EFFECT OF PERACETIC ACID OXIDATION ON N-CONTAINING COMPONENTS OF HUMIC MATERIALS

1980 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 541-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. SCHNITZER ◽  
D. A. HINDLE

Three humic and one fulvic acid were degraded by mild chemical oxidation with peracetic acid, with special emphasis on the effects of this type of oxidation on N-containing components. The different types of N that were considered were NH4+-N, amino acid-N, amino sugar-N, NO2−-N + NO3−-N, and by difference from total N, "unknown" N. The behaviour toward mild chemical oxidation of all four preparations was essentially similar: there were decreases in mino acid-N, amino sugar-N and "unknown" N, increases in NH4+-N, NO2−-N + NO3−-N with one material, and in N-gases. The "unknown" N was not inert. Between 16.6 and 59.1% of the latter appeared to be converted, as a result of mild chemical oxidation, to NH3 and N-gases which were expelled from the systems. The results presented provide an insight into what happens to N-containing humic components as a result of mild oxidation.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (81) ◽  
pp. 66451-66463 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. M. Hicks ◽  
C. J. R. Verbeek ◽  
M. C. Lay ◽  
M. Manley-Harris

The effect of oxidative decolouring with peracetic acid on the physical and chemical characteristics of bloodmeal proteins was investigated by assessing protein solubility, molecular weight distribution and final amino acid composition.



2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 63-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kaur ◽  
Singh JP

A long-term experiment was used to evaluate the effects of different nutrient management practices on the distribution of soil organic N fractions and their contribution to N nutrition of a rice-wheat system. Continuous rice-wheat cultivation for 13 years without any fertilization was unable to maintain total soil nitrogen level to its original level and resulted in a decrease at 8.3 mg N/kg/year. Likewise, amino acid N, amino sugar N, ammonia N, hydrolysable unknown N, total hydrolysable N and non-hydrolysable N decreased by 37.2, 29.6, 33.7, 10.4, 26.6 and 20.4%, respectively over their initial status. However, application of inorganic fertilizers alone or in combination with organic manures led to a marked increase in total N and its fractions. The increase in total N with the application of farmyard manure, press mud and green manure along with inorganic fertilizer over treatment with inorganic fertilizer alone was 23.1, 34.4 and 7.0%, respectively. These results imply that integrated use of inorganic fertilizers with organic manures represent a sound practice for sustaining N reserves in soil. On average, amino acid-N, amino sugar-N, ammonia-N and hydrolysable unknown-N constituted about 27.9, 10.7, 28.7 and 32.7% of the total hydrolysable-N, respectively.



1978 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. SOWDEN ◽  
H. MORITA ◽  
M. LEVESQUE

The nitrogenous products formed by 6 N HCl hydrolysis of a variety of peats including a cultivated mesic profile, a virgin humic profile, a sedge, a woody and a sphagnum fibric peat were studied. Peat fractions separated according to particle size, woody and herbaceous materials isolated from a peat sample, and Typha and Carex plants growing on peat soils were also analyzed. Of the two profiles examined, the cultivated mesic peat showed significant quantitative changes in the content of individual amino acids throughout the profile. Also the amino sugar and amino acid N increased to a maximum, then decreased. On the other hand, the virgin humic peat profile exhibited random variations in the content of the individual amino acids and in the amount of amino acid N. Of the other peats examined, the fibric sphagnum had the highest percentage of amino acid N. Among the separates, the 100- to 200-mesh material had the highest proportion of amino acid N. The amino acid composition of the plant remains from the peat was similar to that of the peat from which it was isolated. The amino acid composition of the Typha and Carex plants was different from that of peat in that 75% of their total N content could be accounted for on the basis of amino acid, amide and amino sugar N. The amounts of hydroxyproline and the amino sugars in peats vary more than that of the amino compounds. In contrast to inorganic soils, which tend to have a similar amino acid composition, these limited data suggest that the amino acid and amino sugar contents of peats may be characteristic of individual bogs.



