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In this study, quantative nuclear magnetic resonance (qNMR) method was used to determine the content of rosuvastatin in tablet. Linearity, range, limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantification (LOQ), accuracy, and precision were determined in validation study of rosuvastatin. Furthermore, validation study of rosuvastatin was performed with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Uncertainties of qNMR and HPLC methods were determined using per EURACHEM/CITAC Guide CG 4 (3th edition), quantifying uncertainty in analytical measurement. qNMR and HPLC methods were linear in the ranges of 0.10 - 5.00 mg/mL and 0.001 - 0.0995 mg/mL, respectively and these lineraties indicate very good linearity performance with regression coefficients (R2 value) above > 0.99. Moreover, LOD and LOQ values using qNMR method were observed as 0.25 mg/mL and 0.80 mg/mL, respectively. These values using HPLC method were found as 0.00051 mu g/mL and 0.001695 mu g/mL, respectively. The strengths and weaknesses of qNMR method and HPLC method were determined with spectral emphasis on the role of identical reference standards in qualitive and quantitative analyses. It was found that qNMR method is simple, efficient, reliable, and accurate method. Moreover, qNMR method is an easy, practical, and useful method for the validation and optimization of rosuvastatin in the tablet.

Kidney cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed and the most lethal urinary cancer. Despite all the efforts made, no serum-specific biomarker is currently used in the clinical management of patients with this tumor. In this study, comprehensive high-resolution proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H NMR) and silver-109 nanoparticle-enhanced steel target laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (109AgNPET LDI MS) approaches were conducted, in conjunction with multivariate data analysis, to discriminate the global serum metabolic profiles of kidney cancer (n = 50) and healthy volunteers (n = 49). Eight potential biomarkers have been identified using 1H NMR metabolomics and nine mass spectral features which differed significantly (p 2 > 0.7), area under the receiver operative characteristic curve (ROC) AUC > 0.96. Compared with healthy human serum, kidney cancer serum had higher levels of glucose and lower levels of choline, glycerol, glycine, lactate, leucine, myo-inositol, and 1-methylhistidine. Analysis of differences between these metabolite levels in patients with different types and grades of kidney cancer was undertaken. Our results, derived from the combination of LDI MS and 1H NMR methods, suggest that serum biomarkers identified herein appeared to have great potential for use in clinical prognosis and/or diagnosis of kidney cancer.

Purpose Choline is an essential nutrient for fetal and infant growth and development. Parenteral nutrition used in neonatal care lack free choline but contain small amounts of lipid-bound choline in the form of phosphatidylcholine (PC). Here, we examined the longitudinal development of serum free choline and metabolically related compounds betaine and methionine in extremely preterm infants and how the concentrations were affected by the proportion of parenteral fluids the infants received during the first 28 postnatal days (PNDs). Methods This prospective study included 87 infants born at gestational age (GA) 1H NMR spectroscopy. Results The median (25th–75th percentile) serum concentrations of free choline, betaine, and methionine were 33.7 (26.2–41.2), 71.2 (53.2–100.8), and 25.6 (16.4–35.3) µM, respectively, at PND 1. The choline concentration decreased rapidly between PND one and PND seven [18.4 (14.1–26.4) µM], and then increased over the next 90 days, though never reaching PND one levels. There was a negative correlation between a high intake of parenteral fluids and serum-free choline. Conclusion Circulating free choline in extremely preterm infants is negatively affected by the proportion of parenteral fluids administered. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT02760472, April 29, 2016, retrospectively registered.

Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) apheresis (LA) selectively eliminates lipoproteins containing apolipoprotein B 100 (ApoB100) on patients affected by severe dyslipidemia. In addition to lowering lipids, LA is thought to exert pleiotropic effects altering a number of other compounds associated with atherosclerosis, such as pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines or pro-thrombotic factors. More knowledge needs to be gathered on the effects of LA, and particularly on its ability to modify blood components other than lipids. We performed a multiparametric assessment of the inflammatory, metabolic and proteomic profile changes after Heparin-induced lipoprotein precipitation (H.E.L.P.) apheresis on serum samples from nine dyslipidemic patients evaluating cholesterol and lipoproteins, plasma viscosity and density, metabolites, cytokines, PCSK9 levels and other proteins selectively removed after the treatment. Our results show that H.E.L.P. apheresis is effective in lowering lipoprotein and PCSK9 levels. Although not significantly, complement and inflammation-related proteins are also affected, indicating a possible transient epiphenomenon induced by the extracorporeal procedure.

Magnetically induced ring currents are calculated from the magnetic shielding tensor by employing the Ampère–Maxwell law. The feasibility of the method is demonstrated by integrating the zz component of the shielding tensor along the symmetry axis of highly symmetric ring-shaped aromatic, antiaromatic and nonaromatic molecules. The calculated ring-current strengths agree perfectly with the ones obtained by integrating the current-density flux passing through a plane cutting half the molecular ring. The method can be used in combination with all electronic structure codes capable of calculating nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) shielding tensors in general points in space. We also show that nucleus independent chemical shifts (NICS) along the symmetry axis are related to the spatial derivative of the strength of the global ring-current along the z axis.

[EN] This study tackles the individual and joint effect of alpha-tocopherol and hydroxytyrosol acetate on the oxidation of sunflower oil submitted to accelerated storage conditions at intermediate temperature, in order to deepen the understanding of antioxidant–prooxidant behaviour. This was accomplished by 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. For this purpose, the evolution of the degradation of both the main components of the oil and the aforementioned added compounds was monitored by this technique throughout the storage time. Furthermore, the formation of a very large number of oxylipins and the evolution of their concentration up to a very advanced stage of oil oxidation, as well as the occurrence of lipolysis, were also simultaneously studied. The results obtained show very clearly and thoroughly that in the oxidation process of the oil enriched in binary mixtures, interactions occur between alpha-tocopherol and hydroxytyrosol acetate that notably reduce the antioxidant effect of the latter compound with the corresponding negative consequences that this entails. The methodology used here has proved to be very efficient to evaluate the antioxidant power of mixtures of compounds This work has been funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MINECO, AGL2015-65450-R, AEI/FEDER-EU) and by the Basque Government and its Departments of Univer- sities and Research (EJ-GV, IT-916-16)

While psychedelics may have therapeutic potential for treating mental health disorders such as depression, further research is needed to better understand their biological effects and mechanisms of action when considering the development of future novel therapy approaches. Psychedelic research could potentially benefit from the integration of metabonomics by proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopy which is an analytical chemistry-based approach that can measure the breakdown of drugs into their metabolites and their metabolic consequences from various biofluids. We have performed a systematic review with the primary aim of exploring published literature where 1H NMR analysed psychedelic substances including psilocin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), LSD derivatives, N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) and bufotenin. The second aim was to assess the benefits and limitations of 1H NMR spectroscopy-based metabolomics as a tool in psychedelic research and the final aim was to explore potential future directions. We found that the most current use of 1H NMR in psychedelic research has been for the structural elucidation and analytical characterisation of psychedelic molecules and that no papers used 1H NMR in the metabolic profiling of biofluids, thus exposing a current research gap and the underuse of 1H NMR. The efficacy of 1H NMR spectroscopy was also compared to mass spectrometry, where both metabonomics techniques have previously shown to be appropriate for biofluid analysis in other applications. Additionally, potential future directions for psychedelic research were identified as real-time NMR, in vivo1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and 1H NMR studies of the gut microbiome. Further psychedelic studies need to be conducted that incorporate the use of 1H NMR spectroscopy in the analysis of metabolites both in the peripheral biofluids and in vivo to determine whether it will be an effective future approach for clinical and naturalistic research.

