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| Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3. A stable binary hydride and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia is a colourless gas with a distinctive pungent smell. Biologically, it is a common nitrogenous waste, and it contributes significantly to the nutritional needs of terrestrial organisms by serving as a precursor to fertilisers. Around 70% of ammonia produced industrially is used to make fertilisers in various forms and composition, such as urea and diammonium phosphate. Ammonia in pure form is also applied directly into the soil.
Ammonia, either directly or indirectly, is also a building block for the synthesis of many chemicals.
Ammonia occurs in nature and has been detected in the interstellar medium. In many countries, it is classified as an extremely hazardous substance.
Ammonia is produced biologically in a process called nitrogen fixation, but even more is generated industrially by the Haber process. The process helped revolutionize agriculture by providing cheap fertilizers. The global industrial production of ammonia in 2021 was 235 million tonnes. Industrial ammonia is transported by road in tankers, by rail in tank wagons, by sea in gas carriers, or in cylinders.
Ammonia boils at −33.34 °C (−28.012 °F) at a pressure of one atmosphere, but the liquid can often be handled in the laboratory without external cooling. Household ammonia or ammonium hydroxide is a solution of ammonia in water. |
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Houillier P, Bourgeois S (2012)
More actors in ammonia absorption by the thick ascending limb.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology 302, F293-7 [PubMed:22088435]
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This review will briefly summarize current knowledge on the basolateral ammonia transport mechanisms in the thick ascending limb (TAL) of the loop of Henle. This segment transports ammonia against a concentration gradient and is responsible for the accumulation of ammonia in the medullary interstitium, which, in turn, favors ammonia secretion across the collecting duct. Experimental data indicate that the sodium/hydrogen ion exchanger isoform 4 (NHE4; Scl9a4) is a sodium/ammonia exchanger and plays a major role in this process. Disruption of murine NHE4 leads to metabolic acidosis with inappropriate urinary ammonia excretion and decreases the ability of the TAL to absorb ammonia and to build the corticopapillary ammonia gradient. However, NHE4 does not account for the entirety of ammonia absorption by the TAL, indicating that, at least, one more transporter is involved. | Banerjee S, Siciliano SD (2012)
Factors driving potential ammonia oxidation in Canadian arctic ecosystems: does spatial scale matter?
Applied and environmental microbiology 78, 346-353 [PubMed:22081570]
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Ammonia oxidation is a major process in nitrogen cycling, and it plays a key role in nitrogen limited soil ecosystems such as those in the arctic. Although mm-scale spatial dependency of ammonia oxidizers has been investigated, little is known about the field-scale spatial dependency of aerobic ammonia oxidation processes and ammonia-oxidizing archaeal and bacterial communities, particularly in arctic soils. The purpose of this study was to explore the drivers of ammonia oxidation at the field scale in cryosols (soils with permafrost within 1 m of the surface). We measured aerobic ammonia oxidation potential (both autotrophic and heterotrophic) and functional gene abundance (bacterial amoA and archaeal amoA) in 279 soil samples collected from three arctic ecosystems. The variability associated with quantifying genes was substantially less than the spatial variability observed in these soils, suggesting that molecular methods can be used reliably evaluate spatial dependency in arctic ecosystems. Ammonia-oxidizing archaeal and bacterial communities and aerobic ammonia oxidation were spatially autocorrelated. Gene abundances were spatially structured within 4 m, whereas biochemical processes were structured within 40 m. Ammonia oxidation was driven at small scales (<1m) by moisture and total organic carbon, whereas gene abundance and other edaphic factors drove ammonia oxidation at medium (1 to 10 m) and large (10 to 100 m) scales. In these arctic soils heterotrophs contributed between 29 and 47% of total ammonia oxidation potential. The spatial scale for aerobic ammonia oxidation genes differed from potential ammonia oxidation, suggesting that in arctic ecosystems edaphic, rather than genetic, factors are an important control on ammonia oxidation. | Procházka J, Dolejš P, Máca J, Dohányos M (2012)
Stability and inhibition of anaerobic processes caused by insufficiency or excess of ammonia nitrogen.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology 93, 439-447 [PubMed:22002069]
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Ammonia increases buffer capacity of methanogenic medium in mesophilic anaerobic reactor thus increasing the stability of anaerobic digestion process. Optimal ammonia concentration ensures sufficient buffer capacity while not inhibiting the process. It was found out in this paper that this optimum depends on the quality of anaerobic sludge under investigation. The optimal concentrations for methanogens were 2.1, 2.6 and 3.1 g/L of ammonia nitrogen in dependence on inoculum origin. High ammonia nitrogen concentration (4.0 g/L) inhibited methane production, while low ammonia nitrogen concentration (0.5 g/L) caused low methane yield, loss of biomass (as VSS) and loss of the aceticlastic methanogenic activity. It was found out that negative effect of low ammonia nitrogen concentration on biomass is caused not only by low buffer capacity but also by insufficiency of nitrogen as nutrient. It was also found out that anaerobic sludge with higher ammonia nitrogen concentration (4.2 g/L) tolerates even concentration of volatile fatty acids (160 mmol/L) which causes inhibition of the process with low ammonia nitrogen concentration (0.2 g/L). | Zeng Y, De Guardia A, Ziebal C, De Macedo FJ, Dabert P (2012)
Nitrification and microbiological evolution during aerobic treatment of municipal solid wastes.
