Alkalimetric determination of mercaptans through trithiocarbonic acid formation

A simple and rapid alkalimetric method for the determination of mercaptans through trithiocarbonic acid formation is described. The mercaptans are titrated in tert.-butanol in the presence of carbon disulphide with standard aqueous sodium hydroxide, with phenolphthalein as indicator. The -SH group is smoothly, rapidly and quantitatively transformed into the group under the specified conditions. The method has been extended to the analysis of mercaptan-carboxylic acid and mercaptan-trithiocarbonate mixtures.     

Molecular orbital studies on the structure of nucleoside analogs. IV. Conformation of 3-deazapurine nucleosides

Conformational properties of 3-deazapurine nucleosides (namely, 3-deazaadenosine and 3-deazaguanosine) have been investigated by the PCILO method. Both C(2′)-endo and C(3′)-endo sugar puckers have been considered and the results indicate that the conformational preferences of these nucleoside analogs are quite different from those of their parent nucleosides adenosine and guanosine, respectively. This result has been correlated in terms of the biological inactivity of these nucleoside analogs.     

Conformation of nucleoside antibiotics

Minor modifications or substitutions in the sugar or in the base part of pyrimidine and purine nucleosides have a profound effect on their biological activity. These modified nucleosides usually become antiviral, antibacterial, or cancerostatic agents and they are collectively called nucleoside antibiotics. The conformational properties of some of these nucleoside antibiotics have been studied by the PCILO method. The results obtained from such study indicate that the conformational preferences of these nucleoside antibiotics are very similar to those of their parent nucleosides and especially so in the situations that occur in aqueous solutions. The important biological significance of these results is that these nucleoside antibiotics can easily get incorporated into growing chains of DNA and RNA by mimicking their parent nucleosides and can interfere with the protein synthesis of RNA or DNA synthesis.     

Use of HPTLC,HPLC, and Densitometry for Qualitative Separation of Indole Alkaloids from Rauvolfia serpentina Roots

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - High-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) has been used for normal-phase separation of the components of hexane,...     

Zirconium(IV) fluorosulphates : Preparation and characterization

Zr(SO₃F)₄, (A); ZrO(SO₃F)₂, (B); Zr(O₂CCH₃)₂, (SO₃F)₂, (C); and Zr(O₂CCH₃)₃SO₃F, (D) have been prepared and characterized (elemental analysis,i.r. Spectra and thermal analysis). The SO₃F groups are bidentate in (A) – (C) but have C_3V symmetry in D where all the three oxygen atoms of SO₃F group are coordinated in an equivalent manner. (A) – (D) are good Lewis acids and form coordination complexes with pyridine, triphenylphosphine oxide and 2,2′-bipyridyl. The thermal decomposition of the fluorosulphates is complex.     

ENERGETICS OF DNA REPAIR IN UV-IRRADIATED PERIPHERAL BLOOD LEUKOCYTES FROM CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA PATIENTS

Abstract— The relationship between energy metabolism and UV-induced (251 nm) DNA repair has been investigated in leukocytes obtained from peripheral blood of chronic myeloid leukaemia patients. Energy supply was modulated by using inhibitors of respiratory (antimvcin-A) and glycolytic (2-deoxy-o-glucose and other glucose analogues) pathways for adenosine-triphosphatc (ATP) production. DNA repair was measured by the unscheduled DNA synthesis technique. Parameters of energy metabolism like glucose utilization. lactate production and ATP content of cells. were measured under similar experimental conditions. The observations made indicate the following results: (1) ATP for DNA repair can be supplied by the respiratory and/or by the glycolytic pathway. (2) In the absence of respiration, the rate of glycolysis bears a linear correlation with DNA repair. (3) A minimum threshold rate of ATP-production is necessary for DNA repair.     

A simple and reliable semipreparative high-performance liquid chromatography technique for the isolation of marker-grade hyperforin from Hypericum perforatum L extract

The present work describes isolation of bioactive lipophilic constituent [namely, hyperforin from St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum L.)], of approximately 98% purity by semipreparative high-performance liquid chromatography (LC). The extraction, isolation, and analysis of the collected compound is performed without the use of antioxidants and inert gas atmospheres at all the stages. Hyperforin, separated isocratically on a 12microm semiprep column, is obtained in high purity, lyophilized after the removal of the organic phase, and preserved at a low temperature. The purity of the collected marker compound is estimated by the use of LC-mass spectrometry and spectroscopic techniques.     

Vibrational spectra and rotational isomerism of triallyl amine

The infrared spectra of triallyl amine in the vapour and liquid phases (as solutions in CS₂, CCl₄, CH₃Cl and CH₃CN), and in the solid state at low temperature were measured from 250 to 4000 cm⁻¹. The Raman spectrum of the liquid was recorded and qualitative depolarization measurements were made. It is shown that in the liquid and vapour phases the molecule exists as a mixture of at least two rotational isomers, while in the crystalline phase it assumes a single configuration having point-group symmetry C₃. A vibrational assignment for the observed bands in the infrared and Raman spectra is proposed on the basis of the C₃ point group symmetry for the more stable form of the molecule.     

Lipid bilayer disruption by polycationic polymers: the roles of size and chemical functional group

Polycationic polymers are used extensively in biology to disrupt cell membranes and thus enhance the transport of materials into the cell. The highly polydisperse nature of many of these materials makes obtaining a mechanistic understanding of the disruption processes difficult. To design an effective mechanistic study, a monodisperse class of polycationic polymers, poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers, has been studied in the context of supported dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) lipid bilayers using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Aqueous solutions of amine-terminated generation 7 (G7) PAMAM dendrimers caused the formation of 15-40-nm-diameter holes in lipid bilayers. This effect was significantly reduced for smaller G5 dendrimers. For G3, no hole formation was observed. In addition to dendrimer size, surface chemistry had a strong influence on dendrimer-lipid bilayer interactions. In particular, acetamide-terminated G5 did not cause hole formation in bilayers. In all instances, the edges of bilayer defects proved to be points of highest dendrimer activity. A proposed mechanism for the removal of lipids by dendrimers involves the formation of dendrimer-filled lipid vesicles. By considering the thermodynamics, interaction free energy, and geometry of these self-assembled vesicles, a model that explains the influence of polymer particle size and surface chemistry on the interactions with lipid membranes was developed. These results are of general significance for understanding the physical and chemical properties of polycationic polymer interactions with membranes that lead to the transport of materials across cell membranes.     

o-Iodosobenzoate as an oxidimetric titrant

o-Iodosobenzoate has been used as a titrant at pH 7 with potassium iodide and starch as indicator, under Andrews' titration conditions with iodine monochloride as preoxidant, and in acid medium with potassium bromide and Methyl Red as indicator. Methods are described for the determination of tetrathionate (through disulphide cleavage by cysteine), hydrogen sulphite, thiosulphate, xanthates, cysteine and glutathione in certain combinations (involving masking of sulphite and thiols with acrylonitrile). Hexacyanoferrate(II) is determined in the presence of arsenic(III), antimony(III) and thallium(I). Sulphathiazole, sulphadiazine and sulphamerazine consume six equivalents of bromine per mole, but phthalation or diazotization of the aromatic amino group prevents disubstitution of bromine in the benzene ring. Chloramphenicol is determined by reduction of its aromatic nitro group to an amino group, followed by bromination. Rutin and vitamin C react with eight and two equivalents of bromine per mole respectively.