A novel indirect electrochemical protocol for the electroanalytical detection of phenols is presented for the first time. This methodology is demonstrated with the indirect determination of the target analytes phenol, 2-chlorophenol, 4-chlorophenol and 2,4-dichlorophenol through an electrochemically adapted optical protocol. This electrochemical adaptation allows the determination of the above ...

This paper describes the functional characterization of the xyloside transporter, XylP, of Lactobacillus pentosus with the aid of a spectroscopy-based assay system. In order to monitor the transport reaction, the natural xyloside isoprimeverose, a building block of hemicellulose, and the analogue methyl-isoprimeverose were chemically synthesized by a new and efficient procedure. The XylP protei...

Urethane copolymer sorbent materials that incorporate β-cyclodextrin (CD) have been prepared and their sorption properties with chlorinated aromatic compounds (i.e., pentachlorophenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol and 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid) have been evaluated. The sorption properties of granular activated carbon (GAC) were similarly compared in aqueous solution at variable pH conditions. The s...

During growth, Acetabularia mediterranea requires the action of blue light to maintain high rates of photosynthesis. In the present study, blue light-dependent alterations of the photosynthetic apparatus, which can be detected by analysis of light-saturation curves and by measurements of partial reactions of the photosynthetic electron transport chain, are described. Light-saturation curves of ...

A bstract. Four mutant strains of Euglena gracilis have been isolated after treatment of wild type cells with ultraviolet light or the chemtical mutagen nitrosoguanidine. None of the mutants is capable of autotrophic growth or photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation. The mutant strains contain normal amounts of the enzymes of the reductive pentose phosphate cycle and are qualitatively similar to...

In the present work, the micellar electrophoretic separation of five chlorophenols (CPs) on a functionalized poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microchip with amperometric detection was performed. In order to achieve high resolution by controlling the electroosmotic flow (EOF) as well as signal detection by suppressing analytes adsorption, the microchannel was functionalized by poly(diallyldimethyla...

Phenolic compounds are widely distributed in the natural environment, typically existing as a mixture at the nanomole or micromole per liter level. Among the phenolic compounds, 4-nonylphenol, 4-t-octylphenol, bisphenol A and 2,4-dichlorophenol attract the most concern due to their abundance and risks in the natural environment. The former three are known as endocrine disruptors causing feminiz...

The light saturated rate of photosystem I-dependent electron transport (ascorbate/dichlorophenol-indophenol --> methyl vilogen in presence of 1 micromolar 3-[3,4-dichlorophenyl]-1,1-dimethyl urea [DCMU]) was increased by a high concentration of DCMU added to broken and uncoupled chloroplasts isolated from pea (Pisum sativum). At 50 micromolar DCMU, the increase was around 50%. No stimulation wa...

Four mutant strains of Euglena gracilis have been isolated after treatment of wild type cells with ultraviolet light or the chemical mutagen nitrosoguanidine. None of the mutants is capable of autotrophic growth or photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation. The mutant strains contain normal amounts of the enzymes of the reductive pentose phosphate cycle and are qualitatively similar to the wild ty...