While psychedelics may have therapeutic potential for treating mental health disorders such as depression, further research is needed to better understand their biological effects and mechanisms of action when considering the development of future novel therapy approaches. Psychedelic research could potentially benefit from the integration of metabonomics by proton nuclear magnetic resonance (H-1 NMR) spectroscopy which is an analytical chemistry-based approach that can measure the breakdown of drugs into their metabolites and their metabolic consequences from various biofluids. We have performed a systematic review with the primary aim of exploring published literature where H-1 NMR analysed psychedelic substances including psilocin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), LSD derivatives, N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) and bufotenin. The second aim was to assess the benefits and limitations of H-1 NMR spectroscopy-based metabolomics as a tool in psychedelic research and the final aim was to explore potential future directions. We found that the most current use of H-1 NMR in psychedelic research has been for the structural elucidation and analytical characterisation of psychedelic molecules and that no papers used H-1 NMR in the metabolic profiling of biofluids, thus exposing a current research gap and the underuse of H-1 NMR. The efficacy of H-1 NMR spectroscopy was also compared to mass spectrometry, where both metabonomics techniques have previously shown to be appropriate for biofluid analysis in other applications. Additionally, potential future directions for psychedelic research were identified as real-time NMR, in vivo H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and H-1 NMR studies of the gut microbiome. Further psychedelic studies need to be conducted that incorporate the use of H-1 NMR spectroscopy in the analysis of metabolites both in the peripheral biofluids and in vivo to determine whether it will be an effective future approach for clinical and naturalistic research.

The brain-gut axis is increasingly recognized as an important contributing factor in the onset and progression of severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia spectrum disorders and bipolar disorder. This study investigates associations between levels of faecal metabolites identified using 1H-NMR, clinical parameters, and dietary components of forty-two individuals diagnosed in a transdiagnostic approach to have severe mental illness. Faecal levels of the amino acids; alanine, leucine, and valine showed a significant positive correlation with psychiatric symptom severity as well as with dairy intake. Overall, this study proposes a diet-induced link between the brain-gut axis and the severity of psychiatric symptoms, which could be valuable in the design of novel dietary or therapeutic interventions to improve psychiatric symptoms.

Elite controllers (ECs) are an exceptional group of people living with HIV (PLWH) who maintain undetectable viral loads (VLs) despite not being on antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, this phenotype is heterogeneous, with some of these subjects losing virological control over time. In this longitudinal retrospective study, serum acute-phase glycoprotein profile assessed by proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) was determined in 11 transient controllers (TCs) who spontaneously lost virological control and 11 persistent controllers (PCs) who persistently maintained virological control over time. Both PCs and TCs showed similar acute-phase glycoprotein profiles, even when TCs lost the virological control (GlycB, p = 0.824 and GlycA, p = 0.710), and the serum acute-phase glycoprotein signature in PCs did not differ from that in HIV-negative subjects (GlycB, p = 0.151 and GlycA, p = 0.243). Differences in serum glycoproteins A and B were significant only in ECs compared to HIV-typical progressors (TPs) with < 100 CD4+ T-cells (p < 0.001). 1H-NMR acute-phase glycoprotein profile does not distinguish TCs form PCs before the loss of viral control. ECs maintain a low-grade inflammatory state compared to TPs. PCs revealed a closer serum signature to HIV-negative subjects, reaffirming this phenotype as a closer model of functional control of HIV., This research was funded by the Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria [PI16/00503, PI19/01337 and PI20/00326]-ISCIII-FEDER (co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund/European Social Fund; “A way to make Europe”/“Investing in your future”); Programa de Suport als Grups de Recerca AGAUR (2017SGR948); the SPANISH AIDS Research Network [RD12/0017/0005, RD12/0025/0001, RD16/0025/0006]-ISCIII-FEDER (Spain) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas-ISCIII [CB21/13/00015, CB21/13/00020, CB13/21/00086], Madrid, Spain. JM is supported by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili under grant agreement “2019PMF-PIPF-18,” through the call “Martí Franquès Research Fellowship Programme”. FV is supported by grants from the Programa de Intensificación de Investigadores (INT20/00031)-ISCIII. AR is supported by a grant from IISPV through the project “2019/IISPV/05” (Boosting Young Talent), by GeSIDA through the “III Premio para Jóvenes Investigadores 2019” and by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) under grant agreement “CP19/00146” through the Miguel Servet Program.

Tumor is a metabolic disease. The effect of oncogene expression on the metabolism of cancer cells is one of the hotspots in cancer research. In this study, 1H NMR-based metabonomics analysis was used to explore the metabolic characteristics of glioma cell lines with low expression of SIRT7, and to identify the characteristic metabolites and metabolic pathways related to the expression of SIRT7. The results showed that there were significant differences in metabolic profiles between the SIRT7 low expression group and the control group, and 22 aqueous metabolites were found to vary significantly. Compared with the control group, the concentration of 12 metabolites including lactate, glycine, and glutamate, and so on, increased in SIRT7 low expression glioma cell lines, while the concentration of 10 metabolites such as valine, leucine, lysine, et al. decreased. Pathway enrichment analysis indicated that the metabolic pathways of aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis, tyrosine metabolism, and so on, were closely related to the low expression of SIRT7. The results provide a theoretical basis for further mechanism elucidation of SIRT7 regulating glioma cell metabolism.

A simple method was employed for the synthesis of dihydropyrano[3, 2-b]chromenedione derivatives (4a-o) in high yields by condensation of 5, 5-dimethylcyclohexane-1, 3-dione(1), different aromatic aldehydes (2a-o), and 5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4H-pyran-4-one(3), using meglumine as a stable and reusable catalyst. Meglumine, an amino sugar, was employed as an environmentally benign catalyst, due to its splendid properties such as being inexpensive, recyclable, and biodegradable. The accomplished protocol employs low catalyst loading and easy work-up for the synthesis of 5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4H-pyran-4-one derivatives. A great asset is that without any significant loss, the catalyst could be recovered and reused for extended synthetic steps. This offer huge advantage to overcome recyclability issues. Our synthesized compounds were analyzed by IR, 1H, 13C NMR, mass spectra and evaluated for their antioxidant properties by 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl radical (DPPH), hydrogen peroxide(H2O2), and nitric oxide (NO) scavenging methods. The correlation in exhibition of antioxidant activity was effective at all doses. The binding interactions and molecular docking studies for entitled compounds were studied against 3MNG protein; 4k exhibited marked binding affinity with excellent docking score of −7.6 Kcal/mol and emerged as a lead compound. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Ural Federal University, UrFU The authors G. Sravya and N. Bakthavatchala Reddy are thankful to Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, for postdoctoral fellowship.

Knowledge of RNA structure, either in isolation or in complex, is fundamental to understand the mechanism of cellular processes. Solid-state NMR (ssNMR) is applicable to high molecular-weight complexes and does not require crystallization; thus, it is well-suited to study RNA as part of large multicomponent assemblies. Recently, we solved the first structures of both RNA and an RNA–protein complex by ssNMR using conventional 13C- and 15N-detection. This approach is limited by the severe overlap of the RNA peaks together with the low sensitivity of multidimensional experiments. Here, we overcome the limitations in sensitivity and resolution by using 1H-detection at fast MAS rates. We develop experiments that allow the identification of complete nucleobase spin-systems together with their site-specific base pair pattern using sub-milligram quantities of one uniformly labelled RNA sample. These experiments provide rapid access to RNA secondary structure by ssNMR in protein–RNA complexes of any size.

