• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.456-459
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• 2005

UV spectrometric assay for measurement of epoxide hydrolase activity was tested for efficient screening of whole cell activity of epoxide hydrolase. Epoxide hydrolase activities were determined by measuring the amount of p-nitrostyrene diol (pNSD), which was the hydrolysis product of p-nitrostyrene oxide (pNSO). Enantioselective hydrolysis of racemic pNSO using epoxide hydrolase activity of Rhodosporidium toruloides was monitored by UV spectrometric assay, and the relevant $K_m$ and $V_m$ for R. toruloides were determined as $2.457nmol/min{\cdot}mg$ and 1.078 mM, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.165-169
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• 1963

12 samples from an assay process chain were submitted to qualitative and quantitative neutron activation analysis for the determination of gold. Gold was detected and quantitatively determined in three samples after a chemical separation consisting of solvent extraction and precipitation steps. Recoveries ranged between 81.0 and 93.6% and results of duplicated determinations were reproducible. Quantitative data were obtained from gamma-spectrometric photopeak-area counting. Interference from fast neutron reactions was negligible.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.111-111
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Life Science Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.89-89
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• 2005

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.332-334
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• 1989

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2007.08a
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• pp.138-138
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• 2007

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.15 no.1 s.68
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• pp.136-140
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• 2005

Microbial cell-based UV spectrometric assay for the quantitative measurement of epoxide hydrolase activity was evaluated and optimized for the efficient screening of whole cell activity of novel epoxide hydrolase. Epoxide hydrolase activity was determined by measuring the increase of the oxidized product, benzaldehyde. The effects of the concentrations of phenyl-1,2-ethanediol, sodium metaperiodate and cells were optimized for epoxide hydrolase-catalyzed hydrolysis of styrene oxide. The relevant kinetic parameters of Km and $V_{max}$ for the hydrolysis of (R)-styrene oxide by Rhodotorula glutinis were determined from Lineweaver-Burk plot as 41.2 nmol/min$\cdot$mg dcw and 7.5 mM respectively, and coincided well with those from GC analysis.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.22 no.7
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• pp.685-688
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• 2001

A gas chromatography/mass spectrometric assay method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of benzidine (BZ), N-acetyl benzidine (ABZ) and N,N-diacetyl benzidine (DABZ) in rat urine. BZ, ABZ and DABZ were extracted from urine at pH 8 with ethyl ether. Conjugated urinary metabolites were extracted at pH 8 after hydrolysis with 1 M HCl for 30 min at 100 $^{\circ}C.$ The dried extract was dissolved in 100 ${\mu}{\ell}$ of ethylacetate and then injected in gas chromatography-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) system without further purification or modification. BZ, ABZ and DABZ have good chromatographic properties and offer very sensitive response for the EI-MS (SIM) without any derivatization. The recoveries for BZ, ABZ and DABZ were about 98.0, 81.8 and 71.4%, respectively, at pH 8.0 and the concentration of 5.0 ng/mL. The coefficients of variation of BZ and ABZ were less than 9.5% from 0.1 to 100 ng/mL and that of DABZ was less than 13% in the same concentration range. The detection limits of the assay were 0.01 ng/mL for both BZ and ABZ, and 0.05 ng/mL for DABZ in urine or plasma 1.0 mL.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.27-30
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• 2002

A thermal desorption-gas chromatography/mass spectrometric method was developed for the determination of methyl bromide in fumes formed during preservation of cultural materials from insects. Methyl bromide in lunes was collected by drawing 10ι of air through the adsorbent tube filled with a solid adsorbent (Chromosorb). The air samples were analyzed by using a special thermal desorption device and GC/MS determination. The recovery of methyl bromide by air sampling was 88% and the detection limit of the assay was 0.1 pptv based upon assayed air of 10ι. The method was applied to the determination of fumed methyl bromide used for the preservation of papers in a library. The mean concentration of methyl bromide determined in a library was 280.2 $\pm$ 25.4 pptv.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.1693-1698
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• 2012

A headspace gas chromatographic mass spectrometric (GC-MS) assay method was developed for the simultaneous determination of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), $tert$-butyl alcohol (TBA) and benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and xylene (BTEX) in soil contaminated with gasoline. 2 g of soil sample were placed in a 10 mL headspace vial filled with 5 mL of phosphoric acid solution (pH 3) saturated with NaCl, and the solution was spiked with fluorobenzene as an internal standard and sealed with a cap. The vial was heated in a heating block for 40 min at $80^{\circ}C$. The detection limits of the assay were 0.08-0.12 ${\mu}g$/kg for the analytes. For five independent determinations at 10 and 50 ${\mu}g$/kg, the relative standard deviations were less than 10%. The method was used to analyze fifty six soil samples collected from various regions contaminated with gasoline in Korea. The developed method may be valuable for the monitoring of the analytes in soil.