Problems Involved in the Quantitative Extraction of Glycogen and High-Energy Phosphorus Compounds in Frozen Cod Muscle

1968 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 1525-1538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra S. Nowlan ◽  
W. J. Dyer ◽  
Doris I. Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Nitrogen ◽  
Perchloric Acid ◽  
Potassium Hydroxide ◽  
Sampling Error ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Phosphorus Compounds ◽  
Quantitative Extraction ◽  
Sampling Procedures ◽  
Acid Extractant

Extraction of cod muscle with 0.3 N perchloric acid followed by digestion of the residue in potassium hydroxide yielded an average of 16% more total glycogen than did classical digestion with 30% KOH. However, the differences tended to be less at higher glycogen levels. It was suggested that glycogen may be partially degraded during digestion with KOH, although no glycogenosis occurred during contact with alkali prior to heating. The proportion of residual glycogen not extracted by acid varied from 23% in unfrozen muscle to about 40% in liquid nitrogen-frozen and in slowly frozen muscle.Significant degradation of glycogen and high energy phosphorus compounds in frozen prerigor cod muscle was avoided by weighing samples in insulated beakers chilled by liquid nitrogen to prevent warming or thawing, and by homogenizing immediately on addition of acid extractant. Extraction with acid enabled the simultaneous determination of glycogen and phosphorus compounds on the same sample. Special sampling procedures were employed to reduce the sampling error due to variation in glycogen distribution along the fillet.

Determination of Calcium in Urine by the Chloranilate Method

1965 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 855-861
Author(s):  
William W Webster ◽  
William H Kern
Keyword(s):  
Perchloric Acid ◽  
Sampling Error ◽  
Urinary Calcium ◽  
Acid Digestion ◽  
Oxalate Precipitation ◽  
Acceptable Method

Abstract Evidence is presented that the colorimetric chloranilate calcium method can be accurately applied to urine provided that elimination of interfering substances, which include magnesium, is performed prior to the determination. Isolation of calcium as the oxalate, followed by perchloric acid digestion, has been shown to be an acceptable method whereby urinary calcium can be put in a suitable state for analysis. Allowing the urine to stand for 1 hr. at pH 2 prior to the oxalate precipitation has been shown to be a simple means of eliminating the sampling error due to calcium precipitates.

Kinematic Approximations in TED and RHEED Analysis of Reconstructed Surfaces

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 396-397
Author(s):  
L. -M. Peng ◽  
M. J. Whelan
Keyword(s):  
Electron Diffraction ◽  
Kinematic Analysis ◽  
Incident Beam ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Energy Electron ◽  
Great Success ◽  
High Energy Electron ◽  
Kinematic Approximation ◽  
Reconstructed Surfaces

In recent years there has been a trend in the structure determination of reconstructed surfaces to use high energy electron diffraction techniques, and to employ a kinematic approximation in analyzing the intensities of surface superlattice reflections. Experimentally this is motivated by the great success of the determination of the dimer adatom stacking fault (DAS) structure of the Si(111) 7 × 7 reconstructed surface.While in the case of transmission electron diffraction (TED) the validity of the kinematic approximation has been examined by using multislice calculations for Si and certain incident beam directions, far less has been done in the reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) case. In this paper we aim to provide a thorough Bloch wave analysis of the various diffraction processes involved, and to set criteria on the validity for the kinematic analysis of the intensities of the surface superlattice reflections.The validity of the kinematic analysis, being common to both the TED and RHEED case, relies primarily on two underlying observations, namely (l)the surface superlattice scattering in the selvedge is kinematically dominating, and (2)the superlattice diffracted beams are uncoupled from the fundamental diffracted beams within the bulk.

Deproteinizing methods evaluated for determination of uric acid in serum by reversed-phase liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection.

