Sensitivity of chemical reaction networks: A structural approach. 3. Regular multimolecular systems

We present a systematic mathematical analysis of the qualitative steady‐state response to rate perturbations in large classes of reaction networks. This includes multimolecular reactions and allows for catalysis, enzymatic reactions, multiple reaction products, nonmonotone rate functions, and non‐closed autonomous systems. Our structural sensitivity analysis is based on the stoichiometry of the reaction network, only. It does not require numerical data on reaction rates. Instead, we impose mild and generic nondegeneracy conditions of algebraic type. From the structural data, only, we derive which steady‐state concentrations are sensitive to, and hence influenced by, changes of any particular reaction rate—and which are not. We also establish transitivity properties for influences involving rate perturbations. This allows us to derive an influence graph which globally summarizes the influence pattern of any given network. The influence graph allows the computational, but meaningful, automatic identification of functional subunits in general networks, which hierarchically influence each other. We illustrate our results for several variants of the glycolytic citric acid cycle. Biological applications include enzyme knockout experiments and metabolic control.     

SYNTHESIS OF POLY(METHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) AND COPOLYMERS WITH POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE)

Poly(methylene terephthalate) (PMT) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) were synthesized by triethylamine-mediated reactions of terephthalic acid and dihalomethanes or 1,2-dihaloethanes, respectively. Reactions with chloro compounds required longer reaction times and higher temper-atures than those with bromo. Copolymers were synthesized by using proportionate amounts of dihalomethane/1,2-dihaloethane mixtures. Copolymer compositions were determined by inte-grations of relative areas of methylene and ethylene ¹H NMR peaks. Mn values were determined from ¹H NMR end group signals. Mole fraction feed is linearly related to CH₂/CH₂CH₂ incorporation into copolymer products. Mechanisms are proposed to explain results.     

Determination of Nicarbazin in Animal Feed by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Interlaboratory Evaluation

A liquid chromatographic method was developed for the determination of nicarbazin in feed. The samples were extracted with 90 percent acetonitrile, purified on alumina, and analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography. The developed method was validated in-house and further verified by interlaboratory studies. The limits of detection and quantification of the method were 0.05 and 0.10 milligram per kilogram, respectively. The recoveries of nicarbazin in feed ranged between 98.3 and 111 percent, with acceptable intralaboratory reproducibility. In the interlaboratory comparison, one contaminated and three uncontaminated poultry feed samples were analyzed by thirteen laboratories using the method developed in this study. Statistical analysis confirmed the accuracy and precision of the method with verification in the interlaboratory comparison.     

基于“5个对接”的学生掌握学习的教学研究

以高职高专护理学专业的医学基础课程生物化学教学作为切入点,根据“五个对接”的教学理念,以“醋酸纤维薄膜电泳分离血清蛋白”为教学案例,介绍生物化学教学的研究情况,把临床知识渗透融合在具体的教学过程中,组织实施教学教改。以“掌握学习”理论为支撑,分析学生掌握学习的情况,分析学生“学习达成度”的方式、方法或教学模式,提高教学质量,探索教改方法。     

毛细管电泳-电化学检测法测定饲料中的磺胺类药物

采用毛细管电泳-电化学检测法(CE-ED),对饲料中的6种磺胺类药物磺胺脒、磺胺二甲嘧啶、磺胺甲嘧啶、磺胺二甲氧嘧啶、磺胺嘧啶、磺胺甲恶唑进行了分离和测定。分别考察了工作电极电位、运行缓冲液的pH和浓度、分离电压和进样时间等实验参数对实验结果的影响。在优化的实验条件下,以直径300μm的碳圆盘电极为工作电极,检测电位为0.95 V(vs.SCE),在30 mmol/L硼砂-KH2PO4(pH7.6)的运行缓冲溶液中,6个分析物能够在16 min内实现很好的基线分离,被测物浓度与峰电流在3个数量级呈良好的线性,检出限(S/N=3)范围0.08～0.20μg/mL。该方法已应用于实际样品的分析。     

液相色谱-串联质谱法测定饲料中14种霉菌毒素及其类似物

采用高效液相色谱-电喷雾串联质谱仪(LC-ESI-MS-MS),在多反应监测(MRM)模式下建立了饲料中玉米赤霉烯酮、黄曲霉毒素和单端孢霉烯族A类毒素等14种毒素及其类似物的快速确认测定方法。试样中的黄曲霉毒素、玉米赤霉烯酮和单端孢霉烯族A类毒素经乙腈-水(84:16,V/V)提取,正己烷脱脂及霉菌毒素多功能净化柱净化,氮气吹干,用1mL乙腈/水(1:1,V/V)定容后,进行液相色谱-串联质谱法测定,采用色谱保留时间和质谱碎片离子丰度比定性,外标法定量。采用正离子扫描和负离子扫描的方式进行仪器方法学研究,确定丰度比最高的2对离子作为监测离子,进行MRM模式定性定量分析。本方法的检出限(LOD)为0.1～0.8μg/kg;线性范围为2.0～200.0μg/L,相关系数r均大于0.999。在5.0～100μg/kg的添加水平上,上述14种霉菌毒素及其类似物的平均回收率为59.0%～107%;相对标准偏差为2.1%～12.6%。     

邻—甲酚酞光度法快速测定饲料中钙

以钙与邻-甲酚酞在pH11的乙醇胺-硼酸缓冲溶液中的紫色反应,建立了快速测定饲料中钙的光度法,λ_(max)=570nm,测定的线性范围为0～10μg/6ml,ε=1.8×10~4,加标回收率为98%～101%,RSD为3.6%,用于饲料中钙的快速测定,取得了满意结果.     

Multiclass,multiresidue method for the detection of antibiotic residues in distillers grains by liquid chromatography and ion trap tandem mass spectrometry

The increased production of ethanol in the US has resulted in large amounts of distillers grains (DG) which is an excellent feed supplement for livestock. However, the use of antimicrobials during ethanol fermentation has led to a growing concern over the possibility of their residues remaining in DG. To enable the detection of antimicrobial residues, a robust LC–MS/MS method was developed that included 13 antibiotics of diverse chemistries, ampicillin, penicillin G, tetracycline, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline, bacitracin A, virginiamycin M1, chloramphenicol, erythromycin A, clarithromycin, tylosin A, monensin A and streptomycin. The residues were extracted with an aqueous solution of EDTA and trichloroacetic acid followed by methanol. The combined extract was subjected to a two-track cleanup and concentration on either hydrophilic polymeric or weak cation exchange solid phase extraction cartridges. The extracts are analyzed by LC/ion trap tandem mass spectrometry. The method was validated in dry DG matrix. Absolute recoveries of the analytes ranged from 50 to 100%. Accuracy ranged from 89 to 111% based on calibration by processed standards. The limits of detection and relative standard deviation are satisfactory to support future surveillance studies. The method was subsequently tested in three different end-products of DG: distillers dry grains, distillers wet grains and distillers grains solubles.