acetolysis


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acetolysis

[‚as·ə′täl·ə·səs]
(organic chemistry)
Decomposition of an organic molecule through the action of acetic acid or acetic anhydride.
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After acetolysis, the pollen voucher specimens were mounted on slides with glycerine and deposited in the collection of the laboratory of paleoecology of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin (Table 1).
Pollen of Colombian magnolias/Polen de magnolias Colombianas
At the end of each exposure time, the lady beetles were frozen to death; the next day the legs and wings were removed (in the case of adults) to reduce the amount of residue after the insects underwent acetolysis, which was conducted in the same place where the floral buds also underwent acetolysis procedure, using the same method.
Morphological characterization of pollens from three Apiaceae species and their ingestion by twelve-spotted lady beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)/Caracterizacao morfologica de tres especies de Apiaceae e sua ingestao pela joaninha de doze pintas (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
We demonstrated the usefulness of the precipitin-inhibition assay using mannooligosaccharides obtained from mannan by acetolysis for the structural identification of epitopes, 10),11) and found that mannohexaoses, Man[alpha]1-2Man[alpha]1-2Man[alpha]1-2Man[alpha]1-2Mancd-2Man and Man[alpha]1-3Man[alpha]1-2Man[alpha]1-2Man[alpha]1-2Man[alpha]1-2Man, are the strongest epitopes for the C.
Immunochemistry of pathogenic yeast, Candida species, focusing on mannan
The organic fraction was then treated by standard acetolysis according to Moore et al.
The sedimentary sequence from the Lake Kuzi outcrop, central Latvia: implications for late glacial stratigraphy/Kuzi jarve (Kesk-Latis) kaldalahedase paljandi setted: lisateave Hilis-Glatsiaali stratigraafiale
The floral origin of honeybee-collected pollen pellets Was identified by color and light microscope examination by palynological analysis according to the acetolysis method [9].
Flavonoid content of unifloral bee pollen harvested from Transylvania evaluated spectrophotometricaly by ZrO[Cl.sub.2] reagent
3] block samples from every 10 cm were treated with a 10% KOH solution followed by standard acetolysis according to Moore et al.
Linking diatom community dynamics to changes in terrestrial vegetation: a palaeolimnological case study of Lake Kuzi, Vidzeme Heights (Central Latvia)/Diatomee- ja oietolmuprofiilide dunaamika ning nende omavahelised korrelatsioonid Holotseenis Kuzi jarve (Vidzeme korgustikul Latis) naitel
Success in identification can be improved by using acetolysis on the pollen grains prior to mounting them on slides (Kearns and Inouye, 1993).
Receptiveness of foraging wild bees to exotic landscape elements
Of the thirty-nine sediment samples taken from Pit C, twenty were processed according to standard Erdtman acetolysis procedures, following carbonate removal with 10% HCI.
Vegetation associated with the Heisler mastodon site, calhoun county, Michigan
For pollen analysis a dried sample of 50 mg was treated with 10% HCl, followed by the standard acetolysis of Moore & Webb (1978).
Stable isotope and pollen stratigraphy in marl sediments from Lake Ilmjarv (central Estonia)/Ilmjarve (Kesk-Eesti) jarvelubja lasundi isotoop-ja oietolmustratigraafia
Next, each sample was washed with distilled water, centrifuged and then extraneous organic material was oxidized using the acetolysis process consisting of a mixture of sulfuric acid and acetic anhydride (Erdtman 1960).
A late Holocene pollen sequence from Aronow Bog, northern Harris County, Texas
0 cm of sediment depth were prepared for pollen analysis using standard KOH, HF, and acetolysis procedures (Berglund and Ralska-Jasiewiczowa 1986).
Patchy invasion and the origin of a hemlock-hardwoods forest mosaic
To obtain a pure sample of spores, the flowers were oxidized through acetolysis (Elmqvist et al.
Anther-smut disease in Silene dioica: variation in susceptibility among genotypes and populations, and patterns of disease within populations
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