1987 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 1427-1430 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Sakuma ◽  
T Nishina ◽  
M Kitamura
Keyword(s):  
Uric Acid ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Perchloric Acid ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Reversed Phase ◽  
Precipitation Method ◽  
Zinc Hydroxide ◽  
Good Precision ◽  
Ultraviolet Detection

Abstract We evaluated six deproteinizing methods for determination of uric acid in serum by "high-performance" liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection: those involving zinc hydroxide, sodium tungstate, trichloroacetic acid, perchloric acid, acetonitrile, and centrifugal ultrafiltration (with Amicon MPS-1 devices). We used a Toyosoda ODS-120A reversed-phase column. The mobile phase was sodium phosphate buffer (40 mmol/L, pH 2.2) containing 20 mL of methanol per liter. Absorbance of the eluate was monitored at 284 nm. The precipitation method with perchloric acid gave high recoveries of uric acid and good precision, and results agreed with those by the uricase-catalase method of Kageyama (Clin Chim Acta 1971;31:421-6).

scholarly journals Thermal Dynamic Behavior in Bi-Zone Habitable Cell with and without Phase Change Materials

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Hanae El Fakiri ◽  
Lahoucine Ouhsaine ◽  
Abdelmajid El Bouardi
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Behavior ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Dynamic Behavior ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Water Heater ◽  
Simplified Modeling

The thermal dynamic behavior of buildings represents an important aspect of the energy efficiency and thermal comfort of the indoor environment. For this, phase change material (PCM) wallboards integrated into building envelopes play an important role in stabilizing the temperature of the human comfort condition. This article provides an assessment of the thermal behavior of a “bi-zone” building cell, which was built based on high-energy performance (HEP) standards and heated by a solar water heater system through a hydronic circuit. The current study is based on studying the dynamic thermal behavior, with and without implantation of PCMs on envelope structure, using a simplified modeling approach. The evolution of the average air temperature was first evaluated as a major indicator of thermal comfort. Then, an evaluation of the thermal behavior’s dynamic profile was carried out in this study, which allowed for the determination of the PCM rate anticipation in the thermal comfort of the building cell.

Responses of beta-adrenoceptor in rat soleus to phosphorus compound levels and/or unloading

1994 ◽  
Vol 266 (5) ◽  
pp. C1257-C1262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Ohira ◽  
K. Saito ◽  
T. Wakatsuki ◽  
W. Yasui ◽  
T. Suetsugu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Contractile Activity ◽  
Creatine Supplementation ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Hindlimb Suspension ◽  
Phosphorus Compounds ◽  
High Energy Phosphates ◽  
High Energy Phosphate ◽  
Gravitational Unloading ◽  
Beta Adrenoceptor ◽  
Muscle Contractile

Responses of beta-adrenoceptor (beta-AR) in rat soleus to gravitational unloading and/or changes in the levels of phosphorus compounds by feeding either creatine or its analogue beta-guanidinopropionic acid (beta-GPA) were studied. A decrease in the density of beta-AR (about -35%) was induced by 10 days of hindlimb suspension, but the affinity of the receptor was unaffected. Suspension unloading tended to increase the levels of adenosine triphosphate and phosphocreatine and decrease inorganic phosphate. Even without unloading, the beta-AR density decreased after an oral creatine supplementation (about -20%), which also tended to elevate the high-energy phosphate levels in muscle. However, an elevation of beta-AR density was induced (about +36%) after chronic depletion of high-energy phosphates by feeding beta-GPA (about +125%). Data suggest that the density of beta-AR in muscle is elevated if the high-energy phosphate contents are chronically decreased and vice versa. However, it may not be directly related to the degree of muscle contractile activity.

X‐ray determination of the Debye temperature at high pressure using high‐energy synchrotron radiation

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 2719-2722 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Matsumuro ◽  
M. Kobayashi ◽  
T. Kikegawa ◽  
M. Senoo
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Synchrotron Radiation ◽  
Debye Temperature ◽  
High Energy ◽  
X Ray
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