Anaerobic formaldehyde removal

Garrido, J.M., Mendez, R., and Lema, J.M., Simultaneous urea hydrolysis, formaldehyde removal and denitrification in a multifed upflow filter under anoxic and anaerobic conditions, Water Res., 35, 691-698, 2001. 

When C -formaldehyde was incubated anaerobically with dihydroxy-acetone phosphate and a protein fraction from rat liver, the isotope was found in three different compounds, which were separated. After removal of the phosphate with phosphatase, the major constituent, accounting for 80% of the isotope, was found to be a tetrose. About 10% was found in material behaving like ribose, and 7 % was found in glucose. The mechanisms of these reactions are unknown but are clearly of great interest. 

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