Sugars examination

Sundman s direct determinations of kz were made by time-controlled analyses of reacting solutions (pH 4.65 and 19° C.) of 0.1 molar sugar starting 60 seconds after mixing. It was found that kz is dependent on bisulfite concentration and time of reaction for five of the seven sugars examined, but glucose and rhamnose kz values showed independence... 

Osazone formation. Forms a yellow osazone, m.p. 208° soluble in hot water. See p. 137 for preparation. If examined under the microscope very characteristic clusters of hedge-hog crystals will be seen (Fig. 63(c), p. 139). The difference in the crystalline appearance of lactosazonc and maltosazone should be very carefully noted, as this difference forms the chief and most reliable method of differentiating between these two sugars. 

The major classes of organic compounds common to living systems are lipids pro terns nucleic acids and carbohydrates Carbohydrates are very familiar to us— we call many of them sugars They make up a substantial portion of the food we eat and provide most of the energy that keeps the human engine running Carbohy drates are structural components of the walls of plant cells and the wood of trees Genetic information is stored and transferred by way of nucleic acids specialized derivatives of carbohydrates which we 11 examine m more detail m Chapter 28... 

For nonvolatile or thermally labile samples, a solution of the substance to be examined is applied to the emitter electrode by means of a microsyringe outside the ion source. After evaporation of the solvent, the emitter is put into the ion source and the ionizing voltage is applied. By this means, thermally labile substances, such as peptides, sugars, nucleosides, and so on, can be examined easily and provide excellent molecular mass information. Although still FI, this last ionization is referred to specifically as field desorption (FD). A comparison of FI and FD spectra of D-glucose is shown in Figure 5.6. 

Although simple solutions can be examined by these electrospray techniques, often for a single substance dissolved in a solvent, straightforward evaporation of the solvent outside the mass spectrometer with separate insertion of the sample is sufficient. This situation is not true for all substances. Peptides, proteins, nucleotides, sugars, carbohydrates, mass organometallics, and many... 

Evaporation from a spray of charged droplets produced from a stream of liquid yields ions that can be analyzed in a mass spectrometer. Thermally labile and normally nonvolatile substances such as sugars, peptides, and proteins can be examined successfully. 

Aldolases cataly2e the asymmetric condensation of intermediates common in sugar metaboHsm, such as phosphoenolpymvic acid, with suitable aldehyde acceptors. Numerous aldolases derived from plants or animals (Class I aldolases) or from bacteria (Class II) have been examined for appHcations (81). Efforts to extend the appHcations of these en2ymes to the synthesis of unusual sugars have been described (2,81). 

The use of this group was developed to improve the quality and mildness of the cleavage reaction in the synthesis of complex amino sugars.The dichloroph-thalimide group has also been examined in this context, but little is known of its advantages or disadvantages. ... 

Cellulase and all chemicals used in this work were obtained from Sigma. Hydrolysis experiments were conducted by adding a fixed amount of 2 x 2 mm oflSce paper to flasks containing cellulase in 0.05 M acetate buffer (pH = 4.8). The flasks were placed in an incubator-shaker maintained at 50 °C and 100 rpm. A Box-Behnken design was used to assess the influence of four factors on the extent of sugar production. The four factors examined were (i) reaction time (h), (ii) enzyme to paper mass ratio (%), (iii) amount of surfactant added (Tween 80, g/L), and (iv) paper pretreatment condition (phosphoric add concentration, g/L), as shown in Table 1. Each factor is coded according to the equation... 

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