Diagnostic value of different antigenic fractions of hydatid cyst fluid from camel and sheep in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Hydatid cyst fluids (HCF) crude extracts from camels and sheep slaughtered in Riyadh region, KSA were subjected to Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate–Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS–PAGE) and Western blot analysis. Sera from 17 confirmed human cases of hydatidosis, 25 patients with other parasitic infections and 10 clinically healthy subjects were used to evaluate the diagnostic value of the different antigenic fractions of these extracts. Immunoblotting results revealed that, at least 11 major discrete protein fractions (110–8 kDa) were recognized by sera from hydatidosis patients, sera from patients with other parasitic diseases showed cross-reactivity with few of these bands. The cluster of bands (38–35 kDa) that may be a breakdown of “Arc 5” antigen (39–38 kDa) was detected by 100% and 94% of sera from hydatidosis cases with HCF extracts from camel and sheep, respectively. This cluster showed also some cross reactivity (20% and 8%) with control sera from patients with other parasitic infections with camel and sheep HCF extracts, respectively. Polypeptides at 24–22, 16 and 8 kDa which may probably correspond to antigen B subunits were also identified by all samples from hydatidosis patients with sheep HCF extracts and by 100%, 65% and 74% with camel HCF extracts respectively. Sera from control subjects did not react with any of these polypeptides (24–22, 16 and 8 kDa). According to our results, the identified molecular weight bands (16 and 8 kDa using HCF crude extracts from sheep and 24–22 kDa using HCF crude extracts either from camel or sheep) represent good candidates for immunodiagnosis of hydatidosis.     

Crystal structure of 4,5-bis(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-2-(4-nitrophenyl)imidazole.

A nonlinear optical chromophore, 4,5-bis(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-2-(4-nitrophenyl)imidazole, was investigated by X-ray crystallography. The study focused on coplanarity among several aromatic rings, including phenyls and imidazole. Two phenyl rings with NMe2 groups are twisted by 46.39(3) degrees from each other. However, they are twisted by 23.05(5) degrees and 46.84(3) degrees from the imidazole, respectively. These unequal twists were elucidated by different conjugation pathways from the donors to the acceptor. The phenyl ring with the NO2 group is twisted by only 6.76(6) degrees from the imidazole.     

Analytical applications of a liquid anion-exchanger for the separation of uranium(IV) in malonate solution

Uranium was quantitatively extracted with 4% Amberlite LA-1 in xylene at pH 2.5-4.0 from 0.001 M malonic acid. It was stripped from the organic phase with 0.01 M sodium hydroxide and determined spectrophotometrically at 530 nm as its complex with 4-(2-pyridylazo) resorcinol. Of various liquid anion-exchangers tested, Amberlite LA-1 was found to be best. Uranium was separated from alkali and alkaline earth metal ions, thallium(I), iron(II), silver, arsenic(III) and tin(IV) by selective extraction, and from zinc, cadmium, nickel, copper(II), cobalt(II), chromium(III), aluminium, iron(III), lead, bismuth, antimony(III) and yttrium by selective stripping. The separation from scandium, zirconium, thorium and vanadium(V) was done by exploiting differences in the stability of chloro-complexes.     

Strategy for the study of paramagnetic proteins with slow electronic relaxation rates by nmr spectroscopy: application to oxidized human [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin

NMR studies of paramagnetic proteins are hampered by the rapid relaxation of nuclei near the paramagnetic center, which prevents the application of conventional methods to investigations of the most interesting regions of such molecules. This problem is particularly acute in systems with slow electronic relaxation rates. We present a strategy that can be used with a protein with slow electronic relaxation to identify and assign resonances from nuclei near the paramagnetic center. Oxidized human [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin (adrenodoxin) was used to test the approach. The strategy involves six steps: (1) NMR signals from (1)H, (13)C, and (15)N nuclei unaffected or minimally affected by paramagnetic effects are assigned by standard multinuclear two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) spectroscopic methods with protein samples labeled uniformly with (13)C and (15)N. (2) The very broad, hyperfine-shifted signals from carbons in the residues that ligate the metal center are classified by amino acid and atom type by selective (13)C labeling and one-dimensional (1D) (13)C NMR spectroscopy. (3) Spin systems involving carbons near the paramagnetic center that are broadened but not hyperfine-shifted are elucidated by (13)C[(13)C] constant time correlation spectroscopy (CT-COSY). (4) Signals from amide nitrogens affected by the paramagnetic center are assigned to amino acid type by selective (15)N labeling and 1D (15)N NMR spectroscopy. (5) Sequence-specific assignments of these carbon and nitrogen signals are determined by 1D (13)C[(15)N] difference decoupling experiments. (6) Signals from (1)H nuclei in these spin systems are assigned by paramagnetic-optimized 2D and 3D (1)H[(13)C] experiments. For oxidized human ferredoxin, this strategy led to assignments (to amino acid and atom type) for 88% of the carbons in the [2Fe-2S] cluster-binding loops (residues 43-58 and 89-94). These included complete carbon spin-system assignments for eight of the 22 residues and partial assignments for each of the others. Sequence-specific assignments were determined for the backbone (15)N signals from nine of the 22 residues and ambiguous assignments for five of the others.     

