胶束电动色谱法和微柱液相色谱法分析白藜芦醇的比较

白藜芦醇可以顺式和反式两种形式存在。它是一种具有药理活性的植物抗毒素,具有抗肿瘤、保护心血管、防止机体老化的功效。分别采用胶束电动色谱和微柱液相色谱两种方法对白藜芦醇的两种异构体进行了分离,并对这两种方法进行了比较。结果表明,两种方法均具有分离快速、重现性好、溶剂消耗少的特点,都适用于白藜芦醇的分析。     

New 3D metal–organic framework isomer containing trinuclear oxo-centered mixed valence iron

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Microfluidics and electrochemistry: an emerging tandem for next-generation analytical microsystems

Microfluidic and electrochemical technologies have been at the forefront of the development of emerging analytical microsystems. Microfluidics and electrochemistry show a synergistic relationship, empowering their inherent features. Thus, integration of microfluidics and electrochemical (bio)sensors is envisioned as a powerful tandem for boosting the next generation of lab-on-a-chip platforms, including point-of-care and point-of-need systems. In this review, a general overview of the advantages, drawbacks, and gaps as well as remaining challenges and future trends of coupling microfluidics and electrochemical cells is presented. Special attention is given to the manufacturing and scale-up of the integrated devices and all those aspects that can push on the development of true lab-on-a-chip platforms for reaching the industrial domain and actual commercialization.     

Determination of mercury in polluted soils surrounding a chlor-alkali plant: Direct speciation by X-ray absorption spectroscopy techniques and preliminary geochemical characterisation of the area

Soil samples collected in the surroundings of a chlor-alkali plant in the Netherlands were characterised by synchrotron-based techniques and conventional analytical procedures, in order to evaluate the environmental impact of Hg emissions and other heavy metals present in these locations. Analysis of total metal content by inductively coupled plasma-optical spectroscopy (ICP-OES) revealed a heterogeneous contamination of Hg, with concentrations ranging from 4.3 to 1150 μg g⁻¹. In addition, significant concentrations of Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, Mn and principally Fe were also identified within the studied samples. Direct determination of mercury species by X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) showed inorganic Hg compounds to prevail in all soils, being Cinnabar (HgS_red) and Corderoite (Hg₃S₂Cl₂) the main species. Nevertheless, more soluble mercury compounds, such as HgO and HgSO₄, have been also identified in significant proportion (from 6 to 20% of total mercury content), indicating a potential risk of mercury mobilisation. On the other hand, the application of sequential extraction schemes (SES) revealed large portions of weakly available Hg extracted in the residual fraction, while Hg associated to the exchangeable phase amounts as much as 19% of total Hg, thus, supporting the results obtained by XANES.Finally, synchrotron-based micro X-ray fluorescence (μ-XRF) was applied to identify qualitative trends on elemental associations in sample particles through a systematic mapping of its surface. In this concern, results show a well-defined correlation between Hg and Cu/Ni in the analysed particles. On the other hand, an absence of correlation between Hg and several other elements (Fe, Ti, Ca, Zn, Mn and S) was also observed. These effects have been attributed to chemical and physical interactions of mercury species on both enriched particles and sample matrices.     

2<Emphasis Type="Italic">µ</Emphasis>m Laser based on an electro-optical <Emphasis Type="Italic">Q</Emphasis>-switched intracavity KTP optical parametric oscillator

An 2 μm pulse laser based on an intracavity optical parameter oscillator (OPO) pumped by an electrooptical Q-switched 1.064 μm laser is realized. A type-II phase-matched (θ = 51.5° and φ = 0) KTP crystal and a limiting diaphragm with a diameter of 4 mm were used. The parameters of the KTP-OPO tuning curves as a function of the phase matching angles were analyzed for the case of 1.064 μm laser pumping. Experiments based on single and double KTPs for walk-off compensation were performed. An output energy of 26 mJ in the 2 μm wavelength region was obtained with a pump-to-signal conversion efficiency of 26%. The center wavelengths of the signal and idle lights were 2165.4 and 2088.6 nm with a FWHM of 3.8 and 4 nm, respectively.     

