The fungus Aspergillus flavus causes serious damage to maize grains and its by-products, such as tortilla. Currently, animal and plant derivatives, such as chitosan and propolis, and plant extract residues, respectively, are employed as alternatives of synthetic fungicides. The objective of this research was to evaluate the efficacy of several formulations based on propolis-chitosan-pine resin extract on the in vitro growth of A. flavus, the growth of maize grain plantlets and the quality of stored tortillas at 4 and 28 °C. The most outstanding formulation was that based on 59.7% chitosan + 20% propolis nanoparticles + 20% pine resin extract nanoparticles; since the in vitro conidia germination of A. flavus did not occur, disease incidence on grains was 25–30% and in tortillas, 0% infection was recorded, along with low aflatoxin production (1.0 ppb). The grain germination and seedling growth were markedly reduced by the nanocoating application. The percentage weight loss and color of tortillas were more affected by this coating compared to the control, and the rollability fell within the scale of non-ruptured at 4 °C and partially ruptured at 28 °C. The next step is to evaluate the toxicity of this formulation. 相似文献
In this study, we introduce newly defined Gamma operators which preserve constants and e2μ·, μ>0 functions. In accordance with this purpose, we focus on their approximation properties such as uniform convergence, rate of convergence, asymptotic formula, and saturation results. Superior properties of introduced operators have been tested both theoretically and numerically in certain senses to highlight the performance of the new constructions of Gamma operators. 相似文献
Our aim is to investigate the entanglement dynamics and quantum correlations of a full-trapped ion interacting with two time-independent
laser beams in view of the Lamb–Dicke parameter. For this purpose, the three probability amplitudes in the trapped ion is
taken as ?{1
/
3 } \sqrt {{{{1} \left/ {3} \right.}}} . Concurrence, negativity, and atomic Wehrl entropy of entanglement exhibit a long interacting time. We show that long survival
is proved with these quantum measures. 相似文献
Capillary electrophoresis (CE) has recently emerged as a highly promising technique consuming an extremely small amount of sample and capable of the rapid, high-resolution separation, characterization, and quantitation of analytes. CE has been used for the separation of biopolymers, including acidic carbohydrates. Since CE is basically an analytical method for ions, acidic carbohydrates that give anions in weakly acid, neutral, or alkaline media are often the direct objects of this method. The scope of this review is limited to the use of CE for the analysis of carbohydrates containing carboxylate, sulfate, and phosphate groups as well as neutral carbohydrates that have been derivatized to incorporate strongly acidic functionality, such as sulfonate groups. 相似文献
Two new vic-dioxime ligands and their complexes with Co+2, Ni+2, Cu+2, Cd+2, and Zn+2 ions were synthesized. Primer amines (3,4-methylenedioxaaniline and 4-methylbenzylamine) reacted with antichloroglyoxime
to give 3,4-methylenedioxaphenylaminoglyoxime (H2L1) and N-(4-methylbenzyl)aminoglyoxime (H2L2) ligands. Structures of the ligands and their complexes are proposed based on elemental analyses, IR, UV-Vis, and 1H NMR spectra, magnetic susceptibility measurements, and thermogravimetric analyses (TGA).
The article was submitted by the authors in English. 相似文献
Modification of surface properties of polymer particles suitable for biomedical application has been done by incorporating acrylic acid (AA) as a hydrophilic component. First, submicron-sized poly(methyl methacrylate) seed particles were prepared by soap-free emulsion polymerization. Then, seeded emulsion copolymerizations were carried out with varying proportions of AA and methyl methacrylate (MMA). MMA was used as a comonomer to prevent the dissolution of AA from the polymer particles. The adsorption behaviors of different biomolecules indicate that the surface of the composite polymer particles is sufficiently hydrophilic, particularly at higher AA content. Specific activities of adsorbed trypsin on the composite polymer particles were also comparatively high compared to free trypsin, which suggests that the adsorbed trypsin undergoes only slight conformational change owing to the interaction with the surface of particles. 相似文献
Phase change material microcapsules were prepared by complex coacervation of silk fibroin (SF) and chitosan (CHI). n-Eicosane was used as the core material. The effects of SF/CHI ratio, and percentage of cross-linking agent and n-Eicosane content on the properties of microcapsules were studied. The size distribution and the surface morphology of microcapsules
were characterized by optical and scanning electron microscopy. The encapsulation of core material was determined by energy
dispersive spectrometer analysis. The results indicated that SF/CHI microcapsules were prepared successfully. Microcapsules
had smooth outer surface when the ratio of SF to CHI was close to 5. On the other hand, at high SF/CHI ratios (≥14), microcapsules
showed a two-layer structure, an inner compact layer, and an outer, more porous, sponge-like layer. The highest microencapsulation
efficiency was obtained at a SF/CHI ratio of 20 in the presence of 0.9% cross-linking agent and of 1.5% n-Eicosane content. 相似文献
This study investigated inclusion formation and the physicochemical properties of naringin/cyclodextrin through a combined computational and experimental approach. Molecular dynamics simulations were applied to investigate the thermodynamics and geometry of naringin/cyclodextrin cavity docking. The complexes were investigated by UV, FT-IR, DSC, XRD, SEM, 2D-NOSEY and 1H-NMR analyses. Clearly visible protons belonging to naringin and chemical shift displacements of the H3 and H5 protons in cyclodextrin were anticipated in the formation of an inclusion complex. Naringin solubility increased linearly with increasing cyclodextrin concentration (displaying an AL profile). The simulations indicated that the phenyl group of naringin was located deep within the cyclodextrin cavity, while the glycoside group of naringin was on the plane of the wider rim of cyclodextrin. The simulation and molecular modeling results indicate that (2-hydroxypropyl)-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) provided the more stable inclusion complex. This result was also in good concordance with the stability constants that had been determined by the phase solubility method. The consistency of the computational and experimental results indicates their reliability. 相似文献
Four new organotin(IV) complexes with 2-hydroxynaphthaldehyde-N(4)-ethylthiosemicarbazone [(H2DNET), (1)] of the type [MeSnCl(DNET] (2), [BuSnCl(DNET)] (3), [PhSnCl(DNET)] (4), and [Ph2Sn(DNET] (5) have been synthesized by the direct reaction of H2DNET (1) with organotin(IV) chloride(s) in the presence of potassium hydroxide in absolute methanol. All the compounds were characterized by elemental analyses, molar conductivity, UV-Vis, IR, 1H, 13C, and 119Sn NMR spectral studies. The molecular structure of ligand (1) has been confirmed by X-ray single crystal diffraction. Spectroscopic data clearly suggested that Sn(IV) center is coordinated with the ONS tridentate ligand (H2DNET) and exhibits a five-coordinate geometry in solution. Antibacterial studies were carried out in vitro against four bacterial strains. All organotin(IV) compounds (2–5) showed good activity against various bacteria but lower activity than the reference drug (Ciprofloxacin). The results demonstrate that organic groups attached to tin(IV) moiety have significant effect on their biological activities. Among them, diphenyltin(IV) derivative 5 exhibits significantly good activity than the other organotin(IV) derivatives (2–4). 相似文献