Elite controllers (ECs) are an exceptional group of people living with HIV (PLWH) who maintain undetectable viral loads (VLs) despite not being on antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, this phenotype is heterogeneous, with some of these subjects losing virological control over time. In this longitudinal retrospective study, serum acute-phase glycoprotein profile assessed by proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) was determined in 11 transient controllers (TCs) who spontaneously lost virological control and 11 persistent controllers (PCs) who persistently maintained virological control over time. Both PCs and TCs showed similar acute-phase glycoprotein profiles, even when TCs lost the virological control (GlycB, p = 0.824 and GlycA, p = 0.710), and the serum acute-phase glycoprotein signature in PCs did not differ from that in HIV-negative subjects (GlycB, p = 0.151 and GlycA, p = 0.243). Differences in serum glycoproteins A and B were significant only in ECs compared to HIV-typical progressors (TPs) with < 100 CD4+ T-cells (p < 0.001). 1H-NMR acute-phase glycoprotein profile does not distinguish TCs form PCs before the loss of viral control. ECs maintain a low-grade inflammatory state compared to TPs. PCs revealed a closer serum signature to HIV-negative subjects, reaffirming this phenotype as a closer model of functional control of HIV.

Differences in lipid oxidation products (LOPs) and trace metal concentrations of French fry samples found between two global chain fast-food restaurants in the UK were investigated using high-resolution proton nuclear magnetic resonance ( H NMR) and inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) analyses, respectively, of extracts derived therefrom. Over the course of 3 days and 3 different diurnal time periods, samples of French fries (FFs) were analyzed, and comparisons of two different oil extraction methods were undertaken for the two restaurants involved. The magnitude of concentrations of LOPs extracted from FFs is discussed. Significant differences between 6/7 aldehyde classifications, and aluminum, manganese, vanadium, lead, iron, copper and nickel levels between samples from the two restaurants are also reported. Redox-active transition and further trace metal concentrations inversely correlated with FF oil sample LOP contents; this suggested an antioxidant rather than a pro-oxidant role for them. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2021 Le Gresley, Ampem, De Mars, Grootveld and Naughton.]

The oenological industry has benefited from the use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1H-NMR) spectroscopy in combination with Multivariate Statistical Analysis (MSA) as a foodomics tool for retrieving discriminant features related to geographical origins, grape varieties, and further quality controls. Said omics methods have gained such attention that Intergovernmental Organizations and Control Agencies are currently recommending their massive use amongst countries as quality compliances for tracking standard and degradation parameters, fermentation products, polyphenols, amino acids, geographical origins, appellations d&rsquo, origine contr&ocirc, l&eacute, e and type of monovarietal strains in wines. This study presents, for the first time, a 1H-NMR/MSA profiling of industrial Mexican wines, finding excellent statistical features to discriminate between oenological regions and grape varieties with supervised Orthogonal Projections to Latent Structures Discriminant Analysis (OPLS-DA). In a comparative way, it is applied with the 1H-NMR/OPLS-DA workflow for the first time in ancestral and artisanal Mexican mezcals with promising results to discriminate between regions, agave species and manufacturing processes. The central aim of this comparative study is to extrapolate the know-how of wine-omics into the non-professionalized mezcal industry for establishing the NMR acquisition, preprocessing and statistical analysis basis to implement novel, non-invasive and highly reproducible regional, agave species and manufacturing-quality controls.

Most recently in 2018 and 2019, large parts of Europe were affected by periods of massive drought. Resulting losses in cereal yield pose a major risk to the global supply of barley, as more than 60% of global production is based in Europe. Despite the arising price fluctuations on the cereal market, authenticity of the crop must be ensured, which includes correct declaration of harvest years. Here, we show a novel approach that allows such differentiation for spring barley samples, which takes advantage of the chemical changes caused by the extreme drought. Samples from 2018 were successfully differentiated from those of 2017 by analysis of changes in near-infrared spectra, enrichment in the isotope 13C, and strong accumulation of the plant-physiological marker betaine. We demonstrate that through consideration of multiple modern analysis techniques, not only can fraudulent labelling be prevented, but indispensable knowledge on the drought tolerance of crops can be obtained.

Objective: Multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria, fungi, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections continue to be increasingly widespread worldwide. In organic chemistry, the tiya-Michael type addition is also significant reaction in the synthesis of bioactive compounds. In this study, the aim is to synthesize the series of new Michael type addition products 2-amino-3-[(2-nitro-1-phenylpropyl)thio]propanoic acid (IIa-IIg) and to investigate their in vitro, antibacterial, antifungal and antitubercular activity. Material and Method: IIa-IIg derivatives were performed combining ?-methyl-?-nitrostyrenes (Ia-Ig) with L-cysteine using Michael addition reaction and characterized by 1HNMR, FTIR, ESI-LC/MS and elemental analysis. Microdilution method and resazurin microtiter assay were used to determine antimicrobial activities. Result and Discussion: Comparing the activities of the synthesized compounds, IIa, IId and IIe were found to have significant activity, with a MIC value of 1.95 ?g/ml, against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strain. All synthesized novel compounds displayed moderate activity against tested bacterial and fungi strains. Among the synthesized compounds, IIb exhibited the best antibacterial and antifungal activity, with MIC values of 31.25, 31.25 and 15.6 ?g/ml, against B. subtilis, E. faecium and C. albicans, respectively. It was clear that some of the synthesized compounds exhibited antimycobacterial activity which could be a very good candidate for clinical uses. © 2022 University of Ankara. All rights reserved., This work was supported by the Mersin University Scientific Research Funds (Grant number

We report structural and computational studies of three α-aminophosphonates 4-XC6H4–NH–CH(4-BrC6H4)–P(O)(OiPr)2, namely diisopropyl((4-bromophenyl)(phenylamino)methyl)phosphonate (X = H, 1), diisopropyl((4-bromophenyl)((4-bromophenyl)amino)methyl)phosphonate (X = Br, 2) and diisopropyl((4-bromophenyl)((4-methoxyphenyl)amino)methyl)phosphonate (X = MeO, 3). The structures of 1–3 were fully confirmed by means of the 31P{1H} and 1H NMR spectroscopy. Crystal structures of 2 and 3 are isostructural and each contain two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit cell. Energy frameworks have been calculated to analyze the overall crystal packing of 1–3. The DFT calculations were performed to verify the structures of 1–3 as well as their electronic and optical properties. Molecular docking was applied to examine the influence of both the (S)- and (R)-enantiomers of 1–3 on a series of the SARS-CoV-2 proteins. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd.

The oenological industry has benefited from the use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1H-NMR) spectroscopy in combination with Multivariate Statistical Analysis (MSA) as a foodomics tool for retrieving discriminant features related to geographical origins, grape varieties, and further quality controls. Said omics methods have gained such attention that Intergovernmental Organizations and Control Agencies are currently recommending their massive use amongst countries as quality compliances for tracking standard and degradation parameters, fermentation products, polyphenols, amino acids, geographical origins, appellations d’origine contrôlée and type of monovarietal strains in wines. This study presents, for the first time, a 1H-NMR/MSA profiling of industrial Mexican wines, finding excellent statistical features to discriminate between oenological regions and grape varieties with supervised Orthogonal Projections to Latent Structures Discriminant Analysis (OPLS-DA). In a comparative way, it is applied with the 1H-NMR/OPLS-DA workflow for the first time in ancestral and artisanal Mexican mezcals with promising results to discriminate between regions, agave species and manufacturing processes. The central aim of this comparative study is to extrapolate the know-how of wine-omics into the non-professionalized mezcal industry for establishing the NMR acquisition, preprocessing and statistical analysis basis to implement novel, non-invasive and highly reproducible regional, agave species and manufacturing-quality controls.

