anthrone

[′an‚thrōn]

(organic chemistry)

C₁₄H₁₀O Colorless needles with a melting point of 156°C; soluble in alcohol, benzene, and hot sodium hydroxide; used as a reagent for carbohydrates.

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Benzanthrone Dyes

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As basic structural unit of hypericin is emodin anthrone, the search for possible biosynthetic routes for anthraquinone synthesis revealed the existence of an alternative pathway, through chorismate/o-succinylbenzoic acid pathway [61, 62].

Effects of polysaccharide elicitors on secondary metabolite production and antioxidant response in Hypericum perforatum L. shoot cultures

Determination of protein-bound carbohydratebin serum by a modified anthrone method.

Effect of systemic fungicide (combination of Cyproconazole and propiconazole) newly introduced in Algeria on Septoria of two varieties of wheat (Triticum durum Desf)

The WSC contents were determined by colorimetric after reaction with anthrone reagent (Thomas, 1977).

Improvement of fermentation and nutritive quality of straw-grass silage by inclusion of wet hulless-barley distillers' grains in Tibet

(b) Total Starch content: The total starch content was determined by anthrone method [14].

Effects of processing on digestibility of selected common bean landraces grown in Uttarakhand (India)

Total carbohydrates were determined by spectrophotometric method, based on reaction between glucose and anthrone, after hydrolysis.

Nutritional and hypocholesterolemic properties of Termitomyces microcarpus mushrooms

Glycogen content of soft tissues was determined from April 2007 to January 2008 by the anthrone method (Kamada & Hamada 1985).

Maturation process of broodstock of the pen shell Atrina pectinata (Linnaeus, 1767) in suspension culture

The soluble sugar content was determined following the anthrone method: 1 ml of a mixture of 0.2 % anthrone in 100% [H.sub.2] S[O.sub.4] was added to 1 ml of sample and incubated in a 40[degrees]C water bath for 20 min.

Specific leaf mass, fresh: dry weight ratio, sugar and protein contents in species of Lamiaceae from different light environments

At GS61 + 75[degrees]Cd (base temperature 0[degrees]C), percentage WSC content of stems and attached leaf sheaths was assessed in all plots, using the anthrone method of Yemm and Willis (1954) as described by Gay et al.

Physiological processes associated with wheat yield progress in the UK

The pellet was dried under nitrogen, then dissolved in 5 ml distilled water; the amount of glycogen in the solution was measured using the anthrone method of Umbreit et al.

Carbohydrate mobilization during germination of post-diapausing gemmules of the freshwater sponge Eunapius fragilis

Glycogen contents were estimated in 30% potassium hydroxide solution (KOH) according to Anthrone method of Consolazio and Lacono (1963).

Metabolic Profile of a Stored Grain Pest Trogoderma granarium Exposed to Deltamethrin

Total soluble sugars were measured by anthrone reagent (0.2%) following Sadasivam and Manickam (1992).

Auxin Producing Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Improve Growth, Physiology and Yield of Maize under Saline Field Conditions

Nicotinamide, anthrone, and oyster-glycogen were procured from Himedia, Mumbai, India.

Antidiabetic activity of benzopyrone analogues in nicotinamide-streptozotocin induced type 2 diabetes in rats