The Cover Feature shows the structure of a cyclic epicatechin trimer produced by oxidative coupling. has C3 symmetric shaped like three cats sleeping. Its stereostructure was assigned on basis various spectroscopic data, including theoretical calculations NMR and ECD data. Epicatechin is type plant polyphenol present in foods such as green tea, apples, grapes, cocoa. During black tea production...

This article addresses the problem of the computation of instantaneous firing speed in Invariant Behavior state (IB-state) of Constant speed Continuous Petri Net (CCPN) with presence of actual conflicts. The adopted approach is based on polyhedral computations applied to specify an area of possible instantaneous firing speed. If the actual conflicts are resolved by global priorities, the instan...

Even though there were actually a number of established scientists in attendance, the meeting seemed to be geared toward graduate students and postdocs. Many of the presentations focused on giving advice about and descriptions of the process of structural determination. There was little actual discussion of either algorithms or biology, but many of the opinions were quite thought provoking and ...

Phytochemical examination of corncob extracts led to the isolation of a new lignan identified as 7,7'-dihydroxy-3'-O-demethyl-4-methoxymatairesinol, together with seven known compounds, identified as β-sitosterol, β-sitosteryl-β-D-glucoside, 6β-hydroxy-campest-4-en-3-one, 5α,8α-epidioxyergosta-6,22-dien-3β-ol, tricin, kaempferol and p-coumaric acid. The isolated compounds were identified by one...

To determine the relationship between cerebral Glc metabolism and glutamatergic neuronal function, we used 13C NMR spectroscopy to measure, simultaneously, the rates of the tricarboxylic acid cycle and Gln synthesis in the rat cortex in vivo. From these measurements, we calculated the rates of oxidative Glc metabolism and glutamate-neurotransmitter cycling between neurons and astrocytes (a quan...

Oxidative desulfurization of model oil and heavy fuel (HFO) was investigated under mild conditions using H2O2 as an oxidant acetonitrile extractant. The influence factors in the oxidation extraction processes were evaluated optimized. molecular characteristics raw feedstock desulfurized oils, corresponding phases systematically analyzed by APPI FT-ICR MS, 1H NMR, etc. results showed that rate d...

Cellular oxidative stress serves as a common denominator in many neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease. Here we use in-cell NMR spectroscopy to study the fate of the oxidation-damaged Parkinson's disease protein alpha-synuclein (α-Syn) in non-neuronal and neuronal mammalian cells. Specifically, we deliver methionine-oxidized, isotope-enriched α-Syn into cultured cells and f...

A method was developed to study the biodegradation and oxidative biodehalogenation of fluorinated phenols by 19F nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Characterization of the 19F NMR spectra of metabolite profiles of a series of fluorophenols, converted by purified phenol hydroxylase, catechol 1,2-dioxygenase, and/or by the yeast-like fungus Exophiala jeanselmei, provided possibilities for identifi...

A novel N–P ammonium salt 1,3-propylene glycol diphosphate ester (APGDPE) flame retardant was tersely synthesized under solvent-free condition to lower cotton fabric fire hazard. The APGDPE structure characterized by 1H NMR, 13C 31P NMR and IR spectroscopy. reactive P = O(NH4+)2 PO(OH)2 groups of were successfully grafted into form P–O–C covalent bond. limiting oxygen indexes (LOI) treatment wi...

The production of glycolytic end products, such as lactate, usually evokes a cellular shift from aerobic to anaerobic ATP generation and O2 insufficiency. In the classical view, muscle lactate must be exported to the liver for clearance. However, lactate also forms under well-oxygenated conditions, and this has led investigators to postulate lactate shuttling from non-oxidative to oxidative mus...