Petroleum products are the result of several refining processes and operations. The blending of different petroleum fractions is the last operation in gasoline production and the mixing ratios are continuously adjusted to assure that the specifications are under the limits imposed by regulations. The quality control of gasoline and other petroleum products is performed at the laboratory of Matosinhos refinery and involve numerous analyses that are time-consuming and resource intensive. The main goal of this project is to develop methodologies capable of monitoring the physical-chemical properties of gasoline using both near-infrared and proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies. The existing correlation between the physical properties and the chemical composition of a sample allows the quantification of different physical-chemical properties using the chemical information given by the spectra. To achieve that, different chemometric methods need to be implemented to successfully relate the data resulting from spectroscopic analysis with the results obtained by the conventional standard methods. The benefits of spectroscopic analysis for these ends have been widely evidenced in the last decades. One of the main advantages of spectroscopic techniques is the real time data, which represents an important feature for refinery operation. The project began with the database creation. In this work, a total of 498 samples of gasoline were analysed by standard methods to determine the following physical-chemical properties: research octane number, motor octane number, olefinic content, aromatic content, methyl t-butyl ether content, benzene content, oxygen content, percent evaporated at 70 ºC, percent evaporated at 100 ºC, percent evaporated at 150 ºC, final boiling point, density, sulfur content, and vapour pressure. Additionally, for the same samples, the near-infrared and proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectra were recorded. The second part of this project involved the application of multivariate statistical methods to correlate the physical-chemical properties values with the quantitative information given by both spectra. Before the regression, spectral data is pre-processed to reduce/remove noise or less relevant information from spectra, improving the subsequent data analysis. Phase and baseline correction, scaling, spectral editing and binning, scatter corrections and spectral derivatives are the pre-processing techniques whose applicability was investigated in this project. Two different multivariate statistical regression methods were applied: partial least squares, which is one of the most frequently used methods for quantitative spectral analysis, and support vector machines, which is a machine learning based tool with great potential for regression applications. Besides, two alternative approaches to find the optimum complexity of the partial least squares’ models were compared. Analysing the performance results of the developed models, it was possible to conclude that both statistical methodologies, support vector regression and partial least squares, originate models that can accurately estimate most of gasoline physical-chemical properties, presenting comparable performance indexes. The potential of combining near-infrared and proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic data to improve the accuracy of predictions was investigated in this work by following two different procedures. The first consists in merging the data into one predictor block and the second consists in modelling the two different blocks separately. The results demonstrated that the models developed using the later approach can outperform the models calibrated with only one type of spectroscopic data. At the end of this project, is was possible to confirm that both spectroscopic techniques combined with multivariate statistical models can be used to estimate the physical-chemical properties of petroleum products, namely gasoline. Combining data from both spectroscopic techniques gives even more accurate estimations as compared to the ones obtained using only one type of spectral information. The accuracy of predictions allowed the implementation of this technology in the laboratory of Matosinhos refinery, replacing the conventional standard methods for the characterization of blends. This implementation allows a more flexible, prompt and less resource-intensive process of constituting a gasoline lot. Os produtos petrolíferos resultam de diversos processos e operações de refinação. A mistura de diferentes frações do petróleo é a última operação no processo de produção de gasolina e a sua formulação é continuamente ajustada de forma a assegurar que as especificações se encontram dentro dos limites impostos pela regulamentação. O controlo de qualidade da gasolina e de outros produtos petrolíferos é efetuado no laboratório da refinaria de Matosinhos e envolve inúmeras análises que requerem muito tempo e recursos. O principal objetivo deste projeto é desenvolver metodologias que permitam monitorizar as propriedades físico-químicas da gasolina utilizando as espectroscopias de infravermelho próximo e ressonância magnética nuclear. A correlação existente entre as propriedades físicas e a composição química de uma amostra permite a quantificação de diferentes propriedades físico-quimicas a partir da informação química presente nos espectros. Para tal, diferentes métodos quimiométricos têm de ser implementados de forma a relacionar os dados resultantes da análise espectroscópica com os resultados obtidos através dos métodos convencionais de análise. Os benefícios da análise espectroscópica para este tipo de finalidade têm sido amplamente evidenciados nas últimas décadas. Uma das principais vantagens das técnicas de espectroscopia é a obtenção de dados em tempo real, o que representa uma característica importante na refinação. O início do projeto coincide com a criação da base de dados. Neste trabalho, um total de 498 amostras de gasolina foram analisadas através dos métodos convencionais para determinar as seguintes propriedades físico-químicas: número de octano (RON e MON), teor de olefinas, teor de aromáticos, teor de éter metil t-butílico, teor de benzeno, teor de oxigénio, percentagem de evaporado a 70 ºC, percentagem de evaporado a 100 ºC, percentagem de evaporado a 150 ºC, ponto final de ebulição, massa volúmica, teor de enxofre e pressão de vapor. Adicionalmente, e para as mesmas amostras, os espectros de infravermelho próximo e de ressonância magnética nuclear foram registados. A segunda parte deste projeto envolveu a aplicação de métodos estatísticos multivariados para correlacionar os valores das propriedades físico-químicas com a informação quantitativa de ambos os espetros. Antes da regressão, os dados dos espetros são pré-processados de forma a remover/reduzir ruido ou informação pouco relevante dos mesmos, melhorando assim a robustez da análise de dados subsequente. As técnicas cuja aplicabilidade foi investigada neste projeto são a correção de fase e de linha de base, reescalonamento, edição espetral e binning, correções de sinal e derivadas. Dois métodos diferentes de regressão foram aplicados: regressão por mínimos quadrados parciais, que é um dos métodos mais utilizados na análise quantitativa de espetros, e máquinas vetor de suporte, que é uma ferramenta baseada na aprendizagem computacional com grande potencial de aplicação em regressão. Foram também comparadas duas abordagens para a determinação da complexidade ótima dos modelos por mínimos quadrados parciais. Analisando os resultados relativos à performance dos modelos desenvolvidos, foi possível concluir que ambas as metodologias estatísticas, regressão por vetores de suporte e por mínimos quadrados parciais, dão origem a modelos que estimam a maior parte das propriedades da gasolina com elevada exatidão, apresentando índices de performance semelhantes. O potencial de combinar os dados de ambas as técnicas de espetroscopia para a melhoria da exatidão nas previsões foi investigado neste trabalho através de duas abordagens diferentes. A primeira consiste na junção dos dados num único bloco de variáveis de entrada e a segunda consiste em modelar os dois blocos separadamente. Os resultados demonstram que a performance dos modelos desenvolvidos através desta última abordagem supera a dos modelos calibrados apenas com um tipo de espetro. No final deste projeto foi possível confirmar que ambas as técnicas de espectroscopia em combinação com modelos estatísticos podem ser usadas na estimativa de propriedades físico-químicas de produtos petrolíferos, nomeadamente da gasolina. A utilização combinada das duas técnicas permite a obtenção de estimativas ainda mais rigorosas comparativamente às obtidas fazendo uso de apenas um tipo de informação espectroscópica. Uma vez que se trata de duas tecnologias rápidas, o seu uso paralelo acrescenta valor ao processo de controlo de qualidade. A exatidão das previsões permitiu a implementação desta tecnologia no laboratório da refinaria de Matosinhos, substituindo os métodos convencionais para a caracterização de estudos de misturas. Esta implementação permite um processo de constituição de lotes de gasolina mais flexível, célere e com utilização de menos recursos. Programa Doutoral em Engenharia da Refinação, Petroquímica e Química

Presymptomatic detection of citrus trees infected with Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), the bacterial pathogen associated with Huanglongbing (HLB; citrus greening disease), is critical to controlling the spread of the disease. To test whether infected citrus trees produce systemic signals that may be used for indirect disease detection, lemon (Citrus limon) plants were graft-inoculated with either CLas-infected or control (CLas-) budwood, and leaf samples were longitudinally collected over 46 weeks and analyzed for plant changes associated with CLas infection. RNA, protein, and metabolite samples extracted from leaves were analyzed using RNA-Seq, mass spectrometry, and 1H NMR spectroscopy, respectively. Significant differences in specific transcripts, proteins, and metabolites were observed between CLas-infected and control plants as early as 2 weeks post graft (wpg). The most dramatic differences between the transcriptome and proteome of CLas-infected and control plants were observed at 10 wpg, including coordinated increases in transcripts and proteins of citrus orthologs of known plant defense genes. This integrated approach to quantifying plant molecular changes in leaves of CLas-infected plants supports the development of diagnostic technology for presymptomatic or early disease detection as part of efforts to control the spread of HLB into uninfected citrus groves.

