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The oxalate content of urine is determined by means of oxalate oxidase and simple pH measurement. The enzyme specifically decarboxylates oxalate, producing two moles CO2 per mole oxalate. The CO2 diffuses into an alkaline buffer solution (Hallson, P. C. & Rose, G. A. (1974), Clin. Chim. Acta 55, 29--39) in the closed reaction vessel, and reduces the pH value, which is measured with an electrode. Only 125 microliter native urine is required to measure oxalate concentrations in the range of 80 mumol/l to 1.6 mmol/l (corresponding to 7 to 144 mg anhydrous oxalic acid per liter). The limit of detection is 10 nmol oxalate, and the accuracy is 101% with a coefficient of variation of 6%. The method described is insensitive to various interfering factors, such as reducing and oxidizing substances, cloudy or colored samples. It is therefore also suitable for oxalate determination in food technology and plant breeding.
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PMID:Determination of oxalate in urine using oxalate oxidase: comparison with oxalate decarboxylase. 46 68

Hemolysates were treated with HCl (0.18 M)-acetone solution to remove heme and the globin precipitated was washed with acetone. It was dissolved in 1 ml of 0.05 M Tris-HCl, pH 7.0, subjected to heat treatment for 10 min at 100 degrees C to remove traces of acetone, and treated with 0.05 ml of 80% phenol and 3 ml of H2SO4. The color was measured at 480 nm. Glucosylhemoglobin values in control subjects and diabetics were respectively 0.286 +/- 0.051 and 0.513 +/- 0.081 mole hexose/mole hemoglobin. The increase in diabetics was highly significant (P less than 0.001). A good correlation (r = 0.85) between fasting blood sugar values and glucosylhemoglobin level was observed. When globin solution was subjected to 4 hr hydrolysis with HCl-oxalic acid (2 and 1 mole/liter) solution prior to phenol-sulfuric acid reaction, estimated glucosylhemoglobin values increased to 0.720 +/- 0.083 in control subjects and 1.036 +/- 0.115 in diabetics. The possible reasons for this increase are discussed.
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PMID:A short-duration colorimetric method based on phenol-sulfuric acid reaction for the estimation of glucosylhemoglobin. 674 99

The reaction mechanism of the oxidative degradation of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) by the photochemically enhanced Fenton reaction was studied using a homogeneous (Fe2+(aq) + H2O2) and a heterogeneous reaction system (iron(III)-exchanged zeolite Y+ H2O2). In the homogeneous Fenton system, efficient degradation was observed in a batch reactor, equipped with a medium pressure mercury arc in a Pyrex envelope and employing 80% of the stoichiometric amount of H2O2 required for the total oxidation of PVA and a concentration ratio as low as I mole of iron(II) sulfate per 20 moles of PVA sub-units (C2H40). Model PVA polymers of three different molecular weights (15,000, 49,000 and 100,000 g mol(-1)) were found to follow identical degradation patterns. Strong experimental evidence supports the formation of supermacromolecules (MW: 1-5 x 10(6) g/mol) consisting of oxidized PVA and trapped iron(III) at an early reaction stage. Low molecular weight intermediates, such as oxalic acid, formic acid or formaldehyde were not found during PVA degradation in the homogeneous Fenton system, and we may deduce that the manifold of degradation reactions is mainly taking place within the super-macromolecules from which CO2 is directly released. However, in the heterogeneous Fenton system, the reaction behavior was found to be distinctly different: a decrease of the molecular weights of all three tested monodisperse PVA samples was observed by the broadening of the GPC-traces during irradiation, and oxalic acid was formed. The results lead to the mechanistic hypothesis that during the heterogeneous Fenton process, the cleavage of the PVA-chains may occur at random positions, the reactive centres being located inside the iron(III)-doped zeolite Y photocatalysts.
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PMID:Degradation of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) by homogeneous and heterogeneous photocatalysis applied to the photochemically enhanced Fenton reaction. 1169 68

