Study of complex mixtures of natural substances by the defocusing and dadi methods. VI. Components of the secretion of the pre-anal gland of some poisonous snakes

By mass-spectrometric methods, cholesterol and docosanoic, heneicosanoic, cicosanoic, octadecanoic, cis-octadec-9-enoic, heptadecanoic, hexadecanoic, and pentadecanoic acids have been identified in the odoriferous secretion of the pre-anal glands of the females and males of the common adder and the saw-scaled viper and in those of females of the common mamushi. It has been established that the chemical compositions of the secretions of these glands of the females of the adder, the viper, and the mamushi and of the males of the adder and of the viper are not identical.Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 421–423, July–August, 1986.     

Precautions a prendre dans l'emploi des thermobalances

Based on 25 years of experience of the pyrolysis of several thousands of inorganic and organic substances with. reference to gravimetric analysis, studies of volumetric standards and studies of solid-state reactions, the author attempts to explain the disagreements in results obtained by users of various models of thermobalances. These differences are traced to 10 main causes: the type of apparatus, the thermocouple, the nature of the substance involved, the weight of this substance, the rate of heating, the nature of the atmosphere around the crucible, the gas flow-rate in the furnace, the nature and shape of the crucible, the sensitivity of the recorder trace, and the nature and weight of the residue.     

Investigation of the electrophoretic composition of the proteins of cottonplant pollen grains

We have studied the proteins of the pollen and ovules of the cotton plant. No differences were observed in the electrophoregrams of the proteins from Gossypium hirsutum L. and from G. barbadense L. In the spectrum of the pollen proteins, the main components quantitatively were polypeptides with molecular masses of 34, 44, 47, and 52 kDa. The species G. raimondii Ulbr. differed considerably, with the main polypeptides quantitatively having molecular masses of 27, 36, 46, and 58 kDa. In representatives of genomic group C, interspecies differences were observed in the protein spectra of the pollen. No appreciable differences were observed spectrally in the proteins of the cottonplant ovules.Biolog Scientific Production Combine, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Republic of Uzbekistan, Institute of Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent ul. F. Khodzhaeva, 28. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 454–456, May–June, 1995. Original article submitted September 13, 1994.     

脑血管疾病患者头发微量元素含量检测分析

研究了脑血管疾病患者头发微量元素与疾病发生的关系。采用电感耦合高频等离子体发射光谱法定量测定脑血管疾病男性患者头发中铁、铜、钙、锰、钴、镍、锶、镁八种微量元素含量,并与健康成年男性相比,差异有显著性;女性患者头发中锌、钙、镍、钼、锶、鳄、钛七种微量元素含量与健康成年女性相比,差异有显著性。提示微量元素对维持血管正常结构、保持血管完整性、抗凝及对抗自由基有重要作用。     

Effect of solvents on electro-spinnability of polystyrene solutions and morphological appearance of resulting electrospun polystyrene fibers

The effects of solvents and their properties on electro-spinnability of the as-prepared polystyrene (PS) solutions and the morphological appearance of the as-spun PS fibers were investigated qualitatively by means of a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The eighteen solvents used were benzene, t-butylacetate, carbontetrachloride, chlorobenzene, chloroform, cyclohexane, decahydronaphthalene (decalin), 1,2-dichloroethane, dimethylformamide (DMF), 1,4-dioxane, ethylacetate, ethylbenzene, hexane, methylethylketone (MEK), nitrobenzene, tetrahydrofuran (THF), 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene (tetralin), and toluene. The PS solutions in 1,2-dichloroethane, DMF, ethylacetate, MEK, and THF could produce fibers with high enough productivity, while the PS solutions in benzene, cyclohexane, decalin, ethylbenzene, nitrobenzene, and tetralin were not spinnable. Qualitative observation of the results obtained suggested that the important factors determining the electro-spinnability of the as-prepared PS solutions are high enough values of both the dipole moment of the solvent and the conductivity of both the solvent and the resulting solutions, high enough boiling point of the solvent, not-so-high values of both the viscosity and the surface tension of the resulting solutions.     

