Discrete Fourier Transform Analysis of Chronoamperometric Currents Obtained Under Ultrasound

A discrete Fourier transform (DFT) technique was used to analyze chronoamperometric currents at a Pt microdisk electrode (Ø=15 μm) in an electrolyte containing [Fe(CN)₆]^3?/[Fe(CN)₆]^4? under ultrasound at a frequency of 26.3 kHz and the powers of 0–50 W. The currents were measured by a high‐speed data acquisition card. Considering the effects of acoustic vibrations and cavitations on the limiting currents, a microdisk electrode and a high frequency sampling (10 MHz) were used to collect the current signals to restrain the deviation of average from sampling period in other methods. The results show that the amplitudes at 0 Hz and 26.3 kHz are related to the decay of ultrasound at constant power output when the separation between sono‐horn and electrode increases, and also related to the reactant concentration at the same ultrasonic conditions. The frequency signals are always shown in frequency spectrum despite different ultrasonic conditions. The amplitudes reflect the intensity of ultrasound and the concentration of reactant in solution, so they can be called specific frequencies. This method can be used to analyze quantitatively the effects of ultrasound on electrochemical reaction, determine the reactant concentration and measure the distribution of ultrasonic intensity in a solution.     

抗癌性吲哚喹唑啉衍生物的定量构效关系

用量子化学密度泛函理论(DFT)、分子力学(MM＋)及回归分析方法,对一系列抗癌性吲哚喹唑啉衍生物进行了定量构效关系(QSAR)的研究.通过回归分析,筛选了影响抗癌活性的主要因素,建立了定量构效关系方程.结果表明,化合物的最低未占据分子轨道(LUMO)与最高占据分子轨道(HOMO)之间的能量差(ΔεL-H)、分子的疏水性(lgP)以及环D上的总电荷(ΣQD)和环D上R1取代基的第一个原子的净电荷(QFR1)是影响化合物抗癌活性的主要因素.所得模型对化合物抗癌活性有较好的预测效果. 同时, 与ΔεL-H密切相关的LUMO轨道能量及共轭平面面积对药物的DNA-结合及其活性起着十分重要的作用,可通过选取具有较强的拉电子性质同时又能与本系列化合物的骨架形成更大共轭体系的取代基R1,设计抗癌活性较高的化合物.     

乌头碱的LC-MS定量分析

乌头生物碱各成分毒性差异很大,其中乌头碱的毒性为其它成分的100-2000倍,是引起中毒和死亡的主要原因。乌头生物碱种类多,在煎煮或泡制过程中易水解产生不同水解产物,进入体内后代谢情况又不明,因此采用液相色谱方法对体内检材乌头碱成分仅靠保留时间确定依据不足,定量工作更是无法开展。但在现实生活中炮制后的乌头植物可入药,且炮制过的乌头植物也可检出少量原碱。遇到体内检材中检验出乌头生物碱成分时,办案单位往往希望有一个量的甄别。经查阅资料,未见体内检材(如血、肝、尿等)中乌头碱含量的报道。我们应用LC-MS,采用646.4单离子扫描方式对实际案例血中乌头碱含量进行了测定,为今后的进一步研究和同行提供数据积累。     

分子信标荧光探针用于抑癌基因ING1表达产物的定量测定

根据抑癌基因ING1基因的序列设计并合成了检测ING1转录产物的分子信标核酸探针,发展了一种快速测量从正常细胞系和鼻咽癌肿瘤细胞系提取的ING1转录产物的方法,所得结果与用逆转录结合PCR法(RT-PCR)得到的结果相吻合.并且,将能表达ING1基因的质粒转入肿瘤细胞进行培养后,再将分子信标转入肿瘤细胞,发现转导了质粒的肿瘤细胞比未转导质粒的肿瘤细胞内的荧光明显增强,从而进一步证实了所设计的分子信标核酸探针与ING1转录产物的结合.     

QSAR studies on estrogen receptor binding affinity of 2-phenylindoles using first-order valence molecular connectivity

The estrogen receptor binding affinity of 2-phenylindoles is found to be significantly correlated with Kier’s first-order valence molecular connectivity index. The correlation equations obtained provide a much simple rationale to design more potent compounds and help in predicting the potency of new compounds.     

