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AUTHOR
Manfred Kern
Age affects the metabolic rate of insect brain.
Abstract Brains of adult insects can be isolated and studied vitro. In female blowflies the oxygen uptake of the brain is age dependent. A steady increase is followed by a precipitous decrease around the middle of the life span. These changes are accompanied by alterations of mitochondrial structure and deposits of lipofuscin-like material.
Stereospezifische Überführung chiraler acyclischer tertiärer Phosphinsulfide in die entsprechenden tertiären Phosphinoxide mit Dimethylsulfoxid (DMSO)
Die Uberfuhrung chiraler acyclischer tertiarer Phosphinsulfide in die entsprechenden tertiaren Phosphinoxide mit DMSO in saurer Losung erfolgt unter vollstandiger Inversion der Konfiguration am zentralen Phosphoratom. Aufgrund dieses stereochemischen Verlaufs wird ein Mechanismus fur die Reaktion zur Diskussion gestellt. Stereospecific Conversion of Chiral Acyclic Tertiary Phosphine Sulfides into the Corresponding Tertiary Phosphine Oxides by Means of Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) The conversion of chiral acyclic tertiary phosphine sulfides into the corresponding tertiary phosphine oxides by means of DMSO in acidic solution proceeds with complete inversion of configuration at the central phosph…
Utilization of glucose and proline in the brain of adult insects
Abstract The objective of this study was to ascertain if proline can be used as a substrate by insect brains. Utilization of d -[U14C]glucose and l -[U14C]proline by isolated brains from 25 different species of insects, belonging to six separate orders, was measured using a radiomicrorespirometric method. Glucose utilization is more pronounced in brains of relatively smaller and highly evolved insects than in larger and more primitive insects. Brains of Blattodea exhibit little proline utilization. 14CO2 production from labelled glucose and proline in brains of insects seems to be correlated with the metabolic rate of these organs.