scholarly journals THE PENETRATION OF DYES AS INFLUENCED BY HYDROGEN ION CONCENTRATION

1923 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 727-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Irwin

When cells of Nitella are placed in buffer solutions at pH 9, there is a very slow and gradual increase in the pH of the sap from pH 5.6 to 6.4 (when death of the cells takes place). If the living cells are placed in 0.002 per cent dye solutions of brilliant cresyl blue at different pH values (from pH 6.6 to pH 9), it is found that the rate of penetration of the dye, and the final equilibrium attained, increases with increase in pH value, which can be attributed to an increase in the active protein (or other amphoteric electrolyte) in the cell which can combine with the dye.

1935 ◽  
Vol 13b (5) ◽  
pp. 289-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Corey ◽  
O. Maass

The results obtained by the authors in a previous investigation have been checked. The influence of an acid, a salt and a base on the pretreatment of wood at 130 °C. has been determined. It is shown that pretreatment of wood meal decreases the rate of subsequent delignification. Pretreatment was carried out over the temperature range 100° to 140 °C. and the effect of temperature is shown to be very marked. As it was found that the pH of the water after pretreatment decreased, pretreatment was carried out on a chip in which the pH was kept more constant by a forced flow of water through the chip. It is shown that the rate of delignification is increased. Pretreatment was carried out in buffer solutions and it is shown that there is a pH value for which the influence of pretreatment is a minimum. The inferences drawn in connection with sulphite cooking are briefly discussed.


1919 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arao Itano ◽  
James Neill

1. At 5°C. no germination took place. 2. At 25°C. and at 37°C. germination occurs if the hydrogen ion concentration of the broth is kept between pH 5 and pH 10, but not at higher or lower pH values. 3. The completion of the spore cycle likewise requires a hydrogen ion concentration between pH 5 and pH 10. 4. The spores can germinate when the pH value is 10, although after germination the vegetative cells multiply only to a very slight extent and soon pass into spores. 5. The slight growth and multiplication of vegetative cells in broth of pH 10 suggest that the formation of endospores in this medium must be caused largely by the unfavorable reaction of the medium rather than by the accumulation of metabolic products. 6. Automatic adjustment of the medium seems to play a rôle in the completion of the spore cycle. 7. The results are not only of theoretical importance but they have a practical application to the preservation of food by canning and by other methods.


1926 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Irwin

Experiments on the exit of brilliant cresyl blue from the living cells of Nitella, in solutions of varying external pH values containing no dye, confirm the theory that the relation of the dye in the sap to that in the external solution depends on the fact that the dye exists in two forms, one of which (DB) can pass through the protoplasm while the other (DS) passes only slightly. DB increases (by transformation of DS to DB) with an increase in the pH value, and is soluble in substances like chloroform and benzene. DS increases with decrease in pH value and is insoluble (or nearly so) in chloroform and benzene. The rate of exit of the dye increases as the external pH value decreases. This may be explained on the ground that DB as it comes out of the cell is partly changed to DS, the amount transformed increasing as the pH value decreases. The rate of exit of the dye is increased when the pH value of the sap is increased by penetration of NH3.


1984 ◽  
Vol 246 (3) ◽  
pp. F323-F333 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Quamme ◽  
N. L. Wong

The effect of intraluminal hydrogen ion concentration on phosphate absorption was evaluated in the rat superficial proximal tubule. Early proximal convoluted tubules were perfused in vivo with buffered equilibrium solutions, and the saturation kinetics for phosphate transport was determined by altering intraluminal phosphate concentration at pH values of 7.65 and 6.5. The apparent Jmax and Km parameters of phosphate transport were about twofold greater with intraluminal pH 7.65 compared with pH 6.5 values. Accordingly, intraluminal hydrogen ion had a direct effect on tubular phosphate transport. Endogenous or exogenously administered parathyroid hormone inhibited phosphate absorption at both pH values, indicating that the phosphaturic action of parathyroid hormone is independent of the intraluminal pH value. Elevation of plasma phosphate inhibited phosphate absorption unrelated to the intraluminal phosphate concentration at both pH values. These data suggest that elevation of plasma phosphate may decrease phosphate absorption by inhibiting efflux from the cell into the peritubular capillary. In conclusion, proximal phosphate absorption is determined by the intraluminal pH value, circulating parathyroid hormone level, and plasma phosphate concentration acting through separate cellular and membrane mechanisms.


1922 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Irwin

1. An accurate quantitative method of measuring the penetration of dye into the living cell is described. 2. Cresyl blue is unable to penetrate rapidly unless the pH outside the cell is decidedly greater than that inside. The rate of penetration increases with increasing pH. 3. Around pH 9 penetration of the dye is rapid while the reverse is true of exosmosis. At low pH values (5.9) exosmosis is rapid and penetration is very slow.


