Biphenyl-3,3',4,4'-tetra-carboxylic acid dihydrate.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(16)H(10)O(8)·2H(2)O, contains one-half of the centrosymmetric organic mol-ecule and one water mol-ecule. The dihedral angles between the carboxyl-ate groups and the adjacent phenyl ring are 71.31 (3) and 16.

APOA5 Ala315>Val, identified in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia, is a common mutation with no major effects on plasma lipid levels.

Background: The importance of the apolipoprotein A5 (APOA5) gene in determining plasma triglyceride (TG) levels has been demonstrated in transgenic and knockout mice and confirmed by human association studies in different ethnic groups.

Methods: We screened for nonsynonymous APOA5 mutations in patients with plasma TG levels >10 mmol/L. The coding sequence and promoter region of the APOA5 gene were sequenced in 95 individuals with severe hypertriglyceridemia (HTG).

A new type of NADH model compound: synthesis and enantioselective reduction of benzoylformates to the corresponding mandelates.

A new type of NADH model compound with good reactivity and enantioselectivity has been synthesized in good yields by an efficient and convenient synthetic method. The structures of these model compounds were confirmed by 1H and 13C-NMR and MS.