Bioresource technology 110, 144-152 [PubMed:22342082]
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Nitrification is a key step in the nitrogen cycle in various ecosystems. In this study, the nitrogen dynamic and the evolution of groups of microorganisms were studied during aerobic treatment of fine organic fraction of municipal solid wastes. Mineralization of organic nitrogen exhibited two phases and resulted in two ammonia emissions peaks. The nitrogen balance indicated the onset of nitrification only during the maturation stage, which was confirmed by the accumulations of both nitrite and nitrate and the nitrous oxide emissions in this period. A significant development of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria correlated to the onset of nitrification. On the contrary, ammonia-oxidizing archaea were less abundant and declined through treatment. Identification of these ammonia oxidizers indicates that the Nitrosomonas europaea/eutropha-like ammonia oxidizing bacteria were responsible for ammonia oxidation instead of other groups of ammonia oxidizers during aerobic treatment of fine organic fraction of municipal solid wastes. | Imran M, Shah Y, Nundlall S, Roberts NB, Howse M (2012)
Is blood ammonia influenced by kidney function? A prospective study.
Clinical biochemistry 45, 363-365 [PubMed:22240068]
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BackgroundWe have investigated whether blood ammonia is increased with worsening CKD.MethodsFifty eight subjects with a range of CKD were recruited for analysis of plasma ammonia and other electrolytes.ResultsThe concentrations of plasma ammonia were all within the normal reference range and there was no correlation between ammonia and CKD without any effect of dialysis.ConclusionsBlood ammonia is not elevated in or related to the severity of chronic kidney disease. | Levičnik-Höfferle S, Nicol GW, Ausec L, Mandić-Mulec I, Prosser JI (2012)
Stimulation of thaumarchaeal ammonia oxidation by ammonia derived from organic nitrogen but not added inorganic nitrogen.
FEMS microbiology ecology 80, 114-123 [PubMed:22150211]
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Ammonia oxidation, the first step in nitrification, is performed by autotrophic bacteria and thaumarchaea, whose relative contributions vary in different soils. Distinctive environmental niches for the two groups have not been identified, but evidence from previous studies suggests that activity of thaumarchaea, unlike that of bacterial ammonia oxidizers, is unaffected by addition of inorganic N fertilizer and that they preferentially utilize ammonia generated from the mineralization of organic N. This hypothesis was tested by determining the influence of both inorganic and organic N sources on nitrification rate and ammonia oxidizer growth and community structure in microcosms containing acidic, forest soil in which ammonia oxidation was dominated by thaumarchaea. Nitrification rate was unaffected by the incubation of soil with inorganic ammonium but was significantly stimulated by the addition of organic N. Oxidation of ammonia generated from native soil organic matter or added organic N, but not added inorganic N, was accompanied by increases in abundance of the thaumarchaeal amoA gene, a functional gene for ammonia oxidation, but changes in community structure were not observed. Bacterial amoA genes could not be detected. Ammonia oxidation was completely inhibited by 0.01% acetylene in all treatments, indicating ammonia monooxygenase-dependent activity. The findings have implications for current models of soil nitrification and for nitrification control strategies to minimize fertilizer loss and nitrous oxide production. | Sher Y, Baram S, Dahan O, Ronen Z, Nejidat A (2012)
Ammonia transformations and abundance of ammonia oxidizers in a clay soil underlying a manure pond.
FEMS microbiology ecology 81, 145-155 [PubMed:22385337]
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Unlined manure ponds are constructed on clay soil worldwide to manage farm waste. Seepage of ammonia-rich liquor into underlying soil layers contributes to groundwater contamination by nitrate. To identify the possible processes that lead to the production of nitrate from ammonia in this oxygen-limited environment, we studied the diversity and abundance of ammonia-transforming microorganisms under an unlined manure pond. The numbers of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and anammox bacteria were most abundant in the top of the soil profile and decreased significantly with depth (0.5 m), correlating with soil pore-water ammonia concentrations and soil ammonia concentrations, respectively. On the other hand, the numbers of ammonia-oxidizing archaea were relatively constant throughout the soil profile (10(7) amoA copies per g(soil)). Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria were detected mainly in the top 0.2 m. The results suggest that nitrate accumulation in the vadose zone under the manure pond could be the result of complete aerobic nitrification (ammonia oxidation to nitrate) and could exist as a byproduct of anammox activity. While the majority of the nitrogen was removed within the 0.5-m soil section, possibly by combined anammox and heterotrophic denitrification, a fraction of the produced nitrate leached into the groundwater. | Zhang L, Lee YW, Jahng D (2012)
Ammonia stripping for enhanced biomethanization of piggery wastewater.
Journal of hazardous materials 199-200, 36-42 [PubMed:22130175]
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In this study, the effects of ammonia removal by air stripping as a pretreatment on the anaerobic digestion of piggery wastewater were investigated. Ammonia stripping results indicated that ammonia removal was strongly dependent on pH and aeration rate, and the ammonia removal rate followed the pseudo-first-order kinetics. A significant enhancement of biomethanization was observed for wastewaters of which ammonia was air-stripped at pH 9.5 and pH 10.0. The methane productivity increased from 0.23 ± 0.08 L CH(4)/Ld of the control (raw piggery wastewater) to 0.75 ± 0.11 L CH(4)/Ld (ammonia-stripped at pH 9.5) and 0.57 ± 0.04 L CH(4)/Ld (ammonia-stripped at pH 10.0). However, the improvement of methane production from the piggery wastewater pretreated at pH 11.0 was negligible compared to the control, which was thought to be due to the high concentration of sodium ions supplied from sodium hydroxide for pH adjustment. From these results, it was concluded that ammonia removal through air stripping at the alkaline pH could be a viable option for preventing the failure of anaerobic digestion of the raw piggery wastewater. Additionally, it was also found that a high concentration of sodium ion originated from sodium hydroxide for pH adjustment inhibited methane production. | Sun H, Lü K, Minter EJ, Chen Y, Yang Z, Montagnes DJ (2012)
Combined effects of ammonia and microcystin on survival, growth, antioxidant responses, and lipid peroxidation of bighead carp Hypophthalmythys nobilis larvae.
