热致性液晶乙基纤维素和聚丙烯共混物的结构与性能

乙基纤维素(EC)和聚丙烯共混物沿取向方向有明显的絮条状结构,EC含量增加使T_c提高,△H和T_m有所降低,共混物的成核能力降低,结晶度下降,(110)晶面尺寸减小,(040)晶面尺寸增大。EC/PP共混物的η_a、τ_a真值更接近于PP结果。力学测定结果给出,EC/PP=10/90的共混物抗张模量有所增加,

Antioxidant activity of differently regioselective chitosan sulfates in vitro

Differently regioselective chitosan sulfates were prepared according to Hanno Baumann's methods. Their antioxidant potencies were investigated employing various established in vitro systems, such as 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH)/superoxide/hydroxyl radicals scavenging, reducing power, iron ion chelating and total antioxidant activity. All kinds of sulfated chitosans (HCTS, TSCTS, SCTS, TCTS) showed strong inhibitory activity toward superoxide radical by the PMS-NADH system compared to Vc. According to the above-mentioned order their IC50 were 0.012, 0.040, 0.015, 0.022mg/mL, respectively, however, scavenging activity of Vc on superoxide radical was 68.19% at 2.0mg/mL. Scavenging activity of superoxide radical was found to be in the order of HCTS > SCTS > TCTS > TSCTS > Vc. Furthermore, all kinds of sulfated chitosans exhibited strong concentration-dependent inhibition of deoxyribose oxidation. Except for HCTS, others had stronger scavenging activity on hydroxyl radical than Vc. Scavenging effect of TSCTS on 1, 1 -diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazy] radical was little lower than that of BHA, but better than that of others. All kinds of sulfated chitosans were efficient in the reducing power, especially TSCTS. TSCTS and TCTS showed considerable ferrous ion chelating potency. The data obtained in vitro models clearly establish the antioxidant potency of all kinds of sulfated chitosans. These in vitro results suggested the possibility that sulfated chitosans could be effectively employed as ingredient in health or functional food, to alleviate oxidative stress. However, comprehensive studies need to be conducted to ascertain the in vivo safety of sulfated chitosans in experimental animal models. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Different responses to selection in two stocks of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians irradians Lamarck (1819)

Two different stocks (A and B) of the bay scallop Argopecten irradialls irradians (Lamarck, 1819) were used to test mass selection on growth. Stock A was a descending stock from the initial introduction from U.S.A. in 1982, which had been cultured in China for about 20 years. Stock B was the third generation from a recent introduction from U.S.A. in 1999. Truncation selection was conducted by selecting the largest 11% scallops in shell length from Stock A and the largest 12.7% scallops from Stock B as parents for the respective selected groups. Before the removal of parents for truncation selection, equal numbers of scallops were randomly chosen from Stock A and B to serve as parents for the control groups. Offspring from the four groups were reared under the same hatchery, nursery, and grow-out conditions. Values of response to selection and realized heritability at larvae, spat and grow-out stages for Stock B were all significantly (P < 0.001) higher than its counterpart for Stock A. For Stock A, no significant response to selection was observed (P > 0.05) at any stage, and the realized heritability for shell length was 0.015 +/- 0.024 for larvae, 0.040 +/- 0.027 for spat, and 0.080 +/- 0.009 for grow-out, respectively. For Stock B, however, significant (P < 0.05) response to selection was observed, and the realized heritability for shell length was 0.511 +/- 0.010 for larvae, 0.341 +/- 0.022 for spat, and 0.338 +/- 0.015 for grow-out. On average, responses to selection at the three stages for Stock B was 30 x, 7.1 x, and 3 x higher than its counterpart for Stock A, respectively. Accordingly, realized heritability at above stages for Stock B was 33 X, 7.5 x, and 3.2 X higher than its counterpart for Stock A, respectively. Differences in response to selection and realized heritability between the two stocks are presumably due to differences in genetic variability. As the 20th generation from the initial introduction consisted of only 26 scallops, Stock A is known to be highly inbred, while inbreeding in Stock B is negligible. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

氢化物发生-多接收杯电感耦合等离子体质谱同位素稀释法测定硒同位素

使用改进的巯基棉分离流程和^74硒-^77硒双稀释剂，在氢化物（HG）-多接收器电感耦合等离子体质谱仪（MC—ICP—MS）实现了高精度硒同位素组成的测定。巯基棉用于分离样品基质中的硒，随后使用HNO3＋H2O2消除干扰的有机质，^74硒-^77硒双稀释剂校正样品分离和质谱测定过程中的硒同位素质量分馏。硒标准溶液NIST SRM5149和MH495几个月的测定表明，该方法的外精度为0．1‰（2σ），样品的外精度为0．15‰～0．2‰（2σ）。以TCF分离硒的平均回收率85％计算，最小硒需要量为20ng。实验结果以相对于NIST SRM3149的δ^82／76Se表达，δ^82/76MH98/SRM3149=-3．44±0．1‰（2σ），优于已发表的数据δ^82/79MH495/SRM3149=-3．04±0．5‰。测定样品的δ82/76 SRM3149为-13．53‰～11．37‰，为硒同位素在环境、农业、生命和地球科学中的拓展应用与发展奠定了基础.