Oxidative modification of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is an important feature in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis. LDL modification by endothelial cells was studied after supplementation of the cells with oleic acid and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) of the n-6 and n-3 series. In terms of the lipid peroxidation product [thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS)] con...

Chicken liver fatty acid synthase is inhibited by the thiol-modifying reagents 5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) and iodoacetamide. Total inactivation of the activity for fatty acid synthesis requires the modification of about 8 of the nearly 50 freely accessible thiol groups per molecule. The differential binding of iodo[14C]acetamide to phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride-modified enzyme in the...

The methods of thermal analysis – thermogravimetry, differential were used to study the catalytic system phosphor-molybdenum heteropoly acid–aluminum oxide. It is shown that modification aluminum oxide has a direct effect on state acid. On surface ƞ-Al2O3, phosphomolybdic acid destroyed by interaction with strong Lewis’s sites carrier, while γ-Al2O3 it retains individuality, probably due multi...

The unique properties of fluorine atom on nucleic acid backbone can offer stricking functional and structural features. In order to extend the biological applications L-type acid, we chemically incorporate fluoro-modification into 2′-position L-cytidine, obtain a series fluoro-modified L-DNAs/ L-RNAs. Our melting study indicates that 2′-fluoro-modification does not disrupt thermostabilities wil...

In order to improve the acid-resistant property of papermaking grade precipitated calcium carbonate filler and to obtain modified filler in powder form, sodium silicate/zinc chloride based modifiers were used in filler modification, and the use of modified filler in papermaking of deinked pulp derived from recycled newspaper was also preliminarily investigated. Under the preliminarily optimized...

5'-Nucleotidases play an important role in the metabolism of nucleosides; for example, the hydrolysis of AMP generates adenosine, which can modulate a variety of cellular functions. We have used the membrane-bound AMPase from chicken gizzard and a secreted form of these enzymes to analyse their modification by the substrate analogue 5'-p-fluorosulphonylbenzoyladenosine (5'-FSBA). 5'-FSBA irreve...

Decatungstodivanadogermanic acid (H6GeW10V2O40.22H2O) was used as a green heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-(1H)-ones from one-pot three-component cyclocondensation reaction of a β-ketoester, an aldehyde and urea/thiourea under solvent-free conditions is reported. This method provides an efficient and much improved modification of the original Biginelli reaction...