3-溴-1-(3-氯-2-吡啶基)-1H-吡唑-5-甲酸的合成

以2,3-二氯吡啶为起始原料,通过水合肼亲核取代、马来酸二乙酯环合制得2-(3-氯-2-吡啶基)-5-氧-3-吡唑烷甲酸乙酯(5);5经苯磺酰氯酯化、溴化氢溴化制得3-溴-1-(3-氯-2-吡啶基)-4,5-二氢-1H-吡唑-5-甲酸乙酯(7);7经脱氢、水解合成了用于制备氯虫酰胺的关键中间体--3-溴-1-(3-氯-2-吡啶基)-1H-吡唑-5-甲酸,总收率39.5%,其结构经~1H NMR和MS确证.     

Studies with dithizone--XII. Formation of thiadiazolines by condensation with aldehydes and ketones

The red colour that develops when mineral acids are added to solutions of dithizone (I; 3-mercapto-1,5-diphenylformazan) in certain samples of dioxan is mainly due to the formation of 2-methyl-3-phenyl-5-phenylazo-1,3,4-thiadiazoline (II) derived in part from adventitious traces of 2-methyldioxalane. A purple compound of molecular formula C(13)H(10)N(4)S is also formed from (I) by an independent and slower reaction. The thiadiazoline (II) is readily prepared from (I) and acetaldehyde, but analogous compounds from formaldehyde benzaldehyde, acetone and ethyl methyl ketone are obtained in better yield by starting from diphenylthiocarbazide. Di-p-tolyldithizone gives similar reactions. Reduction of the thiadiazoline (II) [which has spectra very closely resembling those of 1:1 complexes of (I) with arylmercury (II) cations] with ammonium hydrogen sulphide in ethanol yields diphenylthiocarbazide by opening of the hetero-ring and elimination of an alkyl residue from the intermediate 3-alkylmercapto-1,5-diphenylformazan. Other examples of nucleophilic displacements from the formazan group by SH(-) have been investigated.     

MICRON CORE-SHELL PARTICLES PREPARED BY GRAFTING POLYMERIZATION OF METHYL METHACRYLATE FROM NARROW DISPERSE SURFACE OF CHLOROMETHYLATED POLYDIVINYLBENZENE VIA ATRP

Grafting of poly(methyl methacrylate) from narrow disperse polymer particles by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) was investigated. Polydivinylbenzene (PDVB) particles were prepared by dispersion polymerization with poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) as the stabilizer. Chloromethylated PDVB was used as initiating core sites for subsequent ATRP of methyl methacrylate with CuBr/bpy as catalyst system. It was found that poly(methyl methacrylate) was grafted not only from the particle surfaces but also from within a thin shell layer, leading to particles size increases from 2.38-3.00μm with a core-shell structure particles. The grafted core-shell particles were characterized with FTIR, SEM, DSC.     

S-烃基-1-烃基-3-[4-(苯并咪唑-2-巯基)苯基]异硫脲的合成及其iNOS抑制活性

以2-巯基苯并咪唑(1)为原料,经缩合和还原得到2-(4-氨基苯硫基)苯并咪唑(3),再与异硫氰酸苯甲酰酯或异硫氰酸烃基酯反应得到取代硫脲(5和7),最后与卤代烃反应得到20个新的S-烃基-1-烃基-3-[4-(苯并咪唑-2-巯基)苯基]异硫脲化合物(6和8),其结构经IR,¹HNMR,MS及元素分析确证.初步的药理试验表明,20个目标化合物均有不同程度的iNOS抑制活性,其中化合物6b,8d和8f的iNOS抑制活性与阳性对照药氨基胍相当.     

