Cyanamide has been used for decades for medical intentions in the treatment of alcoholism and for agricultural purposes as a plant growth regulator and bud-breaking agent. Its therapeutic effect is mediated by reversible inhibition of aldehyde dehydrogenase and it was reported to be metabolized ...

A severe epidemic of basal stem rot of the cactus Hylocereus trigonus occurred in 2001, in greenhouses of Goyang City, South Korea, possibly due to continuous cultivation in soil beds. Fusarium oxysporum was isolated and its pathogenicity was demonstrated. Inoculation of mycelial plugs on stem d...

A new convenient calcium cyanamide (CaCN2) reduction route was developed to synthesize the Eu2+ activated Ca-α-SiAlON phosphors containing low oxygen content. The luminescence properties of the obtained products were investigated for white LEDs application. The critical Eu2+ concentration in va...

A specific and stability-indicating high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method has been developed for the analysis of calcium cyanamide in bulk material and dosage form. Calcium cyanamide in samples was converted into dansyl cyanamide. A μBondapak C18 column was employed for HPLC wit...

The pathogen Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc. f.sp. cucurbitae Snyder and Hansen causes serious damage in greenhouse cucumbers in Greece. The attacks are observed especially in greenhouses with soil which has been disinfested with broad-spectrum biocides. In a greenhouse which had intense damage in...

The ability of calcium cyanamide to control clubroot caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae was evaluated in field trials conducted over a 6-year period (1996–2001). During this time a decrease in efficacy was recorded and the cost of the product increased. These factors were addressed in a subsequ...

The effects of six control strategies involving calcitic lime, hydrated lime, calcitic limestone dust and a granular form of calcium cyanamide were evaluated on a cauliflower crop during a 2-year field study. Prior to the first growing season, fall applications of 5 and 25 t ha−1 of calcitic lim...

Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) seedlings (cv. Tsakoniki) were cultivated in soil artificially infested with V. dahliae Kleb. and then sterilized by either methyl bromide (MB) or calcium cyanamide. Grafted seedlings on the wild species Solanum torvum Sw. and the control seedlings (auto-rooted) w...

Previous study showed that manure composting would quickly reach the sanitary standard with the addition of calcium cyanamide (CaCN2). In the current study, the effect of CaCN2 addition on microbial activities was evaluated during 63 days mesophilic composting of cow manure at laboratory scale. ...

A series of bridged bis(pyridinylimino) ligands were efficiently synthesized through the condensation reaction of 4,4′-methylene-bis(2,6-disubstituted aniline) with 2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde or 2-benzoylpyridine. They reacted with (DME)NiBr2 to form dinuclear Ni(II) complexes. All resultant comp...

Metal silicates are a class of high capacity anode materials for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Nickel silicate (Ni2SiO4, NSO) was successfully synthesized through the process of chemical precipitation-calcination-alkali washing as a potential anode for LIBs in this work. The charact...

Impairment of wine aroma after vinification is frequently associated to bentonite treatments and this can be the result of protein removal, as recently demonstrated for ethyl esters.To evaluate the existence of an interaction between wine proteins and ethyl esters, the effects induced by these f...

Enantiomerically pure (5R)-(−)-5-phenyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazole-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester was obtained via enzymatic resolution of the corresponding racemic mixture using a lipase from hog pancreas (PPL). The following reduction of the ester group to the corresponding alcohol and the oxidation ...

SummaryPathways underlying metabolic reprogramming in cancer remain incompletely understood. We identify the transmembrane serine protease TMPRSS11B as a gene that promotes transformation of immortalized human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs). TMPRSS11B is upregulated in human lung squamous ce...

ABSTRACTRuminants have a unique metabolism and digestion of unsaturated fatty acids (UFA). Unlike monogastric animals, the fatty acid (FA) profile ingested by ruminants is not the same as that reaching the small intestine. The objective of this study was to evaluate whole raw soybeans (WS) in di...

Both transcellular, vitamin-D dependent and the quantitatively more important paracellular, nonsaturable calcium absorption depend on the presence of free calcium ions or on the presence of reactive precursors for free calcium ions in the intestines. Complex binding of calcium preventing precipi...

SummaryRLR-mediated type I IFN production plays a pivotal role in elevating host immunity for viral clearance and cancer immune surveillance. Here, we report that glycolysis, which is inactivated during RLR activation, serves as a barrier to impede type I IFN production upon RLR activation. RLR-...

In a previous study we developed copolymeric glyceryl methacrylate-collagen hydrogels for implantation in surgical lesions of the rat brain. Such materials provide porous matrices that can serve as support systems for oriented growth of scar tissue and axonal growth. In the present work, we have...

Trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, glyceryl trimethacrylate, pentaerythritol tetraacrylate and dipentaerythritol monohydroxypentaacrylate were polymerized by ultra-violet irradiation in the presence of 2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone as a photoinitiator. The polymerization reactions and some...

Fumed silica nanoparticles (FSNPs), were incorporated for the first time into a polymethacrylate monolithic column containing glyceryl monomethacrylate (GMM) and ethylene dimethacrylate (EDMA) in order to develop a new monolithic column for hydrophilic interaction high performance liquid chromat...