scholarly journals Difference in enzymatic dehydrogenative polymerization of dilignols using horseradish peroxidase and crude enzyme obtained from Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuyuki Matsushita ◽  
Daisuke Baba ◽  
Dan Aoki ◽  
Kazuhiko Fukushima
Keyword(s):  
Horseradish Peroxidase ◽  
Chamaecyparis Obtusa ◽  
Crude Enzyme ◽  
Japanese Cypress ◽  
Dehydrogenative Polymerization

Loading rates of nutrients discharging from a golf course and a neighboring forested basin

1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 99-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takao Kunimatsu ◽  
Miki Sudo ◽  
Takeshi Kawachi
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Loading ◽  
Chamaecyparis Obtusa ◽  
Phosphorus Loading ◽  
Golf Course ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Golf Courses ◽  
Japanese Cypress ◽  
Arithmetic Average ◽  
Loading Rates ◽  
Runoff Rate

In the last ten years, the number of golf courses has been increasing in some countries as the game gains popularity. This indicates, a need to estimate the nutrient loading from golf courses in order to prevent the eutrophication of water bodies. Nutrient concentrations and flow rates of a brook were measured once a week from 1989 to 1990 at two sites: Site A of a brook flowing out from D-golf course (53 ha) and Site B of the same brook discharging into the golf course from an upper forested basin (23 ha) covered mainly with planted Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa SIEB. et ZUCC). The bedrock of the area was granite. The annual values of precipitation and mean temperature were 1947 mm and 13.5°C in 1989, respectively. The arithmetic average values of discharge from the forested basin and the golf course were 0.392 and 1.26 mg/l total nitrogen (TN), 0.0072 and 0.145 mg/l total phosphorus (TP), 0.82 and 3.53 mg/l potassium ion (K+, 5.92 and 8.24 mg/l sodium ion (Na+), 2.1 and 9.9 mg/l suspending solid (0.001–2.0 mm, SS), 0.087 and 0.147 mS/cm electric conductivity (EC), and 0.031 and 0.037 m3/km2•s specific discharge, respectively. The loading rates of the forested basin and the golf course were 5.42 and 13.5 TN, 0.133 and 3.04 TP, 8.84 and 33.9 K+, 55.0 and 73.0 Na+, and 54.3 and 118 SS in kg/ha•y. The leaching and runoff rate of nitrogen in the chemical fertilizers applied on the golf course was calculated as 32%. These results indicated the importance of controlling the phosphorus loading for the management of golf courses.

scholarly journals Heat transfer, physiological responses, and subjective perceptions during short contact time with wood or other materials

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuko Tsunetsugu ◽  
Masaki Sugiyama
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Physiological Stress ◽  
Physiological Responses ◽  
Chamaecyparis Obtusa ◽  
Material Interface ◽  
Japanese Cypress ◽  
Subjective Perceptions ◽  
Short Contact Time

AbstractThis study investigates the physiological responses and subjective perceptions of touching wood. In particular, it focuses on their respective relationships with the amount of heat transfer across the hand–material interface during contact. The study participants included 55 university students (20 females and 35 males) who gave written informed consent. The participants’ blood pressure, pulse rate, and cerebral blood hemoglobin concentrations were measured continuously for 90 s while they gently held vertical bar-shaped specimens of Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa), Japanese oak (Quercus crispula), polyethylene, and aluminum. The specimens also included wood with a surface coating. We measured subjective warmth and comfort as well as the heat flux between the palm and the surface of the material. The wooden materials were rated as significantly warmer compared to aluminum and polyethylene, regardless of the wood species (cypress or oak) or its coating; this result corresponds with smaller heat transfers in the wooden materials. Additionally, the wooden materials were more comfortable to hold as compared to the aluminum bar. Based on the changes in blood pressure, touching Japanese cypress and uncoated Japanese oak were interpreted to induce less physiological stress. Therefore, we can conclude that wood, with lower thermal conductivity, feels warm, and it causes relatively smaller physiological changes compared to other materials with higher thermal conductivity. Thus, they may present less physiological burdens when touched.

scholarly journals Deodorizing Effect of Japanese Cypress （Chamaecyparis obtusa） Sawdust and Monoterpenes on Trimethylamine

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 416-422
Author(s):  
Tomoka NAKAMURA ◽  
Yuma MONOBE ◽  
Hitoshi IWAMOTO ◽  
Noboru KISHIMOTO ◽  
Masamitsu DOI
Keyword(s):  
Chamaecyparis Obtusa ◽  
Japanese Cypress

