Published April 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

Determination of chromium combined with DNA, RNA and protein in chromium-rich brewer's yeast

  • 1. Academia Sinica, Beijing (China). Inst. of High Energy Physics
  • 2. China Inst. of Atomic Energy, Beijing (China)

Description

The contents of chromium in the DNA, RNA and protein fractions separated from chromium-rich and normal brewer's yeast were determined with the neutron activation analysis in order to study the combination of Cr with DNA, RNA and protein in chromium-rich brewer's yeast. The results showed that the extracting rats and concentrations of DNA, RNA and protein had no significant difference in two types of yeast, but the chromium contents of DNA, RNA and protein in the chromium-rich yeast were significantly higher than those in the normal. In addition, the content of chromium in DNA was much higher than that in RNA and protein, which indicated that the inorganic chromium compounds entered into the yeast cell, during the yeast cultivation in the culture medium containing chromium were converted into organic chromium compounds combined with DNA, RNA and protein

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Journal Title
Nuclear Techniques
Journal Volume
23
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 231-235
ISSN
0253-3219