加速溶剂萃取-凝胶渗透色谱净化-气相色谱快速分析动物源性食品中残留的多种有机磷农药

建立了动物源性食品猪肉、牛肉、鸡肉及鱼肉中36种有机磷农药残留的快速分析方法。以乙腈作为溶剂,对试样采用加速溶剂萃取仪萃取,自动凝胶渗透色谱仪净化预处理,N-丙基乙二胺(PSA)填料再净化,毛细管气相色谱法分离,火焰光度检测器(磷型)检测,内标法定量。该方法分离效果良好,重现性好,灵敏度、精密度高,杂质干扰少。36种有机磷农药的检测限(LOD)为0.0012 mg/kg(乙拌磷)～0.014 mg/kg(吡唑硫磷),定量限(LOQ)为0.004 mg/kg(乙拌磷)～0.047 mg/kg(吡唑硫磷)。当试样中有机磷农药的添加浓度分别为0.05,0.1,0.2 mg/kg时,回收率为58.2%～106.3%。方法的最低检测限和添加回收率均符合农药残留分析的要求。     

Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from ambient air particulate matter using a cold fiber solid phase microextraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from ambient air particulate matter (PM) were analyzed by a new method that utilized direct immersion (DI) and cold fiber (CF) SPME-GC/MS. Experimental design was used to optimize the conditions of extraction by DI-CF-SPME with a 100μm polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) fiber. The optimal conditions included a 5min equilibration at 70°C time in an ultrasonic bath with an extraction time of 60min. The optimized method was validated by the analysis of a NIST standard reference material (SRM), 1649b urban dust. The results obtained were in good agreement with certified values. PAH recoveries for reference materials were between 88 and 98%, with a relative standard deviation ranging from 5 to 17%. Detection limits (LOD) varied from 0.02 to 1.16ng and the quantification limits (LOQ) varied from 0.05 to 3.86ng. The optimized and validated method was applied to the determination of PAH from real particulate matter (PM10) and total suspended particulate (TPS) samples collected on quartz fiber filters with high volume samplers.     

Reversed-phase extraction chromatography of Germanium(IV) with tributyl phosphate on silica gel

Germanium(IV) can be separated by reversed-phase extraction chromatography with TBP as stationary phase on a column of silica gel, with 6M hydrochloric acid as the mobile phase, and stripped with various eluents. Germanium can thus be separated (by selective extraction) from those elements which are not extractable with TBP, and (by selective stripping) from elements that are extractable.     

达比加群酯的合成

3-硝基-4-氯苯甲酸(2)经甲胺化得3-硝基-4-甲氨基苯甲酸(3),2-氨基吡啶与丙烯酸乙酯经迈克尔加成得3-[(吡啶-2-基)氨基]丙酸乙酯(5),化合物3与5经缩合、催化氢化得3-{[(3-氨基-4-甲胺基)苯甲酰基](吡啶-2-基)氨基}丙酸乙酯(7),化合物7再与N-(4-氰基苯基)甘氨酸(8)酰化、环合和Pinner反应,最后与氯甲酸正己酯反应得到达比加群酯(1),总收率约40%(以3-硝基-4-氯苯甲酸计),结构经IR、1H NMR和MS测试技术确证。     

Nanotube formation from a sodium titanate powder via low-temperature acid treatment

Through structure-monitoring of nanotube formation from a lamellar sodium titanate, the present work explicitly elucidated the structure of the titanate nanotubes obtained from hydrothermal treatment of TiO(2) with NaOH. A new compound of an orthorhombic lepidocrocite-type sodium titanate was synthesized from calcination of a solid-state mixture of TiO(2) anatase and Na(2)CO(3) powders followed by hydrothermal treatment with NaOH. By treating with acid at 25 degrees C for Na(+) exchange with H(3)O(+), the titanate compound exfoliated and then proceeded with sheet-scrolling to form nanotubes, which had a structure and morphology very close to those of the nanotubes derived from NaOH treatment on TiO(2). During the low-temperature acid treatment, the lepidocrocite-type titanate is transformed from the orthorhombic C-base-centered symmetry to the body-centered symmetry. This transformation, accompanied by a size-contraction of TiO(6)-octahedron units, was critical for the formation of nanotubes. The present work provides direct evidence, for the first time, that the widely reported TiO(2)-derived titanate nanotubes can be obtained at low temperatures by scrolling the sheets exfoliated from the orthorhombic lepidocrocite-type titanate.     