1971 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. U. KHAN ◽  
F. J. SOWDEN

More N was brought into solution by hydrolysis with 6 N HCl from the Ah horizons of a Black Solonetz and a Black Solod than from the Ah horizon of a Black Chernozem soil of Alberta. The percentages of total N represented by the ammonium-N, amino acid-N and amino sugar-N were similar for the three soils. The proportion of soil-N present as amino acid-N and amino sugar-N decreased and that of ammonium-N increased with depth in all three profiles. The acid hydrolysis of the water-extract obtained from Ah horizon of the Black Solonetz released more (ammonium + amino acid + amino sugar)-N than did that of the Ah horizons of the other two soils. The humic acid fractions obtained from Ah horizons contained more total N than did the humic acids extracted from the B horizons of the three soils. While the proportions of N accounted for as (ammonium + amino acid + amino sugar)-N in the humic acid fractions from Ah horizons of the soils were similar, they increased in the order Chernozem > Solod > Solonetz for the B horizons. In general, there were few noteworthy differences in the amino acid distribution between the three soils or between the various horizons of the same soil. The hydrolyzates of the water-extracts of Ah horizons showed higher values for the molar distribution of threonine, serine, glycine and alanine, and lower values for aspartic acid and glutamic acid than did the corresponding hydrolyzates of the soils; the amounts of free amino acids in these extracts were very small. There was little difference in the amino acid composition of the humic acid fractions obtained from the three soils or from the different horizons of the same soil; it was, in general, similar to that of the soils. The data indicate that differences in the salt regime in the Solonetzic, Solodic and Chernozemic soils do not result in the different kinds of nitrogenous organic matter.



1968 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Sowden

The percentages of the total-N represented by the acid-soluble-N, amino acid-N, ammonia-N and amino sugar-N were similar in both soils and were only slightly, if at all, affected by the additions of the amendments. The amino acids commonly found in proteins were present in all the samples although the amounts of cystine and methionine were quite small. In addition, ornithine, cysteic acid, methionine sulfoxide, α-ε-diaminopimelic acid and γ-aminobutyric acid were found in all the samples; only ornithine was found in more than trace amounts. Hydroxyproline was found in all the clay plots but only in the rye-treated plot in the sand. Glucosamine and galactosamine were found in all the samples analyzed.Although the amendments added differed both in the total amount of amino acid and in their molar ratios, the soil material was quite uniform in its amino acid content. Glycine and aspartic acid tended to be higher and isoleucine, leucine, tyrosine, phenylalanine and arginine lower in the soil than in the amendments added, where information on the composition of the amendments made comparison possible. The muck-treated plots were an exception, but the muck added was similar to soil material in its amino acid composition.



2021 ◽  
pp. 174804852199056
Author(s):  
Baruch Shomron ◽  
Amit Schejter

This study examines how media representations of Palestinian-Israeli politicians, can help community members realize their capabilities. The study’s database is comprised of 1,207 interviews conducted with Palestinian-Israeli politicians on news and current affairs programs on the three national television channels and the two national radio stations in Israel, for 24 months (2016-2017). We identified and analyzed the differences in the modes of representation between national and local Palestinian-Israeli politicians and between Palestinian-Israeli parliament members in the Joint List and Palestinian-Israeli parliament members in Zionist parties, all through the capabilities prism. In this study, we demonstrated how different types of Palestinian-Israeli politicians may potentially affect the realization of different political functions and capabilities. Analyzing political representations in the media through the theoretical framework of the ‘capabilities approach’ contributes to a more comprehensive insight into the roles the media can play promoting people’s wellbeing and human rights, relative to traditional media theories.



2021 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 386-390
Author(s):  
Manami Suzuki ◽  
Teisuke Takita ◽  
Kohei Kuwata ◽  
Kota Nakatani ◽  
Tongyang Li ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The mechanism of thermostabilization of GH10 xylanase, XynR, from Bacillus sp. strain TAR-1 by the mutation of S92 to E was investigated. Thermodynamic analysis revealed that thermostabilization was driven by the decrease in entropy change of activation for thermal inactivation. Crystallographic analysis suggested that this mutation suppressed the fluctuation of the amino acid residues at position 92-95.



