Simultaneous Determination of Paracetamol,Ibuprofen, and Caffeine in Tablets by Molecular Absorption Spectroscopy Combined with Classical Least Square Method

In this paper, the classical least-squares (CLS) method with molecular absorption spectrophotometric measurement was used to determine simultaneously paracetamol (PAR), ibuprofen (IBU), and caffeine (CAF) in tablets. The absorbance spectra of the standard solutions and samples were measured over a wavelength from 220 to 300 nm with a 0.5 nm step. The concentration of PAR, IBU, and CAF in the sample solutions was calculated by using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and a program called CLS-Excel written in Microsoft Excel 2016. The method and the CLS-Excel program were tested on mixed standard laboratory samples with different PAR, IBU, and CAF concentration ratios, and they showed only small errors and a satisfying repeatability. An analytical procedure for tablets containing PAR, IBU, and CAF was developed. The reliability of the procedure was proved via the recovery and repeatability of the analysis results with an actual tablet sample and by comparing the mean contents of active substances in the tablets obtained from the analytical procedure with the HPLC method. The procedure is simple with a reduced cost compared with the HPLC standard method.     

An integrated simultaneous distillation–extraction apparatus for the extraction of essential oils from herb materials and its application in Flos Magnoliae

A large number of herb materials contain essential oils with extensive bioactivities. In this work, an integrated simultaneous distillation–extraction (ISDE) apparatus was developed. To demonstrate its feasibility, the performance of ISDE was evaluated for the extraction of essential oil from Flos Magnoliae and compared with conventional techniques including steam distillation (SD) and simultaneous distillation–extraction (SDE). According to the product yield, the time consumed and the composition of oil, the essential oils isolated by ISDE were better than that obtained by SD and similar to those obtained by SDE. ISDE was also better than SDE due to its simple operation and lower consumption of energy and organic solvent. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

碳酸钙固硫固体进样测汞仪快速测定硫化铅精矿中汞

在使用固体进样测汞仪直接测定硫化铅精矿中汞时,由于试样中硫含量通常较高(高达30%以上),在测定过程中大量的硫被氧化会污染甚至腐蚀固体进样测汞仪的核心部件催化管,导致催化管寿命严重缩短。为解决该问题,建立碳酸钙固硫-固体进样测汞仪直接测定硫化铅精矿中汞的分析方法;并对Ca/S比,分解温度,分解时间,齐化时间等参数进行优化。在最优条件下,Hg的含量在2~20 ng和20~500ng线性范围内回归系数(R²)分别为0.9996和0.9998;方法检出限(LOD)为0.006 μg/g。用该法对3个典型样品进行测定,相对标准偏差RSD≤9%(n=7),加标回收率为96%~106%。该方法简单、快捷,准确度和精密度高,适合硫化铅精矿中汞的快速测定。     

Isolation of Anti-Diabetic Active Compounds from Benincasae Exocarpium and Development of Simultaneous Analysis by HPLC-PDA

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease that is a constant problem. Previous studies have reported that Benincasa cerifera Savi. extracts are effective in treating diabetes and its complications. Benincasae Exocarpium (BE) is a fruit peel of B. cerifera that has been reported to be used for the prevention and treatment of metabolic diseases such as hyperglycemia, obesity, and hyperlipidemia. However, there are not enough studies on the compounds and bioassays to support the efficacy of BE. The inhibitory activity of the BE extracts and fractions against advanced glycation end-products (AGE) formation and α-glucosidase activity was evaluated. These assays are relevant for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and its complications. Based on these results, compounds 1–11 were isolated through bioassay-guided isolation. In addition, we developed a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method that can simultaneously analyze these 11 compounds. Activity evaluation of the compounds was also conducted, and eight compounds exhibited significant activity. Among these, flavonoid compounds showed strong activity. A quantitative evaluation of eight bioactive compounds (2, 5–11) was conducted. In conclusion, this study demonstrated the potential of BE for prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes and its complications.     

