MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of endogenous small RNAs with important roles in plant growth, development, and environmental stress responses. Ulmus pumila L., a deciduous broadleaved tree species of northern temperate regions, is widely distributed in central and northern Asia and has important economic and ecological value. With the spread and aggravation of soil salinization, salt stress has...

The title compound [(?75-rBu3Cp)CoBr]2 1 is prepared in a one pot reaction starting from 1,2,4fBu3-cyclopentadiene followed by metallation and by reaction of the resulting ?Bu3Cp“K+ anion salt with anhydrous CoBr2 in THF. 1 was isolated from this reaction in 78% yield as black crystals. 1 reacts with LiAlH4 in THF at 0 °C. Subsequent alcoholysis of the crude reaction mixture with ethanol at -78...

A novel pH-responsive superabsorbent hydrogel based on gelatin was prepared through crosslinking copolymerization of poly (acrylic acid) and poly (itaconic acid). The copolymerization conditions including monomers, initiator, gelatin and crosslinker concentration, reaction temperature, and neutralization percent were systematically optimized to achieve a hydrogel with swelling capacity as high ...

A facile synthesis of highly functionalized 2H-iminopyran derivatives by the multi-component reaction of cyclohexyl isocyanide, dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates, arylglyoxals and arylamines is described. The zwitterionic intermediate produced by addition of cyclohexyl isocyanide to electron-deficient acetylene diesters was trapped by the electrophilic imine moiety of α-iminoketones, derived from...

We recently reported the preparation of tetraquaternary salts derived from 4,4'-bipyridine of the type (1; R = Me or Et, n = 2 ,3 or 4) [1], and showed that they were reversibly reduced to diradical dicat­ ions (2; R = Me or Et, n = 2, 3 or 4) by the uptake of two electrons. Reversible redox systems of this type are of interest as components of electrochromic memory display devices [2—5], as bi...

W/E RECENTLY reported a new colorimetric assay for glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase which involves coupling the oxalacetate formed in the enzymatic reaction with a diazonium salt (1, 2). Because of the greater specificity of the diazonium salt for the product of the reaction and the minimum number of manipulations involved, this procedure is simpler and more accurate than previously reported pr...

A study of weight, auditory reaction time (ART), visual reaction time (VRT) and audiogram was carried out on 105 healthy female subjects between the age of 17-20 years during the premenstrual and post-menstrual phase. A significant increase in weight and prolongation in auditory reaction time (ART) and visual reaction time (VRT) were observed during premenstrual phase. A slight increase in deci...

The purpose of the present experiment was to study the pathophysiological roles of endothelin-1 (ET-1) in salt-sensitive hypertension with the use of Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) and salt-resistant (DR) rats. PreproET-1 mRNA expression was determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. In the kidney, expression of preproET-1 mRNA was greater in DS rats on a normal salt diet compared...

We evaluated the association between salt-sensitive hypertension and 3 different genetic polymorphisms of the renin-angiotensin system. Fifty patients with essential hypertension were classified as salt sensitive or salt resistant, depending on the presence or absence of a significant increase (P<0.05) in 24-hour ambulatory mean blood pressure (BP) after high salt intake. The insertion/deletion...