Plasma glycoproteins are a composite biomarker of inflammation and can be detected by 1H-NMR. The aim of this study was to prospectively appraise the clinical value of plasma glycoproteins assessed by 1H-NMR in people living with HIV (PLWH). A total of 221 patients with HIV infection were recruited and studied at baseline and at 48 and 144 weeks. Patients were distributed into two groups according to baseline CD4+ T-cell number below or above 200 cells/&micro, L. Patients with fewer than 200 cells/&micro, L were distributed into the responders and nonresponders according to antiretroviral therapy (ART) response at 144 weeks. Glycoprotein concentrations were determined by 1H-NMR arising from the protein bond N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylgalactosamine signals (GlycA), and N-acetylneuraminic acid signal (GlycB) associated with the sugar&ndash, protein bond concentration and aggregation state (shapes (height/width)). Basal glycoprotein concentrations were higher in patients with &lt, 200 CD4+ T-cell/&mu, L (Glyc A: 1040(917.9&ndash, 1199.1) vs. 950.4(845.5&ndash, 1050.9), p &lt, 0.001, and Glyc B: 521(440.3&ndash, 610.3) vs. 468.6(417.9&ndash, 507.0) &mu, mol/L, p &lt, 0.001) being reduced by ART. The height/width (H/W) ratio was the parameter showing a better association with this clinical status. Baseline glycoproteins predict the condition of responder/nonresponder. In this study, 1H-NMR glycoproteins provide novel insights to assess inflammation status and have prognostic value in PLWH.

Acute lung injury remains a challenging clinical condition, necessitating the development of novel, safe and efficient treatments. The prevention of macrophage M1-polarization is a viable venue to tackle excessive inflammation. We performed a phenotypic screening campaign to identify azolopyrimidine compounds that effectively inhibit LPS-induced NO synthesis and interleukin 6 (IL-6) secretion. We identified lead compound 9g that inhibits IL-6 secretion with IC50 of 3.72 µM without apparent cytotoxicity and with minimal suppression of macrophage phagocytosis in contrast to dexamethasone. In a mouse model of LPS-induced acute lung injury, 30 mg/kg i.p. 9g ameliorated anxiety-like behavior, inhibited IL-6 release, and limited neutrophil infiltration and pulmonary edema. A histological study confirmed the protective activity of 9g. Treatment with compound 9g prevented the migration of CD68+ macrophages and the incidence of hemorrhage. Hence, we have identified a promising pharmacological approach for the treatment of acute lung injury that may hold promise for the development of novel drugs against cytokine-mediated complications of bacterial and viral infections. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Minobrnauka: 075-15-2020-777 Funding: This research was funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Agreement on the provision of grants from the federal budget in the form of subsidies under paragraph 4 of Article 78.1 of the Budget Code of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 1 October 2020 No. 075-15-2020-777).

In this study, newly substituted carbazole derivatives of S1; (Z)-4-((9-isobutyl-9H-carbazol-3-ylimino) methyl)phenol, S2; (Z)-9-butyl- N-(2,3,4-trimethoxybenzylidine)-9H-carbazol-3-amine, S3; (Z)-4-((9-octyl-9H-carbazol-3-ylimino)methyl)benzene-1,2-diol and S4; (Z)-3-((9-octyl-9H-carbazol-3-ylimino) methyl)benzene-1,2-diol compounds are synthesized by using condensation reaction between carbazole amines and aromatic aldehydes. All synthesized carbazole Schiff bases are purified by crystallizing from chloroform. The structural and optical characterizations of synthesized compounds are investigated by FT-IR (Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy), H-1 NMR (Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance),C-13 NMR (Carbon Nuclear Magnetic Resonance), LC-MS (Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry) and temperature dependent PL (Photoluminescence) measurements.. The formations of synthesized Schiff bases were confirmed by FF-IR, NMR and microanalysis. Due to stronger pi-conjugation and efficient charge transfer from host material, the broad and complex bands centered at about similar to 2.16 and similar to 1.76 eV are observed in PL spectra for all samples. Their relative intensities depend on functional groups associated with the carbazole. These newly synthesized Schiff bases could be considered as an active emissive layer for organic light emitting diodes. Balıkesir Üniversitesi (BAP.2015.0001) (BAP.2017/181)

Background The assessment of fibrosis degree in liver diseases is based on several non-invasive techniques, but none has been accurate. Aim This study employed proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to identify metabolic profiles in serum and urine, specific for different fibrosis degree in chronic hepatitis C patients. Method 71 plasma, 73 serum, and 578 urine samples were collected. All samples were analyzed using 1H-NMR spectroscopy technique and three different NMR spectra were acquired for each serum/plasma sample. The data analyses were performed by partial least square regression, principal component analysis, and Monte Carlo cross-validation in a supervised methodology. Results The cross-validation test correctly assigned each sample to its specific donor with 98.44% accuracy for urine samples and 65% for serum/plasma samples. Advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis were recognized with 71% sensitivity for CPMG plasma spectra and 69% specificity for NOESY serum spectra. Accuracy for NOESY serum spectra was 68%. Noesy spectra recognized advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis with 71% sensitivity, 30% specificity, and 50% accuracy in urine samples. Conclusion Metabolomic analysis of urine spectra using 1H-NMR spectroscopy can recognize a specific individual profile in all patients with chronic hepatitis C. However, this method cannot yet differentiate with sufficient accuracy, patients with advanced fibrosis from patients with milder disease.

WOS: 000424646600026, In this study we report that amino acridine intermediates 7 and 8 were obtained from the reduction of nitro acridine derivatives 5 and 6 that were synthesized via the condensation of dimedone, p-nitrobenzaldehyde with various amine derivatives, respectively. Then acridine sulfonamide hybrid compounds (9-18) were synthesized by the reaction of amino acridine 7, 8 with sulfonyl chlorides. The new hybrid compounds were characterized by FT-IR, H-1-NMR, C-13-NMR, and HRMS analyzes. The evaluation of in vitro anticholinesterase action of the synthesized compounds against AChE showed that some of them are potent inhibitors. Among them, compound 17 showed the most potent activity against AChE with an IC50 of 0.14 A mu M.

