ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to determine the influence of vitamin D–binding protein (DBP) gene polymorphisms in vitamin D metabolites before and after vitamin D supplementation.

RO-04-6790 (6a) has been identified in a random screen for 5-HT6 receptor antagonists. In a medicinal chemistry optimisation program a series of analogs comprising N-heteroaryl- and N-arylbenzenesulfonamides have been synthesised and investigated for their binding affinity. Compounds with a log ...

In the present study, we have synthesized some novel 4-(4-(2-isonicotinoylhydrazinyl)-6-((aryl)amino)-1,3,5-triazin-2-ylamino)-N-(pyrimidin-2-yl)benzenesulfonamide derivatives (3a–v) and evaluated their in vitro antimicrobial activity against the representative panel of Gram-positive bacteria [...

This study investigated the oxidizing ability of OH for macro-crude oil in soil using oil-absorbing Fe catalyzing H2O2. Two types of oil-contaminated soil were tested: (i) macro long-chain crude oil-contaminated soil (LO-soil) was dominated by long-chain alkanes, and (ii) macro common crude oil-...

Feasibility of microencapsulating red palm oil (RPO) with solution enhanced-dispersion by supercritical carbon dioxide (SEDS) without using high-temperatures or organic solvents was assessed. RPO prepared as oil-in-water (o/w) emulsion (11.7% RPO, 69.9% water, 3.5% sodium caseinate, 14.0% maltod...

Sulfated carbon-based catalysts, red oil-derived carbon materials (RDCMs), were prepared by the self-assembly process from industrial alkylation process waste red oil. The performance of catalysts on upgrading of coal pyrolysis volatiles was investigated in a two-stage fixed-bed reactor. Compare...

Fast pyrolysis is a promising route to transform biomass into bio-oil for further refining into transportation fuels and chemicals. However, bio-oil applications suffer from several challenges due to its adverse properties. This study reports improving bio-oil properties through co-pyrolysis of ...

Visible and Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy (Vis/NIRS) technique was investigated as a non-destructive optical method in order to authenticate argan oil. This study focuses on the detection and quantification of argan oil adulteration with cheap vegetable oils, using Vis/NIRS associated with chemome...

Acute exposure to crude oil and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) can severely impair cardiorespiratory function and swim performance of larval, juvenile and adult fish. Interestingly, recent work has documented an oil induced decoupling of swim performance (Ucrit) and maximum metabolic rat...

BackgroundExplosive puffing can induce changes in the chemical, nutritional, and sensory quality of red ginseng. The antioxidant properties of ethanolic extracts of red ginseng and puffed red ginseng were determined in bulk oil and oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions.

Absorption and fluorescence spectra of Oil Red O (abbreviated as ORO) are recorded in various solvents with different polarity in the range of 250–900 nm, at room temperature. The solvatochromic shift methods have been used to determine the ground state (μg) and excited state (μe) dipole mome...

Oil red O (ORO) is a commonly used dye for the tissue staining, which recognizes nitroglycerin and cholesterol esters. In this paper, we describe an unexpected finding that ORO can be fluorescently lighted up upon meeting dsDNA with emission peak localized at 600 nm, although it almost does not ...

Oil Red O is a useful tool to assess donor liver steatosis on frozen sections during transplantation.Steatosis is a frequent finding in liver evaluation during transplantation, accounting for 9% to 26% of biopsied donor liver. The degree of macrovesicular steatosis is classified as mild, moderat...

Analytical conditions that allow bencyclane, a vasodilator, to be evaluated in biological samples for pharmacokinetic and bioavailability investigations are reported. Two gas chromatographic methods were developed, one employing a flame-ionization detector, reaching a sensitivity of 0.5–1 μg/m...

Our experiments were designed to localize the inhibitory influence of bencyclane† on the process of oxidative phosphorylation in isolated heart and liver mitochondria. The following results were obtained: (1) The state-3-respiration of rat liver and rabbit heart mitochondria was inhibited by ben...

The effect of bencyclane (N-(3-(1-benzyl-cycloheptyloxy)-propyl)-N,N-dimethyl-ammonium-hydrogen-fumarate) on thrombocyte adhesiveness was studied in 89 patients. Platelet adhesiveness was measured by the glass-bead filter method of O'BRIEN (passage of native blood through a glass-bead filte...

A variety of dirhenium carbonyl complexes containing π-conjugated phosphole derivatives were obtained from reaction of [Re2(CO)8(CH3CN)2] with each of the following phospholes: 2,5-bis(2-thienyl)-1-phenylphosphole (btpp), 2,5-bis(2-pyridyl)-1-phenylphosphole (bpypp) and 1,2,5-triphenylphosphole...

Thermal treatment of Re2(CO)10 with pyridine-alkoxide ligands PyC(CH2)4OH (LaH) and PyCR1R2OH (R1 = CH3, R2 = C6H5 (LbH); R1 = H, R2 = C6H5 (LcH); R1 = H, R2 = 4-CH3C6H4 (LdH); R1 = H, R2 = 4-OMeC6H4 (LeH); R1 = H, R2 = 4-ClC6H4 (LfH); R1 = H, R2 = 4-CF3C6H4 (LgH)) respectively in refluxing xyle...

The reaction of fac-[M(OTf)(CO)3(N–N)](M = Mn, Re; N–N = 2,2′-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline) complexes with in situ generated LiSEt afforded immediately, in THF at low temperature, the corresponding mononuclear terminal thiolato complexes fac-[M(SEt)(CO)3(N–N)](1-2a,b). Using an analogous ...

The synthesis and characterization of new polynuclear lanthanide(III) ionic clusters of general formula [Ln9(acac)16(OH)10]+ [Mo2(CO)10(μ-H)]− (Ln = Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Yb) and [Sm9(acac)16(OH)10]+ [CrW(CO)10(μ-H)]− is reported. The polynuclear complexes, prepared under pure nitrogen atmosphere by...