Microcalorimetric studies on the non-competitive inhibition of bovine liver arginase

Two methods, e.g. initial rate method and thermokinetic reduced extent method were presented for studies on non-competitive inhibition. Arginase-catalyzed the hydrolysis of L-arginine toL-ornithine and urea and the inhibition of this reaction by sodium fluoride were studied in the absence and presence of exogenous of Mn²⁺at 37°C in 40 mM sodium barbiturate-hydrochloric acid buffer solution (pH 7.4). Both methods were successively used to determine the values of K₁. The advances and disadvantages of each method were compared in this paper. Exogenous Mn²⁺ could result in more sensitivity of arginase to F^-1. Since the inhibition of arginase by F^-1 depends on the pH values of the reaction system and behave as a non-competitive inhibition, it probably due to its small volume and high electronic density allow it access to the activity site of the enzyme and replaces of μ-OH₂ (or μ-OH) as the bridge ligand with Mn(II, II) cluster. However, further studies are necessary to determine the modes of interaction of F^-1 with bovine liver arginase. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

The Action of the Selenomorpholine Compounds on Escherichia coli Growth by Microcalorimetry

The action of three kinds of the selenomorpholine compounds on a strain ofEscherichia coli was studied by microcalorimetry. Differences in their capacities to affect the metabolism of this bacterium were observed. The extent and duration of the effect on the metabolism as judged from the rate constant (k) of Escherichia coli (in log phase) varied with the different drugs. The kinetics show that selenomorpholine compounds had an effect on the metabolism process of Escherichia coli. The k of Escherichia coli in the presence of the drugs increased with the increasing concentrations of the drugs (C) at low concentration; but at high concentration, the rate constant decreased with the increasing concentrations of the drugs. The experimental results reveal that the sequence of antibiotic activity of selenomorpholines is: N-selenomorpholinemethyl succinimide and its hydrochloride>N-(α-selenomorpholinebenzyl) succinimide. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

The Thermokinetics of the Formation Reactions of Cerium(III) n-dodecylbenzene Sulfonate and Cerium(III) Stearate

The thermokinetics of the formation reactions of cerium(III) n-dodecylbenzene sulfonate and cerium(III) stearate are studied by using a microcalorimeter. On the basis of experimental and calculated results, three thermodynamics parameters (the activation enthalpies, the activation entropies, the activation free energies), the rate constant, three kinetic parameters (the activation energies, the pre-exponential constant and the reaction order) and the enthalpies of the reaction of preparing cerium(III) n-dodecylbenzene sulfonate in the temperature range of 20–35°C and cerium(III) stearate in the temperature range of44.6–62.8°C are obtained. The results showed that the title reactions easily took place in the studied temperature. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

RD496微热量计的研制及其应用

简要回顾了热导式微热量计的建立和发展,着重介绍了RD496微热量计的研制历程.归纳并介绍了RD496微热量计在化学和材料研究中的应用,包括物质晶型转化温度和转化热、溶解热和混合热、生成反应焓的测定,化学反应热动力学、稀释结晶动力学的研究,比热容和固体材料导热系数的测定,材料原位生长的量热研究和材料的微量吸附量热研究等;另外,对于其在高分子化学及物理、生物化学及农业科学等方面的应用进行了叙述.     

Adiabatic calorimetry and thermal analysis on acetaminophen

Molar heat capacities of acetaminophen were precisely measured with a small sample precision automated adiabatic calorimeter over the temperature range from 80 to 330 K. A solid-solid transition at 149.96 K was found from the C_p,m-T curve. The polynomial functions of C_p,.m(J K^-1 mol^-1) vs. T were established on the heat capacity measurements by means of the least square fitting method. Thermal decomposition processes of acetaminophen have been studied by thermogravimetry. And the thermal decomposition kinetics parameters, such as activation energy E, pre-exponential factor A and reaction order n, were calculated by TG-DTG techniques with the Freeman-Carroll method, Kissinger method and Ozawa method. Accordingly the thermal decomposition kinetics equation of acetaminophen is expressed as: dα/dt=2.67·10⁷e^-89630/RT(1-α)^0.23. The process of fusion has been investigated through DSC. The melting point, molar enthalpy and entropy of fusion are to be (441.89±0.04) K, 26.49±0.44 kJ mol^-1 and 59.80±1.01 J K^-1 mol^-1, respectively.     

Establishment of The Power—Time Curve Equation of Bacterial Growth in the Log Phase

The power-time curves of two species of bacteria, Vibro metschnikovii, Vibro bollisae were determined calorimetrically by using a 2277 bioactivity monitor. The power-time curve equation of bacterial growth in the log phase can be expressed as

Time-variable Method for Studying Reaction Rates in a Calorimeter

A novel method for the determination of rate constants of reactions, the time-variable method, is proposed in this paper. The method needs only three time points (t), peak heights () and pre-peak areas (), obtained from the measured thermoanalytical curve. It does not require the thermokinetic reaction to be completed. It utilizes data-processing on a computer to give the rate constants. Four reaction systems, including a first-order reaction, second-order reactions (with equal concentrations and with unequal concentrations) and a third-order reaction, were studied with this method. The method was validated and its theoretical basis was verified by the experimental results.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

热重-红外联用分析塑料垃圾热动力学特性对多环芳烃生成的影响

本文采用热重-红外联用观察了由PE,PVC,PS等组成的混合塑料和单独的塑料组分的热动力学特性和热重逸出产物的分布特性。结果显示,在混合燃烧和热解时多环芳烃的排放特性和其各组份单独燃烧时的排放特性明显不同,这主要是由于混合燃烧和热解时各塑料组分因相互作用而引起热动力学性质发生了变化所致。     

NaF抑制精氨酸酶催化反应的热动力学研究

在37 ℃, pH＝7.4～9.4, 40 mmol?L^－1的巴比妥钠-HCl缓冲体系中, 利用热动力学方法研究了NaF对精氨酸酶催化L-精氨酸水解反应的抑制作用. 实验结果表明, NaF对精氨酸酶反应的抑制作用, 属于非竞争性可逆抑制, 其抑制率依赖于反应体系的pH值, 底物L-精氨酸和外源Mn^2＋离子对相对抑制率和抑制常数的影响不显著. 在pH值为7.4, 外源锰离子浓度分别为0和0.167 mmol?L^－1时的抑制常数分别为1.48和1.84 mmol?L^－1. F^－离子对精氨酸酶的抑制不是与底物L-精氨酸竞争酶的活性位, 而是影响了水分子与双核锰簇的桥式配位作用, 使反应过程中, 作为亲核试剂进攻L-精氨酸胍基碳的羟基离子难于生成或使其浓度减小, 从而降低了酶反应活性.