Eiichi Maekawa

An Evaluation of the Acid-Soluble Lignin Determination in Analyses of Lignin by the Sulfuric Acid Method

Abstract The acid-soluble lignin determination used in analyses of lignin by the sulfuric acid method was evaluated. The conventional UV spectrophotometric method using the absorption at 205 nm is appropriate for hardwoods, whereas for softwoods and bamboo the absorption at 205 nm should be corrected, since the absorption maximum is shifted to a shorter wavelength in sulfuric acid solution. Therefore, in the latter cases, the actual absorption maximum should be used.

Sialic Acids and Related Substances:Part I. Reaction of N-Acetyl-D-galactosamine and Oxalacetic Acid

N-Acetyl-D-galactosamine, N-acetyl-D-mannosamine and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine were allowed to react with oxalacetic acid under alkaline conditions, and the condensation products purified by ion-exchange chromatography. Properties of these products on the whole are similar to each other, though there is a minor but significant diference in the condensation product with N-acetyl-D-galactosaminc. Paper chromatograms of the condensation products suggest that N-acetyl-D-galactosamine as well as N-acetyl-D-glucosamine are epimerized partly before they condense with oxalacetic acid to givc each two sialic acids with different configurations at C-5 from each other.