potassium-acetate and ammonium-acetate

The condition for high-yield suspension cell line and the precursors of volatile oil synthesis of Curcuma zedoaria (Berg.) Rosc were studied. The results showed that the light yellow particle callus was suitable for establishment of the high-yield suspension cell line. The optimum conditions for cell growth were MS medium added 15-30 g/L glucose and 15-30 g/L sucrose (1:1) as carbon source, the total concentration of 80 mmol/L nitrogen source combined NH4+ with NO3- (1:3), hormones of 3.0-5.0 mg/L 6-BA, 1.0 mg/L 2,4-D and dark culture after 10-15 days light culture. The 229 g/L cell (FW) and 2.11% content of volatile oil were obtained in vitro. The addition of precursors of calcium pantothenate, ammonium acetate and potassium acetate during the middle period of the cell suspension culture enhanced the volatile oil content respectively, and ammonium acetate was most effective among them. The highest yield of volatile oil obtained was 3.11% and 8.27 g/L respectively , which was 1.25 and 1.2 times of the control group.

Topics: Acetates; Cell Culture Techniques; Cells, Cultured; Curcuma; Oils, Volatile; Pantothenic Acid; Plant Oils; Potassium Acetate

Non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis was used to study the separation selectivity of positively charged drug substances and negatively charged diuretics. Study was made of the effects of organic solvent composition and the background electrolyte on the separation. The separation selectivity could be altered considerably by varying the methanol/acetonitrile composition. In addition, the migration order and the resolution of the pharmaceuticals could be altered merely by changing the electrolyte cation or the anion. The electrolytes tested were alkali metal acetates, ammonium acetate, ammonium chloride and ammonium bromide. As with aqueous background electrolyte solutions, the electroosmotic flow was decreased with increasing size of the alkali metal cation of the electrolyte in methanol/acetonitrile 50:50 (v/v).

Topics: Acetates; Acetonitriles; Ammonium Chloride; Bromides; Dextromoramide; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Electrolytes; Electrophoresis, Capillary; Ephedrine; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Levorphanol; Lithium Compounds; Methadone; Methanol; Morphine; Potassium Acetate; Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; Sodium Acetate; Time Factors; Viscosity

The effects of adaptation/stimulus temperature (25 degrees C vs. 35 degrees C) on taste nerve responses to salt stimulation and amiloride suppression were assessed in rats. We measured the integrated responses of the chorda tympani nerve to 500 mM concentrations of NaCl, Na2SO4, sodium acetate (NaAc), KCl, K2SO4, potassium acetate (KAc), NH4Cl, (NH4)2SO4, and ammonium acetate (NH4Ac) mixed with or without 100 microM amiloride hydrochloride at 35 degrees C. Taste nerve responses to all Na+ and NH4+ salts, but not K/ salts, were significantly smaller at 25 degrees C than at 35 degrees C. Amiloride significantly suppressed taste nerve responses to all salts (Na+ salts > K+ salts > NH4+ salts); amiloride suppression of Na+ and NH4+ salts was significantly greater at 25 degrees C than at 35 degrees C. Benzamil-HCl, a more potent Na+ channel blocker compared to amiloride, strongly suppressed taste nerve responses to NaCl and KCl, but not to NH4Cl. Amiloride and benzamil suppression of NaCl responses were similar; however, amiloride suppressed KCl responses more than did benzamil. The results suggest that: (1) amiloride-sensitive Na+ channels are involved to varying degrees in the transduction of sodium and potassium salt taste, and (2) amiloride may inhibit membrane proteins other than passive Na+ channels during stimulation with potassium and ammonium salts.

Topics: Acetates; Amiloride; Animals; Chorda Tympani Nerve; Male; Potassium Acetate; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Salts; Sodium Acetate; Taste; Temperature