Nitrofuran antibiotic residues in pork: The FoodBRAND retail survey

Use of nitrofuran drugs in food-producing animals has been prohibited within the EU because they may represent a public health risk. Monitoring compliance with the ban has focused on the detection of protein-bound nitrofuran metabolites which, in contrast to the parent compounds, are stable and persist in animal tissues. As part of the “FoodBRAND” project, an extensive survey of pork was undertaken across 15 European countries. Samples (n = 1500) purchased at retail outlets were analysed for the nitrofuran metabolites AOZ, AMOZ, AHD and SEM using LC–MS/MS determination of nitrobenzaldehyde derivatives. Limits of quantification for the method were 0.1 μg/kg (AOZ, AMOZ), 0.2 μg/kg (SEM) and 0.5 μg/kg (AHD). Of the 1500 samples tested, measurable residues of nitrofuran metabolites were confirmed in 12 samples (0.8% incidence overall) of which 10 samples were purchased in Portugal (AOZ, 0.3 μg/kg; AMOZ, 0.2–0.6 μg/kg) and one sample each in Italy (AMOZ, 1.0 μg/kg) and Greece (AOZ, 3.0 μg/kg).     

用选择离子流动管质谱测定汽油和柴油蒸汽成分

采用选择离子流动管质谱(SIFT／MS)装置，以H30^ 、N0^ 为初始离子对汽油和柴油蒸汽进行了研究，质谱分析表明，汽油和柴油主要由C—H化合物组成，包括烷烃、环烷烃、烯烃、炔烃、二烯烃以及芳香烃。在这几种成分中，烷烃都占有最大的比例；汽油蒸汽和柴油蒸汽最大的区别是柴油蒸汽中长链大分子的挥发性C—H化合物所占的比例远远高于汽油蒸汽。文中还给出了以H30^ 、N0^ 为初始离子所得到的汽油蒸汽的质谱图，以及汽油、柴油蒸汽中各种成分的定量分析结果。     

Electrical interaction between two cylinders with an ion-penetrable charged membrane in an oil/water interface

The electrical interaction between two long, parallel cylinders each is covered by an ion-penetrable charged membrane immersed in an oil/water interface is investigated. The effects of contact angle, radius of cylinder, and membrane thickness on the electrical interaction force are examined. The results of numerical simulation reveal that the following conditions lead to a greater electrical interaction force: (i) a larger contact angle, i.e. a larger fraction of a cylinder in the oil phase; (ii) a larger cylinder radius; and (iii) a thinner membrane. For a fixed ionic strength, the electrical interaction force is insensible to the type of electrolytes in the water phase, in general. However, if two cylinders are close enough, then the higher the valence of counterions the greater the electrical interaction force.     

Chiral separation of β-amino alcohols by capillary electrophoresis using cyclodextrins as buffer additives. I. Effect of varying operating parameters

Summary Capillary electrophoresis has been used for the chiral analysis of two -amino alcohol pharmaceutical compounds. Capillary zone electrophoresis conditions were used with -cyclodextrin as a chiral mobile phase additive. The effects of variation of -cyclodextrin concentration, temperature, pH, background electrolyte composition and concentration have been investigated. Optimum separations were achieved for clenbuterol using -cyclodextrin at its solubility limit (16mM), the lowest practicable temperature (19°C), pH 4.0 and an electrolyte solution with a high ionic strength prepared from 0.1 M citric acid and 0.3 M Na₂HPO₄. For the development compound picumeterol and its (S)-enationmer, the optimum pH 4.0 buffer was prepared from 0.1 M citric acid and 0.2 M sodium acetate. Baseline separation with resolution greater than 2 was achieved for both compounds.This work was presented in part at the 2nd International Symposium on Chiral Discrimination, Rome, May 27–31, 1991.     

