Cyclodextrins (CDs) are cyclic oligosaccharides that form inclusion complexes with lipophilic molecules through their hydrophobic
central cavity. In this study, the effect of α-CD, hydroxylpropyl-β-CD (HP-β-CD) and mixtures of these two CDs on the aqueous
solubility of cyclosporine A (CyA) was investigated. Infrared spectroscopy and thermal analysis were used to confirm CyA-CD
complex formation. CyA aqueous solubility was increased by 10 and 80 fold in the presence of α-CD and HP β-CD, respectively.
The phase-solubility profile for HP-β-CD was linear while that for α-CD had positive deviation from linearity. In the presence
of constant concentration of α-CD (15% w/v), aqueous solubility of CyA was further increased upon addition of HP-β-CD up to
a concentration of 20% w/v. At higher HP-β-CD concentrations, aqueous solubility of CyA was observed to decrease. Addition
of sodium acetate (up to 5% w/v) to aqueous solutions containing 20% w/v HP-β-CD and increasing concentrations of α-CD resulted
in a significant reduction in CyA solubility. Complex formation between CyA and both α-CD and HP-β-CD was confirmed by differential
scanning calorimetry (DSC). No significant changes were observed in the IR spectra of either CyA or CD following complex formation
suggesting chemical interaction between CyA and the CD was unlikely. Phase-solubility studies showed that α-CD had a much
greater effect on the solubility of CyA than HP-β-CD. Addition of HP-β-CD to aqueous solutions of α-CD affected the solubility
of CyA in these systems. A mixture of 15% w/v α-CD and 20% w/v HP-β-CD was optimal for increasing aqueous solubility of CyA. 相似文献
Neomangiferin (NMF) is an extremely special xanthone that could be simultaneously attributed to C-glycoside and O-glycoside with a variety of biological activities, such as anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antipyretic, and so on. So far as we know, the metabolism profiling has been insufficient until now. Herein, Drug Metabolite Cluster Centers (DMCCs)-based Strategy has been developed to profile the NMF metabolites in vivo and in vitro. Firstly, the DMCCs was proposed depending on literature-related and preliminary analysis results. Secondly, the specific metabolic rule was implemented to screen the metabolites of candidate DMCCs from the acquired Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography Quadrupole Exactive Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-Exactive Orbitrap MS) data by extracted ion chromatography (EIC) method. Thirdly, candidate metabolites were accurately and tentatively identified according to the pyrolysis law of mass spectrometry, literature reports, comparison of reference substances, and especially the diagnostic product ions (DPIs) deduced preliminarily. Finally, network pharmacology was adopted to elucidate the anti-inflammatory action mechanism of NMF on the basis of DMCCs. As a result, 3 critical metabolites including NMF, Mangiferin (MF) and Norathyriol (NA) were proposed as DMCCs, and a total of 61 NMF metabolites (NMF included) were finally screened and characterized coupled with 3 different biological sample preparation methods including solid phase extraction (SPE), acetonitrile precipitation and methanol precipitation. Among them, 32 metabolites were discovered in rat urine, 30 in rat plasma, 12 in rat liver, 9 metabolites in liver microsomes and 8 in rat faeces, respectively. Our results also illustrated that NMF primarily underwent deglucosylation, glucuronidation, methylation, sulfation, dihydroxylation and their composite reactions in vivo and in vitro. Additionally, network pharmacology analysis based on DMCCs revealed 85 common targets of disease-metabolites, and the key targets were TNF, EGFR, ESR1, PTGS2, HIF1A, IL-2, PRKCA and PRKCB. They exerted anti-inflammatory effects mainly through the pathways of inflammatory response, calcium-dependent protein kinase C activity, nitrogen metabolism, pathways in cancer and so on. In general, our study constructed a novel strategy to comprehensive elucidate the biotransformation pathways of NMF in vivo and in vitro, and provided vital reference for further understanding its anti-inflammatory action mechanism. Moreover, the established strategy could be generalized to the metabolism and action mechanism study of other natural products. 相似文献
In recent years, the self-assembled growth of semiconductor nanostructures, that show quantum size effects, has been of considerable interest. Laser devices operating with self-assembled InAs quantum dots (QDs) embedded in GaAs have been demonstrated. Here, we report on the InAs/GaAs system and raise the question of how the shape of the QDs changes with the orientation of the GaAs substrate. The growth of the InAs QDs is understood in terms of the Stranski–Krastanow growth mode. For modeling the growth process, the shape and atomic structure of the QDs have to be known. This is a difficult task for such embedded entities.
