Development of a method for quantitative determination of the cytotoxic agent piplartine (piperlongumine) in multiple skin layers

This study reports the development of a simple and reproducible method, with high rates of recovery, to extract the cytotoxic agent piplartine from skin layers, and a sensitive and rapid UV‐HPLC method for its quantification. Considering the potential of piplartine for topical treatment of skin cancer, this method may find application for formulation development and pharmacokinetics studies to assess cutaneous bioavailability. Porcine skin was employed as a model for human tissue. Piplartine was extracted from the stratum corneum (SC) and remaining viable skin layers (VS) using methanol, vortex homogenization and bath sonication, and subsequently assayed by HPLC using a C₁₈ column, and 1:1 (v/v) acetonitrile–water (adjusted to pH 4.0 with acetic acid 0.1%) as mobile phase. The quantification limit of piplartine was 0.2 μg/mL (0.6 μm ), and the assay was linear up to 5 μg/mL (15.8 μm ), with within‐day and between‐days assay coefficients of variation and relative errors <15%. Piplartine recovery from SC and VS varied from 86 to 96%. The method was suitable to assay samples from skin penetration studies, enabling detection of differences in cutaneous delivery in different skin compartments resulting from treatment with various formulations and time periods.     

Er3+单掺、Er3+/Yb3+共掺杂Ca12Al14O32F2的 制备及上转换发光性质

利用高温固相法成功制备了Er~(3+)单掺、Er~(3+)/Yb~(3+)共掺杂Ca_(12)Al_(14)O_(32)F_2上转换发光样品。在980 nm激光激发下,Er~(3+)单掺和Er~(3+)/Yb~(3+)共掺杂样品均呈现出较强的绿光(528,549 nm)和较弱的红光(655 nm)发射,分别归因于Er~(3+)离子的~2H_(11/2),~4S_(3/2)→~4I_(15/2)和~4F_(9/2)→~4I_(15/2)能级跃迁。随着Er离子浓度的增加,单掺杂样品上转换发光强度先增大后减小,最佳掺杂浓度为0.8%。共掺杂Yb~(3+)后,Er~(3+)的发光强度明显增大。还原气氛下合成的样品上转换发光强度增大约两倍,可能和笼中阴离子基团变化有关。发光强度和激发光功率的关系表明所得上转换发射为双光子吸收过程,借助Er~(3+)-Yb~(3+)体系能级结构详细讨论了上转换发射的跃迁机制。     

Influence of Molar Mass and Concentration on the Thermogelation of Methylcelluloses

In this study, thermogelation of methylcelluloses is investigated in relation to the molar mass and concentration in aqueous medium. A large hysteresis between heating and cooling ramps was observed whatever the conditions. The heating process in particular was studied to analyze the two steps of gelation using rheometry. At low temperature, in the sol state, viscosity depends on the concentration and molar mass. Over 30°C a gel-like behavior was observed including two steps (the second step is a strong gel with phase separation) having storage moduli that are nearly independent of polymer molar mass but are directly related to polymer concentration.     

An integrated platform for gas-diffusion separation and electrochemical determination of ethanol on fermentation broths

An integrated platform was developed for point-of-use determination of ethanol in sugar cane fermentation broths. Such analysis is important because ethanol reduces its fuel production efficiency by altering the alcoholic fermentation step when in excess. The custom-designed platform integrates gas diffusion separation with voltammetric detection in a single analysis module. The detector relied on a Ni(OH)₂-modified electrode. It was stabilized by uniformly depositing cobalt and cadmium hydroxides as shown by XPS measurements. Such tests were in accordance with the hypothesis related to stabilization of the Ni(OH)₂ structure by insertion of Co²⁺ and Cd²⁺ ions in this structure. The separation step, in turn, was based on a hydrophobic PTFE membrane, which separates the sample from receptor solution (electrolyte) where the electrodes were placed. Parameters of limit of detection and analytical sensitivity were estimated to be 0.2% v/v and 2.90 μA % (v/v)⁻¹, respectively. Samples of fermentation broth were analyzed by both standard addition method and direct interpolation in saline medium based-analytical curve. In this case, the saline solution exhibited ionic strength similar to those of the samples intended to surpass the tonometry colligative effect of the samples over analyte concentration data by attributing the reduction in quantity of diffused ethanol vapor majorly to the electrolyte. The approach of analytical curve provided rapid, simple and accurate analysis, thus contributing for deployment of point-of-use technologies. All of the results were accurate with respect to those obtained by FTIR method at 95% confidence level.     

KIT-6负载CeO2催化CO2和甲醇合成碳酸二甲酯

采用不同老化温度(80、100、120和150℃)合成了一系列KIT-6载体,并通过浸渍法制备了相应的CeO_2/KIT-6催化剂。结合X射线衍射、N_2物理吸附、NH_3程序升温脱附、CO_2程序升温脱附、透射电子显微镜、傅里叶变换红外光谱和X射线光电子能谱等表征结果,详细考察了老化温度对KIT-6结构以及CeO_2/KIT-6催化剂直接催化CO_2和甲醇合成碳酸二甲酯(DMC)反应活性的影响。结果表明,不同老化温度下制备的KIT-6均保持其独特的三维孔道结构。随着老化温度升高,KIT-6比表面积先增大后减小,当老化温度为100℃时,KIT-6比表面积达到最大(683 m~2·g~(-1))。KIT-6较高的比表面积有利于提高CeO_2分散度,进而提高暴露的活性位点数量,催化活性随催化剂表面中等碱/酸性吸附位数量和Ce~(3+)含量的增加而逐渐提高。其中,CeO_2/100-KIT-6催化剂中CeO_2颗粒尺寸最小(5.9 nm),暴露的活性位数量最高,催化活性最佳。随后,考察了反应温度和压力对CeO_2/100-KIT-6催化活性的影响。随着反应温度提高,催化活性先升高后降低,当反应温度为140℃时,催化活性最高;且催化活性随反应压力的提高而逐渐增加。在反应温度为140℃、压力为6.8 MPa条件下,催化剂经6次循环后,DMC收率由15 mmol·g_(CeO_2)~(-1)逐渐降低至2.8 mmol·g_(CeO_2)~(-1),原因归结为反应过程中CeO_2纳米颗粒发生团聚,使暴露出的活性位数量减少。     

