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Enhancement of 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced contraction of the guinea pig ileum by a new sulfur compound, tripropylsulfonium bromide.

In the presence of tripropylsulfonium bromide (TPS) (1 X 10(-4) g/ml), a new compound, the phasic contraction of the isolated guinea pig ileum to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) (5 X 10(-7) g/ml) was consistently enhanced ("TPS effect"). TPS alone increased moderatley the spontaneous movement of the ileum. When the contraction height was calculated as the percentage of that to 5-HT alone, such was observed in the "TPS effect" to be 167.1 +/- 3.6% (mean +/- S.E., n = 80). TPS did not enhance the contraction due to acetylcholine or histamine. The "TPS effect" remained unaffected in the presence of dibenzyline (1 X 10(-7) g/ml), was abolished by morphine(1 X 10(-6) g/ml), tetrodotoxin (2 X 10(-8) g/ml) adenosine (3 X 10(-6) g/ml) and atropine (1 X 10(-7) g/ml) and was not observed under anoxic conditions. Eserine (1 X 10(-8) g/ml) strengthened the "TPS effect" markedly. It is concluded that this effect may be the result of the potentiating effect of TPS on the action of 5-HT through the M receptors, possibly by the facilitation of the acetylcholine-liberation from the nervous tissue.

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Dimethyl sulfide in milk of lactating dairy cows fed various sulfur compounds.

Mature dairy cows in late lactation were given capsules containing 26, 40, 60, or 80 g of D,L-methionine; 32, 49, 69, or 90 g of methionine hydroxy analog; or 1, 2, or 4 ml of dimethyl sulfide. Animals used as controls received capsules containing water. Milk was collected at hourly intervals for 5 h and analyzed for dimethyl sulfide content by gas chromatography. All experimental cows were managed and fed (mainly corn silage plus concentrate with some hay and pasture) with the rest of the herd but were limited to water and clover hay during the 5-h experimental periods. Administration of 60 or 80 g of D,L-methionine or 1, 2, or 4 ml of dimethyl sulfide resulted in the appearance of dimethyl sulfide in the milk. The concentration of dimethyl sulfide in milk from cows receiving orally administered dimethyl sulfide (2 or 4 ml) was greatest at 1 h. When D,L-methionine (60 or 80 g) was given, dimethyl sulfide concentrations were lower and peaked later in the sampling period. The maximum concentration of dimethyl sulfide in the milk was 4.5 ppb when 4 ml of dimethyl sulfide were administered orally. No dimethyl sulfide was in the milk for any amount of methionine hydroxy analog, for 26 or 40 g of D,L-methionine, or for control capsules.

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[Growth and oxidation of sulfur compounds by Thiocapsa roseopersicina in darkness].

The purple sulphur bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina, strain BBS, grown in the darkness in aerobic autotrophic conditions, oxidized sulphides to free sulphur and then to sulphates. This was accompanied with the fixation of carbon dioxide by the cells. Addition of glucose to the mineral medium increased the biomass yield; the cells oxidized thiosulphate still at a high rate. These results prove the possibility of switching T. roseopersicina from photosynthesis to a dark chemolithautotrophic way of life.

Aerobiosis↗