Sur la thermogravimétrie des précipités analytiques: Dosage du calcium

With the object of determining the best conditions of temperature to be used by the analyst for weighing to constant weight precipitates containing calcium, the authors made a detailed study of the curves of pyrolysis which they have recorded by means of the Chevenard thermobalance. The following were studied : oxalate, carbonate, oxide, precipitated sulphate and gypsum, fluoride, iodate, arsenate, molybdate, tungstate, nickel-hexanitrite, tartrate, 8-hydroxyquinolate, and picrolonate. They suggest a rapid method for the analysis of the sulphate and carbonate of calcium in gypsum, a. new gravimetric determination by electrolysis of nickel-hexanitrite of calcium-potassium, of which the structural formula has been established. Finally, they recommend, in the case of precipitation of calcium as the tartrate, weighing as carbonate rather than oxide.     

Protein content, activity and amino acid composition of proteinase inhibitors of seeds of some varieties of pea and their hybrids

The results are given of a study of the quantitative content of protein in the seeds of some pea varieties and mutants, the activity of the total inhibitor proteins, and correlations of their activity with the protein content of the seeds and the amino acid compositions of the proteinase inhibitors. Considerable differences have been found in the amounts of a number of amino acids of the protein inhibitors of parental varieties and mutants of the pea, the amounts of serine, glutamic acid, alanine, and valine correlating positively with the inhibitor activity.Institute of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Tadzhik SSR Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe. V. I. Nikitin Institute of Chemistry, Tadzhik SSR Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 399–404, May–June, 1988.     

Emulsification of oil in water as affected by different parameters

The aim of this investigation was to develop a basic understanding of the emulsification process by considering simple systems such as n-hexane, n-heptane, n-decane, and kerosene oil in water. The technique employed for the purpose was ultrasonification. The effect of ultrasonification time, chain length, viscosity, surface tension, oil content, and ionic strength of the media on the quality of emulsion has been studied. The emulsions were viewed through microscope to measure the number, size, and size distribution of droplets. Quantification of turbidity and viscosity was also used to characterize the emulsions. It has been found that the number and size of the droplets vary with the time of ultrasonification, contents of oils, molecular mass of the oils, and ionic strength of the media, and hence the quality of the emulsion is influenced by these parameters. The droplet size decreases, whereas the number of drops increases with the time of emulsification, approaching an optimum distribution at about 15 min of ultrasonification. Further, the increase in the molecular mass of the oil increases the size of the droplets and hence decreases the stability of the emulsion. The addition of electrolytes encourages coalescence and enhances the instability in the system. The results are in accord with the equations proposed by us.     

智能聚合物基材料富集磷酸化肽和糖肽的研究进展

翻译后修饰是蛋白质组学研究的前沿和重点,它不仅调节着蛋白质的折叠、状态、活性、定位以及蛋白质间的相互作用,也能帮助科学家更全面地了解生物体的生命过程,为疾病的预测、诊断和治疗提供更加强大的支撑和依据。翻译后修饰产物(例如磷酸化肽和糖肽)丰度很低,且存在着强烈的背景干扰,很难直接用质谱进行分析,因此迫切需要开发高效的富集材料和技术来选择性富集翻译后修饰产物。近年来,智能聚合物基材料通过外部物理、化学或生物刺激可逆地改变其结构和功能,实现对磷酸化肽和糖肽高度可控的吸附和脱附,进而衍生开发出一系列新颖的富集方法,极大地吸引研究者们的兴趣。一方面,智能聚合物基材料的响应变化包括材料疏水性的增加或减少、形状和形貌的改变、表面电荷的重新分布以及亲和配体的暴露或隐藏等特性。这些特性使得目标物和智能聚合物基材料之间的亲和力可以通过简单改变外部条件(如温度、pH值、溶剂极性和生物分子等)实现更可控和更智能的精细调节。另一方面,智能聚合物基材料为集成功能模块提供了便捷的可扩展平台,例如特定的识别组件,显著提高了目标物质的分离选择性。智能聚合物基材料在分离方面展现出巨大的潜力,这为蛋白质翻译后修饰产物的分析和研究带来了希望。围绕上述主题,该文依据Web of Science近20年来近50篇代表性文献,概述了智能聚合物基材料在磷酸化肽和糖肽分离及富集中的发展方向。     

