Anhydrous borate compounds are important materials in optical applications as nonlinear optical materials (NLO), due to the presence of structural BxOy subunits. Herein, lead manganese borate (PbMnBO4) nanofibers have been firstly fabricated via a facile approach using a simple and inexpensive e...

The complexes with fac-[M(CO)3]+ units of group-7 metals are interesting synthons for the development of target-specific drugs. Therefore, thermolysis reaction of Re2(CO)10 with various borate ligands have been investigated as a possible route to isolate bis(σ)borate complexes of rhenium. The r...

Aluminum chlorohydrates (ACH) are the active ingredients used in most antiperspirant products. ACH is a water soluble aluminum complex which contains several oligomeric polycations of aluminum with degrees of polymerization up to Al13 or Al30. The characterization and quantification of ACH oligo...

Changes in the sleep pattern were investigated in rats given actinomycin S3 (AcS3, 0.25 mg/kg, intraventricularly), an inhibitor of RNA synthesis, at 0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800. The amounts of slow-wave (SS) and paradoxical sleep (PS) were increased during the dark period (1800 to 0600) in the g...

The demand for a healthy environment and clean energy has been triggering the study on the preparation of excellent catalysts for the removal of sulfur-containing compounds. In this work, the removal of carbonyl sulfide (COS) from gas streams using Zn/Ni/Al hydrotalcite-derived oxide (HTO) was i...

The depletion of oil reserves pushes the development of platform chemicals from biomass, as an alternative for the sustainable progress of the chemical industry. Cellulose, which is the main component of biomass, is widely studied for its conversion into value-added chemicals. However, due to it...

A series of hydrotalcites (HTCs) samples with different compensating anions was prepared (several anions never used before). The physicochemical characterization of these materials was realized through several techniques (including XRD and SEM/EDS). The CO2 sorption capacities of the HTCs were a...

Hydrotalcites containing Fe, Ni-, Zn- and Cu were synthesized by the coprecipitation method. These catalysts were characterized and employed for the hydrogenolysis of pure glycerol. The catalyst with the best performance (HDT-Cu) was used to carry out the hydrogenolysis of crude glycerol. The be...

Impregnation with alkali metals is a convenient and attractive way to enhance the CO2 sorption uptake of hydrotalcite. In this study, NaNO3 was used as a novel alkali metal precursor to increase the basicity of commercial hydrotalcite. Also, the influence of NaNO3 on the structural and textural ...

Emerging compounds have received increasing attention because of their potential environmental hazards. The drug diclofenac has acute toxicity and has been detected in surface water and wastewater. Conventional treatment processes are not able to totally remove this compound. Adsorption has been...

Chromium(III) ions were inserted in magnesium hydroxide layers via co-precipitation route. In the low-chromium content sample, Cr(III) ions are present mostly at octahedral sites of metal hydroxide layers, while some Cr(VI) species formed on the external surface of the high-chromium content cata...

Several aldehydes undergo disproportionation into corresponding acids and alcohols (Cannizzaro reaction) over calcined hydrotalcite, magnesium aluminum layered double hydroxide (LDH), in water. The reactions are slow and ~10% conversions were achieved after stirring for 24 h at room temperature....

CO2 hydrogenation, in which CO2 conversion to methanol plays a key role, is of increasing importance in mitigating the climate crisis. However, high reaction pressures are required to conduct methanol synthesis because of poor catalytic performance of conventional catalysts, leading to high ener...

CuAl hydrotalcite-SBA-15 composite materials are prepared by precipitation-deposition method. The CO2 adsorption and regeneration process are carried out in a fixed bed reactor. This composite has thermal stability derived from hydrotalcite and moderate regeneration temperature from the porous m...

BackgroundVarious cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors have been implicated to correlate with the severity of the disease. Present study was conducted to correlate one such risk factor i.e. fasting serum C-peptide with the presence or absence and the severity of CVD in Indian population.

BackgroundHLA-B*35 is an HLA allele associated with rapid progression to AIDS. However, a mechanism underlying the detrimental effect of HLA-B*35 on disease outcome remains unknown. Recent studies demonstrated that most prevalent subtype HLA-B*35:01 is a detrimental allele in HIV-1 clade B-infec...

The C-peptide is a co-product of pancreatic β-cells during insulin secretion; its content in body fluid is closely related to diabetes. This paper reports an immune-sensing strategy for a simple and effective assay of C-peptide based on label-free electrochemiluminescent (ECL) signaling, with h...

The importance of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 mediated N-terminal metabolism of the enteroendocrine-derived hormone, peptide YY (PYY), for receptor binding and subsequent biological action profile is well established. However, an intact C-terminus may be fundamental also for bioactivity of PYY peptid...

Lipid domains have been obtained using Langmuir-Blodgett films (LBs) and giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs). Three membranes compositions were chosen, the canonical DOPC: DOPS (3:2)/SM/CHOL (1:1:1), the more physiological one: DOPC: DOPS (3:2)/SM/CHOL (2:1:1) and another one with more phospholipi...

The progressive accumulation of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptide is neurotoxic and leads to Alzheimer’s type dementia. Accumulation of Aβ has been associated with dysfunction of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and elevated pro-inflammatory cytokines. In this study, we investigated the effe...