Journal of hazardous materials 221-222, 213-219 [PubMed:22560242]
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Hazardous materials, such as ammonia and microcystin, are released into lakes during cyanobacterial bloom degradation and may severely impact aquatic organisms. To assess the combined effects of ammonia and microcystin on survival, growth, and oxidative stress of larval fish, 14-day-old larvae of bighead carp Hypophthalmythys nobilis were exposed to solutions with different combined concentrations of ammonia (0, 0.06, 0.264mgL(-1)) and microcystin (0, 2, 10, 30μgL(-1)) for 10 days. Microcystin significantly decreased body length, while ammonia significantly increased body weight, specific growth rate, and condition factor, but there was no significant interaction between ammonia and microcystin on them. Superoxide dismutase, catalase, and malondialdehyde significantly changed with microcystin concentration, whereas glutathione was not affected by microcystin. Ammonia significantly affected the antioxidant system. There were significant interactions between ammonia and microcystin on superoxide dismutase and malondialdehyde. Our data clearly demonstrate that ammonia and microcystin adversely affect bighead carp larvae. | Weihrauch D, Donini A, O'Donnell MJ (2012)
Ammonia transport by terrestrial and aquatic insects.
Journal of insect physiology 58, 473-487 [PubMed:22100291]
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Ammonia, an end product from amino acid and nucleic acid metabolism, is highly toxic for most animals. This review will provide an update on nitrogen metabolism in terrestrial and aquatic insects with emphasis on ammonia generation and transport. Aspects that will be discussed include metabolic pathways of nitrogenous compounds, the origin of ammonia and other nitrogenous waste products, ammonia toxicity, putative ammonia transporters as well as ammonia transport processes known in insects. Ammonia transport mechanisms in the mosquito Aedes aegypti, the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta and the locust Schistocerca gregaria will be discussed in detail while providing additional, novel data. | Rivera-Mancía S, Ríos C, Montes S (2012)
Manganese and ammonia interactions in the brain of cirrhotic rats: effects on brain ammonia metabolism.
Neurochemical research 37, 1074-1084 [PubMed:22290316]
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Hepatic encephalopathy is a major complication of cirrhosis. Ammonia and manganese have been associated with hepatic encephalopathy underlying mechanisms. Motor impairment and brain edema are common signs of hepatic encephalopathy. In the present study a model of liver damage in rats was combined with ammonia and manganese exposure to evaluate the role of these substances separately and their interactions on brain glutamine, water content and motor coordination. Additionally, we explored brain levels of each substance -Mn and ammonia- in the presence or absence of the other. Liver damage was induced by bile duct ligation. Rats were exposed to MnCl2 in drinking water (1 mg Mn/ml) and to ammonia in chow pellets containing 20% ammonium acetate (w/w). As expected, manganese and ammonia levels increased in the brain of cirrhotic rats exposed to these substances; in these animals, glutamine brain levels also increased and positively correlated with tissue water content in cortex. A three way-ANOVA showed that manganese favored ammonia and glutamine accumulation in brain, and possibly their subsequent deleterious effects, as evidenced by the fact that manganese and ammonia accumulation in the brain of cirrhotic rats severely affected motor function. These results suggest that even when controlling ammonia levels in cirrhotic patients, reduction of manganese intake is also a potential strategy to be considered in clinical practice. | Bankura A, Chandra A (2012)
A first principles molecular dynamics study of the solvation structure and migration kinetics of an excess proton and a hydroxide ion in binary water-ammonia mixtures.
The Journal of chemical physics 136, 114509 [PubMed:22443779]
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We have investigated the solvation structure and migration kinetics of an excess proton and a hydroxide ion in water-ammonia mixed liquids of varying composition by means of ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. The excess proton is always found to be attached to an ammonia molecule to form the ammonium ion. Migration of the excess proton is found to occur very occasionally from one ammonia to the other but no proton transfer to a water molecule is observed during the entire simulations. Also, when the ammonium ion is solvated in water only, its hydrogen bond dynamics and rotation are found to occur at a faster rate than those in water-ammonia mixtures. For water-ammonia mixtures containing a proton less, the defect is found to stay like the hydroxide ion. For these systems, occasional proton transfer is found to occur only through the hydrogen bonded chains of water molecules in these water-ammonia mixtures. No proton transfer is found to take place from an ammonia molecule. The presence of ammonia molecules makes the realization of proper presolvated state of the hydroxide ion to accept a proton a more difficult process and, as a result, the rate of proton transfer and migration kinetics of the hydroxide ion in water-ammonia mixtures are found to be slower than that in liquid water and these rates are found to slow down further with increase of ammonia concentration. | Byrne N, Strous M, Crépeau V, Kartal B, Birrien JL, Schmid M, Lesongeur F, Schouten S, Jaeschke A, Jetten M, Prieur D, Godfroy A (2009)
Presence and activity of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria at deep-sea hydrothermal vents.
The ISME journal 3, 117-123 [PubMed:18670398]
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Recent studies indicate that ammonia is an important electron donor for the oxidation of fixed nitrogen, both in the marine water column and sediments. This process, known as anammox, has so far only been observed in a large range of temperature habitats. The present study investigated the role of anammox in hydrothermal settings. During three oceanographic expeditions to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, hydrothermal samples were collected from five vent sites, at depths ranging from 750 to 3650 m from cold to hot habitats. Evidence for the occurrence of anammox in these particular habitats was demonstrated by concurrent surveys, including the amplification of 16S rRNA gene sequences related to known anammox bacteria, ladderanes lipids analysis and measurement of a (14)N(15)N dinitrogen production in isotope-pairing experiments at 60 and 85 degrees C. Together these results indicate that new deep-branching anammox bacteria may be active in these hot habitats. | Castrillo JI, Zeef LA, Hoyle DC, Zhang N, Hayes A, Gardner DC, Cornell MJ, Petty J, Hakes L, Wardleworth L, Rash B, Brown M, Dunn WB, Broadhurst D, O'Donoghue K, Hester SS, Dunkley TP, Hart SR, Swainston N, Li P, Gaskell SJ, Paton NW, Lilley KS, Kell DB, Oliver SG (2007)
Growth control of the eukaryote cell: a systems biology study in yeast.
