Application of the vanadium(V)-xylenol orange reagent to the assay of serum glucose

The VXO reagent (mixture of V(V) and xylenol orange) provided in our earlier studies is found very useful for the colorimetric determination of traces of hydrogen peroxide. In this paper the reagent is successfully extended to the assay of glucose in serum by the combined use of glucose oxidase.The VXO reagent exhibited a characteristic absorption maximum at 582 nm, and the presence of glucose together with glucose oxidase led to a significant decrease in the absorbance of the reagent. A linear relation was found between the magnitude of the decrease and glucose concentration in the range of 5 to 400 mg/100 ml. The average recovery of glucose added in serum was 98.6% and the data were reliable with a coefficient of variation below 3.0%. A good correlation to the method by 4-aminoantipyrine-phenol was found: r = 0.970. Ascorbic acid and uric acid did not interfere with the assay.     

Pavoninins,shark-repelling and ichthyotoxic steroid n-acetylglucosaminides from the defense secretion of the sole pardachirus pavoninus (soleidae)

Six steroid itN-acctylglueosaminides, pavoninins-1 to -6, have been isolated from the defense secretion of the sole P. pavoninus guided by ichthyotoxicity and hemolytic activity, and their structures determined to be 1–6 by spcctroscopic studies and chemical correlations. The pavoninins are considered to be the factors responsible for the repellent property of the sole against predatory fishes.     

The Weyl functional near the Yamabe invariant

For a compact manifold M ofdim M=n≥4, we study two conformal invariants of a conformal class C on M. These are the Yamabe constant Y_C(M) and the L^n/2-norm W_C(M) of the Weyl curvature. We prove that for any manifold M there exists a conformal class C such that the Yamabe constant Y_C(M) is arbitrarily close to the Yamabe invariant Y(M), and, at the same time, the constant W_C(M) is arbitrarily large. We study the image of the mapYW:C→(Y_C(M), W_C(M))∈R ² near the line {(Y(M), w)|w∈R}. We also apply our results to certain classes of 4-manifolds, in particular, minimal compact Kähler surfaces of Kodaira dimension 0, 1 or 2.     

Determination of selenium in sediments by fluorimetry with 2,3-diaminonaphthalene after an improved pretreatment by tellurium coprecipitation

Summary An improved fluorimetric method for the determination of selenium in estuary sediments and sedimentary core samples is described. For the separation of selenium, coprecipitation with tellurium-ascorbic acid method gave satisfactory results. The status of the pollution caused by selenium in Nagoya area, which is one of the most industrially active areas in Japan, was estimated, based on the results obtained with this method. Several g/g of selenium were determined in the sediments. Interferences by foreign ions were eliminated by the coprecipitation procedure. Selenium added was recovered by 95–101%.

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Selenbestimmung in Sedimenten mit Hilfe der Fluorimetrie mit 2,3-Diaminonaphthalin nach einer verbesserten Vorbehandlung durch Tellur-Mitfällung

Zusammenfassung Gehalte bis zu mehreren g/g Selen wurden nach dem verbesserten Verfahren in den Sedimenten des Hafens von Nagoya bestimmt. Störungen durch Fremdionen wurden durch das Mitfällungsverfahren mit Tellur/Ascorbinsäure verhindert. Zugesetztes Selen wurde zu 95 bis 101% wiedergefunden.

     

Separation and determination of selenium(IV) in environmental water samples by an anion-exchange resin modified with bismuthiol-II and diaminonaphthalene fluorophotometry

Summary Selenium(IV) in environmental water samples was determined fluorometrically following its collection by the use of a new functional resin. The resin was easily prepared from an anion-exchange resin by modification with bismuthiol II. A highly selective adsorption of selenium(IV) was achieved by the formation of stable selenotrisulfide from bismuthiol II and selenium(IV) on the resin. The method was successfully employed for the determination of Se in river water and waste water.

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Trennung und Bestimmung von Selen(IV) in Umwelt-Wasserproben mit Hilfe eines Bismuthiol II-modifizierten Anionenaustauschers und der Fluorophotometrie mit Diaminonaphthalin

Zusammenfassung Das Selen wurde mit Hilfe eines mit Bismuthiol II modifizierten Anionenaustauschers angereichert und fluorometrisch bestimmt. Die Adsorption, die auf der Bildung eines stabilen Selentrisulfids beruht, ist sehr selektiv. Das Verfahren wurde mit gutem Erfolg zur Selenbestimmung in Fluß- und Abwasser eingesetzt.