Isoprime 100稳定性同位素比质谱仪故障分析及排除

为排除Isoprime 100稳定性同位素比质谱仪在测定δ~(13)C和δ~(15)N过程中常见的故障,探讨分析系统检漏通不过、峰中心检测不合格、稳定性达不到要求等故障产生的原因,结合操作实际,从仪器测定前状态检查、测试过程监控、测试完毕各部件维护等方面总结归纳仪器故障的预防办法,同时提出了系统漏气、离子源损坏、机械泵损坏等故障的排除方法.通过采取以上措施,可以保证测试数据的准确性,减少仪器的故障率,延长仪器使用寿命,保障仪器及时高效地应用于教学和科学研究工作.     

Chiral resolution of some environmental pollutants by capillary electrophoresis

The chiral resolution of the environmental pollutants by capillary electrophoresis is reviewed. Various aspects of the chiral resolution such as chiral selectors, optimization of capillary electrophoresis conditions including composition of the background electrolyte (BGE), pH of the BGE, ionic strength of the BGE, structures and types of the chiral selectors, applied voltage, temperature, structures of the chiral pollutants, use of organic modifiers and other parameters are presented. Furthermore, detection, sample treatment, validation of the methods, and the chiral recognition mechanisms, have been discussed.     

Orbital structure of vibrations of nanoparticles, clusters, and coordination polyhedra

The necessity of the development of the orbital structure of vibrations of nanoparticles, clusters, and coordination polyhedra is dictated by synthesis of clusters, supermolecules, and other structures of nanoscale dispersion for which translational symmetry is absent and the crystal system is inapplicable. The composition of complicated molecules, polynuclear complexes, and clusters is described, in addition to the chemical formula, by the composition equations derived from analysis of the symmetry properties of molecular structures. This analysis enables the derivation of analytical formulas for the types of molecular orbitals of structures with arbitrary groups of symmetry. Here, we use the representation of nanoscale structures described by the orbital system as a set of concentric nested spherical orbits of atoms, orbits of faces of different order, and orbits of edges. The orbits are grouped into shells shaped as polyhedra with vertices, edges, or faces accommodating atoms with different types of packing. In such a way, the sets of molecular orbitals of all high-, intermediate-, and low-symmetry groups have been determined depending on the number of atoms in the axial, planar, and primitive orbits.     

Systematic optimization of the analysis of wine bouquet components by solid-phase microextraction

The extraction, identification, and quantification of wine aroma compounds are preliminary steps required for further investigation of wine quality, i.e. determination of the varieties of grapes used, the production process, and the origin and age of the wine. This paper deals with the optimization of solid-phase microextraction for the determination of compounds which produce wine bouquet. Optimum operating conditions have been determined to obtain high reproducibility at low cost and with low time-consumption. Several factors influencing the equilibrium of the aroma compounds between the sample and the fiber must be taken into account, including length of contact time between the two phases involved, speed of agitation of the sample, the matrix in which the process takes place, and, furthermore, the place, duration, and temperature of desorption in the injector of the chromatograph.     

