The aim of this study was to evaluate a nanoparticulate system with mucoadhesion properties composed of a core of polymethyl methacrylate surrounded by a shell of thiolated chitosan (Ch-GSH-pMMA) for enhancing oral bioavailability of docetaxel (DTX), an anticancer drug. DTX-loaded nanoparticles were prepared by emulsion polymerization method using cerium ammonium nitrate as an initiator. Physic...

Vanadate is a phosphate analogue that inhibits enzymes involved in phosphate release and transfer reactions (Simons, T. J. B. (1979) Nature 281, 337-338). Since such reactions may play important roles in endocytosis, we studied the effects of vanadate on various steps in receptor-mediated endocytosis of asialoorosomucoid labeled with 125I-tyramine-cellobiose (125I-TC-AOM). The labeled degradati...

Cu/ZnO/A1203 catalysts modified by compounds of manganese or cerium were prepared by coprecipitation or by impregnation and were tested for the synthesis of alcohol mixtures from synthesis gas at pressures of up to 70 bar. They were also examined by XPS both before and after the reaction. With both the impregnated and the coprecipitated catalysts, manganese increased the selectivity to higher a...

Abstract We investigated the interaction of As(III) with As(III)-binding DNA aptamers (Ars-3). The binding Ars-3 to was using an sequence and a few control sequences. As result, we conclude that cannot bind can adsorb onto gold nanoparticles selectivity. However, concentration could be determined by simple analysis method Ars-3, measured As(V) concentrations separately in As(III)/As(V) mixed sa...

In this study, the photocatalytic degradation of azo-dye acid orange 10 was investigated using titanium dioxide catalyst suspension, irradiation with ultraviolet-C lamp and bismuth vanadate under visible light of light-emitting diode lamp. Response surface methodology was successfully employed to optimize the treatment of acid orange 10 dye and assess the interactive terms of four factors. The ...

FeCe nanoparticles were synthesized by simple co-precipitation method using Iron chloride hexahydrate (FeCl3.6H2O) and cerium chloride (CeCl2•5H2O) as precursors in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) surfactant. The samples were characterized by high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (XR...