in everyday life, our body generates free radicals and other reactive oxygen species which are derived either from the endogenous metabolic processes (within the body) or from external sources. many clinical and pharmacological studies suggest that natural antioxidants can prevent oxidative damage. among the natural antioxidant products, pycnogenol ® (french pinus pinaster bark extract) has bee...

Potential energy surfaces and reaction kinetics were calculated for 40 reactions involving sulfur and oxygen. This includes 11 H2O addition, 8 H2S addition, 11 hydrogen abstraction, 7 beta scission, and 3 elementary tautomerization reactions, which are potentially relevant in the combustion and desulfurization of sulfur compounds found in various fuel sources. Geometry optimizations and frequen...

The effectiveness of several sulfhydryl compounds in the treatment of paraquat intoxication has been previously tested based on their antioxidant ability. However, practical guidelines for their clinical use remain to be determined. As a preliminary pharmacokinetic study on sulfhydryl compounds, we attempted to establish the optimal concentration of N-acetyl-L-cysteine, glutathione, superoxide ...

A series of oxygen-rich organic peroxide compounds each containing two bis(hydroperoxy)methylene groups is described. Energetic testing shows that these compounds are much less sensitive toward impact and friction than existing classes of organic peroxides. The compounds are highly energetic, which may lead to practical peroxide-based explosives.

salicylic acid (sa) and methyl jasmonate (meja) as phytohormone regulate synthesis of secondary metabolites in a wide range of plant species thereby accumulation of phenylalanine ammonia lyase enzyme (pal) and accelerate of oxygen free radicals, protein kinas and no production. the present research designed to evaluate effect of sa and meja elicitation on accumulation of phenolic compounds, fla...

Monomethylmercury is a neurotoxin that poses significant risks to human health1 due to its bioaccumulation in food webs. Sunlight degradation to inorganic mercury is an important component of the mercury cycle that maintains methylmercury at low concentrations in natural waters. Rates of photodecomposition, however, can vary drastically between surface waters2-5 for reasons that are largely unk...

It has long been established by Khan that the superoxide anion, O(2) (-), generates singlet oxygen, O(2) (1)Delta(g), during dismutation. Auranofin, gold-phosphine thiols, beta-Carotene, and metal-sulfur compounds can rapidly quench singlet O(2). The quenching of the O(2) (1)Delta(g), which exists at 7752 cm(-1) above the ground state triplet, may be due to the direct interaction of the singlet...

Soon after death, the decay process of mammalian soft tissues begins and leads to the release of cadaveric volatile compounds in the surrounding environment. The study of postmortem decomposition products is an emerging field of study in forensic science. However, a better knowledge of the smell of death and its volatile constituents may have many applications in forensic sciences. Domestic pig...