Simultaneous determination of tetrahydro-β-carbolines and β-carbolines

Summary Reversed-phase ion-pair HPLC with fluorimetric detectors connected in series was studied for the simultaneous determination of two tetrahydro--carbolines and two -carbolines. After additon of internal standards the samples were reacted with fluorescamine, and then subjected to serial extractions to remove their precursor (tryptamine) from the analytical system. This treatment not only suppressed the artefactual formation of tetrahydro--carbolines and -carbolines during analysis, but also effectively purified them. Under optimum conditions, using trifluoroacetic acid as counter ion, all analytes were separated within 14 min and without major interfering peaks. The quantitative ranges were 0.25–80.0 ng mL^–1 for both tetrahydro--carbolines and 0.1–30.0 ng mL^–1 for both -carbolines. Replicate spiking experiments showed that recovery from most of the samples tested was over 90% and the relative standard deviation ranged from 0.7 to 10.4% within and between assays. The proposed method was applicable to various materials such as soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup, tabasco, beer, wine, sake, whisky, brandy, cows' milk, coffee, cocoa, cheese, cigarette smoke and urine.     

Aminomethylation of (ω-alkylthioalkyl)phenols

The reactions of ()-alkylthioalkyl)phenols with formaldehyde and secondary amines afforded the corresponding aminomethyl derivatives, in which the dimethylamino group may be replaced by the alkylthio group.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1504–1507, June, 1996.     

Reaction of aminoquinolines with unsaturated carboxylic acids. 2. Cyclization of N-quinolyl-β-alanines

The cyclization of N-(3-quinolyl)- and N-(6-quinolyl)--alanines was carried out to give uncondensed hexahydropyrimidine derivatives, while the cyclization of N-(5-quinolyl)- and N-(8-quinolyl)--alanines gave tetrahydrophenanthrolinone derivatives.Communication 1, see ref. [1].Kaunas Technological University, 3028 Kaunas, Lithuania, Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 653–657, May, 2000.     

Theoretical study on the molecule C30H20: five carbon–carbon single bonds linking a dodecahedrane cage and a pentaprismane cage

Using geometry optimization and DFT method at the B3LYP/6-31G* level of theory for C₃₀H₂₀, an equilibrium geometry is identified that has the form of polyhedral hydrocarbon with five carbon–carbon single bonds linking a dodecahedrane cage and a pentaprismane cage. Thus, this molecule is a tri-cage molecule with two pentaprismane cages and one dodecahedrane cage. Vibrational frequencies and the infrared spectrum are computed at the same level of theory. The heat of formation for C₃₀H₂₀ has been estimated in this paper. The heat of formation of C₃₀H₂₀ as well as the vibrational analysis indicates that this molecule enjoys sufficient stability to allow for its experimental preparation.     

A Kinetic Aspect of the Thermal Dehydration of Dilithium Tetraborate Trihydrate

The reaction process of the thermal dehydration of dilithium tetraborate trihydrate, Li₂B₄O₇3H₂O, was reinvestigated from a viewpoint of reaction kinetics. On the basis of the results of thermogravimetry, constant rate thermal analysis, powder X-ray diffractometry, infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy, it was confirmed that the reaction proceeds via three consecutive kinetic steps characterized by different activation energies. The first and second kinetic steps, accompanied by the destruction of the original crystal structure of the reactant, seem to be assigned to the surface and internal reactions, respectively. During the third kinetic step, the thermal dehydration of hydrated amorphous intermediate, produced at the second kinetic step, and crystallization of the final dehydration product, Li₂B₄O₇, are likely to take place concurrently.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Inclusion of α-phenyl-N-p-methylphenyl Nitrone in β- Cyclodextrin: Formation of 1G : 1H and 1G : 2H Complexes and the Remarkably Fast 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of the 1G : 2H Complex with Olefins in the Solid State

The nitrone is found to be included in the -cyclodextrin cavity in two different stoichiometries viz., 1G : 1H and 1G : 2H – the existence of which is proved by physical methods. The 1G : 2H complex of the nitrone serves as a good potent dipolarophile in the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions with olefins resulting in rate acceleration and regioselection.