Journal of biology 6, 4 [PubMed:17439666]
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BackgroundCell growth underlies many key cellular and developmental processes, yet a limited number of studies have been carried out on cell-growth regulation. Comprehensive studies at the transcriptional, proteomic and metabolic levels under defined controlled conditions are currently lacking.ResultsMetabolic control analysis is being exploited in a systems biology study of the eukaryotic cell. Using chemostat culture, we have measured the impact of changes in flux (growth rate) on the transcriptome, proteome, endometabolome and exometabolome of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Each functional genomic level shows clear growth-rate-associated trends and discriminates between carbon-sufficient and carbon-limited conditions. Genes consistently and significantly upregulated with increasing growth rate are frequently essential and encode evolutionarily conserved proteins of known function that participate in many protein-protein interactions. In contrast, more unknown, and fewer essential, genes are downregulated with increasing growth rate; their protein products rarely interact with one another. A large proportion of yeast genes under positive growth-rate control share orthologs with other eukaryotes, including humans. Significantly, transcription of genes encoding components of the TOR complex (a major controller of eukaryotic cell growth) is not subject to growth-rate regulation. Moreover, integrative studies reveal the extent and importance of post-transcriptional control, patterns of control of metabolic fluxes at the level of enzyme synthesis, and the relevance of specific enzymatic reactions in the control of metabolic fluxes during cell growth.ConclusionThis work constitutes a first comprehensive systems biology study on growth-rate control in the eukaryotic cell. The results have direct implications for advanced studies on cell growth, in vivo regulation of metabolic fluxes for comprehensive metabolic engineering, and for the design of genome-scale systems biology models of the eukaryotic cell. | Javed MT, Irfan N, Gibbs BM (2007)
Control of combustion-generated nitrogen oxides by selective non-catalytic reduction.
Journal of environmental management 83, 251-289 [PubMed:16842901]
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Controlling nitrogen oxides (NO(x)) emissions is becoming a daunting technical challenge as increasingly strict emission limits are being imposed. The stringent regulations have prompted the innovation and characterization of NO(x) control technologies suitable for various applications. This paper presents a review on NO(x) removal techniques with particular reference to selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) technology. This includes initially how SNCR emerged as a technology along with a comparison with other relevant technologies. A review of various features related to selective non-catalytic gas phase injection of ammonia and ammonium salts (as reducing agent) is presented. The use of urea solution as a reducing agent and its performance in laboratory and pilot scale tests as well as large-scale applications is also discussed. Use of cyanuric acid as a potential reducing agent is also presented. The underlying reaction mechanisms have been reviewed for ammonia, urea and cyanuric acid for the explanation of various observations. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling as applied to SNCR is also presented. Subsequently the use of SNCR coupled with other in-combustion and post-combustion NO(x) control techniques is elaborated. Additionally, a two-stage NO(x) removal strategy to control un-reacted ammonia slip and to improve overall efficiency is discussed. At the end a summary is given which highlights various areas needing further research. | Chiang CT, Freindorf M, Furlani T, DeLeon RL, Richard JP, Garvey JF (2007)
Enhancement of a Lewis acid-base interaction via solvation: ammonia molecules and the benzene radical cation.
The journal of physical chemistry. A 111, 6068-6076 [PubMed:17569513]
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The interaction between ammonia and the benzene radical cation has been investigated by gas-phase studies of mass selected ion clusters {C(6)H(6)-(NH(3))(n=0-8)}(+) via tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry and through calculations. Experiments show a special stability for the cluster ion that contains four ammonias: {C(6)H(6)(NH(3))(4)}(+). Calculations provide evidence that the first ammonia forms a weak dative bond to the cyclohexadienyl radical cation, {C(6)H(6)-NH(3)}(+), where there is a transfer of electrons from ammonia to benzene. Additional solvating ammonia molecules form stabilizing hydrogen bonds to the ring-bound ammonia {C(6)H(6)-NH(3)}(+).(NH(3))(n), which cause cooperative changes in the structure of the cluster complex. Free ammonia is a weak hydrogen bond donor, but electron transfer from NH(3) to the benzene ring that strengthens the dative bond will increase the hydrogen acidity and the strength of the cluster hydrogen bonds to the added ammonia. A progressive "tightening" of this dative bond is observed upon addition of the first, second, and third ammonia to give a cluster stabilized by three N-(+)H x N hydrogen bonds. This shows that the energetic cost of tightening the dative bond is recovered with dividends in the formation of stable cluster hydrogen bonds. | Cui R, Jahng D (2006)
Enhanced methane production from anaerobic digestion of disintegrated and deproteinized excess sludge.
Biotechnology letters 28, 531-538 [PubMed:16614889]
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To improve biogas yield and methane content in anaerobic digestion of excess sludge from the wastewater treatment plant, the sludge was disintegrated by using various methods (sonication, alkaline and thermal treatments). Since disintegrated sludge contains a high concentration of soluble proteins, the resulting metabolite, ammonia, may inhibit methane generation. Therefore, the effects of protein removal from disintegrated sludge on methane production were also studied. As a result, an obvious enhancement of biogas generation was observed by digesting disintegrated sludge (biogas yield increased from 15 to 36 ml/g COD(added).day for the raw excess sludge and the sonicated sludge, respectively). The quality of biogas was also improved by removing proteins from the disintegrated sludge. About 50% (w/w) of soluble proteins were removed from the suspension of disintegrated sludge by salting out using 35 g MgCl(2) x 6H(2)O/l and also by isoelectric point precipitation at pH 3.3. For deproteinized sludge, methane production increased by 19%, and its yield increased from 145 ml/g COD(removed) to 325 ml/g COD(removed). Therefore, the yield and quality of biogas produced from digestion of excess sludge can be enhanced by disintegrating the sludge and subsequent protein removal. | Banks HD (2006)
The profound effect of fluorine substitution on the reactivity and regioselectivity of nucleophilic substitution reactions of strained heterocycles. A study of aziridine and its derivatives.