Wetting for self-healing and electrowetting for additive manufacturing

Advanced additive manufacturing actively widens its tool box of wettability-related phenomena to be used in production of new items. Novel self-healing engineering materials incorporate vascular networks with two types of nanochannels: the one containing a resin monomer, whereas another one — a curing agent. If such nanocomposites are damaged locally, both types of channels are locally broken, and they release resin monomer and curing agent droplets. These droplets spread by wettability over the nanotextured matrix, touch each other, and coalesce, which triggers polymerization reaction and crack stitching. Wettability-facilitated droplet spreading is accompanied by liquid imbibition in the pores in the nanofiber network. Such process peculiarities are in focus in the present review. An additional process relevant in direct writing and 3D printing is electrowetting (EW). It stems from the change in the contact angle in response to the electric polarization of dielectric substrates. EW allows movement of droplets on horizontal, vertical, and inverse surfaces, which can significantly facilitate the existing direct writing and 3D printing technologies. Accordingly, EW is also in focus in the present review.     

“双一流”高校学生国际期刊论文写作需求分析*——对化学专业的调查

以某“双一流”高校化学专业学生为研究对象,通过问卷调查和访谈,调查他们在国际学术期刊论文写作方面的需求。研究发现学生需求程度较高的是团队教学,青睐英语写作教师与化学专业教师有配合的教学,并希望对写作及时反馈,同时需要编辑、图书馆员等协助提高学术素养。值得注意的是,学生对个性化、一对一辅导的需求程度最高。该研究结果对高校,尤其是“双一流”高校国际期刊英语论文写作课程的设置和教学具有参考价值。     

THE EFFECT OF PHOTO-CROSSLINKING ON THE ORIENTATION STABILITY OF POLYVINYL ALCOHOL CONTAINING 4-NITRO-4′-ALKOXYSTILBENE AND CINNAMYL PENDENT GROUPS*

Crosslinking is one of the effective routes for improving the orientation stability of poledpolymer films. The derivative of polyvinyl alcohol containing 4-nitro-4'-alkoxystilbene andphoto-crosslinkable cinnamyl groups as side chains has been synthesized. The in-situ simul-taneous photo-crosslinking poling of synthesized polymer films has been performed. Thesecond order nonlinear optical coefficient d_(33) of poled film is 11 pm/V. The SHG mea-surements show that the break-over temperature of SHG signal is raised obviously afterirradiation, its orientation stability is doubled as compared with that of non-crosslinkingsamples.     

Production of 2,3- butanediol from pretreated corn cob byKlebsiella oxytoca in the presence of fungal cellulase

A simple and effective method of treatment of lignocellulosic material was used for the preparation of corn cob for the production of 2,3-butanediol byKlebsiella oxytoca ATCC 8724 in a simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process. During the treatment, lignin, and alkaline extractives were solubilized and separated from cellulose and hemicellulose fractions by dilute ammonia (10%) steeping. Hemicellulose was then hydrolyzed by dilute hydrochloric acid (1%, wJv) hydrolysis at 100°C at atmospheric pressure and separated from cellulose fraction. The remaining solid, with 90% of cellulose, was then used as the substrate. A butanediol concentration of 25 g/L and an ethanol concentration of 7 g/L were produced byK. oxytoca from 80 g/L of corn cob cellulose with a cellulase dosage of 8.5 IFPU/g corn cob cellulose after 72 h of SSF. With only dilute acid hydrolysis, a butanediol production rate of 0.21 g/L/h was obtained that is much lower than the case in which corn cob was treated with ammonia steeping prior to acid hydrolysis. The butanediol production rate for the latter was 0.36 g/L/h.     

胶束介质在动力学分析中的应用

评述了胶束介质在动力学分析测定中的作用和应用状况，讨论了胶束催化的动力学特征，胶束对反应物理化学性质的修饰及其在动力学多组份测定和酶催化动力学分析中的应用。     

二氧化碳和氧气的快速电化学方法联合测定

根据Ｏ２和ＣＯ２在二甲亚砜（ＤＭＳＯ）介质中Ｐｔ电极上的伏安特性，采用微电极并结构计算机控制的电位调制技术，建立了快速联合测定ＣＯ２和Ｏ２的调制电位脉冲库仑法和调制电位脉冲电流法，取得了满意的结果。一次测量时间快达４０ｍｓ。ＣＯ２检测范围０￣１０％（体积百分比）；Ｏ２检测范围不受限制。通过编程设计特定的调制电位－时间波形，可保持连续检测的长期稳定性。