Two types of porphyrin free base, meso-tetra(4-vinylphenyl)porphyrin and meso-tetra(4-stilbenyl)porphyrin, were synthesized and characterized. Metallation was achieved by insertion of MnCl24H2O. Oxidative electropolymerization of the manganese porphyrin monomers by cyclic scans would anchor the resulting materials on glassy carbon electrodes. It was found that both poly (manganese tetra(4-vinyl...

The title compound, [Na(3)(C(14)H(14)N(3)O(3)S)(3)(C(4)H(8)O(2))(3)](n), is a polynuclear complex which includes, in the monomeric unit, three units of Na(I)-4'-dimethyl-amino-azobenzene-4-sulfonate [known as methyl orange (MO)] and three molecules of dioxane (C(4)H(8)O(2)). These constitute three kinds of Na(I) centres, two of which are seven-coordinate while the third is five-coordinate. One ...

Liver lymphocytes are enriched in natural killer (NK) cells, and activation of NK cells by injection of polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly I:C) inhibits liver regeneration in the partial hepatectomy model via production of IFN-gamma. However, the role of NK cells in liver regeneration in a model of carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4))-induced liver injury remains unknown. In this study, we investig...

Single crystals of biodegradable aliphatic polyesters, poly([R]-3-hydroxybutyrate), poly([R]-3-hydroxyvalerate), poly(L-lactic acid), poly( -propiolactone), poly(4-hydroxybutyrate), poly(Æ-valerolactone), poly("caprolactone), poly(ethylene succinate) and poly(tetramethylene adipate), were grown from dilute solution by isothermal crystallization, and the crystal structures and morphologies were ...

The ability of polyriboinosionic acid [poly(rI)].polyribocytidylic acid [poly(rC)], mismatched analog poly (rI).poly[r(C12Uracil)n], and poly(rI).poly(rC) complexed with poly L-lysine and carboxymethylcellulose [poly(ICLc)] to induce interferon and the comparative toxicity of each in cats were evaluated. Each induced high levels of circulating interferon, although poly(ICLC) injected intravenou...