The remarkable growth of e-commerce has defined the recent years of various industries worldwide. Driven by consumers, the e-commerce surge (e-retail in particular) stems from the final leg of the supply chain: the last mile. As the growing flow of e-commerce orders continues to generate new rec...

The E-factor has become an important measure for the environmental impact of (bio)chemical reactions. However, summing up the obvious wastes generated in the laboratory neglects energy-related wastes (mostly greenhouse gases) which are generated elsewhere. To estimate these wastes, we propose to...

The equine Parascaris spp. is large, parasitic nematodes, and predominantly focuses on the intestine of foals and young weanlings. There are two roundworms, Parascaris equorum and Parascaris univalens, recognized among equine hosts. In this study, all fifty-nine Parascaris worms were harvested f...

Zinc (II) and copper (II) complexes of mesotetra(4-aminophenyl)porphyrin (Zn-TAP and Cu-TAP) were covalently connected to multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) through an amide linkage and characterized by using many spectroscopic techniques. Significant modification in the FT-IR and XP spectra c...

The first diastereoselective synthesis of β-amino ketone and β-amino acid derivatives by palladium-catalyzed conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to chiral β-enamino ketones and β-enamino esters is reported. The catalytic system employing (S)-4-(tert-butyl)oxazolidin-2-one as the chiral a...

A new monomer, di-sulfuricacid-1,1-bis(4-aminophenyl)-2,2-diphenylethylene (SBAPDPE), was synthesized by direct sulfonation of the parent diamine, 1,1-bis(4-aminophenyl)-2,2-diphenylethylene (BAPDPE) using concentrated sulfuric acid. A series of the side-chain-type sulfonated conjugated tetraphe...

In the present study antitumor effect of 2-(4-aminophenyl) benzothiazole (BTZ) was evaluated against human U251 and rat C6 glioma cell lines using MTT assay. It was observed that BTZ exhibited significant antitumor effect with IC50 of 3.5 and 4 µM against human U251 and rat C6 glioma cells resp...

In this study, bentonite (Bent)-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron (Fe0) (Fe0Bent) was prepared to remove acid violet red B from an aqueous solution. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of Fe0Bent and batch experiments indicated that the presence of bentonite decreased aggregation of iro...

Mononuclear metal–oxygen species, such as metal-superoxo, -peroxo, -hydroperoxo and -oxo complexes, are key intermediates involved in dioxygen activation and oxidation reactions catalyzed by a variety of metalloenzymes and their biomimetic compounds. Dioxygen is an electrophile or electron acce...

Red mud is an aluminum industry waste generated by Bayer’s process. It contains around 30-50% iron oxide depending upon the quality of bauxite ore used in Bayer’s process Due to its highly caustic-corrosive nature and fine particle size it is considered toxic to the surrounding. In this work, ...

The objective of this review is to describe recent advances in preparation and reactivity of hierarchical catalysts for catalytic cracking of carbonaceous materials consisting of not only simple straight-chained and substituted aromatic hydrocarbons but also heavy molecules such as vacuum gas oi...

The protonated coke waste was used as a new type of adsorbent for the removal of Reactive Red 4. To identify the binding sites in the protonated coke waste, the waste was potentiometrically titrated. As a result, four types of functional groups were present in the waste, which was confirmed by F...

Winemaking generates huge quantities of waste streams with high added value which can be recycled for the production of innovative products in different market areas. In particular, wine lees contain high concentration of bioactive molecules which can be exploited to obtain extracts or semifinis...

Recent years have witnessed a rapid development of the fluorescent carbon dots (CDs), due to their distinctive advantages of straightforward synthesis, excellent biocompatibility, low cost, and tunable optical properties. However, the widespread applications of CDs in biomedical theranostics, li...

A series of novel N-tert-butyl-N′-acyl-5-methyl-1,2,3-thiadiazole-4-carbohydrazides were designed and synthesized. Their structures were characterized by melting points, 1H NMR, IR, ESI-MS, and elemental analysis. The bioassay tests indicated that compound 7o exhibited excellent direct anti-TMV...

1-O-cis-Cinnamoyl-β-d-glucopyranose is one of the most potent allelochemicals that has been isolated from Spiraea thunbergii Sieb by Hiradate et al. It derives its strong inhibitory activity from cis-cinnamic acid (cis-CA), which is crucial for phytotoxicity. By preparing and assaying a series ...

Inhibitors of a human aldo–keto reductase, AKR1B10, are regarded as promising therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, but those with both high potency and selectivity compared to the structurally similar aldose reductase (AKR1B1) have not been reported. In this study, we have found that, amon...

The presence of ascorbate in human urine has been shown to be a useful dietary, fruit or vitamin C intake biomarker. More recently it has been discovered that ascorbate levels in urine can be used to facilitate the detection of precancerous colorectal polyps. While there are a number elaborate H...

Disinfection by-products (DBPs) are compounds produced in the raw water disinfection processes. Although increased cancer incidence has been associated with exposure to this complex mixture, the carcinogenic potential of individual DBPs remains not well known; thus, further studies are required....

In recent years, arylamines regained popularity as a multifunctional subunit in optoelectronic functional materials (Zeng et al., 2010; Liang and Chen, 2013; Yang et al., 2010; Teng et al., 2010; Li et al., 2012) [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. It is also considered to be an excellent building block fo...