The stability of self-assembling cyclic peptides (CPs) is attained by the intermolecular backbone-backbone hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) interactions. In addition to this Hbonding interaction, the self-assembled CPs are further stabilized by various intermolecular side chain-side chain interactions. This study investigates the role of amino acids on the structure and stability of self-assembled ...

We have investigated the dependence of the static first hyperpolarizability on the bond-length alternation (BLA) parameter. Our analysis indicates that the validity of the first hyperpolarizability/BLA parameter relationship is restricted to the no-field, vacuum, limit, while it successively breaks down along with increasing polarity of a surrounding medium, becoming invalid, for instance, in a...

ABSTR ACT: In a laboratory investigation, the effect of natural sunlight and UV light exposure on dissipation of fipronil insecticide from two soils (clay loam and sandy clay loam) and the effect of pH on the persistence of fipronil in aqueous medium were studied. Dissipation of fipronil insecticide under sunlight followed biphasic first order kinetics in both soils. The half-life of the insect...

With the objective of developing near-infrared fluorescence probes for biological applications, a few squaraine dyes 3a-d, containing amphiphilic substituents, were synthesized and their photophysical properties have been investigated in the presence and absence of the organized media. These dyes exhibited absorption in the range 630-650 nm, with significant absorption coefficients (epsilon = 1...

the activity of phospholipase c in crude enzymatic preparation of melia azadiracht seeds (neem seeds) was studied by the use of lecithin as a substrate in aqueous medium. the enzyme activity was found optimum at ph 2.5 and temperature 35?c. the phospholipase c was found heat labile, being inactivated 88% within 10 minutes at 90°c

The stability of self-assembling cyclic peptides (CPs) is attained by the intermolecular backbone-backbone hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) interactions. In addition to these H-bonding interactions, the self-assembled CPs are further stabilized by various intermolecular side chain-side chain interactions. This study investigates the role of amino acids on the structure and stability of self-assembl...

A cryptand-rhodamine conjugated chemodosimeter can detect Hg(II) ion in aqueous medium selectively at ppb level in the presence of other biologically relevant metal ions and also shows a good viability to the HEK 293 cell line.

Well-defined polymers derived from L-proline are synthesized using reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization and the amino acid-based polymers exhibit thermosensitive phase separation at lower critical solution temperatures (LCST = 15-45 degrees C) in aqueous medium.

Supramolecular interactions of colloidal CdS/ZnS with RNA in the presence of excess Zn2+ offer a convenient means for the production of quantum confined semiconducting tubular nanostructures in an aqueous medium.

Zn complexes of proline, lysine and arginine are efficient catalysts for the aldol addition of p-nitrobenzaldehyde and acetone in aqueous medium, giving quantitative yields and enantiomeric excesses up to 56% with 5 mol% of the catalysts at room temperature.