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Benzoic acid
About: Benzoic acid is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 11832 publications have been published within this topic receiving 167127 citations. The topic is also known as: Retardex & E210.
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TL;DR: Cellular changes in the roots of mustard grown in soil treated with 1.09, 1.46 and 1.83 mg benzoic acid per g soil were analyzed and damage to the mustard root at cellular level was evidenced by changes in cell morphology and internal organization.
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TL;DR: In this paper, mixed bacterial cultures capable of using 2-methyl-4-chIorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) and 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetyl acid (2, 4D) as the sole source of carbon and energy were isolated from field soil treated with the herbicide (±)2-(2-methyl 4-chloro)phenoxypropionic acid (mecoprop).
Abstract: Mixed bacterial cultures capable of using 2-methyl-4-chIorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) and 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-D) as the sole source of carbon and energy were isolated from field soil treated with the herbicide (±)2-(2-methyl-4-chloro)phenoxypropionic acid (mecoprop). An enrichment technique with two aromatic compounds as sources of carbon was used. Effects of temperature and substrate concentration were studied. The mixed cultures retained their ability to degrade MCPA although the bacteria were grown for 3 months (32 successive passages) with glucose as the sole source of carbon and energy. With benzoic acid as co-substrate, one of the cultures was also able to degrade mecoprop and (±)2-(2, 4-dichloro)phenoxypropionic acid (dichlorprop). This ability was not maintained, however, over more than 10 passages.
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TL;DR: Results suggest that benzoic acid inhibitors of and thiophenol substrates for TPMT may interact with different sites on the enzyme.
Abstract: Twenty-seven substituted benzoic acids have been studied as inhibitors of partially purified human renal thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT). Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) analysis resulted in the following equation: pI50 = 1.25( +/- 0.53)pi'3 + 0.73( +/- 0.38)MR3,4 + 2.92( +/- 0.39). In this equation pI50 is the -log of the concentration of compound that inhibits the enzyme activity by 50% (IC50);pi'3 is the relative hydrophobicity of the more hydrophobic of the two meta substituents; and MR3,4 is the molar refractivity of the more hydrophobic of the two meta substituents and of the para substituent on the phenyl ring. In addition, 14 substituted thiophenols were tested as substrates for the enzyme. All 14 thiophenols tested were excellent substrates with Km constants (0.8-7.8 microM) that were at least 2 orders of magnitude lower than those of any known thiopurine substrate for TPMT. However, there was no discernible relationship between the activities of thiophenol substrates and their physicochemical parameters. These results suggest that benzoic acid inhibitors of and thiophenol substrates for TPMT may interact with different sites on the enzyme.
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TL;DR: The findings obtained herein are helpful to bring out the binding mechanism of phenolic acids and β-lactoglobulin.
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TL;DR: Key to high enantioselection is the finding that ortho-iodo benzoic acid salts of the chiral copper(II) bis(oxazoline) catalyst deliver both diastereomers of the Henry adduct with highEnantiomeric excess, homochiral at the oxygen-bearing carbon.
Abstract: α-Oxy amides are prepared through enantioselective synthesis using a sequence beginning with a Henry addition of bromonitromethane to aldehydes and finishing with Umpolung Amide Synthesis (UmAS). Key to high enantioselection is the finding that ortho-iodo benzoic acid salts of the chiral copper(II) bis(oxazoline) catalyst deliver both diastereomers of the Henry adduct with high enantiomeric excess, homochiral at the oxygen-bearing carbon. Overall, this approach to α-oxy amides provides an innovative complement to alternatives that focus almost entirely on the enantioselective synthesis of α-oxy carboxylic acids.
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