Intramolecular interactions in series of oxazole, oxadiazole, and triazole derivatives

A comparison of the PMR spectra of 5-phenyl-2-methyl derivatives of oxazole, 1,3,4-oxadiazole, and 1, 3, 4-triazole with the spectrum of toluene leads to the conclusion that the electron-acceptor character of the heterocycles drops off in the order oxadiazole >oxazole>triazole. The conduction of electronic effects of the substituents by the oxazole ring is at the level of benzene; the 1, 3, 4-oxadiazole ring accomplishes the transmission somewhat better, and the 1,3,4-triazole ring more weakly, than in the case of benzene. The formation of H-complexes with a 11 composition in a system consisting of the azole, phenol, and carbon tetrachloride was investigated by means of IR spectroscopy. The relative n-donor strength, of the heterocycles decreases in the series triazole >oxazole> oxadiazole. The effectiveness of transmission of electronic influence of the substituents in the phenyl radical on the pyridine nitrogen atom, which is the center of complexation, decreases in the series oxazole >oxadiazole>triazole.Khar'kov State University, Khar'kov 310077. Institute of Single Crystals, Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, Khar'kov 310001. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh, Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 811–815, June, 1997.     

Electrosynthesis of 4-chloro derivatives of pyrazole and alkylpyrazoles

Electrosynthesis of 4-chloro-substituted derivatives of pyrazole and its alkyl derivatives is carried out via the chlorination of original pyrazoles on a Pt anode in aqueous NaCl solutions under conditions of galvanostatic diaphragm electrolysis. The efficiency of this process is shown to depend on the structure of starting pyrazoles, particularly, the donor-acceptor properties of substituents, the position of the latter in the pyrazole ring, and the concomitant contribution of side reactions. Thus the yield of 4-chlorosubstituted products at the chlorination of pyrazole, 3,5-dimethylpyrazole, 1,5-dimethylpyrazole, and 3-nitropyrazole is 68, 92, 53, and 79%, respectively. By the example of 1,5-dimethylpyrazole, the possibility of electrochemical chlorination to the side chain of pyrazoles was demonstrated.     

Electrohydraulic effect in heterodisperse water-plant systems. II. Chemical nature of the suspended particles

On the basis of the results of acid hydrolysis, chromatographic analysis of the hydrolysates, and a study of IR spectra, it has been established that the suspended particles liberated under the action of electrohydraulic shocks on heterodisperse water—plant systems consist of small fragments of the lignocarbohydrate complex of the plant tissue.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. FAX (3712) 62 73 48. Division of Wood Chemistry, Irkutsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Solar and Terrestrial Physics, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, FAX (395-3) 46 25 57. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 435–439, May–June, 1994.     

一种用于快速成型工艺的红光光敏树脂的性能研究

合成了一种吸收波长为 6 80nm的菁染料 有机硼盐复合物光引发剂CDBC ,以 6 80nm激光二极管发射的激光作为光源 ,研究了由CDBC、EA6 12、POTMPTA组成的红光光敏树脂在快速成型工艺中的应用 ,考察了影响树脂几个主要性能即粘度、光固化速度、体积收缩率的因素 .结果表明 ,EA6 12含量高 ,POTMPTA含量低 ,树脂粘度大 ,体积收缩率小 ;相反 ,EA6 12含量低 ,POTMPTA含量高 ,则树脂粘度低 ,体积收缩率大 ;光引发剂CDBC含量 5 %以内时对树脂粘度和体积收缩率没有影响 ,CDBC含量增加 ,树脂的表固速度加快 ,但当CDBC含量大于 3%时 ,表固速度基本不变 .预聚物EA6 12质量分数 70 % ,单体POTMPTA质量分数 2 7% ,光引发剂CDBC质量分数 3%时 ,树脂粘度为 4 2 0mPa·s ,表固时间为 1 0s ,固化体积收缩率为 4 0 % ,具有较好的综合性能 .     

