Germicidal Quaternary Ammonium Salts in Dilute Solution A Colorimetric Assay Method

1943 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 492-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Auerbach
Keyword(s):  
Quaternary Ammonium ◽  
Colorimetric Assay ◽  
Quaternary Ammonium Salts ◽  
Ammonium Salts ◽  
Assay Method ◽  
Dilute Solution

scholarly journals Purification and properties of the trimethylamine dehydrogenase of Bacterium 4B6

1974 ◽  
Vol 143 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Colby ◽  
Leonard J. Zatman
Keyword(s):  
Dehydrogenase Activity ◽  
Quaternary Ammonium ◽  
Quaternary Ammonium Salts ◽  
Ammonium Salts ◽  
Assay Method ◽  
Primary Amines ◽  
Hydrogen Acceptor ◽  
Trimethylamine Dehydrogenase ◽  
Phenazine Methosulphate ◽  
Substituted Hydrazines

1. The trimethylamine dehydrogenase of bacterium 4B6 was purified to homogeneity as judged by analytical polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. The specific activity of the purified enzyme is 30-fold higher than that of crude sonic extracts. 2. The molecular weight of the enzyme is 161000. 3. The kinetic properties of the purified enzyme were studied by using an anaerobic spectrophotometric assay method allowing the determination of trimethylamine dehydrogenase activity at pH8.5, the optimum pH. The apparent Km for trimethylamine is 2.0±0.3μm and the apparent Km for the primary hydrogen acceptor, phenazine methosulphate, is 1.25mm. 4. Of 13 hydrogen acceptors tested, only Brilliant Cresyl Blue and Methylene Blue replace phenazine methosulphate. 5. A number of secondary and tertiary amines with N-methyl and/or N-ethyl groups are oxidized by the purified enzyme; primary amines and quaternary ammonium salts are not oxidized. Of the compounds that are oxidized by the purified enzyme, only trimethylamine and ethyldimethylamine support the growth of bacterium 4B6. 6. Trimethylamine dehydrogenase catalyses the anaerobic oxidative N-demethylation of trimethylamine with the formation of stoicheiometric amounts of dimethylamine and formaldehyde. Ethyldimethylamine is also oxidatively N-demethylated yielding ethylmethylamine and formaldehyde; diethylamine is oxidatively N-de-ethylated. 7. The activity of the purified enzyme is unaffected by chelating agents and carbonyl reagents, but is inhibited by some thiol-binding reagents and by Cu2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Ag+ and Hg2+. Trimethylamine dehydrogenase activity is potently inhibited by trimethylsulphonium chloride, by tetramethylammonium chloride and other quaternary ammonium salts, and by monoamine oxidase inhibitors of the substituted hydrazine and the non-hydrazine types. 8. Inhibition by the substituted hydrazines is time-dependent, is prevented by the presence of trimethylamine or trimethylamine analogues and in some cases requires the presence of the hydrogen acceptor phenazine methosulphate. The inhibition was irreversible with the four substituted hydrazines that were tested.

Synthesis and stability of 1-aminoalkylphosphonic acid quaternary ammonium salts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz K. Olszewski ◽  
Anna Brol
Keyword(s):  
Phosphonic Acid ◽  
Quaternary Ammonium ◽  
Alkylating Agent ◽  
Quaternary Ammonium Salts ◽  
Ammonium Salts ◽  
Aminoalkylphosphonic Acid

An effective protocol for quaternization of simple 1-aminoalkylphosphonic acids under basic conditions and using Me2SO4 as convenient alkylating agent is reported. In the course of reaction phosphonic acid quaternary ammonium...

scholarly journals Green Accelerated Synthesis, Antimicrobial Activity and Seed Germination Test of Quaternary Ammonium Salts of 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (13) ◽  
pp. 2424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tăbăcaru ◽  
Botezatu ◽  
Horincar ◽  
Furdui ◽  
Dinică
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Triticum Aestivum ◽  
Seed Germination ◽  
Quaternary Ammonium ◽  
Pathogenic Bacteria ◽  
Classical Method ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Quaternary Ammonium Salts ◽  
Ammonium Salts ◽  
Radicle Growth

A family of fifteen quaternary ammonium salts (QAs), bearing the 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane core, were obtained using for the first time two different green methods, such as microwave (MW) and ultrasounds (US) irradiation, with very good yields and in much shorter times compared to the classical method, and an assay on their antimicrobial action against Escherichia coli (E. coli) was carried out. While 12 to 24 hours were required for complete alkylation of 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane by reactive halogenated derivatives in anhydrous solvent under reflux conditions, MW and US irradiation reduced the reaction time and the desired products were achieved in a few min. One of the aims of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial potential of the synthesized QAs against pathogenic bacteria, along with their impact on germination activity of wheat seeds (Triticum aestivum L.). The antibacterial activity of the QAs against Escherichia coli was explored by determining the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). The MIC values varied from 0.312 to 2.5 mg/mL, highlighting the lowest values attained for the derivatives containing methoxy, chlorine and benzofurane functional groups. The viability of aerobic bacteria was determined with the Tetrazolium/Formazan Test, a method that was found to be the best alternative approach with respect to the difuzimetric method. Seeds of Triticum aestivum L. were used for the evaluation of the germination indicators, such as seed germination (SG), the relative seed germination (RSG), the relative radicle growth (RRG), and the seed germination index (GI). The toxicity studies of QAs 1, 4 and 7, at two different concentrations, showed no inhibitory effect on seed germination.

Interaction of water-insoluble quaternary ammonium salts with the hydrated silica surface

1996 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 331-334
Author(s):  
V. V. Turov ◽  
O. A. Zaporozhets ◽  
O. Yu. Nadzhafova ◽  
V. V. Sukhan
Keyword(s):  
Quaternary Ammonium ◽  
Silica Surface ◽  
Quaternary Ammonium Salts ◽  
Ammonium Salts ◽  
Hydrated Silica

Curare-like Action of Polymethylene bis-Quaternary Ammonium Salts

Nature ◽  
1948 ◽  
Vol 161 (4097) ◽  
pp. 718-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. B. BARLOW ◽  
H. R. ING
Keyword(s):  
Quaternary Ammonium ◽  
Quaternary Ammonium Salts ◽  
Ammonium Salts
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