硫氰酸铵-结晶紫-H2O 体系浮选分离钴

研究了硫氰酸铵-结晶紫-H2O 体系浮选分离 Co(Ⅱ)与 Ni(Ⅱ)、Fe(Ⅲ)、Mn(Ⅱ)、Al(Ⅲ)、Cd(Ⅱ) 等常见离子的方法及条件。当 NaCl 用量为 1 g,硫氰酸铵(0.1 mol/L)和结晶紫(1×10-3 mol/L)溶液用量分别为 1.5 mL 和 2.5 mL,总体积为 10 mL 时,控制 pH 1.0～2.0,即可实现 Co(Ⅱ) 与上述离子的分离。     

Biomimetic synthesis of acid-sensitive (-)-caparrapi oxide and (+)-8-epicaparrapi oxide induced by artificial cyclases

[reaction: see text] Asymmetric total syntheses of acid-sensitive (-)-caparrapi oxide (1) and (+)-8-epicaparrapi oxide (2) from farnesol (9) were achieved using Sharpless-Katsuki epoxidation and Lewis acid-assisted chiral Bronsted acid (chiral LBA)-induced polyene cyclization as key steps. Furthermore, (-)-1 could be directly synthesized from (S)-nerolidol (3) and (R)-LBA with 88% ds by reagent control which overcame substrate control, while (-)-2 was obtained from (R)-3 and (R)-LBA with >99% ds by the double-asymmetric induction.     

Anion exchange separation of chromium and molybdenum from iron,vanadium, uranium and other elements in malonic acid solution

Summary Anion-exchange behaviour of chromium (III) and molybdenum (VI) was studied in malonate media. They form anionic complexes with malonic acid at pH 5.6. Various eluants, such as mineral acids and their salts were tested and a selectivity scale evolved. Cr and Mo were separated from Tl(I), alkali and alkaline earth elements by selective sorption and from Co(II), Ni(II), Mn(II), Zn(II) and Cd(II) by selective washing with water. They were separated from many other elements by selective elution. The sequential separation of Fe(III) V(IV), Cr(III), Mo(VI) and U(VI) was significant.     

Coprecipitation with calcium hydroxide for determination of iron in fish otoliths by collision cell ICP-MS

A method has been described for the determination of iron from fish otoliths containing high levels of calcium by collision cell technology (CCT) ICP-MS. Iron (Fe) in otolith solutions was quantitatively coprecipitated with small amounts of calcium hydroxide by adding 1.0 M sodium hydroxide solution. The performance of CCT-ICP-MS pressurized with He/H(2) cell gas was investigated on the elimination of Ca-based spectral interferences at m/z 54, 56 and 57. Molecular ion interferences at m/z 54 and 56 were reduced by 2 orders of magnitude. However, the interferences at m/z 57 increased by the same amount in the presence of Ca in solutions owing to the formation of (40)Ca(16) OH(+) through reactions with H(2) in collision cell, indicating that (57)Fe was not suitable for the determination of Fe from otoliths. Results for (56)Fe suffered significantly from interferences of Ca-based molecular ions when the Ca concentration in solution exceeded 100 microg ml(-1), for which matrix-matched calibration was required for accurate determination. CCT with the aid of He/H(2) cell gas proved to be very effective in eliminating the interferences ((40)Ar(14)N(+) and (40)Ca(14)N(+)) at m/z 54. Presence of Ca up to 300 microg ml(-1) had virtually no effect on the ion signals of (54)Fe, which with low background signals, afforded accurate determination of Fe from otoliths by using aqueous external standards.     

Polyelectrolyte-coated liposomes: stabilization of the interfacial complexes

Anionic liposomes, composed of egg lecithin (EL) or dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) with 20 mol% of cardiolipin (CL(2-)), were mixed with cationic polymers, poly(4-vinylpyridine) fully quaternized with ethyl bromide (P2) or poly-l-lysine (PL). Polymer/liposome binding studies were carried out using electrophoretic mobility (EPM), fluorescence, and conductometry as the main analytical tools. Binding was also examined in the presence of added salt and polyacrylic acid (PAA). The following generalizations arose from the experiments: (a) Binding of P2 and PL to small EL/CL(2-) liposomes (60-80 nm in diameter) is electrostatic in nature and completely reversed by addition of salt or PAA. (b) Binding can be enhanced by hydrophobization of the polymer with cetyl groups. (c) Binding can also be enhanced by changing the phase state of the lipid bilayer from liquid to solid (i.e. going from EL to DPPC) or by increasing the size of the liposomes (i.e. going from 60-80 to 300 nm). By far the most promising systems, from the point of view of constructing polyelectrolyte multilayers on liposome cores without disruption of liposome integrity, involve small, liquid, anionic liposomes coated initially with polycations carrying pendant alkyl groups.