碳桥限制构型催化剂催化乙烯1-己烯共聚和共聚物结构表征

为了碳桥限制构型催化剂(CpCN-CGC)的工业应用,为模试提供工艺参数,我们考察了用这种催化剂,以正庚烷为溶剂,甲基铝氧烷(MAO)为助催化剂的乙烯与1-己烯共聚,考察因素包括聚合温度、乙烯压力、铝锆比、氢气压力和1-己烯浓度.研究发现聚合温度从100升高到140℃,共聚活性先升高再降低,聚合物分子量持续降低;氢气分压从0.1增加到0.8 MPa,共聚活性仍呈先升高再降低,聚合物分子量持续降低的趋势;乙烯压力从0.4升高到1.8 MPa,共聚活性先升高再降低,但聚合物分子量逐步增大;Al/Zr从500升高到1 000,共聚活性逐步增大,但聚合物分子量趋向减小.优化工艺条件为:催化剂用量为10μmol,Al/Zr=700,聚合温度为110~120℃,乙烯压力为1.2~1.4 MPa,1-己烯加入量为20 mL,聚合时间为30 min.此时共聚活性最高达到106g/(mol-Zr·h),共聚物中1-己烯插入率达到了8.34%;用13C-NMR、GPC、DSC表征了聚合产物,计算了二单元组和三段组序列分布,并发现有交替共聚片段HEHE存在.最后还讨论了在聚合物中发现的多种支链的形成机理.     

硫与Mn2O3空心球的复合结构及其在锂硫电池中的应用

在水热条件下,以碳球为模板合成了Mn₂O₃空心球,并用作锂硫电池的载硫基底材料。测试结果表明载硫量为51%的Mn₂O₃-S复合材料显示了较高的比容量,良好的循环稳定性和倍率性能。循环100圈后,最终可逆容量仍保持657 mA·g^-1,证明该Mn₂O₃空心球是一种有潜力的载硫基底材料。     

四氯化碳液相催化加氢制氯仿多元金属催化剂的制备及其催化性能

以贵金属M(=Pd,Pt)为主要活性成分,掺加过渡金属Fe和Ni作为助剂,采取浸渍和氢气还原法制备了椰壳活性炭(ACcs)负载的单元金属(M/ACcs)、二元金属(M-Ni/ACcs、M-Fe/ACcs)和三元金属(M-Ni-Fe/ACcs)系列催化剂;通过CC_l4液相催化加氢制氯仿反应考察了这些催化剂的催化活性和选择性。结果表明,Pd基催化剂的催化活性明显高于Pt基催化剂,但后者对氯仿的选择性优于前者;在前5 h加氢反应时段,两系列催化剂的活性顺序为:Pd-Ni-Fe/ACcsPd-Fe/ACcsPd/ACcsPd-Ni/ACcs和Pt/ACcs≈Pt-Fe/ACcsPt-Ni/ACcsPt-Ni-Fe/ACcs;总体上,引入Fe对于催化性能的改善效果要优于Ni,Ni的单独引入则会不同程度地降低催化活性。综合考量成本、活性和选择性等因素,优选Pd-Ni-Fe/ACcs作为催化剂,在393 K下反应5 h,可实现CC_l497.6%的转化率以及接近100%氯仿的选择性。     

GAMLSS模型在车险定价中的应用

在系统梳理国内外非寿险产品费率厘定方法的基础上,详细介绍了GAMLSS模型,证明了在位置参数和尺度参数的预测中均引入随机效应的GAMLSS模型可更有效地解释纵向数据中个体间的异质性.最后将GAMLSS模型应用于一组纵向车辆保险数据,计算了先验保费、后验保费、后验风险保费和奖惩因子.实证结果表明,GAMLSS模型不仅可为非寿险产品的定价提供依据,而且使风险分类更加稳定、合理.     

Brazilian <Emphasis Type="Italic">Dioscoreaceas</Emphasis> starches

Determination of the characteristics of native starches is crucial in order to select their best application in various industrial fields. Thus, two different types of non-traditional native starches from the Dioscoreaceas species (Dioscorea sp. and Dioscorea piperifolia Humb. var. Wild) were studied regarding their thermal, structural and rheological properties. The results were contrasted with traditional commercial starch sources (potato, cassava and corn). From the thermogravimetric results (TG/DTG), D. piperifolia starch obtained the highest thermal stability of the samples, except for potato starch. Furthermore, using differential scanning calorimetry and viscoamylograph profiles (RVA), it was found that the Dioscoreaceas starches presented a higher onset (T _o) temperature and susceptibility to retrogradation. They also showed lower values in relation to relative crystallinity, which was calculated from their X-ray patterns and tendency to white (L*) colour. The shapes of the Discoreaceas starch granules were determined using electron microscopy; it was found that as the potato starch the Dioscoreaceas starches showed a wide range of particle size.