Accurate,sensitive determination of omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in human plasma,urine samples

Quantitative determination of omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in human plasma and urine with high accuracy and precision provides significant information to monitor the underlying etiology of several diseases. In this regard, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry is a good choice owing to its great selectivity and sensitivity. Additionally, the hybrid quadrupole–time of flight–mass spectrometer systems provides easy identification of target compounds with superior mass measurements. In this study, an analytical method has been developed for simple, accurate and simultaneous determination of linoleic acid, arachidonic acid, docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid in a short chromatographic analysis period. The developed method is suitable for the quantitative detection of these four compounds with detection limits ranging between 1.1–3.0 ng ml⁻¹ and its applicability was assessed in human urine and plasma samples. As a result, acceptable accuracy (between 83 and 111%) and good precision (<6%) were obtained for target compounds using matrix matching calibration strategy.     

Comparative analysis of the main active components and hypoglycemic effects after the compatibility of Scutellariae Radix and Coptidis Rhizoma

In this study, a rapid and highly sensitive ultra high performance liquid chromatography with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry method with the mobile phase of acetonitrile and 0.1% aqueous formic acid was established and successfully applied to comparatively analyze main active components after their compatibility. Besides, the effects of Scutellariae Radix, Coptidis Rhizoma and combined extracts on type 2 diabetic rats induced by high‐fat diet along with low dose of streptozocin were investigated. Under the optimized chromatographic conditions, good separation of seven target components was achieved within 12 min. All calibration curves exhibited good linearity (R² ≥ 0.999). The relative standard deviation of precision, repeatability and stability varied from 0.69 to 2.23, 0.98 to 2.56, and 0.92 to 2.57%, respectively. The recovery ranged from 91.11 to 105.35%. The contents of seven active components were notably reduced after compatibility; however, the hypoglycemic effect of combined extracts was stronger than single drug by decreasing the activities of fructose‐1,6‐bisphosphatase, glucose 6‐phosphatase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and increasing the activities of glucokinase, phosphofructokinase, pyruvate kinase. Accordingly, the established analytical method was accurate and sensitive enough for quantitative evaluation of seven investigated compounds. Moreover, the combined extract had definite effects on type 2 diabetes through multiple components against multiple targets.     

Apportionment of wind from water erosion on the hillslopes of China Northern Loess Hilly Area,by the fallout 137Cs technique

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - Differences in the net soil loss and apportionment of wind from water erosion on hillslopes were analyzed and evaluated quantitatively through...     

Voltammetric Determination of Favipiravir Used as an Antiviral Drug for the Treatment of Covid-19 at Pencil Graphite Electrode

This work describes the sensitive voltammetric determination of favipiravir (FAV) based on its reduction for the first time with a low-cost and disposable pencil graphite electrode (PGE). In addition, the determination of FAV was also performed based on its oxidation. Differential pulse (DP) voltammograms recorded in 0.5 M H₂SO₄ for the reduction of FAV show that peak currents increase linearly in the range of 1.0 to 600.0 μM with a limit of detection of 0.35 μM. The acceptable recovery values (98.9–106.0 %) obtained from a pharmaceutical tablet, real human urine, and artificial blood serum samples spiked with FAV confirm the high accuracy of the proposed method.     

极谱法检测水体中的孔雀石绿

基于荧光素(SF)在pH=7.0的B-R缓冲溶液中可以产生一灵敏的还原峰,而孔雀石绿(MG)可以与荧光素络合而抑制荧光素的峰电流,建立了一种检测水体中孔雀石绿含量的极谱新方法。最佳测定体系为:1.2×10-5 mol/L的荧光素-9.0mL B-R缓冲溶液(pH=7.0)。在此体系中,于起始电位-0.40V,峰电位-0.85V,孔雀石绿含量在20~100μg/L范围内与峰电流呈线性关系,检出限为7.5μg/L。该方法用于环境水样中孔雀石绿的检测,回收率为90.5%~105.6%。     

Effects of boundary conditions and anisotropy on elastically bent silicon

In four-point bending, the rollers that are used for load application impose additional constraints on the specimen that affect the anticlastic specimen curvature and cause the specimen displacement and stress profiles to deviate from the pure beam bending case. In this study, x-ray microdiffraction is used to map both the principal and anticlastic curvatures of elastically bent, rectangular (100)-type Si strips possessing width:thickness ratios of 40:1. We quantify the amount of roller constraint and show that the region over which the anticlastic specimen curvature is affected away from the roller is approximately five times the roller diameter. Consequently, for bending tests used to determine Poisson's ratio, if a region on the sample that is free from roller effects is not chosen, measurement errors as high as 46% can occur. Furthermore, we show that, due to the anisotropy of single crystal Si, this roller-constraining effect depends on crystallographic orientation and is more pronounced when the principal bending axis lies along the <100> direction as compared with the <100> direction.     

爆轰波与金属的斜相互作用

应用二种截然不同的炸药PBX 95 0 1和T2 ,计算了爆轰波在不同入射角下与金属平板的斜相互作用。在正规反射区 ,计算结果与激波极线理论基本一致 ;应用燃烧模型 ,分别计算了Fe球壳装药JB90 0 3(HE)及JB90 14 (IHE)散心爆轰波的绕射传播 ,计算结果与实验很好地符合。在非正规反射区 ,二维拉氏程序计算结果明显地不同于经典理论结果 ,计算中没有出现Mach反射。计算结果显示 ,毗邻介质影响节点附近的爆轰波阵面形状及爆轰波速度 ;不同的反应率函数计算的节点图像不同。     

Stripping voltammetric analysis of dicofol on graphene-modified glassy carbon electrode

Ionics - This study is related to the development of a highly sensitive and selective electrode for the electroanalysis of dicofol (DCF) by the modification of a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) with...