Identification of antibody-binding epitopes is crucial to understand immunological mechanisms. It is of particular interest for allergenic proteins with high cross-reactivity as observed in the lipid transfer protein (LTP) syndrome, which is characterized by severe allergic reactions. Art v 3, a pollen LTP from mugwort, is frequently involved in this cross-reactivity, but no antibody-binding epitopes have been determined so far. To reveal human IgE-binding regions of Art v 3, we produced three murine high-affinity mAbs, which showed 70–90% coverage of the allergenic epitopes from mugwort pollen–allergic patients. As reliable methods to determine structural epitopes with tightly interacting intact antibodies under native conditions are lacking, we developed a straightforward NMR approach termed hydrogen/deuterium exchange memory (HDXMEM). It relies on the slow exchange between the invisible antigen-mAb complex and the free 15N-labeled antigen whose 1H-15N correlations are detected. Due to a memory effect, changes of NH protection during antibody binding are measured. Differences in H/D exchange rates and analyses of mAb reactivity to homologous LTPs revealed three structural epitopes: two partially cross-reactive regions around a-helices 2 and 4 as well as a novel Art v 3–specific epitope at the C terminus. Protein variants with exchanged epitope residues confirmed the antibody-binding sites and revealed strongly reduced IgE reactivity. Using the novel HDXMEM for NMR epitope mapping allowed identification of the first structural epitopes of an allergenic pollen LTP. This knowledge enables improved cross-reactivity prediction for patients suffering from LTP allergy and facilitates design of therapeutics.

A series of 1-(2,3-dihydro-1H-indan-1-yl)-3-aryl urea/thiourea derivatives (4a-j) have been synthesized from the reaction of 2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-amine (2) with various aryl isocyanates/isothiocyanates (3a-j) by using N,N-DIPEA base (Hunig's base) catalyst in THF at reflux conditions. All of them are structurally confirmed by spectral (IR, 1H & 13C NMR and MASS) and elemental analysis and screened for their in-vitro antioxidant activity against DPPH and NO free radicals and found that compounds 4b, 4i, 4h & 4g are potential antioxidants. The obtained in vitro results were compared with the molecular docking, ADMET, QSAR and bioactivity study results performed for them and identified that the recorded in silico binding affinities were observed in good correlation with the in vitro antioxidant results. The Molecular docking analysis had unveiled the strong hydrogen bonding interactions of synthesized ligands with ARG 160 residue of protein tyrosine kinase (2HCK) enzyme and plays an effective role in its inhibition. Toxicology studies have assessed the potential risks of 4a-j and inferred that all of them were in the limits of potential drugs. The conformational analysis of 4a-j inferred that the urea/thiourea spacer linking 2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-amino and substituted aryl units has facilitated all these molecules to effectively bind with ARG 160 amino acid residue present on the α-helix of the protein tyrosine kinase (2HCK) enzyme specifically on chain A of hemopoetic cell kinase. Collectively this study has established a relationship between the antioxidant potentiality and ligands binding with ARG 160 amino acid residue of chain A of 2HCK enzyme to inhibit its growth as well as proliferation of reactive oxygen species in vivo. © 2019 Elsevier Inc. One of the authors Dr. Avula Vijay Kumar Reddy is thankful to Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation for providing Postdoctoral Fellowship.

In this study, seven new 3(2H)-pyridazinone derivatives expected to show cytotoxic activity in liver and colon cancer cell lines were synthesized. Their structures were confirmed by the IR, 1 H-NMR, 13 C-NMR spectra and elementary analyses. Compunds V 1 -V 7 were tested on HEP3B (liver cancer) and HTC116 (colon cancer) cell lines for cytotoxicity by using MTS [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)- 2H-tetrazolium] proliferation assay. Human fibroblast cells were used as safety control in these tests. 6-[4-(2-Fluorophenyl)piperazine-1-yl]-3(2H)-pyridazinone-2-acetyl-2-(2-chlorobenzal)hydrazone (compound V 3 ) was the most active agent with respect to HEP3B and HTC116 cell lines. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

A new unsymmetrical zinc(ii) phthalocyanine (ZnPc2) bearing one EDOT group was efficiently synthesized as a monomer through the statistical condensation reaction. The other products of mixed cyclotetramerization ZnPc1, ZnPc3 and ZnPc4 were also isolated. Obtained ZnPc2 is a good precursor for the synthesis of new functional linear electropolymers. This was approved by the successful electrochemical copolymerization reaction between ZnPc2 and SNS type monomer HKCN in which the amino group was desired for the enzyme immobilization. The electrochromic and glucose sensing properties of copolymer P(ZnPc2-co-HKCN) obtained by electrochemical oxidative polymerization were investigated. Based on spectroelectrochemical studies, the P(ZnPc2-co-HKCN) copolymer showed a greenish yellow colour in the reduced state and a dark blue colour in the oxidized state as a film. An optical contrast ratio of 44% at 471 nm was achieved with a fast switching time (2.5 s). Meanwhile, the novel biosensor constructed from P(ZnPc2-co-HKCN) showed a linear amperometric response to glucose within a concentration range of 0.1 mM to 1.5 mM (LOD: 0.049 mM). These data illustrate the possible use of the P(ZnPc2-co-HKCN) modified electrode as an amperometric glucose sensor. © 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

The aim of this study is to measure GABA levels of perisylvian cortices in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients, using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS). Patients with schizophrenia (n = 25), bipolar I disorder (BD-I; n = 28) and bipolar II disorder (BD-II; n = 20) were compared with healthy controls (n = 30).1H-MRS data was acquired using a Siemens 3 T whole body scanner to quantify right and left perisylvian structures’ (including superior temporal lobes) GABA levels. Right perisylvian GABA values differed significantly between groups [χ2= 9.62, df: 3, p = 0.022]. GABA levels were significantly higher in the schizophrenia group compared with the healthy control group (p = 0.002). Furthermore, Chlorpromazine equivalent doses of antipsychotics correlated with right hemisphere GABA levels (r2= 0.68, p = 0.006, n = 33). GABA levels are elevated in the right hemisphere in patients with schizophrenia in comparison to bipolar disorder and healthy controls. The balance between excitatory and inhibitory controls over the cortical circuits may have direct relationship with GABAergic functions in auditory cortices. In addition, GABA levels may be altered by brain regions of interest, psychotropic medications, and clinical stage in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. � 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd

We describe the hitherto unknown use of N-Boc-protected hydrazine in the Ugi tetrazole reaction to access a library of highly substituted 5-(hydrazinomethyl)-1-methyl-1H-tetrazoles. The reaction is very versatile and good to high yielding. A one-pot, two-step procedure is given.

The development and application of novel nanospheres based on cationic and anionic random amphiphilic polypeptides with prolonged stability were proposed. The random copolymers, e.g., poly(l-lysine-co-d-phenylalanine) (P(Lys-co-dPhe)) and poly(l-glutamic acid-co-d-phenylalanine) (P(Glu-co-dPhe)), with different amount of hydrophilic and hydrophobic monomers were synthesized. The polypeptides obtained were able to self-assemble into nanospheres. Such characteristics as size, PDI and &zeta, potential of the nanospheres were determined, as well as their dependence on pH was also studied. Additionally, the investigation of their biodegradability and cytotoxicity was performed. The prolonged stability of nanospheres was achieved via introduction of d-amino acids into the polypeptide structure. The cytotoxicity of nanospheres obtained was tested using HEK-293 cells. It was proved that no cytotoxicity up to the concentration of 500 &micro, g/mL was observed. C-peptide delivery systems were realized in two ways: (1) peptide immobilization on the surface of P(Glu-co-dPhe) nanospheres, and (2) peptide encapsulation into P(Lys-co-dPhe) systems. The immobilization capacity and the dependence of C-peptide encapsulation efficiency, as well as maximal loading capacity, on initial drug concentration was studied. The kinetic of drug release was studied at model physiological conditions. Novel formulations of a long-acting C-peptide exhibited their effect ex vivo by increasing activity of erythrocyte Na+/K+-adenosine triphosphatase.

