Silica gel loaded with saturated Al(N03)3. 10. H20 solution proved to be an efficient absorbent for the elimination of the interference of fluorine in the microdetermination of carbon and hydrogen in organofluorine compounds. The reagent is cheap, readily available and easily prepared. Three grams are sufficient for 25 determinations. Samples are burnt in a flow of oxygen using the rapid straig...

A column chromatographic procedure utilizing Silica Gel C is described for separating lipid components of serum and lipoproteins into individual fractions containing hydrocarbons (I), cholesterol esters (II), triglycerides (111), cholesterol (IV) , free fatty acids (V) , and phospholipids (VI). Silica Gel G required no pretreatment except adjustment of moisture content to 10%. The method afford...

Hollow silica spheres with holes on the shells were prepared using l-16Ala6PyBr via a sol-gel method.

DEAE-silica gel has been shown to be an improvement over DEAE-Sephadex for the quantitative isolation of gangliosides and neutral glycosphingolipids from animal tissues or cells. Preliminary results indicated that it can also be used for protein separation. Direct comparative studies of DEAE-silica gel with DEAE-Sephadex showed preferences for the former for the following reasons: i) faster flo...

A procedure has been developed for the assay of urinary porphyrins. Total porphyrins are extracted from acidified urine into n-butanol. The fluorescence of this solution under ultraviolet illumination gives a preliminary indication of abnormal levels of porphyrins. They are then separated and identified by thin-layer chromatography. Uroporphyrin and coproporphyrin can be qualitatively estimated...

The room temperature oxidation of betulin by Cr(VI) compounds in aqueous acetone on solid supports such as alumina, zeolites and silica gel has been studied. The oxidation on alumina support leaded to a single product--betulonic acid--in quantitative yield. One hundred percent selective oxidation during 30 min of betulin up to betulonic aldehyde was determined when silica gel support was used. ...

To study the new antifungal active triterpene glycosides of sea cucumber Holothuria scabra. Triterpene glycosides from Holothuria scabra were separated and purified by silica gel chromatography, reversed-phase silica gel chromatography and RP-HPLC. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral data and chemical evidence. Three triterpene glycosides were identified as scabraside A (1...

Commercially available silica gel is chemically modified for carbon dioxide capture. Calcinated silica gel of certain particle size functionalized with amine using two different methods, wet impregnation and grafting via silane chemistry has been employed as a porous media. The prepared material is characterized by Fourier transform infrared, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive anal...

Benastatins have been isolated as part of a program designed to find microorganism-produced inhibitors of glutathione S-transferase from Streptomyces sp. MI384-DF12. They were purified by chromatography of reversed-phase silica gel, silica gel and Capcell Pak C18 (HPLC) followed by solvent extraction and then isolated as yellow powders. Benastatins A and B have the molecular formulae, C30H28O7 ...