Isolation,characterization, and quantification of curcuminoids and their comparative effects in cerebral ischemia

The study reports a rapid and short analytical technique for separation, characterization, and quantitation along with comparative pharmacological effect of curcuminoids in cerebral ischemia. Flash chromatography, using silica and diol columns along with gradient mobile phase, was utilized to separate three curcuminoids, i.e., curcumin (Cur), demethoxycurcumin (DMC), and bisdemethoxycurcumin (BDMC) for the first time. The separated peaks were monitored at 200–360?nm, whereas the purity of compounds (96.2–97.6%) was determined through qualitative analysis such as infrared and ¹H and ¹³C-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mass spectrometry (MS), and differential scanning calorimetry. Furthermore, chitosan nanoparticles (CS-NPs) for curcuminoids were prepared and characterized through zeta sizer, zeta potential, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The developed ultra performance of liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-quadrupole-time of flight-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS/MS) method showed simplified automation and shorter run time for Combi flash over conventional separation techniques. The CS-NPs for all the three curcuminoids and combined-curcuminoids (CCr) (combined and administered together for a synergistic effect), following intranasal administration in middle cerebral artery–occluded rats were evaluated for grip strength, locomotor activity, and histopathological examination where the anti-ischemic activity was observed, in terms of potency, for all three CS-NPs and CCr as CCr>Cur>DMC>>BDMC. Cur-CS-NPs exhibited more potency among Cur, DMC, and BDMC, whereas CCr was the more potent anti-ischemic drug compared to Cur, DMC, and BDMC. For Cur the characteristic activity is proposed because of the presence of methoxy group on the phenyl ring whereas for CCr it is synergistic effect of curcuminoids.     

Separation and purification of two taxanes and one xylosyl‐containing taxane from Taxus wallichiana Zucc.: A comparison between high‐speed countercurrent chromatography and reversed‐phase flash chromatography

10‐Deacetylbaccatin III, an important semisynthetic precursor of paclitaxel and docetaxel, can be extracted from Taxus wallichiana Zucc. A process for the isolation and purification of 10‐deacetylbaccatin III ( 1 ), baccatin III ( 2 ), and 7β‐xylosyl‐10‐deacetyltaxol ( 3 ) from the leaves and branches of Taxus wallichiana Zucc. via macroporous resin column chromatography combined with high‐speed countercurrent chromatography or reversed‐phase flash chromatography was developed in this study. After fractionation by macroporous resin column chromatography, 80% methanol fraction was selected based on high‐performance liquid chromatography and liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry qualitative analysis. A solvent system composed of n‐hexane, ethyl acetate, methanol, and water (1.6:2.5:1.6:2.5, v/v/v/v) was used for the high‐speed countercurrent chromatography separation at a flow rate of 2.5 mL/min. The reversed‐phase flash chromatography separation was performed using methanol/water as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 3 mL/min. The high‐speed countercurrent chromatography separation produced compounds 1 (10.2 mg, 94.4%), 2 (2.1 mg, 98.0%), and 3 (4.6 mg, 98.8%) from 100 mg of sample within 110 min, while the reversed‐phase flash chromatography separation purified compounds 1 (9.8 mg, 95.6%) and 3 (4.9 mg, 97.9%) from 100 mg of sample within 120 min.     

炮口二次燃烧的正激波点火模型

本文提出了考虑炮口激波结构中的正激波强度、化学动力学和湍流射流混合的预测炮口二次燃烧点火的模型,得到了与实验相一致的结果。     

数字图象处理技术在碎片杀伤战斗部试验诊断中的应用

本文提出的数字图象处理技术,可用于测量爆炸金属碎片的质量和碎片质心的空间位置。它采用的原始图象由闪光X光照相获得。初步实验结果表明,这项技术是可行的。     

超高速碰撞产生的电磁辐射

超高速碰撞产生的电磁辐射是固体物质在强冲击作用下的重要物理响应,在深空探测、航天器对空间碎片的防护设计、武器毁伤评估应用广泛。本文中概述了超高速碰撞产生的电磁辐射现象,总结了不同碰撞条件下,超高速碰撞产生微波和闪光的时频特性;从超高速碰撞产生材料破碎和产生等离子体两个方面,分析了超高速碰撞产生微波的辐射模型;归纳了超高速碰撞下的发光机理,并阐述了超高速碰撞产生连续光谱和线谱的辐射模型,指出了超高速碰撞产生电磁辐射研究存在的不足与发展趋势。     

含水乙醇多孔直喷喷油器喷雾特性试验研究

含水乙醇在具有现有燃料乙醇优点的同时,还可以降低生产过程中的能源消耗和排放。应用高速摄像机和定容弹系统,在五孔直喷汽油喷油器上研究体积分数95%的含水乙醇在不同燃油温度和喷射背压下的喷雾特性,分析其喷雾形态、贯穿距、喷雾锥角、喷雾宽度、喷雾投影面积及闪沸现象,并与纯汽油的喷雾特性进行对比。研究结果表明：含水乙醇喷雾处于冷态射流状态时,贯穿距大于汽油并随背压升高而降低、油温升高而升高;喷雾锥角小于汽油,并随着背压升高而减小;在完全闪沸状态下,喷雾坍塌成单束油束,喷雾贯穿距明显增长,喷雾锥角明显减小,在靠近喷孔区域喷雾宽度增加,远离喷孔区域喷雾宽度减小,此时喷雾投影面积主要受喷射背压影响。     

闪速存储器中应力诱生漏电流的产生机理

通过实验研究了闪速存储器存储单元中应力诱生漏电流(SILC)的产生机理. 研究结果表明，在低电场应力下，其可靠性问题主要是由载流子在氧化层里充放电引起，而在高电场下，陷阱和正电荷辅助的隧穿效应导致浮栅电荷变化是引起闪速存储器失效的主要原因. 分别计算了高场应力和低场应力两种情况下SILC中的稳态电流和瞬态电流的大小. 关键词： 闪速存储器 应力诱生漏电流 电容耦合效应 可靠性     

非稳态闪光法测量不良导体热导率光电系统的改进

利用电子闪光灯代替高压脉冲电源及氙灯，对非稳态闪光法测量不良导体热导率仪器的光电系统做了改进，减小了电磁辐射干扰。     

Photoinduced electron transfer in solutions of A Pd-porphyrin-quinone complex

Photoinduced electron transfer (PET) in a Pd-porphyrin-quinone complex (Pd-P-Q) was investigated using the flash photolysis method in microsecond and picosecond range and by luminescence. The investigations were performed for toluene solutions. Intramolecular PETs in the lower excited singlet state (k_CT=1.7·10¹⁰ sec⁻¹) and in the triplet state (k_CT=2.5·10⁸sec⁻¹) were observed. For a quantum yield of the triplet state that is close to 1 in Pd-porphyrin (Pd-P) this yield is equal to 0.4 in Pd-P-Q. This decrease is the result of PET in the excited state and, possibly, in an unrelaxed triplet state. Triplet Pd-P-Q molecules were efficiently quenched by unexcited molecules, and this process is related to intermolecular charge transfer. This electron transfer is likely to occur from the Pd-P protion of an excited molecule to the quinone protion of an unexcited molecule in the collisional complex (Pd-P-Q)₂. Charged radicals, formed once the collisional complex is transferred and separated, have a wide absorption band with a maximum of about 960 nm. The average lifetime of the radicals was about 2 msec. Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No 1 pp. 61–70, January–February, 1997.