Innovative therapeutic heterocycles having precisely thiadiazolyl-pyranopyrazole fragments were prepared by using the ecofriendly synthetic route. Entire compounds formed in quantitative yields. All the composites tested for their antimicrobial effectiveness against four microbial, two beneficial fungi's and accurately measured the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC and MBC/MFC), along with some initial structure activity relationships (SARs) also discussed. From the biological outcomes, the motif 6f provided an outstanding activity against all six pathogens. The possible presence of a nitro substituent on this composite may undoubtedly enhance the activity. In addition, amalgams 6d, 6g and 6l displayed promising antimicrobial results. This may be justified to the presence of electron capture group attached to the benzene ring, while the combinations 6j and 6k were zero effect towards all bacterial strains. The other compounds were excellent to low antimicrobial efficiency. The intriguing point was observed that all the active compounds had in common immense antibacterial effectiveness on Gram-negative bacteria than Gram-positive one and more antifungal activity on A. niger compare to other fungus. All things considered and suggested that this outstanding green synthetic approach is used to develop biological active compounds. On top of that, biological results confirmed that these biologically energetic motifs suitable for additional preclinical examine with the aim of standing novel innovative drugs. © 2018 Elsevier Inc.

PubMed ID: 31247220 As seen in other types of cancer, development of drug resistance in NSCLC treatment causes adverse effects on disease fighting process. Recent studies have shown that one of the drug resistance development mechanisms is that cancer cells may acquire the ability to escape from cell death. Therefore, development of anticancer drugs which have the strategy to redirect cancer cells to any cell death pathways may provide positive results for cancer treatments. Autophagy may be a target mechanism of alternative cancer treatment strategy in cases of blocked apoptosis. There is also a complex molecular link between autophagy and apoptosis, has not been fully understood yet. The dicyano compound which we used in our study caused cell death in NSCLC cell lines. When we analyzed the cells which were treated with dicyano compound by transmission electron microscope, we observed autophagosome structures. Upon this result, we investigated expression levels of autophagic proteins in the dicyano compound-treated cells by immunoblotting and observed that expression levels of autophagic proteins were increased significantly. The TUNEL assay and qRT-PCR for pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic gene expression, which we performed to assess apoptosis in the dicyano compound-treated cells, showed that the cell death does not occur through apoptotic pathway. We showed that the dicyano compound, which was developed in our laboratories, may play a role in molecular link between apoptosis and autophagy and may shed light on development of new anticancer treatment strategies. © 2019 Elsevier B.V. 2017SAE024 We are grateful to Dr. Nedim KARAGENC because of his valuable contributions. This study was supported by Pamukkale University Research Foundation ( 2017SAE024 ).

The aim of this study was to determine whether p-chloroaniline (PCA) is formed in the reactions of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) with final rinse chlorhexidine (CHX), QMix (combination of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), CHX and detergent) and EDTA/CHX solutions by thin-layer chromatography (TLC), proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) and infrared (IR) spectroscopy. Commercially available 5.25% NaOCl solution was mixed with 2% CHX and QMix in 1:1 (v/v) ratio at room temperature. Furthermore, 2% CHX was associated with 17% EDTA under the same experimental conditions. The obtained solutions were evaluated qualitatively for color changing, precipitate and/or bubble formation and analyzed by TLC chromatography. The association products were investigated by spectroscopic (1H NMR and IR) methods in order to determine whether they contain PCA. It was found that interactions between NaOCl/CHX and CHX/EDTA led to forming of brown and white precipitate. When NaOCl was mixed with QMix, an orange-brown precipitate was formed. PCA was not detected as a product of the reactions between NaOCl and final rinse solutions of CHX, QMix and EDTA/CHX association.

WOS: 000485335600003, Novel 3-Amino-1-hetarylfluorene derivatives have medicinal uses and challenging transformation in organic synthesis have been synthesized via decyanation process. Surprisingly, the alkylated compounds derived from 3-Amino-1-hetarylfluorenes were obtained via further nucleophilic substitution to the 9-C and 3-N positions of the fluorene ring because of the harsh reaction condition employed. The synthesized compounds were characterized by spectroscopic techniques as well as X-ray single crystal diffraction analysis. This new family of blue emitting fluorene derivatives have low to moderate quantum yields (the largest value of Phi(F) = 0.52 for compound 15). (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved., Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) [113Z704], This research was supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) Grant no: 113Z704.

Drug abuse has become a global problem. The mass spectrometry-based metabolic consequences of ketamine administration in anesthesia and therapy have been well studied, but to the best of our knowledge, metabolomic studies of ketamine abuse based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy are still lacking. In this study, twenty Sprague–Dawley rats were randomly assigned into two groups: a control group ( n = 10) and a ketamine group ( n = 10). The animals in the ketamine group received intraperitoneal injections of ketamine twice daily at 12-h intervals at progressively increasing doses over a period of 9 days, while the control group received an equal volume of saline. The urine samples were collected for 24 h at days 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 for the metabolomics study. The metabolic changes in urine after short-term ketamine administration were analyzed by proton NMR coupled with multivariate statistical analysis. The results indicated that short-term ketamine exposure led to significant alterations of the metabolites in the urine of the rats. Specifically, 1,3,7-trimethyluric acid, 1,3-dimethyluric acid, acetoacetic acid, acetylglycine, creatine, sarcosine, dimethylglycine, glycine, and theobromine were significantly increased in the urine. Significant changes were also found in metabolites related to antioxidant and energy metabolism, including acetoacetic acid, succinate, 1,3,7-trimethyluric acid, 1,3-dimethyluric acid, creatine, and taurine. Our findings indicated that short-term ketamine administration leads to disorder of energy metabolism and oxidative stress. In addition, the modified metabolites identified could serve as the new biological markers and potential biological indices reflecting the underlying mechanism of ketamine abuse.

A combination of proton nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H NMR) and synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering (sSAXS) was used to discriminate the speciation and structure evolution of lipolysis products for submicron lipid droplets and lipid loaded in porous silica particles. The free fatty acid (FFA)-to glyceride ratio was controlled by confining medium-chain length triglycerides (MCT) in porous silica particles, which influenced the colloidal self-assembly structures formed within the lipolysis media. FFA and glycerides released during hydrolysis formed highly geometrically organised structures in a time dependent manner. Structural transitions from coexisting emulsion droplets and micelles to lamellar structures, and finally to inverse hexagonal phase were observed during the digestion of lipid droplets. In contrast, when hosted in porous silica particles the digestion of lipids resulted in the self-assembly of a lamellar phase that was independent of digestion time. The evolution of structure during lipid digestion was dependent on lipolysis kinetics and the relative concentration of FFA to glycerides, which highlights important implications for the controlled delivery and absorption of lipophilic bioactives. Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Background/aim: The aim of this study was to compare metabolite levels of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), anterior cingulate gyrus (ACG), thalamus, and hippocampus in patients with chronic schizophrenia (CSPs) and first psychotic episode patients (FEPs) by the use of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Materials and methods: Thirty CSPs, 20 FEPs, and 30 healthy subjects participated in this study. N-Acetylaspartate (NAA), creatine, choline (Cho), and myoinositol levels of the DLPFC, ACG, thalamus, and hippocampus were measured by 1H-MRS. Results: It was determined that the NAA/Cho ratio was lower in both the FEPs and CSPs than the healthy controls in the DLPFC. DLPFC Cho levels were also higher in CSPs than healthy controls. NAA levels in CSPs were significantly lower than in the control group in the hippocampus. There was no significant difference in neurometabolite levels and ratios in the ACG and thalamus between the groups. Conclusion: This study supports neuronal dysfunction or loss of neuronal integrity in the DLPFC and hippocampus in CSPs. FEPs showed less neuronal dysfunction in the DLPFC, but not in the hippocampus. Our results suggest that schizophrenic patients show brain metabolic changes with the onset of the disorder in the DLPFC; these changes could be more apparent in the hippocampus as the disease progresses to chronic stages. © TÜBİTAK.

