T. album

Our research group has reported in a series of papers that production of enzymes from PLLA degrading microorganisms was induced when some proteins such as silk fibroin, elastin, gelatin, peptides, and some amino acids were present in the cultivation medium [27, 44—46, 48]. For instance, a significant increase in the enzyme activity of Amycolatopsis strain HT-41 was detected when silk fibroin was added into the culture medium [44]. Moreover, various amino acids, peptides, and poly(L-amino acids) were used as enzyme inducers for the production of enzymes from T. albtm, L. waywandensis, and A. orientalis. Silk fibroin was found to be the best inducer for A. orientalis. On the other hand, the enzyme activities of L. waywandensis and T. album were stimulated by elastin but not by silk fibroin. Soluble culture substrates such as peptides and amino acids had lower induction activities in comparison to protein substrates (silk fibroin, elastin, collagen, and keratin) [48]. 

Altogether, there wasn t much more evidence than Bernstein had turned up two years before. There had been thousands of forced laborers working in the Farben plants yet here there wasn t a single statement from any of them to pin responsibility for their plight on any Farben director. Also puzzling was the absence of direct evidence about the Farben buna plant at the Auschwitz concentration camp. The "album of dedication" which Major Tilley had found at Geheimrat Schmitz s house had disappeared. Two weeks before, Drew Pearson, at my request, had advertised over the radio for its return. His appeal had got no response. I exclaimed "Farben must have kept some records at the Auschwitz site."... 

C. japonica, C. lupuliformis, Eclipta erecta, Eupatorium odoratum, Euphorbia antiquorum, Firmiana simplex, Pedicularis resupinata, Tamarindus indicus, Taraxacum mongolicum, T sinicum, Viburnum sargenti, Viscum album, V coloratum Artocarpus altilis, Firmiana simplex... 

Chelidonium album, C. hybridum, C. majus, C. serotinum, Coptis chinensis, C. japonica, C. teeta, Corydalis ambigua, C. repens, C. turtschaninovii, C. yanhusuo, C. ternata, C. incisa, C. bungeana, Macleaya cordata, Papaver amurense, P. nudicaule, P. radicatum, T. aquilegifolium, T. baicalense, T. fauriel,... 

Taraxacum mongolicum, T. sinicum, Viscum album, V. coloratum Myristica fragrans... 

Buhler, D.D., T.C. Mester, and K.A. Kohler (1996). The effect of maize residues and tillage on emergence of Setaria faberi, Abutilon theophrasti, Amaranthus retroflexus, and Chenopodium album. Weed Res., 36 153-165. 

If you are young, it probably seems as if audio compact discs (CDs) have been around forever. It might surprise you to learn they have been with us for only about two decades. It also might surprise you to learn that the first pop music CD available was ABBA S album The Visitor, released in 1982.That is a piece of trivia most of your friends probably don t know. 

Smollny, T., Wichers, H., Kalenberg, S., Shahsavari, A., Petersen, M. and Alfermarm, A.W. (1998) Accumulation of podophyllotoxin and related lignans in cell suspension cultures of Linum album. Phytochemistry, 48, 975-79. 

Caribbean right up there with my love of music. That s why I d have to choose St. Croix and Jack Johnson, surfer and musician. His music takes me to the beach, even while I m in Tucson. It couldn t get any better than sitting next to him under a palm, watching the sea, listening to his album Upside Down. 

Krauspenhaar, R., Eschenburg, S., Perbandt, M., Kornilov, V., Konareva, N., Mikailova, L, Stoeva, S., Wacker, R., Maier, T., Singh, T., Mikhailov, A., Voelter, W. and Betzel, C. (1999) Crystal structure of mistletoe lectin I from Viscum album. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 257, 418 24. 

Olson, T, Samuelsson, G. Purification of viscotoxin Aox2 from the European Mistletoe (Viscum album L.) by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose. Acta Chem. Scand. 1970, 24, 720-721... 

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