Development of an HPLC method with electrochemical detection of femtomoles of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine and 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine in the presence of uric acid

A selective method based on high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (HPLC-ECD) was developed to enable simultaneous detection of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8-oxoGua) and 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodGuo), products of DNA oxidative damage, in the presence of uric acid (UA), a strong interferent in their electrochemical detection. The method developed consists of HPLC isocratic elution with amperometric detection on a glassy carbon electrode, enabling a detection limit for 8-oxoGua and 8-oxodGuo lower than 1 nM in standard mixtures. Detection of low concentrations up to 25 nM of 8-oxoGua and 8-oxodGuo in the presence of UA in a 10⁴-fold higher concentration was achieved after one-step solid phase extraction (SPE). The method was tested with urine samples and it was possible to detect and quantify the presence of 8-oxoGua, and to confirm that UA was eliminated after uricase degradation and SPE. The LOD found in urine samples was about 80 nM, a value higher than in standard mixtures, due to the increase of background current in the urine matrix. The results presented here contribute to the development of a methodological approach to simultaneous determination of 8-oxoGua and 8-oxodGuo in urine samples.     

Effect of molecular orientation distribution and crystallinity on the measurement of the crystal lattice modulus of nylon 6 by x-ray diffraction

The crystal lattice modulus of nylon 6 (-type) was measured by x-ray diffraction using nylon 6 films drawn up to five times. The measured crystal lattice modulus was 173–175 GPa for all specimens whose crystallinity and the Young's modulus were beyond 46% and 3.75 GPa, respectively. These results indicate that a state of homogenous stress can be achieved. In contrast, the values were scattered for the speciments whose crystallinity and Young's modulus are less than the above values. To study the origin, a numerical calculation of the crystal lattice modulus, as measured by x-ray diffraction, was carried out by considering effects on the orientation factors of molecular chains and crystallinity. In this calculation, a previously introduced model was employed, in which oriented crystalline layers are surrounded by oriented amorphous phases so that the strains of the two phases at the boundary are identical. The theoretical results calculated by the introduced model indicated that the crystal lattice modulus by x-ray diffraction is almost equal to the intrinsic crystal modulus if the morphology of the test specimen can be represented as a series model. In contrast, if a parallel model is more appropriate, the difference between the measured modulus and the intrinsic value can be pronounced. Such morphological dependence was found to be less pronounced with increasing high degree of molecular orientation and crystallinity.     

低温低内应力化学镀镍工艺的研究

化学镀广泛应用于非金属的电镀、电铸前的施加导电层。化学镀沉积层质量与其在零件上的附着力有着密切的关系 ,重视对化学镀沉积层内应力的研究 ,开发一个低温、低内应力的化学镀镍工艺 ,对于化学镀沉积层的推广应用有着十分重要的意义。本文采用正交实验方法对低温、低内应力化学镀镍工艺进行了系统研究 ,开发出了一个低温、低内应力的化学镀镍工艺。在实验过程中发现沉积层内应力同其在零件上的结合力具有密切关系并对其进行了初步探讨。1　实验方法1 1　正交实验根据探索性实验结果分析 ,影响化学镀镍层内应力σ和沉积层速率ｒ的主要因…     

毒素蛋白ColicinE1与磷脂膜相互作用的荧光光谱研究临界摩尔比的测定

磷脂－蛋白相互作用的临界摩尔比是研究膜脂－蛋白相互作用的重要参数．本文利用荧光光谱技术首次测定了毒素蛋白ＣｏｌｉｃｉｎＥ１在不同条件下与不同磷脂膜相互作用的临界摩尔比并通过临界摩尔比的变化讨论了插膜蛋白与磷脂膜相互作用的规律，为进一步探讨毒素蛋白的插膜机制提供了重要的基础     

飞行时间型质量分析器(TOFMS)的研制及应用

自行研制了电子碰撞离子化的飞行时间型质量分析器（ＴＯＦＭＳ），用于物质的化学分析。用研制的ＴＯＦＭＳ测量了Ａｒ离子化的飞行时间谱和离子的部分电离截面积比与碰撞电子能量的依赖关系，将它与Ｓｔｅｐｓｈａｎ等人的实验结果进行了比较。     

Shear flow experiments in an assembly of gel beads and modelling of bingham behavior

In this paper, we present a rheological study of a compact layer of highly swollen gel beads. The flow regimes of these systems are modelled by an elastic sinusoid moving in a Newtonian fluid. This model predicts a yield stress varying with the square root of the elastic modulus of the gel bead. The slope at the origin (at zero velocity) of the flow curve is expected to depend only on geometrical parameters and on the solvent viscosity. The experimental data are in qualitative agreement with the theoretical predictions.     

