Ube Industries, Inc.

Produits Chimiques Ugine Kuhlmann

Uise Industries, Ltd.

Taizo Uda

Yasuo Nakamura

Koichi Hirai

Haruhiko Miyazaki

Harumi Ikezawa

Takanori Tsuchie

Sumio Umemura

Kyoji Ohdan

Tokuo Matsuzaki

Mikio Hidaka

Tetsuo Kawaguchi

Masao Tsuruoka

Yukikatsu Itoh

Takashi Usagawa

Naoyuki Taniguchi

Ryozo Kitoh

Minoru Nishimura

Akira Takeyasu

Kazuhiro Umeda

Yukio Nakajima

Kasumi Sudoh

Tsuruoka, Masao

Emi Hifumi

Keiichiro Suzuki

Shirou Noji

Schirou Noji

Mutsuo Ishikawa

A monoclonal antibody which specifically binds okadaic acids and a process for producing the monoclonal antibody by culturing a cell strain capable of producing the antibody. The monoclonal antibody to okadaic acids labelled with an enzyme is useful for assaying okadaic acids.

Monoclonal antibody to okadaic acids, process for producing the

A monoclonal antibody against human manganese-superoxide dismutase characterized in that it is produced by a cell line which has been obtained by immunization of a mouse with human Mn-SOD and then fusion of lymphocytes obtained from the mouse with mouse myeloma cells, and has high specificity against human Mn-SOD; a method for producing a monoclonal antibody against human Mn-SOD having high specificity against human Mn-SOD, which comprises culturing the cell line obtained by immunization of a mouse with human Mn-SOD and then cell fusion of lymphocytes obtained from the mouse with mouse myeloma cells; a kit for assaying human Mn-SOD, comprising:

Methods to screen for ovarian cancer and myocardial infarction

Monomeric synthetic peptide and dimeric synthetic peptide comprising an amino acid sequence represented by the formula:

Synthetic peptide from the carboxy terminal of human Mn-superoxide

There is disclosed a measurement reagent for a human Cu.Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD) which comprises an anti-human Cu.Zn-SOD monoclonal antibody labelled with an enzyme, a method for measuring a human Cu.Zn-SOD which comprises measuring the human Cu.Zn-SOD with the measurement reagent for the human Cu.Zn-SOD, and an anti-human Cu.Zn-SOD monoclonal antibody by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay according to the sandwich method, a diagnostic test drug for a human cancer of the stomach which comprises the measurement reagent and a method for diagnosing and testing a human cancer of the stomach which comprises measuring the human Cu.Zn-superoxide dismutase with the measurement reagent, and an anti-human Cu.Zn-superoxide dismutase monoclonal antibody by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay according to the sandwich method.

Diagnostic test drug comprising monoclonal antibody to human

A hydrogenation catalyst composition useful for the hydrogenation of an oxalate diester, said composition being composed of a reduction product of a copper-containing silica gel formed by contacting an amine complex of copper with silica gel having an average particle diameter of not more than 200.mu. and a process for producing the aforesaid composition. Using a catalyst composed of the aforesaid composition, ethylene glycol and/or a glycolic acid ester can be produced from an oxalate diester efficiently with high conversions and selectivities and without causing pollution attributed to the use of a chromium-containing catalyst composition.

For producing ethylene glycol and/or a glycolic acid ester, catalyst

A hydrogenation catalyst composition composed of a reduction product of a copper-containing material formed by contacting an aqueous solution of an amine/copper complex with a carrier, characterized in that the carrier is a hydrolyzed product obtained by hydrolyzing a silicate ester in the presence of ammonia; a process for producing the aforesaid hydrogenation catalyst composition; and a process for producing ethylene glycol or a glycolate ester in the presence of the aforesaid hydrogenation catalyst.

Catalyst composition for producing ethylene glycol and process for

A hydrogenation catalyst composition useful for the hydrogenation of an oxalate diester, said composition being composed of a reduction product of copper-containing silica gel formed by contacting an ammine complex of copper with colloidal silica sol; and a process for producing the aforesaid composition. Using a catalyst composed of the aforesaid composition, ethylene glycol and/or a glycolic acid ester can be produced from an oxalate diester efficiently with high conversions and selectivities and without causing pollution attributed to the use of a chromium-containing catalyst composition.