The Journal of organic chemistry 71, 8089-8097 [PubMed:17025297]
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Unlike the synthetically exploited oxiranes and thiiranes, aziridines that lack electron-withdrawing substituents, such as acyl or sulfonyl functionalities at nitrogen, are rather unreactive. As expected, three-membered aziridine 6 was calculated to be significantly more reactive than azetidine 7 in nucleophilic cleavage by ammonia, a typical nucleophile. The reactivity of 7 was about the same as that of an acyclic model compound, 8, when release of ring strain in the transition state was taken into account. Fluorine due to its similar size but vastly different electronegativity has been substituted for hydrogen as a means of modifying chemical properties for varied applications. In the present investigation, the effect of fluorine substitution at aziridine positions other than nitrogen was studied. Computations at the MP2(Full)/6-311++G(d,p)//MP2(Full)/6-31+G(d) level found a vast preference for attack by ammonia at the 3-position of 2-fluoroaziridine in the gas phase at 298 K. When release of ring strain was taken into account, this compound reacted more than 10(11) times faster than 6. The reaction rate with trans-2,3-difluoroaziridine was about twice that of 2-fluoroaziridine, while its diastereomer reacted with ammonia considerably slower. Acyclic fluorinated amine model compounds were employed to assess the generality of the effects produced by fluorine substitution. The results were rationalized by the energy contributions of strain energy releases, stabilization of the leaving group, and the relative electrostatic energies of the heterocycles in the transition states. The more reactive fluoroaziridines underwent nucleophilic attack at rates comparable to those of N-acetylaziridine. | Fang CH, Chiang KA, Hung CH, Chang K, Ke SC, Chu HA (2005)
Effects of ethylene glycol and methanol on ammonia-induced structural changes of the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II.
Biochemistry 44, 9758-9765 [PubMed:16008360]
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Ammonia is an inhibitor of water oxidation and a structural analogue for substrate water, making it a valuable probe for the structural properties of the possible substrate-binding site on the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) in photosystem II (PSII). By using the NH(3)-induced upshift of the 1365 cm(-)(1) IR mode in the S(2)Q(A)(-)/S(1)Q(A) spectrum and the NH(3)-modified S(2) state EPR signals of PSII as spectral probes, we found that ethylene glycol has clear effects on the binding properties of the NH(3)-specific site on the OEC. Our results show that in PSII samples containing 30% (v/v) ethylene glycol, the affinity of the NH(3)-specific binding site on the OEC is estimated to be more than 10 times lower than that in PSII samples containing 0.4 M sucrose. In addition, our results show that the NH(3)-induced upshift of the 1365 cm(-)(1) IR mode in the S(2)Q(A)(-)/S(1)Q(A) spectrum is dependent on the concentration of ethylene glycol, but not dependent on the concentration of sucrose (up to 1.5 M) or methanol (up to 5.4 M). By comparing the concentration dependence of sucrose and ethylene glycol on NH(3)-induced spectral change and also by comparing the sucrose and ethylene glycol data at similar concentrations ( approximately 1 M), we conclude that ethylene glycol has a clear effect on the NH(3)-induced spectral changes. Furthermore, our results also show that ethylene glycol alters the steric requirement of the amine effect on the upshift of the 1365 cm(-)(1) mode in the S(2)Q(A)(-)/S(1)Q(A) spectrum. In PSII samples containing 30% (v/v) ethylene glycol, only NH(3), not other bulkier amines (e.g., Tris, AEPD, and CH(3)NH(2)), has a clear effect on the upshift of the 1365 cm(-)(1) mode in the S(2)Q(A)(-)/S(1)Q(A) spectrum; in contrast, in PSII samples containing 0.4 M sucrose, both NH(3) and CH(3)NH(2) have a clear effect. On the basis of the results mentioned above, we propose that ethylene glycol acts directly or indirectly to decrease the affinity or limit the accessibility of NH(3) and CH(3)NH(2) to the NH(3)-specific binding site on the OEC in PSII. Finally, we also applied the same approach to test whether methanol is able to compete with ammonia on its binding site on the OEC. We found that 4% (v/v) methanol does not have any significant effect on the NH(3)-induced upshift of the 1365 cm(-)(1) mode in the S(2)Q(A)(-)/S(1)Q(A) spectrum and the NH(3)-modified S(2) state g = 2 multiline EPR signal. Our results suggest that methanol is unable to compete with NH(3) upon binding to the Mn site of the OEC that gives rise to the altered S(2) state g = 2 multiline EPR signal. | Calimsiz S, Lipton MA (2005)
Synthesis of N-Fmoc-(2S,3S,4R)-3,4-dimethylglutamine: An application of lanthanide-catalyzed transamidation.
The Journal of organic chemistry 70, 6218-6221 [PubMed:16050680]
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N-Fmoc-(2S,3S,4R)-3,4-dimethylglutamine (6) was synthesized from tert-butyl N-Boc-(2S,3S,4R)-dimethylpyroglutamate (13). This synthesis involved selective deprotection of a Boc group from a lactam nitrogen in the presence of a tert-butyl ester, Fmoc protection of the lactam, and a lanthanide-catalyzed transamidation reaction of the Fmoc-protected lactam, using ammonia and dimethylaluminum chloride. The scope of Lewis acid-catalyzed transamidation of acylated lactams was explored through the variation of lanthanide, lactam, acyl group, amine, and aluminum reagent. The reactivity of various metal triflates was found to vary in the following qualitative order: Yb approximately Sc > Er approximately Eu approximately Sm > Ce approximately Ag(I) > Cu(II) approximately Zn. Intriguingly, catalysis was only observed when ammonia was the nitrogen nucleophile; addition of other amidoaluminum complexes to acyl lactams was found to be insensitive to the addition of lanthanides. | Hanigan MD, Crompton LA, Reynolds CK, Wray-Cahen D, Lomax MA, France J (2004)
An integrative model of amino acid metabolism in the liver of the lactating dairy cow.
