In situ IR and mass spectrometry evidence for the catalytic formation on SiO2 and TiO2 surfaces of glycine oligomers (poly-Gly) up to 16 units long by successive feeding with monomers from the vapor phase is presented. Parallel experiments carried out on hydroxyapatite resulted in the unreactive adsorption of Gly, thus indicating that the oligomerization was specifically catalyzed by the surfac...

Cold shock proteins (Csp) are known to be expressed in response to sudden decrease in temperature. They are thought to be involved in a number of cellular processes viz., RNA chaperone activity, translation, transcription, nucleoid condensation. During our studies on ribosomal protein S1 in moderate halophile Halomonas eurihalina, we observed the presence of two strong poly (U) binding proteins...

A direct polycondensation reaction, which is carried out by using phosphorylating agents such as triphenylphosphine as an initiator, was applied to the in-situ formation of various condensation polymers including high temperature polymers within various matrix polymers so that those rigid rod-like polymers were well dispersed within the matrix polymers. Improvements in tensile strength and modu...

objective(s): chalcones and their rigid analogues represent an important class of small molecules having anticancer activities. therefore, in this study the synthesis and cytotoxic activity of new 3-benzylidenchroman-4-ones were described as rigid chalcone analogues.   materials and methods: the reaction of resorcinol with 3-chloropropionic acid in the presence of cf3so3h was afforded correspon...

β-Ketothiolases catalyze the first step of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) [poly(3HB)] biosynthesis in bacteria by condensation of two acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) molecules to acetoacetyl-CoA and also take part in the degradation of fatty acids. During growth on propionate or valerate, Ralstonia eutropha H16 produces the copolymer poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) [poly(3HB-co-3HV)]. In R...

Abstract Polyaniline-based cryogels were prepared by oxidative cryopolymerization in the presence of various concentrations poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) and phytic acid used as a polymer support dopant, respectively. Mechanical strength handling stability resulting macroporous materials (pore size up to 70 μm) significantly improved addition into polymerization system compared crosslinked only acid...

The chemical recycling of poly(ϵ-caprolactone) (PCL) was explored based on depolymerization and polymerization. concept bases the zinc-catalyzed via methanolysis to produce methyl 6-hydroxyhexanoate, which is polymerized in a condensation reaction generate new PCL close cycle. In more detail, with zinc(II) acetate as catalyst, depolymerized turnover frequencies up 468 h−1 using microwave heatin...

It is well known that Phellinus linteus, which produces hispidin and its derivatives, possesses antioxidant activities. In this study, we investigated whether hispidin has protective effects on palmitate-induced oxidative stress in C2C12 skeletal muscle cells. Our results showed that palmitate treatment in C2C12 myotubes increased ROS generation and cell death as compared with the control. Howe...

The condensation of nucleic acids into well-defined particles is an integral part of several approaches to artificial cellular delivery. Improvements in the efficiency of nucleic acid delivery in vivo are important for the development of DNA- and RNA-based therapeutics. Presently, most efforts to improve the condensation and delivery of nucleic acids have focused on the synthesis of novel conde...