A double-blind randomized comparative study was done to investigate the efficacy of enoxacin in the prevention of urinary infection after elective transurethral prostatectomy, as well as its ability to penetrate the prostate. A total of 40 patients received 200 mg. enoxacin and 40 received a pla...

The fluorescence system of enoxacin–Tb3+–sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) was investigated in this paper. The experiments indicated that the fluorescence intensity of Tb3+–SDBS was greatly enhanced by enoxacin. Accordingly, a sensitive fluorimetric method for determining enoxacin was es...

BackgroundFabry disease is an X-linked inherited lysosomal storage disease that can be treated with the enzymes of agalsidase beta (Fabrazyme) and agalsidase alfa (Replagal). Since June 2009, viral contamination of Genzyme's production facility has resulted in a worldwide shortage of agalsi...

Fabry disease (FD) is an X-linked lysosomal storage disease. It is caused by deficiency of the enzyme α-galactosidase A (α-Gal A), which leads to excessive deposition of neutral glycosphingolipids, especially globotriaosylceramide (GL-3), in cells throughout the body. Progressive accumulation ...

BackgroundFabry disease is a rare, X-linked, lifelong progressive lysosomal storage disorder. Severely deficient α-galactosidase A activity in males is associated with the classic phenotype with early-onset, multisystem manifestations evolving to vital organ complications during adulthood. We a...

Dissolution of disperse blue 79:1, red 82, and modified yellow 119 with supercritical carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide was studied at 393.2 K and 30 MPa over a wide range of contact times. Equilibrium solubilities of the dyestuffs in the supercritical fluids were also measured at temperatures fr...

Molecular polyanion ammonium heptamolybdatetetrahydrate [(NH4)6(Mo7O24)]·4H2O (AHMT) was used to remove methylene blue (MB) dye from an aqueous solution through adsorption technique. Due to an electrostatic interaction of MB cation and AHMT anion adsorption take place. AHMT and MB adsorbed AHMT...

The alternate cyclo-copolymerization of diallylammonioethanoate [(CH2=CHCH2)2NCH2CO2−] and maleic acid in the presence of a cross-linker afforded a novel pH-responsive resin (90% yield). The resin has turned out to be a super-adsorbent for methylene blue (MB) removal with a qMax of 2101 mg g−1. ...

This study investigated the efficiency of electrocoagulation in removing color from synthetic and real textile wastewater. Two representative dye molecules were selected for the synthetic dye wastewater: a blue reactive dye (Reactive Blue 140) and a disperse dye (Disperse Red 1). The electrochem...

During a survey of the S-type asteroids, Gaffey et al. (Gaffey, M.J., Bell, J.F., Brown, R.H., Burbine, T.H., Piatek, J., Reed, K.L., Chaky, D.A. [1993]. Icarus 106, 573–602) identified Asteroid (354) Eleonora as anomalous with a 1 μm absorption feature ∼2.5 times stronger than any S-asteroid...

Novel adsorbents were produced through the grinding of biochars of different feedstock and pyrolysis temperature in a planetary ball mill. The removal effectiveness and mechanisms of aqueous methylene blue by these adsorbents were examined. Ball milled sugarcane bagasse biomass pyrolyzed at 450 ...

Saccharose (SA) was used as organic additive in simultaneously impregnated P-doped NiMo/Al2O3 hydrodesulfurization (HDS) catalysts (Mo, Ni and P at 12, 3, and 1.6 wt%, respectively). One-pot impregnating solutions were prepared by MoO3 digestion (∼353 K) in diluted aqueous H3PO4, followed by 2N...

In the present study, a series of ferroelectricsLi1-xTa1-xWxO3materials have been prepared by a solid-state process, characterized by using XRD, UV−vis spectroscopy and SEM, and then tested as new photocatalysts for the degradation of Methylene Blue (MB) in dye solution. The X-ray diffraction re...

We are reporting the use of blue titanium oxide (b-TiO2) nanostructures as advanced electrode material for high performance supercapacitor for the first time. A one-pot hydrothermal route was employed for the oxidation of layered titanium diboride (TiB2) into b-TiO2 nanosheets. The b-TiO2 nanosh...

Methods are described for the preparation of the tosyl, N-tert-butoxycarbonyl (BOC), and carbobenzoxy (CBZ) derivatives of 1-amidino-2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylic acid (N-amidinopyroglutamic acid, ApGlu) to be used as an end group for bioactive peptides. The derivatives were formed by the reaction ...

α-Guanidinoglutaric acid (α-GGA) has been reported to occur in the cerebral cortex after epileptic seizures. No physical characteristics of α-GGA have been given. A practical procedure for the preparation of α-GGA is reported here. α-GGA forms a lactam in aqueous solution at 80°C. It is pr...

Publisher SummaryThis chapter discusses the synthesis of 4-Thiazolidinones. The synthesis of condensed 4-thiazolidinones can be achieved using the cyclization procedure involving the 2- and 3-Positions of 4-thiazolidinone, the 2- and 5- positions of 4-thiazolidinone, and the 2,3- and 2,5-positio...

A variety of novel isatin derivatives 5a–5j and 6a–6j were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic means and elemental analysis. The title compounds were investigated for antiepileptic activity using MES and scPTZ seizures tests. Neurotoxicity study was performed by the rotorod test. Th...

IntroductionBecause osteoporotic patients are prone to fractures, it must be considered whether or not patients undergoing drug therapies should discontinue treatment after sustaining a non-vertebral fracture. This study has tested the effect of novel active vitamin D3 analog, 1α,25-dihydroxy-2...

A liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometric (LC/ESI–MS/MS) method for the determination of 2β-(3-hydroxypropoxy)-1α,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 (ED-71) in human serum has been developed. ED-71 in human serum was extracted using two solid-phase extraction steps on Bo...