Journal of theoretical biology 228, 271-289 [PubMed:15094021]
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The objective of this work was to construct a dynamic model of hepatic amino acid metabolism in the lactating dairy cow that could be parameterized using net flow data from in vivo experiments. The model considers 22 amino acids, ammonia, urea, and 13 energetic metabolites, and was parameterized using a steady-state balance model and two in vivo, net flow experiments conducted with mid-lactation dairy cows. Extracellular flows were derived directly from the observed data. An optimization routine was used to derive nine intracellular flows. The resulting dynamic model was found to be stable across a range of inputs suggesting that it can be perturbed and applied to other physiological states. Although nitrogen was generally in balance, leucine was in slight deficit compared to predicted needs for export protein synthesis, suggesting that an alternative source of leucine (e.g. peptides) was utilized. Simulations of varying glucagon concentrations indicated that an additional 5 mol/d of glucose could be synthesized at the reference substrate concentrations and blood flows. The increased glucose production was supported by increased removal from blood of lactate, glutamate, aspartate, alanine, asparagine, and glutamine. As glucose output increased, ketone body and acetate release increased while CO(2) release declined. The pattern of amino acids appearing in hepatic vein blood was affected by changes in amino acid concentration in portal vein blood, portal blood flow rate and glucagon concentration, with methionine and phenylalanine being the most affected of essential amino acids. Experimental evidence is insufficient to determine whether essential amino acids are affected by varying gluconeogenic demands. | Norenberg MD, Jayakumar AR, Rama Rao KV (2004)
Oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy.
Metabolic brain disease 19, 313-329 [PubMed:15554424]
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The pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) remains elusive. While it is clear that ammonia is the likely toxin and that astrocytes are the main target of its neurotoxicity, precisely how ammonia brings about cellular injury is poorly understood. Studies over the past decade have invoked the concept of oxidative stress as a pathogenetic mechanism for ammonia neurotoxicity. This review sets out the arguments in support of this concept based on evidence derived from human observations, animal studies, and cell culture investigations. The consequences and potential therapeutic implications of oxidative stress in HE are also discussed. | Rama Rao KV, Chen M, Simard JM, Norenberg MD (2003)
Increased aquaporin-4 expression in ammonia-treated cultured astrocytes.
Neuroreport 14, 2379-2382 [PubMed:14663195]
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Brain edema is a serious complication of hepatic encephalopathy associated with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). Factors responsible for such swelling are not clear, but ammonia, a toxin strongly implicated in FHF, is known to induce astrocyte swelling. The mechanism(s) responsible for ammonia-induced swelling, however, are not known. Aquaporins are plasma membrane proteins that mediate transmembrane water movement. To investigate the potential role of aquaporins in astrocyte swelling, we measured aquaporin-4 (AQP-4) protein expression in cultured astrocytes exposed to 5 mM NH4Cl. AQP-4 levels significantly increased 10 h after treatment with ammonia, and displayed a progressive rise up to 48 h, which appeared to precede the onset of astrocyte swelling. AQP-4 may be involved in the astrocyte swelling associated with hyperammonemic states. | Lai DZ, Fu L, Yu CM, Qi LQ, Weng SJ, Yu T, Wang HT, Chen W (2003)
[Construction of an anti-apoptosis CHO cell line for biopharmaceutical production].
Sheng wu gong cheng xue bao = Chinese journal of biotechnology 19, 322-326 [PubMed:15969015]
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Mammalian cells are prone to apoptosis when cultured in large scale for production of biopharmaceuticals. And this will reduce production duration and result in high cost of production. Apoptosis is triggered by various factors, and delicately regulated by a set of genes. Bcl-2, a component integrated in mitochondria membrane, is an important member of these genes. By maintaining the integrity of mitochondria membrane, Bcl-2 keeps cytochrome C from releasing into cytoplasm, and thus blocks the activation of caspases, and subsequent onset of apoptosis. Over-expression of Bcl-2 has proven to be useful in blocking apoptosis in various cell lines, including CHO, hybridoma, myeloma, lymphoma and insect cells. Ammonia, a metabolite of cultured cells, however, showed apparent pro-apoptosis activity. In living cells, ammonia can be utilized by glutamine synthetase (GS) to synthesize glutamine, and thus lower the concentration of ammonia in medium, and its negative effects. Glutamine is essential to living cells. If not added into medium, glutamine can only be synthesized by GS, which makes GS a qualified selection marker. This marker can be used for gene amplification by adding into medium increased concentration of MSX, an inhibitor of GS. In this study, we over-expressed Bcl-2 using GS amplification in a recombinant CHO cell line stably expressing human interferon-beta. The modified cell line, with higher expression of Bcl-2 and lower production of ammonia, exhibited good anti-apoptosis quality and higher interferon-beta production in continuous culture. | Baum MM, Kiyomiya ES, Kumar S, Lappas AM, Kapinus VA, Lord HC (2001)
Multicomponent remote sensing of vehicle exhaust by dispersive absorption spectroscopy. 2. Direct on-road ammonia measurements.
