Substance producing cells

Charge-transfer reactions are the basis of electrochemical substance-producing cells driven by an external current source and of electrochemical energy-producing cells driving an external load (see Chapter 13). Metallic corrosion, it has been stressed,... 

What is the mechanism of this phenomenon Very early during investigations of this field, it was realized that metals become embrittled because at some stage of their career, their surface was the scene of a hydrogen-evolution reaction either because the metal was deliberately used as an electron-source electrode in a substance-producing cell or because parts of the metal became electron-source areas in a corrosion process. In fact, the phenomenon has come to be known as hydrogen embrittlement. 

Three years later Robert F Furchgott discov ered that the relaxing of smooth muscles such as blood vessel walls was stimulated by an unknown substance produced in the lining of the blood vessels (the endothelium) He called this substance the endothelium-dependent relaxing factor or EDRF and in 1986 showed that EDRF was NO Louis J Ignarro reached the same conclusion at about the same time Further support was provided by Salvador Moncada who showed that endothelial cells did in deed produce NO and that the l arginine to l citrulline conversion was responsible... 

A.ntibiotic is an organic chemical substance produced by microorganisms that has the capacity in low concentration to selectively destroy or inhibit the growth of other microorganisms without injuring the host cells. It may be adrninistered systemicaHy and be an antimicrobial chemotherapeutic agent. 

Betazole (683) has been used as a chemical control substance for pharmacological characterization of histamine receptors (B-80MI40406), and shows a relative selective activity towards the H2-receptor. Betazole hydrochloride is used to diagnose impairment of the acid-producing cells of the stomach. 

Among vertebrate species, the neuro-endocrine-immime system is responsible for many complex, inter-related physiological processes including neuronal, homeostatic, reproductive and immune functions. There are four main types of hormone polypeptides, eicosanoids, steroids and thyroid hormones. Reflecting the inter-dependency of the neiiro-endocrine and immune systems, hormones, neuropeptides and other neiirotransmitters are known to be produced by some immune cells and play a role in the regulation of the immune system, while endocrine and nervous tissues express receptors for many substances produced by the immune system. The major focus of interest in endocrine disruption has... 

Toxin A substance produced in some cases by disease-causing microorganisms, which is toxic to other living cells. 

There is a simple relationship between the amount of electricity passed through an electrolytic cell and the amounts of substances produced by oxidation or reduction at the electrodes. From the balanced half-equations... 

A total charge of 4.5 kC is passed through an electrolytic- cell. Determine the quantity of substance produced in each case (a) the mass (in grams) of bismuth metal from a bismuth nitrate solution (b) the volume (in liters at 273 K and 1.00 atm) of hydrogen gas from a sulfuric acid solution ... 

The effectiveness of bacteriocins is often a function of environmental factors such as pH, temperature, food composition, structure, and food microflora (De Vuyst and Leroy 2007). A novel bacteriocin-like substance produced by Bacillus licheniformis P40 inhibits the activity of the soft rot bacterium Envinia carotovora. This compound caused a bactericidal effect on the pathogen cells at a 30 p.g/mL concentration (Cladera-Olivera and others 2006). 

Antibiotics Substances produced by and obtained from living cells, such as bacteria or molds. Examples of antibiotics would include penicillin and streptomycin. 

Many chemical changes occurring in living processes are catalyzed by enzymes which are complex protein substances produced by living cells. Enzymes are often present in colloidal state and are very specific in their catalytic action. Zymase obtained from yeast catalyses the fermentation of dextrose but is ineffective in breakdown of cane sugar. 

Lymphokines are substances produced by leucocytes which are involved in signalling between cells of the immune system. 

Positive results from the in vitro mammalian cell transformation test indicate that the test substance produces phenotypic changes in cultured mammalian cells associated with malignant transformation in vivo. None of the in vitro test endpoints has an established mechanistic link with cancer. Some of the test systems are capable of detecting tumor promoters. 

The quantitative laws of electrochemistry were discovered by Michael Faraday of England. His 1834 paper on electrolysis introduced many of the terms that you have seen throughout this book, including ion, cation, anion, electrode, cathode, anode, and electrolyte. He found that the mass of a substance produced by a redox reaction at an electrode is proportional to the quantity of electrical charge that has passed through the electrochemical cell. For elements with different oxidation numbers, the same quantity of electricity produces fewer moles of the element with higher oxidation number. 

It must be emphasized here that the study of dendrite formation has important practical implications. In energy-storage devices (batteries), dendrites often rupture the membranous separators and go over to touch the other, electron-sink electrode (anode), which leads to a disastrous short circuit of the cell. In substance producers... 

Consider a driven cell, or substance producer (Fig. 7.180). To make an electronation reaction proceed at a particular electrode, it must function as an electron source for electron acceptors in solution, and must therefore receive an electron flow through the conductor from the power supply. But the terminal of the power supply that pushes out an election stream is the negative terminal. Thus, to ensure that an electrode... 

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