Role of Molecular Structure in the Production of Water-Soluble Species by Photo-oxidation of Petroleum

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (16) ◽  
pp. 9968-9979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha L. Chacón-Patiño ◽  
Sydney F. Niles ◽  
Alan G. Marshall ◽  
Christopher L. Hendrickson ◽  
Ryan P. Rodgers
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Photo Oxidation ◽  
Soluble Species

The Role of Water Soluble Species in Bitumen Recovery from Oil Sands

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weronika Swiech ◽  
Spencer Taylor ◽  
Huang Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Oil Sands ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Soluble Species ◽  
Bitumen Recovery

ANALISA KANDUNGAN BETA-GLUKAN LARUT AIR DAN LARUT ALKALI DARI TUBUH BUAH JAMUR TIRAM (Pleurotus ostreatus) DAN SHIITAKE (Lentinus edodes)

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Netty Widyastuti ◽  
Teguh Baruji ◽  
Henky Isnawan ◽  
Priyo Wahyudi ◽  
Donowati Donowati
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Immune System ◽  
Pleurotus Ostreatus ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Lentinus Edodes ◽  
Beta Glucan ◽  
Oyster Mushrooms ◽  
The Difference

Beta glucan is a polysaccharide compound, generally not soluble inwater and resistant to acid. Beta glucan is used as an immunomodulator (enhancing the immune system) in mammals is usually a beta-glucan soluble in water, easily absorbed and has a low molecular weight. Several example of beta-glucan such as cellulose (β-1 ,4-glucan), lentinan (β-1 0.6-glucan) and (β-1 ,3-glucan), pleuran (β-1, 6 and β-1 ,3-glucan) are isolated from species of fungi Basidiomycota include mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) and shiitake (Lentinus edodes).The purpose of thisresearch activity is to obtain beta-glucan compound that can be dissolved in water and in alkali derived from fungi Basidiomycota, i.e, Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) and shiitake (Lentinus edodes). The result of beta-glucan compared to characterize the resulting beta glucan that is molecular structure . The difference of beta glucan extraction is based on the differences in solubility of beta-glucan. Beta glucan could be water soluble and insoluble water.

scholarly journals Did Cyclic Metaphosphates Have a Role in the Origin of Life?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Glonek
Keyword(s):  
Organic Molecules ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Holliday Junction ◽  
Additional Energy ◽  
Condensed Phosphate ◽  
Geological Processes ◽  
The Origin Of Life ◽  
Complex Forms ◽  
Self Replication

AbstractHow life began still eludes science life, the initial progenote in the context presented herein, being a chemical aggregate of primordial inorganic and organic molecules capable of self-replication and evolution into ever increasingly complex forms and functions.Presented is a hypothesis that a mineral scaffold generated by geological processes and containing polymerized phosphate units was present in primordial seas that provided the initiating factor responsible for the sequestration and organization of primordial life’s constituents. Unlike previous hypotheses proposing phosphates as the essential initiating factor, the key phosphate described here is not a polynucleotide or just any condensed phosphate but a large (in the range of at least 1 kilo-phosphate subunits), water soluble, cyclic metaphosphate, which is a closed loop chain of polymerized inorganic phosphate residues containing only phosphate middle groups. The chain forms an intrinsic 4-phosphate helix analogous to its structure in Na Kurrol’s salt, and as with DNA, very large metaphosphates may fold into hairpin structures. Using a Holliday-junction-like scrambling mechanism, also analogous to DNA, rings may be manipulated (increased, decreased, exchanged) easily with little to no need for additional energy, the reaction being essentially an isomerization.A literature review is presented describing findings that support the above hypothesis. Reviewed is condensed phosphate inorganic chemistry including its geological origins, biological occurrence, enzymes and their genetics through eukaryotes, polyphosphate functions, circular polynucleotides and the role of the Holliday junction, previous biogenesis hypotheses, and an Eoarchean Era timeline.

The biological activity of glucagon–phospholipid complexes

1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (7) ◽  
pp. 688-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Liepnieks ◽  
P. Stoskopf ◽  
E. A. Carrey ◽  
C. Prosser ◽  
R. M. Epand
Keyword(s):  
Biological Activity ◽  
Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Bovine Brain ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Dipalmitoyl Phosphatidylcholine ◽  
Dimyristoyl Phosphatidylcholine ◽  
Lipoprotein Complex ◽  
Stimulation Of

Glucagon can form water-soluble complexes with phospholipids. The incorporation of glucagon into these lipoprotein particles reduces the biological activity of the hormone. The effect is observed only at temperatures below the phase transition temperature of the phospholipid and results in a decreased stimulation of the adenylate cyclase of rat liver plasma membranes by the lipoprotein complex as compared with the hormone in free solution. Two- to five-fold higher concentrations of glucagon are required for half-maximal stimulation of adenylate cyclase when the hormone is complexed with dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine, dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine, or bovine brain sphingomyelin. A possible role of lipoprotein-associated hormones in the development of insulin resistance is discussed.

Crystal and molecular structure of d,l-dethiobiotin. Role of sulfur in biotin stereochemistry

1976 ◽  
Vol 98 (16) ◽  
pp. 4983-4990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-San Chen ◽  
R. Parthasarathy ◽  
George T. DeTitta
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Crystal And Molecular Structure
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