藏药1号与7号水提液对大鼠离体胸主动脉条收缩的抑制作用

目的 通过对比观察藏药1号与藏药7号水提液对大鼠离体胸动脉条收缩作用的影响，研究藏药1号与藏药7号的降压机制。方法 以生理盐水作为对照组，观察藏药1号与藏药7号水提液(6mg／ml)和维拉帕米(Ver 0．013 mg／ml)对高K~＋液引起的主动脉条收缩的时效影响，观察对KCl，NE及CaCl_2引起的大鼠主动脉条收缩的量效曲线的影响，以及对NE引起的依赖于细胞内钙及细胞外钙的收缩的影响。结果 藏药1号与藏药7号水提液抑制高K~＋液引起的主动脉收缩(P＜0．001)；而且可以使KCl，NE及CaCl_2引起的大鼠主动脉条收缩的量效曲线非平行右移，最大效应降低，呈非竞争性拮抗作用(P＜0．05)，与维拉帕米相似，并且对NE引起的依赖于细胞内钙及细胞外钙的收缩均有抑制作用(P＜0．05)。从pD'2值分析，藏药1号的药效作用要强于藏药7号，但比Ver的弱。结论 提示藏药1号与藏药7号的降压机制与钙离子通道拮抗剂一致，而且其作用效果比Ver延迟、平缓，其最大作用与Ver相近。而且藏药1号药效更加显著。

The formation of gold nanoparticles using hydroquinone as a reducing agent through a localized pH change upon addition of NaOH to a solution of HAuCl4

We demonstrate a rapid synthesis of gold nanoparticles using hydroquinone as a reducing agent under acidic conditions without the need for precursor seed particles. The nanoparticle formation process is facilitated by the addition of NaOH to a solution containing HAuCl4 and hydroquinone to locally change the pH; this enhances the reducing capability of hydroquinone to form gold nucleation centres, after which further growth of gold can take place through an autocatalytic mechanism. The stability of the nanoparticles is highly dependent on the initial solution pH, and both the concentration of added NaOH and hydroquinone present in solution. The gold nanoparticles were characterized by UV–visible spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, dynamic light scattering, and zeta potential measurements. It was found that under optimal conditions that stable aqueous suspensions of 20 nm diameter nanoparticles can be achieved where benzoquinone, the oxidized product of hydroquinone, acts as a capping agent preventing nanoparticles aggregation.

Enzymatic cleavage of carotenoids

1. 1.|Carotene 15,15′-dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.21) has been isolated from the intestine of guinea pig and rabbit and purified 38- and 30-fold, respectively, but subjecting the intestinal homogenate to protamine sulfate treatment, (NH4)2SO4 fractionation and acetone precipitation. 2. 2.|The guinea pig enzyme showed a pH optimum at 8.5, an optimum substrate concentration of 200 nmoles of β,β-carotene per 25 ml of reaction mixture, an apparent Km with β,β-carotene as substrate of 9.5 · 10−6 M and a V 3.3 nmoles of retinal formation/mg protein per h. The reaction was linear upto 3 h and the reaction rate increased linearly with increase in enzyme protein concentration. The enzyme was activated by GSH and Fe2+ and inhibited by sodium dodecylsulfate, sulfhydryl binding and iron chelating agents. 3. 3.|The reaction catalysed by guinea pig enzyme was strictly stoichiometric. 4. 4.|Rabbit enzyme showed a close similarity with guinea pig enzyme with respect to time course, optimum substrate concentration, activation by Fe2+ and GSH, inhibition by sodium dodecylsulfate, iron chelating and sulfhydryl binding agents. However, it showed a slightly lower pH optimum (pH 7.8). 5. 5.|The enzyme from guinea pig and rabbit showed remarkable similarity with respect to cleavage of carotenoids. The enzyme from both the species was more specific for β,β-carotene but could also cleave a number of other carotenoids at the 15,15′-double bond. 6. 6.|10′-Apo-β-carotenal and 10′-apo-β-carotenol were readily cleaved compared with other apo-β-carotenals and apo-β-carotenols tested. 7. 7.|It has been conclusively shown for the first time that mono-ring substituted carotenoids are also cleaved at the 15,15′-double bond.

