This study reports the development of anatase TiO2 synthesized by facile photon-induced method (PIM) at various reaction times of 6 days, 8 days, 10-day samples. The 10 days TiO2 sample shows stable anatase phase, whereas 100% rutile phase at the same temperature was observed for standard TiO2. Mainly, the PIM was used to tuning the properties of visible light absorbance TiO2 photocatalyst used for improving antibacterial performance. The antibacterial activity of TiO2 against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli was determined by the agar disc diffusion method. Anatase TiO2 nanoparticles demonstrated excellent antibacterial activity against extracellular S. aureus with 80% and E. coli with 82% killing efficacy at concentrations as low as 100 μg/mL, which is 100% faster than the standard and other pure TiO2 reported earlier. The obtained undoped anatase Titania with enhanced chemical reactivity has great potential for antibacterial properties. Moreover, the smaller crystallite size (25 nm) and narrowing bandgap (2.96 eV) TiO2 nanoparticles were more effective in killing bacteria compared with standard TiO2. Therefore, this work indicated that anatase phased TiO2 under visible light absorbance has good potential with excellent clinical applications.
Recently, two of us published a series of articles in which the entropies of formation, TΔfSo, of different classes of aqueous species were estimated. A set of equations were presented wherein only simple parameters were derived from the ionic stoichiometry. In the current paper new equations of comparable precision are presented using a smaller set of simple parameters. 相似文献
The antibacterial activity of silver deposited TiO2 (Ag‐TiO2) against Gram negative Escherichia coli bacteria was investigated by varying the Ag metal content from 0.10 to 0.50% on the surface of TiO2. Ag depositions by the photoreduction method were found to be stable. Surface silver metallization was confirmed by EDAX and XPS studies. Photoluminescence studies show that the charge carrier recombination is less for 0.1% Ag‐TiO2 and this catalyst shows superior bactericidal activity under solar light irradiation compared to Sol gel TiO2 (SG‐TiO2) due to the surface plasmon effect. The energy levels of deposited Ag are dependent on the Ag content and it varies from ?4.64 eV to ?1.30 eV with respect to the vacuum energy level based on atomic silver to bulk silver deposits. The ability of electron transfer from Ag deposit to O2 depends on the position of the energy levels. The 0.25% and 0.50% Ag depositions showed detrimental effect on bactericidal activity due to the mismatch of energy levels. The effect of the EROS (External generation of the Reactive Oxygen Species by 0.1% Ag‐TiO2) and IROS (Interior generation of Reactive Oxygen Species within the bacteria) on the bactericidal inactivation is discussed in detail. 相似文献
A series of novel 6‐2‐methoxy‐5‐[4‐methoxy‐3‐(3‐aryl[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4‐b][1,3,4]oxadiazol‐6‐yl)benzyl]phenyl‐3‐aryl[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4‐b][1,3,4]oxadiazoles 7a , 7b , 7c , 7d , 7e , 7f , 7g , 7h , 7i , 7j has been synthesized and characterized via IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, MS, and elemental analyses. Compounds 7a , 7b , 7c , 7d , 7e , 7f , 7g , 7h , 7i , 7j were also screened for their antibacterial activity against Gram‐positive bacteria viz. Bacillus subtilis (MTCC 441), Bacillus sphaericus (MTCC 11), and Staphylococcus aureus (MTCC 96), and Gram‐negative bacteria viz. Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MTCC 741), Klobsinella aerogenes (MTCC 39), and Chromobacterium violaceum (MTCC 2656). The antibacterial screening reveal that the presence of 2,4‐difluorophenyl ( 7e ) or 4‐nitrophenyl ( 7f ) of 2‐pyrazyl ( 7i ), or 2‐furyl ( 7j ) on the triazole moiety exhibited potent inhibitory activity comparable with the standard drug streptomycin, at the tested concentrations, and emerged as potential molecules for further development. 相似文献
A series of novel methylene‐bis‐chalcones 3 was prepared by the reaction of 5‐(3‐formyl‐4‐hydroxybenzyl)‐2‐hydroxy benzaldehyde 2 with different acetophenones, subsequent treatment of compound 3 with an appropriate o‐phenylenediamine gave the corresponding methylene‐bis‐[1,5]‐benzodiazepines 4/5 in good yields. Characterization of the new compounds has been done by means of IR, 1H NMR, MS and elemental analyses. The antibacterial and antifungal activity of the compounds has also been evaluated. 相似文献
The ethyl ester of 5,5′‐methylene‐bis‐salicyclic acid 3 was prepared by the esterification of 5,5′‐methylene‐bis‐salicylic acid 2 . The compound 3 on reacting with ethylacetoacetate yields 6,6′‐methylenebis‐(3‐acetyl‐4‐hydroxycoumarin) 4 . The compound 4 was regioselectively converted into either 8,8′‐methylene‐bis‐(4‐oxo‐1H‐chromeno[4,3‐c]pyrazoles) 6 or 8,8′‐methylene‐bis(‐4‐oxo‐2H‐chromeno[4,3‐c]‐pyrazoles) 7 under microwave irradiation. High yields are achieved even on a gram scale, while reaction times are considerably shortened compared to conventional heating conditions. 相似文献
Whether ascorbate oxidation is promoted by UVA light in human lenses and whether this process is influenced by age and GSH levels are not known. In this study, we used paired lenses from human donors. One lens of each pair was exposed to UVA light, whereas the other lens was kept in the dark for the same period of time as the control. Using LC‐MS/MS analyses, we found that older lenses (41–73 years) were more susceptible to UVA‐induced ascorbate oxidation than younger lenses (18–40 years). Approximately 36% of the ascorbate (relative to control) was oxidized in older lenses compared to ~16% in younger lenses. Furthermore, lenses with higher levels of GSH were less susceptible to UVA‐induced ascorbate oxidation compared to those with lower levels, and this effect was not dependent on age. The oxidation of ascorbate led to elevated levels of reactive α‐dicarbonyl compounds. In summary, our study showed that UVA light exposure leads to ascorbate oxidation in human lenses and that such oxidation is more pronounced in aged lenses and is inversely related to GSH levels. Our findings suggest that UVA light exposure could lead to protein aggregation through ascorbate oxidation in human lenses. 相似文献
Holothuria scabra produces a monomeric lectin (HSL) of 182 kDa. HSL showed strong antibacterial activity and induced bacterial agglutination under in vitro conditions, indicating its role in animals’ innate immune responses. Very few lectins have been reported from echinoderms and none of these lectins have been explored in detail for their sugar-binding kinetics. Affinity, kinetics and thermodynamic analysis of glycans and glycoproteins binding to HSL were studied by fluorescence and surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy. Lectin binds with higher affinity to O-linked than N-linked asialo glycans, and the affinities were relatively higher than that for sialated glycans and glycoproteins. T-antigen α-methyl glycoside was the most potent ligand having the highest affinity (Ka 8.32 ×107 M?1). Thermodynamic and kinetic analysis indicated that the binding of galactosyl Tn-antigen and asialo glycans is accompanied by an enthalpic contribution in addition to higher association rate coupled by low activation energy for the association process. Presence of sialic acid or protein matrix inhibits binding. Higher affinity of HSL for O-glycans than N-glycans had biological implications; since HSL specifically recognizes bacteria, which have mucin or O-glycan cognate on their cell surfaces and play a major role in animal innate immunity. Since, HSL had higher affinity to T-antigen, makes it a useful tool for cancer diagnostic purpose. 相似文献