Measurement Device for Ambient Carbonyl Sulfide by Means of Catalytic Reduction Followed by Wet Scrubbing/Fluorescence Detection.

A portable chemical analysis system for monitoring ambient carbonyl sulfide (COS) was investigated for the first time. COS is paid attention to from the perspectives of photosynthesis tracer, breath diagnosis marker, and new process-use in the manufacture of semiconductors. Recently, the threshold level value of COS was settled at 5 ppm in volume ratio (ppmv) for workplace safety management.

Transverse mode control by manipulating gain distribution in a Yb:YAG ceramic thin disk.

We demonstrated that transverse mode can be controlled by manipulating gain distribution in a Yb:YAG ceramic thin disk. Several elongated higher order transverse modes of a Hermite-Gaussian beam were observed when a straight-line-shaped gain region was created by using a diode laser output from an optical fiber. An orthogonally crossing pair of straight-line-shaped gain regions created with an additional optical fiber output resulted in the generation of a doughnut-shaped Laguerre-Gaussian beam.

Formation mechanisms of melanoidins and fluorescent pyridinium compounds as advanced glycation end products.

The formation mechanisms of melanoidins as advanced glycation end products (AGEs) have not been resolved. Blue and red pigments generated in the D-xylose-glycine reaction system are postulated to be intermediate oligomers in the generation of melanoidins. A novel blue pigment, designated blue-M5, was identified as a similar structure to blue-M1 except for the side chain of two dihydroxypropyl groups.

Detection and determination of glyceraldehyde-derived pyridinium-type advanced glycation end product in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

GLAP, glyceraldehyde-derived pyridinium-type advanced glycation end product (AGE), formed by glyceraldehyde-related glycation, was identified in the plasma protein and the tail tendon collagen of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. It was detected in the plasma protein and the collagen in diabetic rats by LC-MS and LC-MS/MS analysis, but was not detected in normal rats. In addition, GLAP was formed from glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (GA3P) with lysine as well as glyceraldehyde (GLA) with lysine in vitro.

Detection and determination of glyceraldehyde-derived advanced glycation end product.

Protein is modified by carbonyl compound in the Maillard reaction, and the irreversible structure is formed as the advanced glycation end product (AGE). We identified GLAP (glyceraldehyde-derived pyridinium compound) as an AGE formed from glyceraldehyde and lysine residue of protein. In the present study, we investigated detection and determination of GLAP from glycated protein using fluorescence HPLC method.