Environmental science & technology 35, 3735-3741 [PubMed:11783653]
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Remote sensing was employed for the first time to measure NH3 levels in the exhaust of on-road light duty motor vehicles. The sensor also measured the concentration of CO2, CO, hydrocarbons, and NO, among other pollutants, in the emitted exhaust. Field measurements were conducted at a Los Angeles freeway on-ramp; vehicles traveled at cruise speeds between 20 and 25 m s(-1) (45-55 mi h(-1)). Mean fleet NH3 levels of 44.7 +/- 4.1 ppm were observed. These emissions exhibited a highly skewed distribution: 50.1% of the emitted NH3 was contributed by 10% of the sampled fleet. The pollutant distribution among high NH3 emitters is analyzed to identify the conditions that lead to three-way catalyst malfunction and, hence, NH3 formation. In contradiction with previous reports, we found that high NH3 emissions could not be attributed to vehicles running under rich air-fuel conditions. We estimate a mean fleet NH3 mass emission rate of 667 +/- 57 mg L(-1) (Er = 94 +/- 8 mg km(-1)). These findings could have significant implications on air quality in the South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB) of California, since they support the hypothesis that emissions from motor vehicles constitute a dominant regional source of NH3, between 20 and 27% of total daily emissions. As NH3 is the predominant atmospheric base, tropospheric levels play a key role in the buffering capacity of the atmosphere and, hence, the formation of fine aerosol. Our results could explain the ubiquitous distribution of ammonium fine particles observed during fall stagnation conditions in the SoCAB. | Bai G, Rama Rao KV, Murthy CR, Panickar KS, Jayakumar AR, Norenberg MD (2001)
Ammonia induces the mitochondrial permeability transition in primary cultures of rat astrocytes.
Journal of neuroscience research 66, 981-991 [PubMed:11746427]
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Ammonia is a toxin that has been strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy (HE), and the astrocyte appears to be the principal target of ammonia toxicity. The specific neurochemical mechanisms underlying HE, however, remain elusive. One of the suggested mechanisms for ammonia toxicity is impaired cellular bioenergetics. Because there is evidence that the mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, we determined whether the MPT might be involved in the bioenergetic alterations related to ammonia toxicity. Accordingly, we examined the mitochondrial membrane potential (Deltapsi(m)) in cultured astrocytes and neurons using laser-scanning confocal microscopy after loading the cells with the voltage-sensitive dye JC-1. We found that ammonia induced a dissipation of the Deltapsi(m) in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. These findings were supported by flow cytometry using the voltage-sensitive dye tetramethylrhodamine ethyl ester (TMRE). Cyclosporin A, a specific inhibitor of the MPT, completely blocked the ammonia-induced dissipation of the Deltapsi(m). We also found an increase in the mitochondrial permeability to 2-deoxyglucose in astrocytes that had been exposed to 5 mM NH(4)Cl, further supporting the concept that ammonia induces the MPT in these cells. Pretreatment with methionine sulfoximine, an inhibitor of glutamine synthetase, blocked the ammonia-induced collapse of Deltapsi(m), suggesting a role of glutamine in this process. Over a 24-hr period, ammonia had no effect on the Deltapsi(m) in cultured neurons. Collectively, our data indicate that ammonia induces the MPT in cultured astrocytes, which may be a factor in the mitochondrial dysfunction associated with HE and other hyperammonemic states. | Blei AT (2000)
Diagnosis and treatment of hepatic encephalopathy.
Bailliere's best practice & research. Clinical gastroenterology 14, 959-974 [PubMed:11139349]
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Hepatic encephalopathy arises from the combination of hepatocellular dysfunction and portal-systemic shunting. Encephalopathy is more prominent in advanced stages of liver cirrhosis and signals the presence of fulminant hepatic failure in patients with acute liver injury. As important as the extent of shunting is the presence of large spontaneous collaterals. Ammonia continues to be a leading toxin influencing brain function. Endogenous benzodiazepines and cytokines may contribute to one of ammonia's key effects in the brain: astrocyte swelling. The diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy is a diagnosis of exclusion; the search for a precipitating factor should be started immediately in all cases of encephalopathy. The treatment of hepatic encephalopathy has three aims: decrease the nitrogenous load from the gut, improve the extra-intestinal elimination of ammonia and counteract central abnormalities of neurotransmission. The mainstay of treatment is directed at the colon. Newer approaches targeting the brain, such as flumazenil, have become available. | Fox SW (1995)
Thermal synthesis of amino acids and the origin of life.
Geochimica et cosmochimica acta 59, 1213-1214 [PubMed:11540049]
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The recent review by Marshall (1994) of the production of amino acids from the interstellar components, formaldehyde and ammonia, is placed in the larger context of the origin of life. Thermal energy, being ubiquitous in the Earth, emerges as the sole necessary form of energy. To appreciate the overview of the natural evolutionary sequence it is necessary to recognize stepwiseness in evolution, a principle that has however been often ignored. Since self organization of thermal protein to cells is instantaneous, but only one step in a geochemical ladder, individual steps may be regarded as instantaneous, while the sequence requires measurable time. Two steps indicated are extrusion of a hot, dry organic magma of amino acids --> peptides into an aqueous environment in which occurs a second step of self organization. In this paper, spinoffs of the defensible theory for the origin of life have been briefly reviewed as a fundamental consequence of nonrandom thermal copolymerization of amino acids. | Schnell S, King GM (1994)
Mechanistic analysis of ammonium inhibition of atmospheric methane consumption in forest soils.
