Biomarkers of thyroid function, genotoxicity and agricultural fungicide use

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:175, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20073     

Generation of reactive intermediates

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:173–174, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20072     

Biomarkers of effects: the immune system

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:177–179, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20075     

Role of host susceptibility to toxicity and cancer caused by pesticides: cytochromes P450

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:184–186, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20080     

Identification of biomarkers of arsenic exposure and metabolism in urine using SELDI technology

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:176–176, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20074     

Toxicology of AHS important chemicals

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:180–181, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20076     

Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) status and risk of insecticide exposure

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:182–183, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20079     

A study on immunological responses to exposures encountered in corn farming

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:172, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20071     

Pesticide metabolism and potential for metabolic interactions

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:276–277, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20077     

DNA replication and repair reactions relevant to the AHS

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:190–191, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20082     

Glutathione S-transferases as putative host susceptibility genes for cancer risk in agricultural workers

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:187–189, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20081     

Synaptic integration in dendritic trees

The original article to which this Erratum refers has been published in Journal of Neurobiology J Neurobiol (2005)64(1)75–90 . © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Discussion and conclusions

© 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:192–193, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/jbt.20083     

Spiral galaxies as enantiomers: Chirality,an underlying feature in chemistry and astrophysics

Spiral galaxies are axisymmetric objects showing 2D chirality when projected onto a plane. Features in common with tetrahedral molecules are pointed out, in particular the existence of a preferred chiral modality for genetic galaxies as in amino acids and sugars. Environmental effects can influence the intrinsic chirality of originally isolated stellar systems so that a progressive loss of chirality is recognized in the Hubble morphological sequence of galaxies. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. Chirality     

Structural and nonstructural carbohydrate,fat, and protein composition of commercially available,whole produce

Previously reported values for produce items often reflect only the human edible portion although animals generally eat the entire item. Produce can comprise a significant proportion of a captive, exotic animal's diet; therefore, nutrient values based on whole items will enable a more accurate diet formulation. Whole produce items, including fruits, vegetables, and leafy green vegetables, were analyzed for dry matter, neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber, crude protein, fat, ash, pectin, fructan, and free sugar concentrations. The free sugars were typed and quantified. As expected, the produce contained low concentrations of neutral detergent fiber, averaging 13.4% for fruits, 18.8% for vegetables, and 21.5% for leafy green vegetables/other items on a 100% dry matter basis. Produce ranged substantially in structural and nonstructural carbohydrates, protein, fat, and free‐sugar concentration. Free‐sugar ratios of glucose, fructose, and sucrose varied among items. This information can be used for more accurate formulation of zoological diets. Zoo Biol 0:1–15, 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

Facile synthesis of phosphonamidate‐ and phosphonate‐linked phosphonopeptides

A direct method for the preparation of phosphonamidate‐ and phosphonate‐linked phosphonopeptides has been developed. Using this method, both phosphonopeptides were prepared in acceptable yields directly from simple and commercially available chemicals in one‐pot reactions of benzyl carbamate, aldehydes, and methyl dichlorophosphite, followed by aminolysis with amino acid esters or alcoholysis with hydroxy esters. Copyright © 2005 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Morphology of the blood cells from three species of wobbegong sharks (Orectolobus species) on the east coast of New South Wales

This study is the first study to describe blood cell morphology, using light microscopy, for three species of wild‐caught wobbegong shark. Blood cell morphology was similar to that described previously in fish. Wobbegong sharks possess erythrocytes, at least three different morphological types of thrombocytes, lymphocytes, eosinophils, neutrophils, granuloblasts and monocytes. No basophils were observed in this study. Similarities and differences in morphological appearance of wobbegong shark blood cells compared to Chondrichthyes, teleosts and mammalian blood cells are discussed. Zoo Biol 0:1–10, 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

Asymmetric ring opening of terminal epoxides via kinetic resolution catalyzed by new bimetallic chiral (salen)Co complexes

The highly enantioselective hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of racemic terminal epoxides by new bimetallic chiral (salen)Co provides a operationally very simple protocol for the synthesis of enantiomerically enriched terminal epoxides (>99% ee) and diols. Optically pure chlorohydrins have been synthesized in one step by ring‐opening reactions of terminal epoxides with HCl using kinetic resolution. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. Chirality     

Enclosure choice and well‐being in giant pandas: is it all about control?

Behavioral and hormonal data were compared for four giant pandas in two management conditions: (1) panda confined to exhibit area and (2) panda given choice to move freely between exhibit and off‐exhibit bedroom areas. Pandas displayed fewer signs of behavioral agitation and lower urinary cortisol in the free choice condition. Time active did not differ between the two conditions. These results suggest that simply offering pandas free access to alternative locations can improve behavioral and hormonal variables that may be related to well‐being. Zoo Biol 0:1–7, 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

Simple electrospray mass spectrometry detection of acylhomoserine lactones

Simple (non‐tandem) electrospray mass spectrometry (ESMS) can detect acyl homoserine lactones (AHL) in bacteriological media in picomole amounts. The chemical reactivity of AHLs and their extraction behaviour into ethyl acetate, coupled with detection in the ESMS, has shown that these lactones can be detected as the protonated pseudomolecular ions themselves as well as solvent and ammonium adducts, and as dimers. ESMS detects and identifies these molecules, utilizing simple chemical properties of AHLs. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.