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In 1933, R. Kuhn and his co-workers first isolated riboflavin from eggs in a pure, crystalline state (1), named it ovoflavin, and deterrnined its function as a vitamin (2). At the same time, impure crystalline preparations of riboflavin were isolated from whey and named lyochrome and, later, lactoflavin. Soon thereafter, P. Karrer and his co-workers isolated riboflavin from a wide variety of animal organs and vegetable sources and named it hepatoflavin (3). Ovoflavin from egg, lactoflavin from milk, and hepatoflavin from Hver were aU. subsequently identified as riboflavin. The discovery of the yeUow en2yme by Warburg and Christian in 1932 and their description of lumiflavin (4), a photochemical degradation product of riboflavin, were of great use for the elucidation of the chemical stmcture of riboflavin by Kuhn and his co-workers (5). The stmcture was confirmed in 1935 by the synthesis by Karrer and his co-workers (6), and Kuhn and his co-workers (7). 

Uric acid is a product of the metabolism of tire animal organism. It is usually prepared from guano, which is ticatcd first with dilute hydrochloric acid to remove phosphate of calcium. The uric acid is then dissoh ed out with hot caustic soda and the clear alkaline solution piecipitated with acid. 

The nutritional requirements of Eseherkhia eoli cells are far simpler than those of humans, yet the macromolecnles found in bacteria are about as complex as those of animals. Since bacteria can make all their essential biomolecnles while subsisting on a simpler diet, do yon think bacteria may have more biosynthetic capacity and hence more metabolic complexity than animals Organize your thoughts on this question, pro and con, into a rational argument. 

Cholesterol is found in many biological membrane and is the main sterol of animal organisms. It is eqnimolar with phospholipids in membranes of liver cell, erythrocytes, and myelin, whereas in human stratum comeum it lies in the outermost layer of the epidermis... 

Reference to Table 1 indicates that the iron compounds which are unique to animals are those involved in the transport of oxygen and iron. This is a consequence of the higher level of differentiation in the animal organism, a development which precludes simple diffusion as a means of supplying the cell with essential nutrilites. 

Thus, unless kept under special environmental conditions, most organic substances that make up the body of vegetable and animal organisms break... 

It must be evident to the reader that the experimental findings, on which support for the conversion of fatty acids to D-glucose in the animal organism must necessarily be based, are subjects of violent controversy. On the other hand, no one questions that the plant possesses the power to transform fatty acids to carbohydrate in the course of its usual metabolism. One naturally has reason to inquire why a reaction of such fundamental importance should be confined exclusively to the plant kingdom. 

The Wassermann substance17 is prepared by extracting various animal organs, particularly beef heart, with alcohol, and its lipidal nature was early recognized. Pangborn174 described the preparation of a new phospholipid termed cardiolipin from beef heart and claimed that it was the essential constituent of the Wassermann substance. On hydrolysis it gave a fatty acid and a phosphorylated polysaccharide. In a later communication17 however, the carbohydrate constituent is stated... 

In summary, OTC toxicity either toward animal organs or as drugs appears in four broad target areas, namely neurotoxicity, hepatoxicity, immunotoxicity and cutaneous toxicity10. Although other effects occur in select species or at high dose levels, their importance is minor compared to the four areas listed above. 

The rate of free fatty acid production in the mammalian brain correlates to the extent of resistance to ischemia. FFA production rate is much lower in the brains of neonatal mammals and poikilothermic animals, organisms that display a greater resistance to cerebral ischemic insults than mature mammals [63]. In addition, within the mammalian brain, FFA release is higher in the gray matter compared with white matter, and there is a greater accumulation of AA in areas of the brain, such as the hippocampus, selectively vulnerable to cerebral ischemic damage. 

B excess Aral-Caspian low plain, Kazakhstan Brunozems, Solonetses, and Solonchaks are enriched in B, up to 280 ppm. The increased content of B in forage species, up to 0.15% by dry weight Accumulation of B in animal organisms leads to the disturbance of B excretion function of liver, reducing activity of amilase and, partly, of proteinase of the intestine tract in human and sheep. Endemic boron ententes sometimes accomplished by pneumonia. Human, sheep and camel morbidity... 

Trace nutrient Number of samples Mean content in pasture crops Lower (deficit) Optimum for animal organisms Upper (excess)... 

Ol. Okuda, Y., Studies on the methylation of pyridine compounds in animal organisms. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 48, 13-17 (1960). 

For the philosophical anatomists, animal organization appeared to have a constancy in the number and arrangement of parts that was independent of the form of the parts and the uses to which they were put."38... 

It is perhaps appropriate to point out that many of the elements or compounds listed in this Handbook are here because of a high degree of reactivity towards other materials. It may therefore broadly be anticipated that under suitable circumstances of contact with animal organisms (including readers), a high degree of interaction will ensue, with possible subsequent onset of toxic or other deleterious effects. See APROTIC SOLVENTS... 

To understand this, something must first be said about the typical characteristics and profile of soil. Soil is made of mineral particles including sand, silt, and clay, as well as living and dead plants and animals (organic matter), air, and water. But differing layers of soil, at differing depths, have different mixes and densities of these materials. Soils are layered with differing Horizons stacked on top of one another, usually identified from the so-called A Horizon (near the... 

Macroelements, as well as basic elements are essential for plant and animal organisms. They are the building materials that support tissue, teeth, skin, and hair, play an important role in water-electrolyte management and pH regulation, and are parts of many active compounds vital for metabolic processes. 

All elements are present in the environment (and also in plant and animal organisms, and in water and food) as salts or as metalo-organic compounds, and only in such forms are they biologically active. 

To date there is no proof for the inevitability of lead for plant and animal organisms (including humans), whereas its toxic activity is widely known. More reported poisonings involved lead than any other elements (Philip and Gearson, 1994a,b). As early as in 1774, Lind noted that lemon juice stored in lead-enameled containers may cause poisoning. A special royal commission was appointed to study the problem four years later. 

Portions of human or animal organs, explants, or tissue with cells, or the cell populations themselves can be maintained in culture for extended... 

Essential fatty acids are fatty acids that have to be supplied in the diet. Without exception, these are all polyunsaturated fatty acids the C20 fatty acid arachidonic add (20 4 5,8,11,14) and the two Cis acids linoleic add (18 2 9,12) and linolenic add (18 3 9,12,15). The animal organism requires arachidonic acid to synthesize eicosanoids... 

Although the lipids found in plant and animal organisms occur in many different forms, they are all closely related biogenetically they are all derived from acetyl-CoA, the activated acetic acid (see pp. 12,110). 

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