Applied and environmental microbiology 60, 3514-3521 [PubMed:16349403]
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Methane consumption by forest soil was studied in situ and in vitro with respect to responses to nitrogen additions at atmospheric and elevated methane concentrations. Methane concentrations in intact soil decreased continuously from atmospheric levels at the surface to 0.5 ppm at a depth of 14 cm. The consumption rate of atmospheric methane in soils, however, was highest in the 4- to 8-cm depth interval (2.9 nmol per g of dry soil per day), with much lower activities below and above this zone. In contrast, extractable ammonium and nitrate concentrations were highest in the surface layer (0 to 2 cm; 22 and 1.6 mumol per g of dry soil, respectively), as was potential ammonium-oxidizing activity (19 nmol per g of dry soil per day). The difference in zonation between ammonium oxidation and methane consumption suggested that ammonia-oxidizing bacteria did not contribute significantly to atmospheric methane consumption. Exogenous ammonium inhibited methane consumption in situ and in vitro, but the pattern of inhibition did not conform to expectations based on simple competition between ammonia and methane for methane monooxygenase. The extent of ammonium inhibition increased with increasing methane concentration. Inhibition by a single ammonium addition remained constant over a period of 39 days. In addition, nitrite, the end product of methanotrophic ammonia oxidation, was a more effective inhibitor of methane consumption than ammonium. Factors that stimulated ammonium oxidation in soil, e.g., elevated methane concentrations and the availability of cosubstrates such as formate, methanol, or beta-hydroxybutyrate, enhanced ammonium inhibition of methane oxidation, probably as a result of enhanced nitrite production. | Nawaz MS, Chapatwala KD, Wolfram JH (1989)
Degradation of Acetonitrile by Pseudomonas putida.
Applied and environmental microbiology 55, 2267-2274 [PubMed:16348008]
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A bacterium capable of utilizing high concentrations of acetonitrile as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen was isolated from soil and identified as Pseudomonas putida. This bacterium could also utilize butyronitrile, glutaronitrile, isobutyronitrile, methacrylonitrile, propionitrile, succinonitrile, valeronitrile, and some of their corresponding amides, such as acetamide, butyramide, isobutyramide, methacrylamide, propionamide, and succinamide as growth substrates. Acetonitrile-grown cells oxidized acetonitrile with a K(m) of 40.61 mM. Mass balance studies with [C]acetonitrile indicated that nearly 66% of carbon of acetonitrile was released as CO(2) and 14% was associated with the biomass. Metabolites of acetonitrile in the culture medium were acetic acid and ammonia. The acetate formed in the early stages of growth completely disappeared in the later stages. Cell extracts of acetonitrile-grown cells contained activities corresponding to nitrile hydratase and amidase, which mediate the breakdown of actonitrile into acetic acid and ammonia. Both enzymes were intracellular and inducible and hydrolyzed a wide range of substrates. The specific activity of amidase was at least 150-fold higher than the activity of the enzyme nitrile hydratase. | Mierzwiński A, Witkiewicz Z (1989)
The application of piezoelectric detectors for investigations of environmental pollution.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) 57, 181-198 [PubMed:15092448]
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The general properties of piezoelectric sorption detectors utilised in the detection of air pollution have been characterised. Examples of detection, with the aid of these detectors, of the organophosphorus compounds, sulphur dioxide, ammonia, hydrocarbons and their derivatives and other air pollutants have been given. Based on information given in this paper, general conclusions including advantages, and difficulties of using piezoelectric detectors in practice have been described. | Nelson DD, Fraser GT, Klemperer W (1987)
Does ammonia hydrogen bond?
Science (New York, N.Y.) 238, 1670-1674 [PubMed:17737668]
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Spectroscopic characterizations of the stereochemistry of complexes of ammonia (NH(3)) have strongly confirmed some long-held ideas about the weak interactions of NH(3) while casting doubt on others. As expected, NH(3) is observed to be a nearly universal proton acceptor, accepting hydrogen bonds from even some of the weakest proton donors. Surprisingly, no evidence has been found to support the view that NH(3) acts as a proton donor through hydrogen bonding. A critical evaluation of the work that has been done to gather such evidence, as well as of earlier work involving condensed-phase observations, suggests that NH(3) might well be best described as a powerful hydrogen-bond acceptor with little propensity to donate hydrogen bonds. | Sakano K, Tazawa M (1985)
Metabolic Conversion of Amino Acids Loaded in the Vacuole of Chara australis Internodal Cells.
Plant physiology 78, 673-677 [PubMed:16664306]
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Vacuoles of internodal cells of Chara australis (or Chara corallina) were loaded with a 10 millimolar amount of various amino acids by a perfusion method and incubated under continuous light. After 20 to 24 hours, the cell sap was collected, and free amino acids in it and the rest of the cell (cytoplasm) were analyzed. The only amino acid metabolized completely was alanine. About 40 to 80% of the aspartic acid, glutamine, serine, and glycine were metabolized, whereas less than 30% of the threonine, asparagine, isoasparagine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, gamma-aminobutyric acid, lysine, and arginine were metabolized. The figure for glutamic acid fluctuated between 10 and 100%. The main metabolites of alanine were glutamine, glycine and ammonia, which accumulated in the vacuole. Alanine utilization was not affected by l-methionine-d,l-sulfoximine or azaserine, but was strongly inhibited by aminooxyacetate. The cell extract contained enough alanine aminotransferase activity to account for the rate of alanine metabolism. | Gregoriou M, Brown PR (1979)
Inhibition of the aliphatic amidase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa by urea and related compounds.
European journal of biochemistry 96, 101-108 [PubMed:110589]
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The time-dependent inhibition of amidase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain AI 3 by urea, hydroxyurea and cyanate displayed saturation kinetics fitting a model for the reaction sequence in which formation of a complex in a reversible step was followed by an irreversible step. Altered amidases from mutant strains AIU 1N and OUCH 4, selected for their resistance to inhibition of growth by urea and hydroxyurea respectively, had altered kinetic constants for inhibition indicating reduced binding capacity for the inhibitors. The substrate acetamide protected AI 3 amidase against inhibition by urea,.and altered Ki values for inhibition of the mutant amidases were paralleled by alterations in Km values for acetamide indicating that urea acted at the active site. Inhibition of AI 3 amidase involved the binding of one molecule of urea per molecule of enzyme. Urea inhibited amidase slowly regained activity at pH 7.2 through release of urea. | KOZLOV NB (1960)
[Effect of carbon dioxide on blood ammonia, glutamine and urea after the administration of ammonium chloride in animals].
Biulleten' eksperimental'noi biologii i meditsiny 50, 73-78 [PubMed:13753780] |
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