reactions of meldrum's acid and its derivatives in view of their application in synthesis of diaminofurans,ketenimines, amidoesters, triamides, and diionic compounds, observed during the last decade in our laboratory,are reviewed.

Pancytopenia in childhood can be caused by a variety of underlying diseases including hematological and non-hematological entities. Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inborn error of phenylalanine metabolism. No association between PKU and pancytopenia has ever been reported. We report the first case of PKU revealed by a pancytopenia at presentation. The patient was an infant girl born to healthy non-...

A specific objective of this paper was to evaluate seasonal changes in bioactive compounds level (carotenoids and polyphenols) in juice prepared from organic and non-organic tomatoes in Poland. In the examined tomato juice, the content of dry matter, vitamin C, carotenoids as well as polyphenols (by HPLC method) has been measured. The presented results indicate the impact of the growing system ...

In the presence of a soluble organic salt containing non-coordinating anion (e.g., [bmim][SbF(6)] or [NR(4)][SbF(6)]), the catalytic activity of Lewis acid (MX(n)) was dramatically enhanced due to the anion exchange between the Lewis acid and organic salt.

Itaconic acid (C5H6O4) is an organic acid with unique structure and characteristics. In order to promote the bio-based economy, the US-Department of Energy (DOE) assigned a “top-12” of platform chemicals, which include numerous of organic acids. In particular di-carboxylic acids, like itaconic acid, can be used as monomers for bio-polymers. Thus the need to produce itaconic acid attracts much a...

Natural attapulgite modified using acid activation, heat treatment, and organic modification was investigated as a humic acid adsorbent and an optimal modification method was confirmed. Results suggest that acid activation should be performed first and followed by organic modification. Optimum dosage of modified attapulgite was 0.7 g/L and the humic acid removal rate reached 97%. Optimum modifi...

The aim of this study was to evaluate gastrointestinal microbial population response and performance of broiler chickens fed organic acids and silver nanoparticles coated on zeolite under heat stress condition. In this experiment, 375 one-day old broiler chicks (Cobb 500) were randomly divided into 5 treatments containing 5 replicates with 15 birds in each replicate. Five dietary treatments wer...

Cryogenic Curie-point pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry has been applied to investigate the chemical composition of organic matter present in soils. Two soil fulvic acid fractions, a so-called soil polysaccharide fraction and polymaleic acid were analyzed. The soil polysaccharide fraction contains almost exclusively polysaccharides with major building blocks glucose, mannose and ga...