Abstract:
Methods for controlling the growth of bacteria in ethanol fermentation systems with antibiotic alternatives, which can be nonoxidizing biocides, stabilized oxidizers, or any combinations thereof, are described. As an option, a process or composition of the present invention can include one or more polycyclic antibacterial peptides. The methods can provide improvements, such as increased ethanol yields with minimal carryover of biocide into co-products of the processes.
Abstract:
The invention relates to control fungal growth on tanned hides, using cyanodithiocarbimates of formula (I): X is a halogen; R is a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 14 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 2 -C 14 alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 2 -C 14 alkynyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted group defined by Y-Ar (CH 2 ) m -or by Z-(CH 2 ) n -; Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group selected from phenyl, or naphthyl; Y is H, halogen, NO 2 , R 1 , R 1 O, R 1 R 2 N; Z is NC, R 1 O, R 1 OC(O), R 1 OCH 2 CH 2 (OCH 2 CH 2 ) p m ranges from 0 to 3; n ranges from 0 to 3; p ranges from 0 to 3; and R 1 and R 2 are indepentently H, substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 5 alkyl.
Abstract:
Methods for controlling the growth of bacteria in ethanol fermentation systems with antibiotic alternatives, which can be nonoxidizing biocides, stabilized oxidizers, or any combinations thereof, are described. As an option, a process or composition of the present invention can include one or more polycyclic antibacterial peptides. The methods can provide improvements, such as increased ethanol yields with minimal carryover of biocide into co-products of the processes.
Abstract:
A method and composition is described for controlling the growth of fouling materials, such as scale, in aqueous systems using a tagged (fluorescent) polymer. The tagged polymer can be a fluorescent polymer which has at least one fluorescent monomelic unit derived from a fluorophore which has at least one terminal end comprising an olefinic group. The method of controlling the growth of at least one fouling material in an aqueous system can include the steps of adding the tagged polymer to the aqueous system to be treated, fluorometrically monitoring the concentration of the tagged polymer, and adjusting, as needed, the concentration of the tagged polymer and proportionally used water treatment compound or compounds effective to control the growth of at least one fouling material in the aqueous system. The adjustment of pH before determination of the fluorescence signal can be employed to increase sensitivity of the fluorophore and minimize background interference.
Abstract:
A method and composition for killing, preventing, or inhibiting the growth of microorganisms in an aqueous system or on a substrate capable of supporting a growth of microorganisms are provided by providing a lactoperoxidase, hydrogen peroxide or a peroxide source, a halide, other than a chloride, or a thiocyanate, and, optionally, an ammonium source, under conditions in which the lactoperoxidase, peroxide from the hydrogen peroxide or peroxid Ie source, halide or thiocyanate and ammonium from the ammonium source interact to provide an antimicrobial agent to the aqueous system or substrate.
Abstract:
5'- substituted, 4', 5'- dihydropsoralen compounds (5) bearing tertiary amines (and salts thereof), quaternary ammonium moieties or organomercurial moieties are described. Also described are 2- substituted mercurimethyl -2-3- dihydro -benzofurans of formula (7). Also reported are versatile direct syntheses through a hitherto unknown compounds such as 3-R-4, 8-dimethyl -4',5'-dihydro -5'-bromomethylpsoralen or a 3-R-4, 8-dimethyl-4, 5'-dihydro- 5'-iodomethylpsoralen to prepare a structurally diverse array of partially reduced psoralens and benzofurans. The presence of a permanent ammonium charge in these psoralens precludes membrane passage and the mono-unsaturation precludes the cross linking of nuclear DNA, thereby minimizing the mutagenic/carcinogenic side effects long associated with psoralen-derived therapies. The presence of a mercury functionality provides a reactive cell-binding group on these psoralens with unique cytotoxicity without light activation and an enhancement of cytotoxicity activity upon light activation. The invention also relates to these partially reduced and quaternized psoralens, amino-substituted psoralens, and mercurio psoralens display impressive pharmacology against PAM 212 keratinocytes, a model cell line employed as a test system to indicate epidermal cytotoxicity and cancer. The compounds of the invention also have antimicrobicidal activity useful in pharmacologic agents for mammals (e.g. the treatment of tuberculosis) as well as in controlling the growth of microorganisms on substrates and in aqueous systems.