Relationship between the chemical structure and pharmacological action of cardiac glycosides of the strophanthidin series

The possibility has been shown of finding and creating highly effective cardiotonic drugs for pediatric practice on the basis of cardenolides obtained by the chemical transformation of natural cardiac glycosides.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, fax (3712) 89 14 75. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 581–585, July–August, 1995. Original article submitted November 21, 1994.     

The phase diagram of the lyotropic nematic mesophase in the TTAB/NaBr/water system

The phase diagram of the nematic mesophase present in the tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide/sodium bromide/water ternary system was determined. A calamitic nematic mesophase (N_C) was observed which extends to very high concentrations of electrolyte. The order parameters of the surfactant head group in the mesophases were studied by the NMR quadrupolar splitting of the deuterated surfactant. On increasing the temperature of nematic mesophases with low electrolyte concentrations, a phase separation occurs with the formation of a more highly ordered hexagonal phase and an isotropic phase. Diffusion measurements of the isotropic micellar solution by the NMR PFG method were used to estimate hydrodynamic radii at low surfactant concentrations and to study micelle diffusion as the concentration of the surfactant was increased to the liquid crystalline region. At higher surfactant concentrations, the diffusion coefficient reached a limiting value. The calamitic nematic mesophase in this surfactant/electrolyte/water system appears to be formed by long wormlike micelles.     

Applicability of the critical chromatography concept to proteomics problems: Dependence of retention time on the sequence of amino acids

A peptide separation model based on the technique of liquid chromatography of macromolecules at the critical condition was proposed. In terms of this model, the array of experimental data on the separation of peptides is considered. The main phenomenological parameters of the model—effective adsorption energies of amino acid residues—were determined, thus allowing the influence of character of their alternation in the chain on retention times to be predicted. The model is applicable to investigation into the feasibility of separation in different chromatographic modes of not only peptides with the same amino acid composition and different sequences of units in the chain but also peptides containing amino acid isomers and mirror sequences with different terminal groups.     

Electrooxidation of carbo/thiocarbohydrazide and their hydrazone derivatives at a glassy carbon electrode

Electrochemical oxidation of thio/carbohydrazide and their hydrazone derivatives Benzaldehyde thiocarbohydrazone [BTCH] diacetylene thiocarbohydrazone [DATCH] have been studied in Brit-ton Robinson buffer in aqueous and nonaqueous media at a glassy carbon electrode. The effects of pH, sweep rate, concentration, temperature and surfactants have been studied. The complex bis (carbo/thiocabohydrazide) Zn(II) chloride was also subjected to voltammetric analysis in order to understand the reactivity both in free and metal bound states. The reaction conditions were optimized for the determination of above compounds in micrograms quantities by differential pulse voltammetry, analytical utility of this investigation is also highlighted.     

Crystal structure of the growth surface of silicon carbide obtained by sublimation

Structural study of polycrystalline silicon carbide obtained by sublimation performed via X-ray luminescence and X-ray diffraction analysis. It is shown that chemical vapor deposition of silicon carbide results in the formation of grains with the (00.1), (01.1), and (12.3) crystallographic planes parallel to the growth surface. The grains with the (00.1) growth planes are characterized by perfect structure and by red luminescence. Domains with yellow luminescence have a mosaic structure with the (01.1) and (12.3) growth planes.