Enzymatic cleavage of carotenoids

1. 1.|Carotene 15,15′-dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.21) has been isolated from the intestine of guinea pig and rabbit and purified 38- and 30-fold, respectively, but subjecting the intestinal homogenate to protamine sulfate treatment, (NH4)2SO4 fractionation and acetone precipitation. 2. 2.|The guinea pig enzyme showed a pH optimum at 8.5, an optimum substrate concentration of 200 nmoles of β,β-carotene per 25 ml of reaction mixture, an apparent Km with β,β-carotene as substrate of 9.5 · 10−6 M and a V 3.3 nmoles of retinal formation/mg protein per h. The reaction was linear upto 3 h and the reaction rate increased linearly with increase in enzyme protein concentration. The enzyme was activated by GSH and Fe2+ and inhibited by sodium dodecylsulfate, sulfhydryl binding and iron chelating agents. 3. 3.|The reaction catalysed by guinea pig enzyme was strictly stoichiometric. 4. 4.|Rabbit enzyme showed a close similarity with guinea pig enzyme with respect to time course, optimum substrate concentration, activation by Fe2+ and GSH, inhibition by sodium dodecylsulfate, iron chelating and sulfhydryl binding agents. However, it showed a slightly lower pH optimum (pH 7.8). 5. 5.|The enzyme from guinea pig and rabbit showed remarkable similarity with respect to cleavage of carotenoids. The enzyme from both the species was more specific for β,β-carotene but could also cleave a number of other carotenoids at the 15,15′-double bond. 6. 6.|10′-Apo-β-carotenal and 10′-apo-β-carotenol were readily cleaved compared with other apo-β-carotenals and apo-β-carotenols tested. 7. 7.|It has been conclusively shown for the first time that mono-ring substituted carotenoids are also cleaved at the 15,15′-double bond.

Hydrogen-bond-directed self-assembly of D-(+)-dibenzoyltartaric acid and 4-aminopyridine: optical nonlinearities and stoichiometry-dependent novel structural features

Attempts to prepare hydrogen-bond-directed nonlinear optical materials from a 1:1 molar mixture Of D-(+)-dibenzoyltartaric acid (DBT, I) and 4-aminopyridine (4-AP, II) resulted in two salts of different stoichiometry. One of them crystallizes in an unusual 1.5:1 (acid:base) monohydrate salt form III while the other one crystallizes as 1:1 (acid:base) salt IV. Crystal structures of both of the salts were determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. The salt III crystallizes in a monoclinic space group C2 with a = 30.339(l), b = 7.881(2), c = 14.355(1) angstrom, beta = 97.48(1)degrees, V = 3403.1(9) angstrom3, Z = 4, R(w) = 0.058, R(w)= 0.058. The salt IV also crystallizes in a monoclinic space group P2(1) with a = 7.500(1), b = 14.968(2), c = 10.370(1) angstrom, beta = 102.67(1)degrees, V = 1135.9(2) angstrom3, Z = 2, R = 0.043, R(w) = 0.043. Interestingly, two DBT molecules with distinctly different conformation are present in the same crystal lattice of salt III. Extensive hydrogen-bonding interactions are found in both of the salts, and both of them show SHG intensity 1.4-1.6 times that of urea.

ELECTROCHEMICAL PREPARATION OF MICROELECTRODES MODIFIED WITH NONSTOICHIOMETRIC MIXED-VALENT MOLYBDENUM OXIDES

A blue, conductive, compact, mixed-valent Mo(VI, V) oxide film was grown on carbon fiber (CF) microelectrode surface by cycling the potential between +0.20 and -0.70 V vs. SCE in a fresh prepared Na2MoO4 solution (pH = 2, H2SO4). The thickness of the oxid

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L'educació a l'illa de Menorca : llums, ombres i reptes. 'La educación en la isla de Menorca : luces, sombras y retos'.

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Els estudis universitaris a les Illes Balears. 'Los estudios universitarios en las Islas Baleares'.

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