The application of digital image recognition to the analysis of two-dimensional fingerprints

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fingerprint has been commonly used in the quality control and assessment of herbal medicines, and two-dimensional (2D) fingerprint obtained by means of HPLC-diode array detector (HPLC/DAD) can provide higher reliability. In this paper, an approach to the analysis of the 2D HPLC/DAD fingerprints, which was based on digital image recognition techniques, was developed for the first time. First, wavelet transform was employed to eliminate noise signal in the 2D fingerprint, and then the 2D fingerprint was converted into grayscale image. Second, several features of the image were calculated, and hierarchical clustering. This approach was applied to the qualitative analysis of the different samples of coptis chinensis, and the clustering result of samples was all highly consistent with the real situation. Based on the densities in grayscale image, three components in standard samples were quantitative analyzed, and the obtained correlation coefficients between concentration and grayscale density were more than 0.999. Our study indicated that the analysis of the 2D HPLC/DAD fingerprint was successful based on the idea and techniques of digital image recognition techniques, and this proposed approach provided a new pathway for the analysis of two-dimensional spectrums.     

红外光谱法对六氟磷酸锂的快速定量分析

本文建立了一种用傅里叶红外光谱(FT-IR)法快速定量分析LiPF6的方法。采用红外光谱(IR)法和X射线衍射(XRD)法对LiPF6样品进行了定性分析。选取LiPF6红外光谱847cm-1处的特征吸收峰为分析对象,利用吸光度峰面积积分法进行定量分析,由标准曲线可知,LiPF6的含量与其红外光谱特征峰的吸收强度有很好的线性关系,相关系数达0.9998,线性范围在0.04～25mg.mL-1,检出限可达0.02mg.mL-1。LiPF6样品定量测定的相对标准偏差(RSD)约为0.18%,回收率为96%～98%。     

新烟碱类杀虫剂生物活性的理论研究和结构修饰*

在B3LYP/6-311G基组水平下,运用密度泛函理论(DFT)的量子化学方法,对20种重氮乙烷新烟碱类杀虫剂分子的电子结构特征进行了研究,获得了它们的前线轨道能(EHOMO、ENHOMO、ELUMO、ENLUMO等)、原子电荷(Qi)、摩尔熵(Sm)、偶极矩(μ)等量化参数与物理性质。经最佳变量子集回归研究发现,重氮乙烷新烟碱类杀虫剂分子对果蝇n AChRs、哺乳动物α4β2亚型的亲和力常数(p KD、p KA)分别与ELUMO、QW、QF、QN等参数具有良好的线性关系。逐一或逐四剔除交互验证以及VIF、tα/2检验,所建2个QSAR模型具有良好的稳健性及预测能力。根据2个QSAR模型推断了重氮乙烷新烟碱类分子可能的杀虫机理。进一步研究发现,在重氮乙烷新烟碱类分子的吡啶环上的合适部位,选用不含复键的吸电子能力较强的取代基团对其进行结构修饰,有利于提高修饰后分子的生物活性。基于分子17,设计出4种经结构修饰后对果蝇n AChRs亲和力显著提高的重氮乙烷新烟碱类分子(分别是分子27,28,30和31),希望能得到实验的证实。     

Recent advances in scanning electrochemical microscopic analysis and visualization on lithium-ion battery electrodes

Scanning electrochemical microscopy is a family of techniques that probes the local electrochemical surface environments with micrometer- and nanometer-scale space resolution and sub-picoampere chemical sensitivity. A recent growing trend uses these probes to investigate surface systems related to lithium-ion batteries, yielding a prodigious amount of new information. In this review, we give an overview of the recent progress on the scanning electrochemical microscopy and related techniques’ breakthroughs on lithium-ion battery electrodes research.     

Molecular engineering and biomedical applications of ultra-sensitive fluorescent probe for Ag+

A series of probes KJ-x (x = 1−3) with carbon chains of different lengths based on the matrix of rhodamine B were engineered to detect Ag⁺ in aqueous solution in this work. Among them, KJ-1 is selected as the best option after in vitro investigation in view of its most sensitive and rapid response to Ag⁺, whose possible sensing mechanism is studied by experimental investigation and theoretical calculation. To identify the practical application of the probe, the detection of Ag⁺ in nonantibiotic fungicide Silver&Health and differentiation between normal hepatocytes and hepatoma cells using confocal imaging was conducted.