Investigation of the redox properties of drugs and their determination are performed by electrochemical techniques. Data obtained from electrochemical techniques are often correlated with molecular structure and pharmacological activity of drugs. In this regard, different modified electrodes were applied as sensors for quantification of different drugs.A nanocomposite of reduced graphene oxide-...

The synthesis of surfactant-free and organic ligand-free metallic nanoparticles in solution remains challenging due to the nanoparticles’ tendency aggregate. Surfactant- are particularly desirable catalytic applications as surfactants, ligands can block access surfaces. In this contribution, platinum synthesized aqueous without surfactants or bound ligands. Pt is reduced by sodium borohydride, ...

Ferricyanide was used as a Hill oxidant to localize the site of photoreduction in chloroplast lamellae. The ferrocyanide formed on illumination was complexed with copper ions to form insoluble, electron-dense precipitates of Cu ferrocyanide, which can be easily seen in unstained preparations in the electron microscope. Control experiments showed no precipitates in the dark, at zero time, in the...

Micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF)-based separation of iron-cyanide complexes, ferriccyanide and ferrocyanide, was investigated in order to assess the potential of MEUF for the removal of ferriccyanide and ferrocyanide with a cationic surfactant, cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC). The removals of ferriccyanide and ferrocyanide were >99% and 99%, respectively, with the molar ratio of CPC to f...

A highly-sensitive analytical method for the detection of p-hydroxymethamphetamine (pOHMA) in urine is presented. The proposed method combines liquid-liquid extraction with acetonitrile and solid-phase extraction by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) with oxidation using potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) and sodium hydroxide to detect the fluorophor of pOHMA. The detection limit for pOHMA is 10 ng (...

There are limited data on amperometric biosensors (ABSs) for L-arginine (Arg) determination based oxidases that produce hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as a byproduct of enzymatic reaction, and artificial peroxidases (POs) decomposition H2O2. The most frequently proposed Arg-sensitive oxidase-based ABSs contain at least two enzymes in the bioselective layer; this complicates procedure increases cost a...

1. Spectroscopic and functional properties of Japanese-lacquer-tree (Rhus vernicifera) laccase were re-investigated, with special emphasis on the relationships between the different types of copper centres (Types 1, 2, and 3). 2. On removal of the Type 2 Cu(II), a decrease of absorbance occurred in the wavelength region above 650 nm (delta epsilon 750 = 300 M-1 . cm-1) and around 330 nm (delta...