Potential Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Rosmarinus officinalis in Preclinical In Vivo Models of Inflammation

This systematic review aimed to evaluate the potential anti-inflammatory effect of Rosmarinus officinalis in preclinical in vivo models of inflammation. A search was conducted in the databases PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, with related keywords. The inclusion criteria were inflammation, plant, and studies on rats or mice; while, the exclusion criteria were reviews, studies with in vitro models, and associated plants. The predominant animal models were paw edema, acute liver injury, and asthma. Rosemary was more commonly used in its entirety than in compounds, and the prevalent methods of extraction were maceration and hydrodistillation. The most common routes of administration reported were gavage, intraperitoneal, and oral, on a route-dependent dosage. Treatment took place daily, or was single-dose, on average for 21 days, and it more often started before the induction. The most evaluated biomarkers were tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-10, myeloperoxidase (MPO), catalase (CAT), glutathione (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), malondialdehyde (MDA), and superoxide dismutase (SOD). The best results emerged at a dose of 60 mg/kg, via IP of carnosic acid, a dose of 400 mg/kg via gavage of Rosmarinus officinalis, and a dose of 10 mg/kg via IP of rosmarinic acid. Rosmarinus officinalis L. showed anti-inflammatory activity before and after induction of treatments.     

Solid-phase synthetic method for (±)-α-amino acids via phase-transfer catalytic alkylation

A solid supported glycineimine t-butyl ester was designed and successfully applied to the synthesis of (±)-α-amino acids. The phase-transfer catalytic alkylation, followed by acidic hydrolysis and benzoylation gave N-benzoyl-α-amino acid tert-butyl esters in high yields (up to 92%).     

Reaction ofo-aminobenzohydroxamic acid with aldehydes

The reaction of o-aminobenzohydroxamic acid with aliphatic, aromatic, or heterocyclic aldehydes leads to the formation of derivatives of 3-hydroxy-1,2-dihydroquinazolin-4-one. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 115–117, January, 1997.     

Comparison Study of Phenylquinoline-based Iridium(III) Complexes for Solution Processable Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes by PEDOT:PSS and Graphene Oxide as a Hole Transport Layer

Electroluminescent (EL) properties of Ir(III) complex, [(2,4-diphenylquinoli-ne)]₂Iridium picolinic acid N-oxide [(DPQ)₂Ir(pic-N-O)] were investigated using PEDOT:PSS and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) as a hole transport layer for solution processable phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PhOLEDs). High performance solution-processable PhOLED with PEDOT:PSS and (DPQ)₂Ir(pic-N-O) (8 wt%) doped CBP:TPD:PBD (8:56:12) host emission layer were fabricated to give a high luminance efficiency (LE) of 26.9 cd/A, equivelent to an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 14.2%. The corresponding PhOLED with rGO as a hole transport layer exhibited the maximum brightness and LE of 13540 cd/m² and 16.8 cd/A, respectively. The utilization of the solution processable rGO thin films as the hole transport layer offered the great potential to the fabrication of solution processable PhOLEDs.     

Constructing chiral caves and efficiently separating enantiomers of glutamic acid with novel surface-imprinting technique

Dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) was first graft-polymerized onto the surfaces of micron-sized silica gel particles in the manner of "grafting from" in a solution polymerization system, obtaining the grafted particles PDMAEMA/SiO(2). Then, the molecular imprinting towards the grafted PDMAEMA was conducted with one enantiomer of glutamic acid (Glu), L-Glu, as template molecule and with 2,2'-dichlorodiethylether (DCEE) as crosslinking agent by adopting the novel surface-molecular imprinting technique established by our research group, and the single enantiomer (L-Glu) molecule-imprinted material MIP-PDMAEMA/SiO(2) was obtained. With another enantiomer of glutamic acid, D-Glu, as the contrast compound, the recognition property of MIP-PDMAEMA/SiO(2) for L-Glu was investigated in depth with both static and dynamic methods, and its ability to separate L-Glu and D-Glu in the racemic solution was examined. The experiment results show that the surface-imprinted material MIP-PDMAEMA/SiO(2) has fine recognition selectivity and binding affinity for l-Glu, whereas its ability to combine D-Glu is poor. The selectivity coefficient of MIP-PDMAEMA/SiO(2) for L-Glu with respect to D-Glu is equal to 3.30, displaying an excellent chiral separation result. It is obvious that in this study, the substance separation at the molecular configuration level has been realized successfully.     

Crystallization of zinc lactate in presence of malic acid

The influence of malic acid, which acts as an impurity on the cooling crystallization of zinc lactate is investigated in this paper by monitoring the relative supersaturation and the number of crystals during crystallization. The presence of malic acid increases the solution solubility and makes the metastable zone wider; it also changes the habit of the crystal. The purity of the final products is shown to be influenced by the amount and size of seed crystals, cooling rate, seeding temperature and final temperature, but appears to depend mainly on the particle size and level of supersaturation. Residual supersaturation thresholds are observed that depend on the final temperature. A model is proposed to predict the steady-state supersaturation value from the final temperature at a given impurity concentration. This model is based on Kubota and Gibbs equations.     

具有Dawson结构的钼钒磷杂多酸氧化还原性质的研究

通过SnCl₂电位滴定、极谱和循环伏安方法,详细研究了2:18系列钼钒磷杂多酸H_(6+n)[P₂Mo^13-nV_nO₆₂]·xH₂O(n=1～3)和H^_4+n[P₂Mo_18-nV_nO₆₂H₂]·xH₂O(n=4,5)在溶液中的氧化还原性质,证实它们的还原为三步分别加合n,2,2个电子,同时加合n,2,2个质子的过程,总结了循环伏安峰电位与pH的关系,提出了还原机理。     

Effect of Cationic Micelle on the Kinetics of Oxidation of Citric Acid by N-Bromophthalimide in Acidic Medium

Kinetics of the oxidation of citric acid (CA) by N-bromophthalimide (NBP) has been studied in the presence of cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) at 35°C. The CMC value is lower than those given in the literature for aqueous solutions of CTAB without added electrolyte. The reaction is strongly catalyzed by cationic micelle, CTAB with a progressive increase in CTAB concentration the reaction rate increased, at higher concentration constancy in the rate constant was observed. The reaction follows first and fractional order kinetics in NBP and citric acid, respectively. The reaction follows inverse fractional order with respect to perchloric acid. The Arrhenius equation is found to be valid for the reaction. A detailed mechanism with the associated reaction kinetics is discussed. The catalytic role of CTAB micelles is discussed in terms of the Menger and Portnoy model.