TY  - JOUR
A1  - Walz, Bernd
A1  - Baumann, Otto
A1  - Krach, Christian
A1  - Baumann, Arnd
A1  - Blenau, Wolfgang
T1  - The aminergic control of cockroach salivary glands
N2  - The acinar salivary glands of cockroaches receive a dual innervation from the subesophageal ganglion and the stomatogastric nervous system. Acinar cells are surrounded by a plexus of dopaminergic and serotonergic varicose fibers. In addition, seroton-ergic terminals lie deep in the extracellulor spaces between acinar cells. Excitation-secretion coupling in cockroach salivary glands is stimulated by both dopamine and serotonin. These monoamines cause increases in the intracellular concentrations of cAMP and Ca2+. Stimulation of the glands by serotonin results in the production of a protein-rich saliva, whereas stimulation by dopamine results in saliva that is protein-free. Thus, two elementary secretary processes, namely electrolyte/water secretion and protein secretion, are triggered by different aminergic transmitters. Because of its simplicity and experimental accessibility, cockroach salivary glands have been used extensively as a model system to study the cellular actions of biogenic amines and to examine the pharmacological properties of biogenic amine receptors. In this review, we summarize current knowledge concerning the aminergic control of cockroach salivary glands and discuss our efforts to characterize Periplaneta biogenic amine receptors molecularly
Y1  - 2006
UR  - 1960 = Doi 10.1002/Arch.20128
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schwarze, Thomas
A1  - Kelling, Alexandra
A1  - Müller, Holger
A1  - Trautmann, Michael
A1  - Klamroth, Tillmann
A1  - Baumann, Otto
A1  - Strauch, Peter
A1  - Holdt, Hans-Jürgen
T1  - N-2-Pyridinylmethyl-N '-arylmethyl-diaminomaleonitriles: New Highly Selective Chromogenic Chemodosimeters for Copper(II)
JF  - Chemistry - a European journal
KW  - amides
KW  - chemodosimeter
KW  - colorimetric detection
KW  - copper
KW  - sensors
KW  - UV
KW  - Vis spectroscopy
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201201731
SN  - 0947-6539
VL  - 18
IS  - 34
SP  - 10506
EP  - 10510
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Krüger, Stefanie
A1  - Schwarze, Michael
A1  - Baumann, Otto
A1  - Günter, Christina
A1  - Bruns, Michael
A1  - Kübel, Christian
A1  - Szabo, Dorothee Vinga
A1  - Meinusch, Rafael
A1  - Bermudez, Veronica de Zea
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - Bombyx mori silk/titania/gold hybrid materials for photocatalytic water splitting
BT  - combining renewable raw materials with clean fuels
JF  - Beilstein journal of nanotechnology
N2  - The synthesis, structure, and photocatalytic water splitting performance of two new titania (TiO2)/gold(Au)/Bombyx mori silk hybrid materials are reported. All materials are monoliths with diameters of up to ca. 4.5 cm. The materials are macroscopically homogeneous and porous with surface areas between 170 and 210 m(2)/g. The diameter of the TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) - mainly anatase with a minor fraction of brookite - and the Au NPs are on the order of 5 and 7-18 nm, respectively. Addition of poly(ethylene oxide) to the reaction mixture enables pore size tuning, thus providing access to different materials with different photocatalytic activities. Water splitting experiments using a sunlight simulator and a Xe lamp show that the new hybrid materials are effective water splitting catalysts and produce up to 30 mmol of hydrogen per 24 h. Overall the article demonstrates that the combination of a renewable and robust scaffold such as B. mori silk with a photoactive material provides a promising approach to new monolithic photocatalysts that can easily be recycled and show great potential for application in lightweight devices for green fuel production.
KW  - Bombyx mori silk
KW  - gold
KW  - photocatalytic water splitting
KW  - titania
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.21
SN  - 2190-4286
VL  - 9
SP  - 187
EP  - 204
PB  - Beilstein-Institut zur Förderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften
CY  - Frankfurt, Main
ER  -