16...

The effects of process variables (temperature, space velocity, water addition and Si/Al ratio) on the conversion of acetone to aromatic chemicals have been investigated. The reaction is carried out by fixed bed reactor at an atmospheric pressure to examine the activity and selectivity of HZSM-5. The results show that HZSM-5 exhibited a high active and a shape-selective catalyst for the formatio...

In a study of the pathogenesis of bovine ketosis it was felt desirable to be able to follow in some detail the changes in. all three ketone bodies (acetone, acetoacetic acid and ,-hydroxybutyric acid) which have been shown by various workers to occur in excessive quantities in blood, milk and urine during the course of that disorder. Hitherto, little or no attempt hasbeenmade at complete differ...