2021 ◽  
pp. 026975802110106
Author(s):  
Raoul Notté ◽  
E.R. Leukfeldt ◽  
Marijke Malsch

This article explores the impact of online crime victimisation. A literature review and 41 interviews – 19 with victims and 22 with experts – were carried out to gain insight into this. The interviews show that most impacts of online offences correspond to the impacts of traditional offline offences. There are also differences with offline crime victimisation. Several forms of impact seem to be specific to victims of online crime: the substantial scale and visibility of victimhood, victimisation that does not stop in time, the interwovenness of online and offline, and victim blaming. Victims suffer from double, triple or even quadruple hits; it is the accumulation of different types of impact, enforced by the limitlessness in time and space, which makes online crime victimisation so extremely invasive. Furthermore, the characteristics of online crime victimisation greatly complicate the fight against and prevention of online crime. Finally, the high prevalence of cybercrime victimisation combined with the severe impact of these crimes seems contradictory with public opinion – and associated moral judgments – on victims. Further research into the dominant public discourse on victimisation and how this affects the functioning of the police and victim support would be valuable.



Author(s):  
Basel Shaaban ◽  
Victoria Seeburger ◽  
Annette Schroeder ◽  
Gertrud Lohaus

AbstractHoneydew honey is produced by bees from excretions of plant-feeding insects, such as aphids and scale insects. Honeydew on conifers, like fir (Abies alba) or spruce (Picea abies), is produced by different species of the genera Cinara and Physokermes. This means that honeydew honey can stem from different botanical as well as zoological origins, but so far it is not possible to clearly distinguish the different types of honeys. In the attempt to identify distinguishing markers, 19 sugars, 25 amino acids and 9 inorganic ions were quantified in three groups of honeydew honey (fir/Cinara, spruce/Cinara and spruce/Physokermes) with 20 honey samples each. It could be demonstrated that the contents of isomaltose, raffinose, erlose, two undefined oligosaccharides, several amino acids, sulfate, and phosphate differed significantly between the three groups of honey. Furthermore, multivariate analyses resulted in a separation of spruce/Physokermes honey from spruce- or fir/Cinara honey due to its higher contents of phosphate, sulfate, erlose and two undefined oligosaccharides. Moreover, the amino acid composition and the isomaltose as well as the raffinose contents proved useful in the distinction between fir/Cinara and spruce/Cinara honey. In sum, the contents of sugars, amino acids, and inorganic ions in German fir and spruce honeys provide useful information about the botanical and zoological origin of honeydew honeys.



Mammalia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-François Mboumba ◽  
Maxime R. Hervé ◽  
Véronique Guyot ◽  
Frederic Ysnel

Abstract The study contributes to the knowledge of species composition and biogeographical affinities of savannas rodent in Gabon. Unlike small rodents in Gabonese forests, there is little data on the diversity of small rodents in Gabonese savannas. The diversity and distribution of rodent murid communities was studied in four different types of savanna in Gabon: Coastal Basin (South-West), Lopé/Okanda (in the Center), Batéké Plateaux (Southeastern) and Ngougnié/ N’yanga (in the South). A total of 428 individuals representing six species were captured over 11,920 trap nights. Trap success was highly variable (2.2–6.9 %). The most abundant species were Mus minutoides (69%) followed by Lemniscomys striatus (21.5%). Indices of species richness varied from 2 to 5 and diversity (Shannon and Weaver) was low in the four savannas with the highest value at Ngougnié/N’yanga (H′ = 1.2). Species distributions show that Gabonese savanna small rodents conform to four distribution types, with one species known from Zambesian savannas exhibiting austral affinities (Pelomys campanae: occurs in three southern savannas). This new information provides important insight into the biogeography of small rodents at a local and regional level. Moreover, the correspondence analysis highlighted an influence of local ecological factors on population abundance.



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