铝与人体健康

铝广泛地存在于自然界，由于其具有优良的理化性能，故普遍地用于工业、医药和日常生活中。从铝在体内的吸收、转运、贮存及分布，铝的生理机能，铝的毒性等方面，对铝与人体疾病的关系进行了综述。     

苯甲酸类化合物小鼠经口LD50定量构效关系的研究

采用化合物定量结构-毒性效应关系(QSTR)方法研究了39个苯甲酸类化合物的各种量化参数对小鼠经口急性毒性(LD50)的影响,并建立了毒性预测模型.为了得到更准确的毒性预测模型,各个参数的交叉项同时考虑在内,利用线性回归方法得到了苯甲酸类化合物小鼠经口急性毒性预测模型(相关系数为0.958 2).该模型具有很好的预测能力.     

他汀类药物用于急性冠脉综合症的潜在作用

急性冠脉综合症是易损粥样硬化斑块破裂的结果，斑块的稳定可以通过改变生活方式及适当的药物治疗而达到。有证据表明，他汀类的一个主要有益作用是诱导斑块稳定和消退。他汀类除了降低胆固醇中低密度脂蛋白外，还具有多种多效性或不从属于胆固醇的作用，在这些多效性作用中有内皮功能、平滑肌细胞、血栓形成／血小板功能和炎症的改善，使之特别适合急性冠脉综合症患者选择。     

Metallothionein Induction by Cd(II) and Zn(II)

Blood may contain high proportion of the toxic and essential metals.Blood is responsiblefor the transport of ion of such metals.The organs such as the kidney,liver and placentaare exposed to a large proportion of the metals which enter the blood and may b…     

Rapid determination of rat plasma uridine levels by HPLC-ESI-MS utilizing the Captiva plates for sample preparation

A rapid, accurate and precise HPLC-ESI-MS method for the determination of rat plasma uridine concentrations was developed and is described here. Sample preparation involves methanol precipitation of plasma proteins in a 96-well Captiva protein precipitation filter plate. A clear extract is drawn through the filter plate with vacuum, followed by evaporation of the extract and subsequent reconstitution prior to chromatography on a reversed-phase column with an aqueous mobile phase [0.1% (v/v) glacial acetic acid]. Detection was accomplished by positive-ion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. A calibration curve ranging in concentration from 0.78 to 25 microM was constructed by best-fit, 1/x weighting linear regression analysis of the calibration standard concentrations vs peak height ratios of analyte with internal standard. The correlation coefficient was >0.995. The overall assay accuracy as shown by the back-calculated concentrations of the calibration curve ranged from 96.6 to 103% with RSD ranging from 4.5 to 20%. While this assay method was developed for the determination of uridine in rat plasma, it could be readily adapted for determination of uridine in plasma from other species, such as human.     

Facet diagrams for quantum similarity data

The objective of this work is to demonstrate that an appropriate treatment of quantum similarity matrices can reveal hidden data grouping related to relevant structural features and even to biological properties of interest. Classical scaling is used here to extract the information contained in the similarity relationships between the elements of a molecular set. Facet theory is invoked to relate, in a qualitative way, the spatial regions to structural characteristics as well as to properties of interest. Two application examples are discussed: the Cramer steriod set and a benzene, toluene and xylene derivatives set.     

Organometallic synthesis and chemistry of tin and lead compounds

A brief account of the chemistry of organotins and organoleads is given. After a short presentation of industrial applications of these organometallic compounds, some physico-chemical data are given. Then, industrial and laboratory scale preparations of tetraorganotins and leads are detailed, and synthesis and chemical properties of organotin and lead halides, hydrides, oxides and sulfides are successively discussed. The chemistry of hydride derivatives, important compounds in trace metal analysis, is particularly considered.     

A review on thermal decomposition and combustion of thermoplastic polyesters

An overview is presented of the literature on the thermal decomposition and combustion of thermoplastic polyesters, especially commercially important poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and poly(1,4‐butylene terephthalate) (PBT). Although the literature is not clear as to whether heterolytic or homolytic scission of aliphatic fragments is the first step in the thermal decomposition of polyesters, in any case volatilization of light aliphatic fragments make polyesters easily ignitable polymers. Despite the presence of benzene groups in the main polymer chain, thermoplastic polyesters show very limited tendency to char, but instead, aromatic‐containing polymer fragments volatilize and feed the flame. Fire retardant additives, although they usually facilitate decomposition of the polyesters at lower temperature, also usually promote charring and therefore suppress combustion. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Toxicity Assessment of Cyanide and Tetramethylene Disulfotetramine （Tetramine） Using Luminescent Bacteria Vibrio-qinghaiensis and PbO= Electrochemical Sensor

The toxicities of cyanide and tetramethylene disulfotetramine （tetramine） were evaluated by two methods of luminescent bacteria and PbO2 electrochemical sensor. Vibrio-qinghaiensis, a kind of luminescent bacteria, can produce bioluminescence and the bioluminescence was decreased with the addition of toxicants. The toxicities of cyanide and tetrarnine were expressed as 10 min-EC50 value, which was the concentration of chemical that reduces the light output by 50% after contact for 10 min. Nano PbO2 modified electrode, a rapid toxicity determination method was also described in this work. By the PbO2 modified electrode, the current responses of Escherichia coli （E. coli） were changed with the addition of toxicants. The value of 10 min-EC50 was also provided with the PbO2 electrochemical sensor. Compared with the 10 min-EC50 and detection limits （38.38 and 0.60 μg/mL for cyanide, 0.24 and 0.02 μg/mL for tetramine） with luminescent bacteria, the PbO2 sensor provided a simple and convenient method with lower 10 min-EC50 and detection limits （26.37 and 0.52 μg/mL for cyanide, 0.21 and 0.01 μg/mL for tetramine） and fast response time.     

Possible Participation of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors and l-Arginine-Nitric Oxide-Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-ATP-Sensitive K+ Channel Pathway in the Antinociceptive Activity of Cardamonin in Acute Pain Animal Models

The perception of pain caused by inflammation serves as a warning sign to avoid further injury. The generation and transmission of pain impulses involves various pathways and receptors. Cardamonin isolated from Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. has been reported to exert antinociceptive effects in thermal and mechanical pain models; however, the precise mechanism has yet to be examined. The present study investigated the possible mechanisms involved in the antinociceptive activity of cardamonin on protein kinase C, N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA glutamate receptors, l-arginine/cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) mechanism, as well as the ATP-sensitive potassium (K⁺) channel. Cardamonin was administered to the animals intra-peritoneally. Present findings showed that cardamonin significantly inhibited pain elicited by intraplantar injection of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA, a protein kinase C activator) with calculated mean ED₅₀ of 2.0 mg/kg (0.9–4.5 mg/kg). The study presented that pre-treatment with MK-801 (NMDA receptor antagonist) and NBQX (non-NMDA receptor antagonist) significantly modulates the antinociceptive activity of cardamonin at 3 mg/kg when tested with glutamate-induced paw licking test. Pre-treatment with l-arginine (a nitric oxide precursor), ODQ (selective inhibitor of soluble guanylyl cyclase) and glibenclamide (ATP-sensitive K⁺ channel inhibitor) significantly enhanced the antinociception produced by cardamonin. In conclusion, the present findings showed that the antinociceptive activity of cardamonin might involve the modulation of PKC activity, NMDA and non-NMDA glutamate receptors, l-arginine/nitric oxide/cGMP pathway and ATP-sensitive K⁺ channel.