Multivariate classification based on metal contents in human senile cataract lenses

Multivariate classification methods were used to evaluate data on the concentrations of eight metals in human senile lenses measured by atomic absorption spectrometry. Principal components analysis and hierarchical clustering separated senile cataract lenses, nuclei from cataract lenses, and normal lenses into three classes on the basis of the eight elements. Stepwise discriminant analysis was applied to give discriminant functions with five selected variables. Results provided by the linear learning machine method were also satisfactory; the k-nearest neighbour method was less useful.     

Synthesis and characterization of monodispersed core-shell spherical colloids with movable cores

Gold nanoparticles have been conformally coated with amorphous silica (using a sol-gel method) and then an organic polymer (via surface-grafted, atom transfer radical polymerization) to form spherical colloids with a core-double-shell structure. The thickness of silica and polymer shells could be conveniently controlled in the range of tens to several hundred nanometers by changing the concentration of the reagent and/or the reaction time. Selective removal of the silica layer (through etching in aqueous HF) led to the formation of hollow polymer beads containing movable gold cores. This new form of core-shell particles provides a unique system for measuring the feature size and transport property associated with hollow particles. In one demonstration, we showed that the thickness of a closed polymer shell could be obtained by mapping the electrons backscattered from the core and shell. In another demonstration, the plasmon resonance band of the gold cores was used as an optical probe to follow the diffusion kinetics of chemical reagents across the polymer shells.     

Isolation of sesquiterpenoids from sponge Dysidea avara and chemical modification of avarol as potential antitumor agents

The marine sponge Dysidea avara contained avarol (1) and avarone (2). Avarol on acylation yielded 2',5'-O-dibenzoylavarol (3); 2,5'-O-(4-chlorobenzoyl)avarol (4); 2,5'-O-dicinnamoylavarol (5); 2,5'-O-(4-bromobenzoyl)avarol(6); 2',5'-O-dioctanoylavarol (7); 2',5'-O-(4-fluorobenzoyl)avarol (8) and diacetylavarol (9). The structural elucidation of all the compounds 1-9 have been done by spectral analysis. The cytotoxicity of these compounds were also determined and evaluated. Compounds 6 and 9 showed selective cytotoxicity against Hepa (human hepatoma) and KB cell lines respectively.     

含二茂铁基荧光探针对H2S的识别

以乙酰二茂铁和蒽醛为原料,合成了一种新的反应型荧光探针1-二茂铁基-3-(9-蒽基)丙烯酮,经1H NM R,13C NM R,IR,LC-M S等手段表征确证。基于Michael加成引起的电子转移机制,利用硫化氢的强亲核性,以荧光滴定法考察了该化合物在生理条件下对硫化氢的识别作用,得出其最佳识别时间为50 min,最佳识别浓度为50μmol/L,且多数离子不会对其识别作用产生干扰。这种能稳定检测的,具有高选择性、高灵敏度的反应型荧光探针化合物,可用于生物医药领域。     

水和白酒中异味物质检测的研究进展

综述了水和白酒中异味物质检测的样品前处理方法(包括液液萃取、固相萃取、液相微萃取、固相微萃取、搅拌棒吸附萃取、吹扫捕集、顶空等)和检测方法(包括气相色谱法、气相色谱-质谱法、气相色谱-飞行时间质谱法)的研究进展(引用文献52篇)。     

Influence of demulsifiers of different structures on interfacial dilational properties of an oil-water interface containing surface-active fractions from crude oil

The influences of two commercial demulsifiers that have a straight chain and branch chain, respectively, on the dilational viscoelasticity of an oil-water interfacial film containing surface-active fractions from crude oil were investigated. The branch-chain demulsifier AE-121 could efficiently substitute surface-active fractions of different average molecular weights from the oil-water interface, while straight-chain SP-169 could only efficiently substitute those of large average molecular weight. It was apt to form a mix-adsorption layer with surface-active fractions of small average molecular weight. The results showed that the molecular size (or represented by average molecular weights) of the surface-active fractions was an important factor influencing the reciprocity of demulsifiers and surface-active fractions at the oil-water interface. This effect could be well explained by the difference between sizes of surface-active fraction molecules and vacancies between demulsifier molecules at the interface. The results of SDBS also proved this explanation.     