1931 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Cook

Gliadin prepared by several different methods had the same nitrogen content and distribution. The critical peptization temperature (C.P.T.) in 60% alcohol and viscosity in 30% urea-buffer solutions, however, showed considerable variation, preparations of high C.P.T. (low solubility) being more viscous. This variation in the physical properties is explained by fractionation or denaturation incidental to the method of preparation.Gluten precipitated from 30% urea solutions at salt concentrations varying from 0.1 to 0.5 of saturation, yielded fractions that varied continuously in their gliadin and glutenin content, as judged from their percentage of arginine nitrogen.Gluten dispersed in buffered 30% urea solutions showed no change in viscosity during 101 hr. after the gluten was completely dispersed. A variation of hydrogen ion concentration between pH 6.0 and 6.95 had little effect on its viscosity. Heating at 70 °C. caused a marked decrease in the viscosity of this dispersion during the first hour. When gliadin dispersions are heated as above only samples having a high initial viscosity and C.P.T. become less viscous. Heating gliadin of natural moisture content (12 to 14%) at 70 °C. for varying periods of time did not change significantly its subsequent C.P.T. and viscosity in 60% alcohol. More severe heat treatments at higher moisture contents rendered the gliadin insoluble in 60% alcohol. Dilute alcoholic extracts of heated flours contained less protein than those of unheated controls. However, the C.P.T. of the former was lower than that of the latter. It is concluded from these experiments that when the gluten proteins are subjected to elevated temperatures, the glutenin fraction is first affected, next the gliadin fractions of low solubility, and finally, under severe conditions, all of the gliadin is denatured.


2016 ◽  
Vol 81 (12) ◽  
pp. 1407-1414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragan Veselinovic ◽  
Zoran Velikic

Measurements of pH values of buffer solutions (pH 4.0, 7.0 and 10.0) and distilled water have been performed with a glass electrode in electromagnetic field at the frequency interval of 10 MHz to 200 MHz and the output power of dispersed and reflected electromagnetic radiation of 0.01 W to 3 W. In all the cases, there occurred a reduction of pH values, i.e. a "recorded pH value" was obtained. The reduction appears within the applied frequency interval reaching extreme values at specific frequencies. The reduction of the pH values increases with the radiation power and depend of the solution buffer capacity. The effect of electromagnetic field on pH value change is exerted dominantly through the influence on glass electrodes.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1109 ◽  
pp. 253-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Farehanim ◽  
U. Hashim ◽  
Norhayati Soin ◽  
A.H. Azman ◽  
S. Norhafiezah ◽  
...  

The electrical performances of silicon dioxide-based Interdigitated electrodes (IDEs) as biosensor were developed. The IDEs was made up by two individually addressable Interdigitated comb-like finger structure have frequently been suggested as a biosensor which promises higher sensitivity compared to conventional parallel electrodes. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the capacitance test and impedance test to taken with various pH solution to observe the response of the sensor with different pH values. Purchased pH buffer solutions which varied from pH2 to pH10 are dropped on the microelectrode and the effect on it is investigated for the application in pH measurement. This research has proven that increase in pH value from acidic to alkaline is proportional with capacitance. The measured values of capacitance with respect to each pH concentrations applied during the measurements were repeatable and reproducible.


1998 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
APRIL J. PONTIUS ◽  
JOHN E. RUSHING ◽  
PEGGY M. FOEGEDING

Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris, a thermoacidophilic sporeformer, has caused spoilage of fruit juices which had been treated with thermal processes intended to commercially sterilize the juice. The objective of this research was to document the effect of pH, acid, and temperature on the heat resistance of spores of three fruit-juice isolates of A. acidoterrestris. The thermal resistance of spores of A. acidoterrestris strains VF, WAC, and IP were studied in a model fruit-juice system composed of 12% glucose and 30 mM of either citric, malic, or tartaric acid, adjusted to selected pH values ranging from 2.8 to 4.0. Decimal reduction times (D values) and inactivation rates were determined. Spores of strains VF and WAC were similarly resistant to heat under acidic conditions, while strain IP spores were less resistant. In the range of pH 2.8 to 4.0, a statistically significant effect of hydrogen ion concentration on heat resistance was observed at lower temperatures, but not at the higher temperatures. For example, at 91 °C and pH 3.1 and 3.7, D values were 31.3 and 54.3 min, respectively, while at 97°C D values at pH 3.1 and 3.7 were 7.9 and 8.8 min, respectively. The type of acid did not significantly affect the heat resistance. The zD values ranged from 5.9 to 10°C, depending on the acid, pH, and the strain. The models generated from this research can be used to determine adequate thermal processes, accounting for the acid type, pH, and temperature, to destroy A. acidoterrestris spores in beverages, since this organism is able to survive the typical hot-fill and hold process (2 min at 88 to 96°C) currently used to process fruit juice.


1919 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick T. Lord

Evidence is given of the presence in the cellular material obtained from the pneumonic lung of a proteolytic enzyme digesting coagulated blood serum at hydrogen ion concentrations of 7.3 to 6.7 and inactive at higher; i.e., more acid concentrations. In addition, evidence is brought forward of the presence in the cellular material from the pneumonic lung of a proteolytic enzyme splitting peptone to amino-acid nitrogen. This enzyme is operative at hydrogen ion concentrations from 8.0 to 4.8, but most active at 6.3 or 5.2. These findings may be regarded as having a bearing on resolution in pneumonia. During the course of the disease a gradual increase in the hydrogen ion concentration of the exudate probably takes place. With the breaking down of cellular material an enzyme digesting protein (fibrin) in weakly alkaline and weakly acid media may be liberated. With a gradual increase in the hydrogen ion concentration of the pneumonic lung the action of this enzyme probably ceases. An enzyme capable of splitting peptone to amino-acid nitrogen is probably active during the proteolysis of the fibrin and further activated when the hydrogen ion concentration of the pneumonic lung is increased to within its range of optimum activity at a pH of 6.3 and 5.2. By this means it may be conceived that the exudate is dissolved and resolution takes place.


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