In our approach, InAs is grown by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs until self-assembled QDs are formed. At this point the growth is interrupted and atomically resolved scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) images are acquired. We used preparation parameters known from the numerous publications on InAs/GaAs. In order to learn more about the self-assemblage process we studied QD formation on different GaAs(0 0 1), (1 1 3)A, and (
)B substrates. From the atomically resolved STM images we could determine the shape of the QDs. The quantum “dots” are generally rather flat entities better characterized as “lenses”. In order to achieve this flatness, the QDs are terminated by high-index bounding facets on low-index substrates and vice versa. Our results will be summarized in comparison with the existing literature. 相似文献
Different compositions in a solid solution of general formula Dy2(Ti1−yZry)2O7, showing high oxygen ion conductivity, have been successfully prepared at room temperature via mechanochemical synthesis. Stoichiometric mixtures of the constituent oxides were dry milled together in a planetary ball mill by using zirconia vials and balls. Chemical changes in the powder mixtures as a function of composition and milling time were followed by X-ray diffraction and revealed that, in all cases and after milling for 19 h, the powder mixtures consisted of a single phase. Electrical properties were measured on sintered pellets as a function of frequency, temperature and zirconium content, revealing an increase in conductivity of more than one order of magnitude for y?0.4, which, as observed in the similar Y2(Ti1−yZry)2O7, has been related with the onset of disordering of the anion sublattice. Despite increasing structural disorder with increasing Zr content, conductivity remains almost constant for y>0.6, reaching a maximum value of ∼5×10−3 for Dy2Zr2O7 at 900 °C. 相似文献
Cationic hydrophilic copolymer latexes were synthesized at 70 °C either by batch or two-step emulsifier-free emulsion poly-merization
of styrene (St), N-iso-propylacrylamide (NIPAM), and aminoethylmethacrylate hydro-chloride (AEM) using 2,2′-azobis (2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride
as initiator. At first, batch polymerization kinetics were followed by gas chromatography (GC), revealing that NIPAM rapidly
homopolymerized, before the polymerization of styrene had started. Particle size analysis by quasi-elastic light scattering
(QELS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed that monodispersed particles were obtained with the formation of
a poly[NIPAM] rich shell. Adding a small amount of the cationic monomer caused a strong decrease of the particle size without
affecting the size monodispersity. When a shot process was used, a narrow particle size distribution was maintained, provided
that the monomer addition was performed at a relatively high conversion of the first batch step. The poly[NIPAM] rich shell
layer was larger with the shot process, but increasing the amino-containing monomer in the recipe resulted in a dramatic decrease
of the thickness. Combination of transmission, scanning and atomic force microscopy techniques showed that these hydrophilic
particles exhibited odd-shaped structures, the unevenness being dependent upon the performed process. Kinetic data and particle
morphology information were inferred for discussion of the polymerization mechanism of this system.
Received: 21 August 1997 Accepted: 22 October 1997 相似文献
Summary The standard method ofPitzer for predicting the solubility isotherms of systems in which solid phases with a constant composition crystallize is applied to cases when mixed crystals are formed. The four-component carnallite type systems RbCl-CsCl-MgCl2-H2O, RbCl-KCl-MgCl2-H2O, and RbCl-RbBr-MgCl2-MgBr2-H2O and the corresponding subsystems are thermodynamically simulated at 25°C. It is established that the solubility diagrams consist of crystallization regions of the simple saltsMX,MX, MgX2·6H2O, and MgX2·6H2O and of the corresponding carnallite type double salts with the composition 1:1:6. A method of calculation of the integralGibbs energy of mixingGmix(s) of crystals formed in water-salt systems has been proposed. The results on the systems RbCl-KCl-H2O, RbCl-RbBr-H2O, and MgCl2-MgBr2-H2O are compared with experimental data from the literature and with values calculated using various models.
Thermodynamische Simulation von Vierkomponentensystemen des Carnallit-Types
Zusammenfassung DiePitzer-Methode zur Voraussage der Löslichkeitsisothermen in Mehrstoffsystemen, in welchen feste Phasen mit konstanter Zusammensetzung auskristallisieren, wurde auch für Fälle angewendet, bei denen sich Mischkristalle bilden. Die Vierstoffsysteme RbCl-CsCl-MgCl2-H2O, RbCl-KCl-MgCl2-H2O und RbCl-RbBr-MgCl2-MgBr2-H2O, aus welchen Carnallit-Typ-Mischkristalle auskristallisieren, und die dazugehörigen Dreistoff-Randsysteme wurden bei 25°C simuliert. Man stellt fest, daß die Löslichkeitsdiagramme sowohl Kristallisationsbereiche der einfachen SalzeMX,M'X, MgX2·6H2O und MgX2·6H2O als auch der entsprechenden carnallitartigen Doppelsalze mit der Zuzammensetzung 1:1:6 umfassen. Eine Methode zur Berechnung derGibbs-EnergieGmix(s) für die in Wasser-Salz-Systemen gebildeten Mischkristalle wird vorgeschlagen. Die für die Systeme RbCl-KCl-H2O, RbCl-RbBr-H2O und MgCl2-MgBr2-H2O erhaltenen Ergebnisse werden mit experimentellen Literaturdaten und Resultaten von Berechnungen aufgrund verschiedener Modelle verglichen.
Noble metal nanoparticles were prepared by the in situ reduction of the respective metal salt precursors in the presence
of various protective polymers. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been used to determine the particle shapes and
morphologies. These are strongly influenced by the reduction methods and conditions chosen, but the choice of the protective
polymer is equally important for controlling the particle morphologies and for the stabilization of the colloids. A whole
spectrum of nanoparticle morphologies and shapes was obtained, ranging from nanoagglomerates which are nevertheless well-defined
and well-stabilized to nanosized single crystals with triangular shape.
Received: 2 February 1998 Accepted: 29 May 1998 相似文献