1. A spectrophotofluorimetric method for the determination of glyoxylic acid in biological materials is described. 2. The method is based on the reaction between glyoxylic acid and resorcinol in acid solution, a fluorescent complex being obtained on the subsequent addition of alkali. 3. The reaction was found to be sensitive and highly specific, the minimum detectable amount of glyoxylic acid being 1.35x10(-8) mole. 4. The urinary excretion of glyoxylic acid by ten normal adults ranged from 1.4 to 4.7mg./24hr. Small but measurable amounts of glyoxylic acid were found in cell-free extracts of Pseudomonas oxalaticus OX1 grown on oxalic acid as a source of carbon. No glyoxylic acid was detected in human serum.
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PMID:THE FLUORIMETRIC MICRODETERMINATION OF GLYOXYLIC ACID IN BLOOD, URINE AND BACTERIAL EXTRACTS. 1434 35

Hydrogen peroxide was detected during the ozonation of para-chlorophenol (4-CP) in aqueous solutions. Its formation and influence on the reaction mechanism were examined. Semi-batch experiments showed that hydrogen peroxide was formed during the direct reaction between molecular ozone and 4-CP. The detected hydrogen peroxide could reach 12.3% of the initial mole concentration of 4-CP. Hydrogen peroxide reacts with ozone in neutral pH and leads to the appearance of the powerful oxidant, OH* radicals. An O(3)/OH* probe compound, succinate was then developed, and also included in the 4-CP solution matrix. The disappearance of succinate with time shows the amount of OH radicals. With enough tert-butanol inhibiting the OH* radical oxidation, results showed that 4-CP was transformed to para-quinone by ozone, and subsequently destroyed to formic acid and oxalic acid. Without scavengers of inactivation the OH* radicals, 4-CP was destroyed to low molecular weight acid.
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PMID:The formation and influence of hydrogen peroxide during ozonation of para-chlorophenol. 1693 86

The enhancement effect of polycarboxylic acids on reductive dechlorination transformation of pentachlorophenol (PCP) reacting with iron oxides was studied in anoxic suspension. Batch experiments were performed with three species of iron oxides (goethite, lepidocrocite and hematite) and four species of polycarboxylic acids (oxalate, citrate, succinate, and tartrate) through anoxic abiotic reactors. The chemical analyses and morphological observation from scanning and transmission electron microscopy showed that different combinations between polycarboxylic acids and iron oxides produced distinct contents of Fe(II)-polycarboxylic ligand complexes, which significantly enhanced PCP transformation. Generation of the surface-bound Fe(II) depended on concentration of polycarboxylic acids. The optimal concentration for the enhancement was 2.0 mM oxalic acid. The dechlorination mechanism was further demonstrated by generation of chloride ions. The results suggest that surface-bound Fe(II) formed on the iron oxides surface appears to be a key factor in enhancing PCP transformation, and the mole ratio of oxalate to surface-bound Fe(II) (oxalate/Fe(II)) acted as an indicator of the enhancement effect. The enhancement mechanism attributes to strong nucleophilic ability and low reductive potential of the equivalent Fe(II)-polycarboxylate complexes. Therefore, the enhancement effects might be helpful for understanding the natural attenuation of reducible organic pollutants at the interface of contaminated soil in anoxic condition.
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PMID:Enhancement of the reductive transformation of pentachlorophenol by polycarboxylic acids at the iron oxide-water interface. 1832 61

This study demonstrated a headspace gas chromatographic method (HS-GC) for the determination of oxalate content in black liquor (alkaline aqueous solution of inorganic chemicals and dissolved wood species from the alkaline pulping of wood). The method described in this paper is based on the reaction between oxalic and manganese dioxide in an acidic medium, in which oxalic acid is converted to carbon dioxide that is measured with a GC using a thermal conductivity detector. The challenge in developing this method was ensuring complete conversion of oxalic acid while minimizing the contribution of side reactions between carbohydrates, lignin and manganese dioxide to the carbon dioxide measured. It was found that a complete conversion of oxalate to carbon dioxide can be achieved within 3 min at a temperature of 70 degrees C; a MnO(2):C(oxalate) (concentration of H(2)C(2)O(4)+HC(2)O(4)(-)+C(2)O(4)(2-)) mole ratio of 60 and H(2)SO(4) concentration of 0.005-0.01 mol/L in the headspace vial. The method can detect concentrations as low as 0.39 microg of oxalate. The standard deviation was found to be 7% while recovery experiments with black liquor showed recoveries of 93-108% which were deemed acceptable for analysis of oxalate in an industrial sample such as black liquor.
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PMID:Determination of oxalate in black liquor by headspace gas chromatography. 1839 37

