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(1R,2R,4R)-2-exo-Cyano-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-2-yl (1S)-camphanate [1, Diels Alder adduct of furan to 1-cyanovinyl (1S)-camphanate, a ''naked sugar''] was transformed with high stereoselectivity into (1S,4S,5R,6R,7R)-6-exo,7-exo-(isopropylidenedioxy) ...
The objective of this thesis was to evaluate the feasibility for the production of fuel bioethanol from whey permeate. The identification of the limiting factors of the process revealed that the stabilization of the substrate was critical to the use of whe ...
Many natural products of biological interest contain [6,5]- and [6,6]-spiroketal moieties that can adopt various configurations, benefiting or not from anomeric conformation stabilizing effects. The spiroketal fragments are often important for the biologic ...
In the production of acetate by Clostridium thermolacticum growing on lactose, considerable amounts of hydrogen were generated. Lactose available in large amounts from milk permeate, a wastestream of the dairy industry, appears to be a valuable substrate f ...
The prodn. of lactic acid in a cell-recycle reactor was investigated. Studies were conducted with L. helveticus on a supplemented whey permeate medium. At 42 Deg and pH 5.5, the biomass was kept const. at 21.3 g/L. The volumetric lactic acid productivity w ...
In the first part, we described the synthesis of C-(1'→1) and C-(1'→4) disaccharide precursors, which are readily obtained via the carbonylative Stille coupling of glucal and isolevoglucosenone derivatives. Tin glycals and triflates, derived from isolevogl ...
Yeast strains were examd. for their ability to produce glycerol, and Kluyveromyces marxianus NRRLY-665 was chosen for further optimization due to its comparatively high growth rate (0.15/h) and glycerol yield (9.5% by wt. on lactose) at 37 Deg and pH 7. Op ...
Cell surface oligosaccharides control cell adhesion, fertilization, inflammation, the immune response and metastasis. Their biosynthesis implies sequences of reactions catalysed by glycosidases and glycosyltranferases. Inhibitors of these enzymes are there ...
Evidence suggests that astrocytes might play an important role in cerebral energy metabolism. A recently developed cell line, called DI TNC1, displays several characteristic features of astrocytes. Thus, we have investigated in these cells a number of para ...
Surface properties of implanted biomaterials can cause fibrotic tissue reactions by stimulating differentiation of host fibroblasts into contractile myofibroblasts. Silk fibroin (SF) protein has been used as biomaterial in pure and blended form. however, i ...