Basic bulky amines such as amantadine are well-characterized M2 channel blockers, useful for treating influenza. Herein we report our surprising findings that charge-neutral, bulky isocyanides exhibit activities similar to - or even higher than - that of amantadine. We also demonstrate that these isocyanides have potent growth inhibitory activity against the H5N1 virus. The -NH2 to -N?C group replacement within current anti-influenza drugs was found to give compounds with high activities at low-micromolar concentrations. For example, a tenfold improvement in potency was observed for 1-isocyanoadamantane (27), with an EC50 value of 0.487 ?m against amantadine-sensitive H5N1 virus as determined by both MTT and plaque-reduction assays, without showing cytotoxicity. Furthermore, the isocyanide analogues synthesized in this study did not inhibit the V27A or S31N mutant M2 ion channels, according to electrophysiology experiments, and did not exhibit activity against amantadine-resistant virus strains. Charge-neutral bulky isocyanides were found to exhibit antiviral activities similar to - or even higher than - that of amantadine. Moreover, we demonstrated that these isocyanides have potent growth inhibitory activity against the wild-type H5N1 virus. The NH2 to N?C group replacement within current anti-influenza drugs was found to result in compounds with low-micromolar activities. © 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

A facile one-pot synthesis of mono(hpp)- or di(hpp)-substituted N-heterocyclic ligands from halogenated N-heterocycles and 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-2H-pyrimido[1,2-a]pyrimidine (H-hpp) is presented. N,N-Bidentate and N,N,N-tridentate ligands incorporating electron-donating and electron-withdrawing substituents can also be readily synthesized using this method. � Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, New York.

5,11,17,23-Tetra-tert-butyl-25,26,27,28-tetrahydroxycalix[4]arene and 25,26,27,28-tetrahydroxycalix[4]arene were synthesized based on previous literature. Firstly, several azo dyes were synthesized, and then, these dyestuffs were chlorinated through reaction with thionyl chloride. Secondly, the azo compounds bonded with methylene chloride and reacted with 25,26,27,28-tetrahydroxycalix[4]arene, and then, six novel disazocalix[4]arene derivatives 4(a–f) were achieved. Their structures were characterized as Fourier transform infrared, 1H-NMR, and elemental analysis. In this study, we investigated the solvatochromic properties of the compounds and the acid–base effect on their ultraviolet–visible absorption by using six solvents. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

cavus, Muhammet Serdar/0000-0002-3721-0883; SAHIN, CIGDEM/0000-0002-3370-2434 WOS: 000424970300074 New iridium(III) complexes with 2-(3-fluorophenyl)-4-methylpyridine as cyclometalated ligands and 2,2'-bipyridine-4,4'-dicarboxamide derivatives as ancillary ligands were synthesized and characterized by FTIR, NMR, MS, UV/Visible, and fluorescence spectroscopies and cyclic voltammetry. The effects of different solvents and substituents on the photophysical properties of the complexes have been investigated. The complexes show tunable photoluminescence wavelengths depending on solvent polarity in the 548 nm to 610 nm range where the emission colour can change from green to orange-red. The complexes exhibit high photoluminescence quantum yields between 0.41 and 0.75, which may be attributed to the change in the transition dipole moment originating from the amide group upon electronic excitation. The calculated HOMO and LUMO energy levels of complexes 1-7 are in the -5.51 to -5.60 eV and -3.37 to -3.40 eV ranges, respectively. The ground and excited state properties of 1 have been fully investigated by means DFT and TD-DFT methods respectively. The general trends of observed data have been successfully represented and quantified by computational data. Pamukkale UniversityPamukkale University [2013FBE027] We acknowledge Pamukkale University for the project support fund (Project Number: 2013FBE027).

Cereal-associated Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) are well known for homopolymeric exopolysaccharide (EPS) production. Herein, the structure of an EPS isolated from sourdough isolate Lactobacillus brevis E25 was determined. A modified BHI medium was used for production of EPS-E25 in order to eliminate potential contaminants. Analysis of sugar monomers in EPS revealed that glucose was the only sugar present. Structural characterisation of EPS by NMR and methylation analysis revealed that E25 produced a highly branched ?-glucan with (?1 ? 3) and (?1 ? 6) glycosidic linkages, and was similar in structure to a previously reported EPS from Lactobacillus reuteri 180. The 1H and 13C NMR data were contrasted with newly recorded data for known polysaccharides (alternan, commercial dextran) which also contain ?-(1,3,6)Glc branch points. It was found in both E25 EPS and alternan that NMR parameters could be used to distinguish glucose residues that had the same substitution pattern but occupied different positions in the structure. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd

Apocarotenoids are widely distributed among living organisms (bacteria, fungi, algae, plants and even animals) and have been associated with several signaling functions. These compounds are generated by the activity of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases (CCDs), whose diversity greatly contributes to the large number of apocarotenoids that have been described so far. It is nevertheless expected that a considerable diversity of these molecules is yet to be discovered. In this work, we describe the isolation and structural elucidation of the apocarotenoid 4-oxo-β-apo-13-carotenone from the cultured freshwater cyanobacterium Anabaena cylindrica PCC 7122, corresponding to the first report of this compound from natural sources. © 2018 Wiley-VHCA AG, Zurich, Switzerland We thank CEMUP for NMR and MS analyses. This work was supported by R&D&I INNOVMAR - Innovation and Sustainability in the Management and Exploitation of Marine Resources (reference NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000035, Research Line NOVELMAR), funded by the Northern Regional Operational Program (NORTE2020) through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and by Funda©cão para a Ciência e a Tecnolo-gia, through grant IF/01358/2014 to PNL.

Candida spp. is associated with almost 80% of all nosocomial fungal infections and is considered a major cause of blood stream infections. In humans, Cryptococcosis is a disease of the lungs caused by the fungi Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus neoformans. It can be potentially fatal, especially in immune-compromised patients. In a search for antifungal drugs, Deguelia duckeana extracts were assayed against these two fungi and also against Candida albicans, which causes candidiasis. Hexane branches and CH2Cl2 root extracts as well as the substances 4-hydroxylonchocarpine, 3,5,4′-trimethoxy-4-prenylstilbene and 3′,4′-methylenedioxy-7-methoxyflavone were assayed to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration. Phytochemical study of CH2Cl2 root and hexane branch extracts from D. duckeana A.M.G. Azevedo, Fabaceae, resulted in the isolation and characterization of nine phenolic compounds: 4-hydroxyderricine, 4-hydroxylonchocarpine, 3′,4′,7-trimethoxy-flavonol, 5,4′-dihydroxy-isolonchocarpine, 4-hydroxyderricidine, derricidine, 3,5,4′-trimethoxy-stilbene, 3′,4′,7-trimethoxyflavone and yangambin. The only active extract was a CH2Cl2 root showing minimal inhibitory concentration 800 μg/ml against C. gattii, and the investigation of compounds obtained from this extract showed that 4-hydroxylonchocarpine was active against all three fungi (C. neoformans, C. gattii and C. albicans). These results suggest that D. duckeana extracts have potential therapeutic value for the treatment of pathogenic fungi. Keywords: Amazonian plant, Chalcone, Flavonoid, Lignan, Stilbene, Timbó