The rate constant k of the reaction of ascorbic acid with 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol (DCPI) in oxalic acid solutions is determined, by stopped-flow techniques. Four different methods are used to evaluate the results. The values and errors are compared statistically. The average of the rate constant is 56.5 x 10(3) l. mole(-1), sec(-1) and the overall standard deviation is 0.6 x 10(3) l. mole(-1), sec(-1) or 1.0% relative. The pH-dependence of the rate constant suggests that DCPI reacts with undissociated ascorbic acid.
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PMID:Comparative kinetic study for rate constant determination of the reaction of ascorbic acid with 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol. 1896 93

A method for determining ~ 0.001% or more of tantalum in ores and mill products is described. After fusion of the sample with sodium carbonate, the cooled melt is dissolved in dilute sulphuric-hydrofluoric acid mixture and tantalum is separated from niobium and other matrix elements by methyl isobutyl ketone extraction of its fluoride from 1M hydrofluoric acid-0.5M sulphuric acid. The extract is washed with a hydrofluoric-sulphuric acid solution of the same composition to remove co-extracted niobium, and tantalum is stripped with dilute hydrogen peroxide. This solution is acidified with sulphuric and hydrofluoric acids and evaporated to dryness, and the residue is dissolved in oxalic-hydrofluoric acid solution. Tantalum is ultimately determined spectrophotometrically after extraction of the blue hexafluorotantalate-Brilliant Green ion-association complex into benzene from a 0.05M sulphuric acid-0.5M hydrofluoric acid-0.2M oxalic acid medium. The apparent molar absorptivity of the complex is 1.19 x 10(4) l.mole(-1).mm(-1) at 640 nm, the wavelength of maximum absorption. Common ions, including iron, aluminium, manganese, zirconium, titanium, molybdenum, tungsten, vanadium, tin, arsenic and antimony, do not interfere. Results obtained by this method are compared with those obtained by an X-ray fluorescence method.
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PMID:Spectrophotometric determination of tantalum in ores and mill products with brilliant green after separation by methyl isobutyl ketone extraction of tantalum fluoride. 1896 5

A solid ion-pair compound produced from sodium 1,2-dihydroxybenzene-3,5-disulphonic acid (Tiron) and tetradecyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride(TDBA) supported on naphthalene in a simple glass-tipped funnel tube provides a simple adsorbent system for preconcentrating titanium from some alloys. Titanium reacts with Tiron to form a water-soluble coloured chelate anion which in turn forms a water-insoluble stable titanium/Tiron/TDBA complex with the ion-pair on the surface of naphthalene packed in a column. Titanium is quantitatively retained on the naphthalene in the presence of L-ascorbic acid and oxalic acid in the pH range 3.0-4.5 and at a flow-rate of 1 mil/min. The metal complex and naphthalene were dissolved from the column with 5 ml of dimethylformamide(DMF), and the absorbance of the solution was measured at 398 nm. A calibration graph was linear over the range 1-18 mug of titanium in 5 ml of the final DMF solution. The complex has a molar absorptivity of 1.39 x 10(4) l.mole(-1).cm(-1) and a sensitivity of 3.44 x 10(-3) mug/cm(2) for 0.001 absorbance. Eight replicate determinations for a sample containing 12 mug of titanium gave a mean absorbance of 0.697 with a relative standard deviation of 0.82%. The interference of various ions was studied and optimum conditions were developed for the determination of titanium in various aluminium and zinc alloys.
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PMID:Column preconcentration of titanium in aluminium and zinc alloys with oxalic acid-ascorbic acid and the ion-pair of sodium 1,2-dihydroxybenzene-3,5-disulphonic acid and tetradecyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride supported on naphthalene using spectrometry. 1896 40


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