4-乙烯基吡啶-镍(钴)及丙烯酰胺-镍(钴)的制备、结构、聚合及聚合物的催化性能

制备了4-乙烯基吡啶-镍(钴)和丙烯酰胺-镍(钴)络合物并研究了它们的结构。在自由基引发剂的作用下,4-乙烯基吡啶-镍可进行溶液聚合,也可与苯乙烯共聚合,测定了单体的竞聚率。所得的聚(4-乙烯基吡啶-镍)及聚(4-乙烯基吡啶-钴)以NaBH_4还原后可作为一些有机化合物的加氢催化剂。由IR及XPS分析说明在丙烯酰胺-镍络合物中,与镍离子发生了络合作用的是羧基上的氧原子。     

Closer asymptotic approximations for the distributions of the power divergence goodness-of-fit statistics

Summary The members of the power divergence family of statistics all have an asymptotically equivalent χ² distribution (Cressie and Read [1]). An asymptotic expansion for the distribution function is derived which shows that the speed of convergence to this asymptotic limit is dependent on λ. Known results for Pearson'sX ² statistic and the log-likelihood ratio statistic then appear as special cases in a continuum rather than as separate (unrelated) expansions.     

Determination of the uronic acid composition of seaweed dietary fibre by HPLC

A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method is described for determination of the ratio of beta-d-mannuronic acid to alpha-l-guluronic acid (M/G ratio) in dietary fibre of edible seaweeds. Total dietary fibre (TDF) content was determined gravimetrically. The TDF fraction was hydrolysed with 12 m and 1 m H(2)SO(4), then neutralized with AG 4 x 4 resin. The uronic acids were separated in a Tracer Extrasil SAX 5 micro m column (25 cm x 4 mm) at 35 degrees C, with 2 mm KH(2)PO(4) containing 5% methanol as mobile phase at a fl ow rate of 1.5 mL/min. The detection wavelength was UV 210 nm. The chromatographic identifications of beta-d-mannuronic acid and alpha-l-guluronic acid were confirmed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The method precision was 1.4% for beta-d-mannuronic acid and 3.5% for alpha-l-guluronic acid. The method was used to determine M/G ratio in canned seaweeds (Saccorhiza polyschides and Himanthalia elongata) and in dried seaweeds (H. elongata, Laminaria ochroleuca, Undaria pinnatifida, Palmaria sp. and Porphyra sp.).     

The relationship between the linear (oscillatory) and nonlinear (steady-state) flow properties of a series of polymer and colloidal systems

The Cox-Merz empirical relationship between the linear (oscillatory) and nonlinear (steady-state) viscosities has been shown to be valid for many polymeric systems. Here, we present an equivalent expression to relate the linear (G) and nonlinear (N ₁) elastic properties of viscoelastic systems. Like the Cox-Merz relationship, it uses a combination of elastic and viscous parameters. The modified form of the storage modulus is then equivalent to the Cox-Merz complex viscosity. It can be used to correlate with (half) the normal force at numerically equal circular frequency and shear rate, respectively.This new expression and the Cox-Merz rule are tested for a range of polymeric and colloidal systems. It is found that both expression work for the polymeric systems considered, but fail for the colloidal systems. In the latter, the steady state values of viscosity and elasticity are consistently low, and replacing them by the complex viscosity and our new elastic expression only makes matters worse.For polymer systems, we suggest this is a general but not universal observation, since we are aware of exceptions to the rule that polymeric systems obey the Cox-Merz rule for viscosity and our rule for elasticity. For colloidal systems we find that neither rule is obeyed for any of our systems.