Performance of biodegradable microcapsules of poly(butylene succinate), poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate) and poly(butylene terephthalate-co-adipate) as drug encapsulation systems

Poly(butylene succinate) (PBSu), poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate) (PBSA) and poly(butylene terephthalate-co-adipate) (PBTA) microcapsules were prepared by the double emulsion/solvent evaporation method. The effect of polymer and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) concentration on the microcapsule morphologies, drug encapsulation efficiency (EE) and drug loading (DL) of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and all-trans retinoic acid (atRA) were all investigated. As a result, the sizes of PBSu, PBSA and PBTA microcapsules were increased significantly by varying polymer concentrations from 6 to 9%. atRA was encapsulated into the microcapsules with an high level of approximately 95% EE. The highest EE and DL of BSA were observed at 1% polymer concentration in values of 60 and 37%, respectively. 4% PVA was found as the optimum concentration and resulted in 75% EE and 14% DL of BSA. The BSA release from the capsules of PBSA was the longest, with 10% release in the first day and a steady release of 17% until the end of day 28. The release of atRA from PBSu microcapsules showed a zero-order profile for 2 weeks, keeping a steady release rate during 4 weeks with a 9% cumulative release. Similarly, the PBSA microcapsules showed a prolonged and a steady release of atRA during 6 weeks with 12% release. In the case of PBTA microcapsules, after a burst release of 10% in the first day, showed a parabolic release profile of atRA during 42 days, releasing 36% of atRA.     

Selective fast pyrolysis of biomass impregnated with ZnCl2: Furfural production together with acetic acid and activated carbon as by-products

Fast pyrolysis of biomass materials impregnated with ZnCl₂ offered a promising way to obtain a liquid product rich in furfural (FF) and acetic acid (AA), and the pyrolytic solids could be used as the precursors to prepare activated carbons (ACs). In this study, a lab-scale fast pyrolysis set was designed and used for the quantitative production of the three chemicals. The maximum FF was produced from the corncob impregnated with at least 15 wt% ZnCl₂ and at the pyrolysis temperature around 340 °C, with the yield of more than 8 wt% compared with only 0.49 wt% from the raw corncob. Meanwhile, AA of around 4 wt% could be obtained. The content of the FF and AA was over 50 wt% and 25 wt% on the water-free basis of the pyrolytic liquids. In addition, ACs were prepared from the pyrolytic solids, and they exhibited similar properties as those prepared from direct activation of ZnCl₂-impregnated biomass materials.     

The use of 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-benzoyl-5-pyrazone as chemical modifier for low-temperature electrothermal vaporization for separation and determination of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) by ICP-MS

Based on thermal stability and volatility of 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-benzoyl-5-pyrazone (PMBP) chelate, a novel method was described for the determination of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) by low-temperature electrothermal vaporization (LETV) combined with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). It was found that Cr(III) could be rapidly formed in a graphite furnace, and quantitatively vaporized into ICP at a relatively low temperature of 1000 °C with the use of PMBP as a chemical modifier, while Cr(VI) was retained in the graphite tube. Thus, the separation of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) could be realized. The main factors affecting the formation and vaporization of Cr(III)-PMBP chelate were investigated in detail. Under the optimized conditions, the detection limit of Cr(III) for this method was 0.031 ng mL⁻¹ and the relative standard deviation (RSD) for 1.0 ng mL⁻¹ Cr(III) was 5.3% (n = 9, v = 10 μL). The linear range of calibration curve spanned three orders of magnitude. The proposed method was applied to the determination of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) in water samples with satisfactory results.