The role of food additives in chronic urticaria (CU) is still under investigation. In this study, we aimed to explore the association between food additives and CU by using the basophil activation test (BAT). The BAT using 15 common food additives was performed for 15 patients with CU who had a history of recurrent urticarial aggravation following intake of various foods without a definite food...

The acid properties of mesostructured aluminosilicates synthesized from gels precursors of colloidal ZSM-5 zeolite have been studied by FTIR spectroscopy of basic probe molecules (ammonia, CO and propene). It is shown that these materials possess stronger acid sites with higher thermal stability than those of conventional Al-MCM-41. These results explain the enhaced m-xylene isomerization activ...

Zeolites are crystalline hydrated tektoalumosilicates consisting of a three-dimensional framework of SiO4 4and AlO4 5tetrahedra linked through shared oxygen atoms. The heulandite group of zeolites including clinoptilolite are the most abundant zeolites in nature 1, 2 . Clinoptilolite is used in a wide range of industrial and agricultural applications, particularly in animal nutrition. Dietary i...

A number of aspects of the pre-nucleation zeolite synthesis solution are considered. Various environmental and structural effects on the Si NMR chemical shift of silicon nuclei are investigated, in order to ascertain the necessary computational model for a systematic study of oligomeric silicate species identified or postulated to be present during this phase of zeolite crystal growth. It is de...

Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks of zinc, cobalt, and cadmium, including the framework ZIF-8 commercially sold as Basolite Z1200, exhibit surprising sensitivity to carbon dioxide under mild conditions. The frameworks chemically react with CO2 in the presence of moisture or liquid water to form carbonates. This effect, which has been previously not reported in metal-organic framework chemistry, p...

the chemical composition, in situ  rumen degradability coefficients of dry matter (dm) and crude protein (cp), in vitro gas production and in vivo  digestibility were evaluated for olive cake (oc) silage treated (dm basis) with different additives as follows: (1) untreated oc; (2) oc, 8% molasses and 0.4% formic acid and (3) oc, 8% molasses, 0.4% formic acid and 0.5% urea. after addition of the...

pyruvate kinase is a key enzyme in glycolytic pathway that catalyzes the transphosphorylation between phosphoenolpyruvate and adp to yield atp and pyruvate. geobacillus stearothermophillus has a stable pyruvate kinase with determined crystal structure that composed of four separate domains. given that limited proteolysis experiments can be successfully used to probe conformational features of p...

In this study, flat sheet asymmetric polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) ultrafiltration membranes with enhanced antifouling properties were prepared with a non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) method through compound additives containing a polymeric pore-forming agent, a small molecular non-solvent and a surfactant. The formation processes of the porous asymmetric membranes with different kinds of...