Effects of the degree of dispersion and the morphology of zinc powder on the thermodynamics of its interaction with polystyrene in solution and in composite films

The adsorption of block PS on the surface of spherical, round, and flaky particles of highly dispersed Zn powders with dimensions of 3.5–23 μm and the interaction of the polymer with the surface of Zn powders in the composite films are studied by refractometry and isothermal calorimetry. During establishment of adsorption equilibrium, the concentration of PS in the bulk of solution increases, while, near the surface of Zn particles, the concentration of PS decreases, thus indicating the predominance of absorption from solution of the solvent o-xylene. With the use of the thermodynamic cycle, including processes of solution of the polymer and Zn-PS film composite and wetting of the Zn powder, the enthalpies of formation of PS-Zn composites are estimated. The enthalpies of mixing of filled compositions comprise two contributions of opposite signs: In the low-filling region, the negative contribution of adhesion interactions prevails, while in the region of high-filled compositions, a positive structural contribution, which is associated with additional loosening of the glassy packing of PS near the filler surface, plays the decisive role. The contribution of adhesion interaction is largely determined by the dimensions of filler particles, while the structural contribution is controlled by their shape. The experimental evidence suggests that spherical particles possess the highest thermodynamic compatibility with the polymer matrix of the composite material.     

The stability of trace metals suspensions in heavy crudes as determined by neutron activation analysis

The importance of trace elements in petroleum has increased, since the role of nonhydrocarbon components has been recognized in the elucidation of the mechanisms of migration and origin of crudes. On the other hand, knowledge of trace elements in petroleum is also important in the refining and processing of crudes. In developing different instrumental analytical techniques for trace analysis of crudes, little attention has been devoted to the scatter of data due to poor sampling and to the proper nature of the matrix. In the present paper the results of the determination of 17 trace elements including Co, Zn, Fe, V, Ni, Mo, Ba, Cs, Au, Br, Se, Sc, As, Mn, La, Eu and Cu are presented. A multielemental neutron activation analysis in a purely instrumental form was performed on a homogenized sample and the results are compared to those obtained on the same sample after a seven month period. The results clearly show that the crude loses its induced homogeneous nature and that a standard heavy crude can not be stocked for comparison purposes. For the heavy asphaltene fractions, results of the analysis of the same trace elements are presented and the possibility of its use as a standard is discussed.     

Adsorption properties of poly(l-lysine)-graft-poly(ethylene glycol) (PLL-g-PEG) at a hydrophobic interface: influence of tribological stress, pH, salt concentration, and polymer molecular weight

The adsorption properties of a graft copolymer of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) with a polycationic backbone, namely, poly( l-lysine)- graft-poly(ethylene glycol) (PLL- g-PEG), onto nonpolar, hydrophobic PDMS surfaces from aqueous solution and the lubrication properties of the self-mated sliding contacts of PDMS surfaces modified with PLL- g-PEG have been investigated. Whereas PLL- g-PEG is spontaneously attracted to negatively charged surfaces as a result of the polycationic PLL backbone, the collective interaction of (CH 2) 4 hydrocarbon moieties on the lysine units in the PLL backbone with nonpolar, hydrophobic surfaces also enables the adsorption of PLL- g-PEG onto hydrophobic surfaces such as PDMS. The adsorption and lubrication properties of PLL- g-PEG have been investigated by varying the aqueous solution parameters, such as pH (2, 7, and 12) and KCl concentration (0, 0.01, 0.1, and 1 M) as well as the length of the PLL backbone of the copolymer (20 vs 375 kDa). In the absence of tribological stress, the adsorption of PLL- g-PEG onto PDMS surfaces was mainly governed by the KCl concentration, whereas the role of pH or the molecular weight of the copolymer was of relatively minor importance; for all pH values, the adsorbed mass decreased with increasing KCl concentration. Under tribological stress, however, a clear dependence of the lubrication properties of PLL- g-PEG on all of the studied parameters, including pH, KCl concentration, and backbone molecular weight, was observed. The adsorption strength of PLL- g-PEG on PDMS surfaces, rather than the adsorbed mass itself, appeared to be the most critical parameter in determining the lubrication properties.