Studies on the dehydrogenative polymerizations of monolignol β-glycosides. Part 2: Horseradish peroxidase-catalyzed dehydrogenative polymerization of isoconiferin

Holzforschung ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 513-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Tobimatsu ◽  
Toshiyuki Takano ◽  
Hiroshi Kamitakahara ◽  
Fumiaki Nakatsubo
Keyword(s):  
Horseradish Peroxidase ◽  
Water Solubility ◽  
Homogeneous System ◽  
Degree Of Polymerization ◽  
Coniferyl Alcohol ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Optimum Conditions ◽  
Spectroscopic Analyses ◽  
Dehydrogenation Polymer ◽  
Dehydrogenative Polymerization

Abstract Dehydrogenative polymerization of isoconiferin (IC; coniferyl alcohol γ-O-β-D-glucopyranoside) catalyzed by horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was carried out. The polymerization of IC proceeded in a homogeneous system, resulting in a water-soluble dehydrogenation polymer (IC-DHP). The degree of polymerization (DP) of IC-DHP was significantly higher than that of a standard dehydrogenative polymer (CA-DHP) obtained from coniferyl alcohol (CA) in a heterogeneous system. Under optimum conditions, the DP of IC-DHP was 44 (M n=1.5×104), whereas that for CA-DHP was only 11 (M n=3.0×103, as acetate). Spectroscopic analyses confirmed that IC-DHP has a lignin-like structure containing D-glucose moieties attached to the lignin side-chains. The D-glucose unit introduced into γ-O position of CA essentially influenced the water solubility and molecular mass of the resulting DHP.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Tree Height and Transpiration for Individual Japanese Cypress (Chamaecyparis Obtusa)

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 414-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenji TSURUTA ◽  
Tomonori KUME ◽  
Hikaru KOMATSU ◽  
Naoko HIGASHI ◽  
Tomo'omi KUMAGAI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Height ◽  
Chamaecyparis Obtusa ◽  
Japanese Cypress

scholarly journals Beyerane Derivatives and a Sesquiterpene Dimer from Japanese Cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)

2008 ◽  
Vol 56 (7) ◽  
pp. 1030-1034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Yuan Gao ◽  
Li Jun Wu ◽  
Norio Muto ◽  
Hiroyuki Fuchino ◽  
Takahisa Nakane ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chamaecyparis Obtusa ◽  
Japanese Cypress

Studies on the dehydrogenative polymerization of monolignol β-glycosides. Part 6: Monitoring of horseradish peroxidase-catalyzed polymerization of monolignol glycosides by GPC-PDA

Holzforschung ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Tobimatsu ◽  
Toshiyuki Takano ◽  
Hiroshi Kamitakahara ◽  
Fumiaki Nakatsubo
Keyword(s):  
Horseradish Peroxidase ◽  
Reaction System ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Quinone Methide ◽  
Efficient Production ◽  
Hydroxyl Groups ◽  
Photodiode Array Detection ◽  
Dehydrogenative Polymerization

Abstract Horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-catalyzed dehydrogenative polymerization of guaiacyl (G) and syringyl (S)-type monolignol γ-O-glucosides, isoconiferin (iso-G) and isosyringin (iso-S), which contain a hydrophilic glucosyl unit on γ-position of coniferyl alcohol and sinapyl alcohol, respectively, was monitored by gel permeation chromatography coupled with photodiode array detection (GPC-PDA). Contrary to the conventional dehydrogenative polymerization of monolignols, the polymerization of the glycosides produces water-soluble synthetic lignins (DHPs) in a homogeneous aqueous phase. Taking advantage of this unique reaction system, the method was developed to follow the changes of molecular weights in the course of DHP formations. Moreover, PDA detection permits determination of oligomeric S-type quinone methide intermediates (QMs) formed as stable transient compounds during polymerization of iso-S. A detailed comparison of the polymerization profiles revealed entirely different behaviors of G- and S-type monomers. The data strongly support the view that the low reactivity of oligomeric S-type QMs impedes the formation of DHPs from S-type monomers. In copolymerization of G- and S-type monomers, it is conceivable that G-type phenolic hydroxyl groups serve as good nucleophilic reactants to scavenge S-type QMs resulting in efficient production of DHPs. As a consequence, the present approach can be a powerful tool to study the in vitro dehydrogenative polymerization providing further mechanistic insights into lignin polymerization in vivo.

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