Both mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades and reactive oxygen species (ROS) are critical to signaling in eukaryotes. Cadmium induces MAPK activation and ROS production in plants. This study aims to identify specific MAPKs activated by CdCl2 in maize roots, and examine the relationshi...

This chapter represents the zinc and cadmium powders characterization and their production techniques. The evaporation-condensation method, inert gas condensation, the electrochemical method, melt atomization, mechanical grinding, and the cryogenic method are discussed. Galvanostatic, pulsed gal...

Cadmium (Cd), a ubiquitous environmental pollutant, is known to impair placental development. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. The present study used in vivo and in vitro models to investigate the effects of Cd on apoptosis and autophagy in placental trophoblasts and its mechan...

Inorganic pyrophosphate has long been known as a by-product of many intracellular biosynthetic reactions, and was first identified as a key endogenous inhibitor of biomineralisation in the 1960s. The major source of pyrophosphate appears to be extracellular ATP, which is released from cells in a...

A simple ratiometric terpyridine-Cd(ll) complex was synthesized by the treatment of CdCl2 with terpyridine ligand 4′-(4-N,N′-dimethylaminophenyl)-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine. The synthesized complex was found to act as a selective fluorescent chemosensor for pyrophosphate P2O74 − (PPi) over othe...

The Nd3+ metal ions doped Cadmium calcium pyrophosphate nanophosphors were synthesized by solution combustion synthesis. The structural studies of prepared sample was carried out by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Field-emission scanning electron micr...

The compound of Ba2Sb7O13(OH) was synthesized by using hydrothermal method from starting reagents of Ba(OH)2·8H2O, Sb2O3 and KCl. The crystal structure of Ba2Sb7O13(OH) was determined and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction method. Ba2Sb7O13(OH) represents a novel two-dimensional ...

57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography reveal that 1′,1‴-bis(3-phenylpropyl)-1,1″-biferrocenium triiodide shows an intermediate mixed-valence state between the typical temperature-independent trapped-valence state and typical `fusion type' valence detrapping.

The X-ray structural determinations of the neutral 1′,2′,1‴,2‴-tetranaphthylmethylbiferrocene and the mixed-valence 1′,3′,1‴,3‴-tetranaphthylmethylbiferrocenium triiodide have been determined. Our Mössbauer measurements for mixed-valence 1′,2′,1‴,2‴-tetranaphthylmethylbiferrocenium triiodi...

Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) membrane electrodes based on two complexes of Schiff base 2,2′[4,4′-diphenylmethane bis (nitromethylidyne)] bisphenol, L, with copper (II) and iron (III) ions were prepared, characterized and used for determination of triiodide ions. The electrodes based on CuL and F...

The mono- and di-cations of decamethylbiferrocene (1) have been obtained as triiodide salts by oxidation of decamethylbiferrocene with I2 in THF. The X-ray crystal structure of [1](I3) at 295 K and the Mössbauer data show a localized mixed-valence system. The salt [1] (I3)2 has a single Mössbaue...

The electroactive materials used in the counter electrode (CE) are of great concern as they influence the photovoltaic performances of dye-sensitized solar cells. The main functions of CE materials are collecting electrons from the external circuit and transferring them to the electrolyte and re...

Facile yet rational design of efficient electrocatalyst toward triiodide reduction reaction is a persistent challenge for the practical application of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). Here we propose a protocol for fabricating atomic N-coordinated cobalt sites (Co-Nx-C) within nanomesh graphene...

We synthesize single crystals of a new 2,5-dimethylanilinium tin iodide organic-inorganic hybrid compound and 2,5-dimethylanilinium triiodide. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that the hybrid grows as a unique rhombohedral structure consisting of one-dimensional chains of SnI6-octahedra ...

Oxygenation products of cholesterol, named oxysterols, were suspected since the 20th century to be involved in carcinogenesis. Among the family of oxysterol molecules, cholesterol-5,6-epoxides (5,6-EC) retained the attention of scientists because they contain a putative alkylating epoxide group....

A high-performance liquid chromatographic method is described which determines noxytiolin and 1-methyl-2-thiourea concentrations in serum. Valid determination requires immediate ultracentrifugation of blood samples, rapid serum freezing, and injection into the chromatograph within 6 h. A number ...

A prospective study was conducted to establish the efficacy or otherwise of Noxytiolin (N-hydroxymethyl-N-methylthiorea) instilled concurrently with radical radiotherapy in bladder carcinoma, a previous pilot study having indicated an improved survival rate. A total of 242 patients participated ...

The reaction of bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane-2,6-dione with diazomethane in situ does not lead to the homologous bicyclo[4.3.1]decane-2,7-dione, but mainly to tricyclo[4.4.0.02,9]decan-9-ol-5-one. The structure of the latter was confirmed by the proton NMR spectra measured with an addition of Eu(DPM)3, ...

Dehydrations of the anti-ketol 5 and its isomer 10 have been studied. In both cases the 1-hydrindenones 6 and 7 have been almost quantitatively obtained (1:1 ratio) through skeletal rearrangement of the kinetically favoured 9-methylene bicyclononane 9. This strongly supports the hypothesis of a ...

9-Cyclohexylbicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-9-ol has a twin-chair conformation with C(3)...C(7) trans-annular separation of 3.134(3) Å. In the twin chair, the ring carrying the 9-C6H11 group in the axial position is flattened to a greater extent than the ring with the 9-OH group axial. The crystals are mono...