The microphase separation of hydrated perfluorinated sulfonic acid membrane Nafion was investigated using Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD). The nafion as a polymer was modelled by connecting coarse grained beads which corresponds to the hydrophobic backbone of polytetrafluoroethylene and perfluorinated side chains terminated by hydrophilic end particles of sulfonic acid groups [1, 2]. Each f...

Brønsted acidic ionic liquid triethylamine-bonded sulfonic acid {[Et3N-SO3H]Cl} efficiently catalyzes the one-pot multi-component condensation of 2-naphthol with arylaldehydes and dimedone (5,5-dimethylcyclohexane-1,3-dione) under solvent-free conditions to afford 12-aryl-8,9,10,12-tetrahydrobenzo[a]xanthen-11-ones in high yields and relatively short reaction times.

White clover (Trifolium repens L.) callus tissue cultures accumulated the phytoalexin medicarpin after treatment with sulfhydryl reagents. After 24-hour exposures to sulfhydryl reagents, maximum obtainable levels of medicarpin, determined by high performance liquid chromatography analysis, were found with 50 millimolar N-ethyl maleimide, 25 millimolar HgCl(2), 2 millimolar p-chloromercuribenzoi...

Aphididae feed upon the plant sieve elements (SE), where they ingest sugars, nitrogen compounds and other nutrients. For ingestion, aphid stylets penetrate SE, and because of the high hydrostatic pressure in SE, phloem sap exudes out into the stylets. Severing stylets to sample phloem exudates (i.e. stylectomy) has been used extensively for the study of phloem contents. Alternative sampling tec...

Applications of carbon-TiO2 materials have attracted attention in nanotechnology due to their synergic effects. We report the immobilization of TiO2 on carbon prepared from residues of the plant Manihot, commercial TiO2 and glycerol. The objective was to obtain a moderate loading of the anatase phase by preserving the carbonaceous external surface and micropores of the composite. Two preparatio...

Sulfonic acid-incorporated-MCM-41 mesoporous materials prepared using a silane containing tetrasulfide linkages showed exceptional yields of the acetylated product in the acetylation of anisole due to their high content of strong acid sites.

discovery of 13c nmr and its application in the biosynthetic pathways prompted the synthesis of several 13c labelled precursors. to investigate the metabolism of phenyllactic acid in the solanaceae family, the double labelled acid was synthesized from barium carbonate (13c) and sodium syanide (13c)

BACKGROUND Homocysteine (Hcy) has been considered as an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). Folic acid and vitamin B12 are two vital regulators in Hcy metabolic process. We evaluated the correlations between serum Hcy, folic acid and vitamin B12 with the categories of CAD. METHODS Serum Hcy, folic acid and vitamin B12 from 292 CAD patients, including 73 acute myocardial...

The amino acid composition of endosperm cavity sap and of sieve tube saps from the flag leaf, peduncle, rachis, grain pedicel, and grain were determined for wheat plants just past the mid-half of grain filling. On a mole percent basis, glutamine accounted for almost half of the amino acids in sieve tube sap from the peduncle and ear. Other protein amino acids, plug gamma-aminobutyrate, were pre...

2-3-dimercapto-1-propane sulfonic acid, D-penicillamine and meso-dimercapto succinic acid, drugs widely applied as antidota against metal poisoning, and cysteine and glutathione were studied with respect to their ability to generate and to scavenge superoxide anion radical. Superoxide production and scavenging were tested by means of luminol-dependent chemiluminescence. In presence of 1 mumol/l...