Production of bioactive compounds from callus of Pueraria thomsonii Benth with promising cytotoxic and antibacterial activities

For thousands of years Pueraria thomsonii Benth has been used to treat a number of diseases in traditional Chinese pharmacopeia. Despite these uses, there is still insufficient information on its biological activity and chemical composition. In this respect, the in vitro callus culture of P. thomsonii was subjected to identify anticancer and antibacterial compounds. Based on significant preliminary cytotoxicity and antibacterial activities; the chemical investigation led to the isolation of isoflavonoids, coumaric acid derivative and dihydroxyflavanone-type of compounds viz., daidzin (1), puerarin (2), biochanin A (3), daidzein (4), p-coumaric acid ethyl ester (5) and liquiritigenin (6), respectively. These compounds were tested for their cytotoxicity and antibacterial activities. Among them, p-coumaric acid ethyl ester (5) exhibited significant cytotoxicity with GI₅₀ values of 14.73, 15.64 and 20.88 μM/mL against 4T1, NC1-H1975 and A549, respectively; the other isoflavones and aflavonoid showed moderate to weak activities. Moreover, p-coumaric acid ethyl ester (5) inhibited the growth of K. pneumonia, MRSE and MRSA at very low MIC values of 6.01, 12.01 µg/mL 24.02, respectively. On the other hand compounds biochanin A (3) and liquiritigenin (6) showed moderate antibacterial activity. Because of the potential anticancer and antibacterial activities of bioactive compounds from P. thomsonii, they can be used to treat various cancer and emerging bacterial infections.     

Existence and global attractiveness of a pseudo almost periodic solution in p-th mean sense for stochastic evolution equation driven by a fractional Brownian motion

In this work, we establish a new concept of pseudo almost periodic processes in p-th mean sense using the measure theory. We use the μ-ergodic process to define the spaces of μ-pseudo almost periodic process in the p-th mean sense. We establish many interesting results on the functional space of such processes like completeness and composition theorems. The main objective of this paper is to use those results and some stochastic analysis approaches to study the existence, the uniqueness and the global attractiveness for a μ-pseudo almost periodic mild solution to a class of abstract stochastic evolution equations driven by fractional Brownian motion. We provide an example to illustrate our results.     

Platinum(II) complex-catalyzed enantioselective aldol reaction with ketene silyl acetals in DMF at room temperature

[{(R)-binap}Pt(μ-OH)]₂2X is a weak Lewis acid, which can catalyze the enantioselective aldol reaction of aldehydes with ketene silyl acetals in DMF at room temperature. The platinum(II) complex-catalyzed the enantioselective aldol reaction of aldehydes with 1-methoxy-2-methyl-(1-trimethylsilyloxy)propene gave the corresponding aldols in high yields with enantioselectivity up to 92%. With 5 mol % loading of the complexes, the enantioselective aldol reaction of aldehydes with 1-benzyloxy-1-(trimethylsilyloxy)propene smoothly proceeded in DMF containing 10% HMPA as to predominantly give anti-propionates with enantioselectivity up to 89%, irrespective of the silyl nucleophile geometry.     

Adsorptive micro-extraction techniques--novel analytical tools for trace levels of polar solutes in aqueous media

A novel enrichment technique, adsorptive μ-extraction (AμE), is proposed for trace analysis of polar solutes in aqueous media. The preparation, stability tests and development of the analytical devices using two geometrical configurations, i.e. bar adsorptive μ-extraction (BAμE) and multi-spheres adsorptive μ-extraction (MSAμE) is fully discussed. From the several sorbent materials tested, activated carbons and polystyrene divinylbenzene phases demonstrated the best stability, robustness and to be the most suitable for analytical purposes. The application of both BAμE and MSAμE devices proved remarkable performance for the determination of trace levels of polar solutes and metabolites (e.g. pesticides, disinfection by-products, drugs of abuse and pharmaceuticals) in water matrices and biological fluids. By comparing AμE techniques with stir bar sorptive extraction based on polydimethylsiloxane phase, great effectiveness is attained overcoming the limitations of the latter enrichment approach regarding the more polar solutes. Furthermore, convenient sensitivity and selectivity is reached through AμE techniques, since the great advantage of this new analytical technology is the possibility to choose the most suitable sorbent to each particular type of application. The enrichment techniques proposed are cost-effective, easy to prepare and work-up, demonstrating robustness and to be a remarkable analytical tool for trace analysis of priority solutes in areas of recognized importance such as environment, forensic and other related life sciences.