Process for producing ethylene glycol and/or glycolic acid ester,

In a process for producing ethylene glycol and/or a glycollic acid ester by the vapor phase catalytic hydrogenation of an oxalic acid diester in the presence of a catalyst and hydrogen gas, the improvement wherein the catalyst has the following composition formula

Process for the production of ethylene glycol and/or glycollic acid

A hydrogenation catalyst composition for use in the hydrogenation of a lower alkyl ester of a lower hydroxycarboxylic acid. The composition is composed of a reduction product of copper-containing silica gel formed by contacting an ammine complex of copper with silica gel having an average particle diameter of not more than 200 microns or colloidal silica sol. A process for producing the catalyst composition is also provided. By using the aforesaid catalyst composition, a lower alkylene glycol can be produced efficiently in high conversions and selectivities without causing pollution attributed to the use of a chromium-containing catalyst composition.

Process for producing lower alkylene glycol, catalyst composition used

A hydrogenation catalyst composition useful for the hydrogenation of an oxalate diester, said composition being composed of a reduction product of copper-containing silica gel formed by contacting an amine complex of copper with colloidal silica sol; and a process for producing the aforesaid composition. Using a catalyst composed of the aforesaid composition, ethylene glycol and/or a glycolic acid ester can be produced from an oxalate diester efficiently with high conversions and selectivities and without causing pollution attributed to the use of a chromium-containing catalyst composition.

In a process for producing a glycollic acid ester by the vapor phase catalytic hydrogenation of an oxalic acid diester in the presence of a catalyst and hydrogen gas, the improvement wherein the oxalic acid diester in the vaporous state is contacted with hydrogen gas in the presence of a catalyst composed of Ag or Pd supported on a solid carrier at a temperature of from about 120.degree. C. to about 300.degree. C.

Process for the production of glycollic acid esters

Benzene is catalytically oxidized in the vapor phase with oxygen in the presence of an alcohol to be converted to phenol. The catalyst used is represented by the formula: M.sub.a Ag.sub.b P.sub.c O.sub.d wherein M is selected from zinc, titanium, zirconium, tin, bismuth and vanadium, Ag is silver, P is phosphorus and O is oxygen, and a=1, b=0.005.about.5 and c=0 to 6. Phenol is obtained at an enhanced yield even though the catalytic oxidation is carried out at a relatively low temperature as compared with conventional catalytic oxidation processes.

Process for preparing phenol

Acrylonitrile can be catalytically produced with a high yield by bringing, at an elevated temperature, preferably of 300.degree. to 470.degree. C., a reaction feed containing propylene, ammonia and molecular oxygen into contact with a catalyst consisting of an oxide composition of the empirical formula: Mo.sub.a Co.sub.b Fe.sub.c X.sub.d O.sub.e wherein X denotes at least one atom of an element selected from phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth and wherein the ratio a:b:c:d:e is in a range of 12:4 to 9:1 to 5:0.01 to 0.07:39.5 to 52.7, said catalyst being prepared by providing an aqueous mixture containing molybdenum-, cobalt- and iron-containing compounds and a phosphorus-, arsenic-, antimony- or bismuth-containing compound, converting the aqueous mixture into a dried solid mixture and calcining the solid mixture at a temperature of at least 550.degree. C.

Method for the catalytical production of acrylonitrile

High-yield catalytic production of acrylonitrile at an elevated temperature, from a reaction mixture containing propylene, ammonia and molecular oxygen, utilizing a catalyst comprising an oxide composition having the empirical formula Mo.sub.a Co.sub.b Fe.sub.c X.sub.d O.sub.e wherein X denotes at least one atom of an element selected from among calcium, tungsten, chromium, zirconium, titanium, zinc, manganese, and tin and the atomic ratio a:b:c:d:e is in the range of 12:4 to 10:1 to 6:0 to 1.0:40 to 70, said catalyst being prepared by providing an aqueous mixture containing compounds of the elements, drying the aqueous mixture, and calcining the dried solid product at a temperature of at least 500.degree. C.

Method for the catalytic production of acrylonitrile

Acrylonitrile can be produced in a high yield by the catalytical ammoxidation of propylene at an elevated temperature, preferably of 330.degree. to 470.degree. C, in the presence of a new type of catalyst consisting of an oxide composition of the empirical formula: Mo.sub.a Co.sub.b Fe.sub.c Bi.sub.d X.sub.e O.sub.f wherein X denotes at least one atom of an element selected from vanadium and tellurium and wherein the ratio a:b:c:d:e:f is in a range of 10:3 to 10:1 to 7:0.1 to 0.7:0.01 to 1:34.6 to 54.1, said catalyst being prepared by providing an aqueous mixture containing molybdenum-, cobalt- and iron-containing compounds, bismuth-containing compound, and vanadium-or tellurium-containing compound, converting the aqueous mixture into a dried solid mixture and calcining the solid mixture at a temperature of at least 500.degree. C.

Growing community of inventors

Ube, Japan

Taizo Uda