Abstract Tea black tussock moth, Dasychira baibarana (Matsumura) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae), is a devastating pest species of the tea plant in China. Here, we evaluated responses D. to volatiles using gas chromatography coupled electroantennographic detection (GC–EAD), eleclectroantennography (EAG), and Y-tube olfactometer. In total, 11 18 analyzed compounds elicited GC–EAD from test insects. ...

The transition from fossil resources to renewable ones represents a pressing need. acidogenic fermentation of biomass-derived ethanol carboxylic acids novel and smart possibility, opening the way for production further value-added bio-products through cascade chemical approaches. In this work, hydrogenation commercial hexanoic acid give 1-hexanol/hexyl hexanoate mixtures was preliminary studied...

The production of oxygenated bio-additives for traditional fuels represents a key challenge due to their depletion in the near-future and positive contribution reduction environmental pollution. present study considers synthesis 1-hexanol/hexyl hexanoate mixtures, two Diesel produced through hydrogenation hexanoic acid, obtainable from fermentation wide variety waste biomasses. In our case, cru...

extended release formulation of alfuzosin, an a-antagonist used for prostatic hypertrophy, is available in market. it is convenient for older patients to take only one tablet a day. marketed alfuzosin formulation is three layered geomatrix tablet that requires special facilities, high cost, more time and complex operation than normal direct compression formulation. therefore, a less complicated...

The title dinuclear complex, [Cu2(C6H11O2)4(C6H4N2)2], has a paddle-wheel structure. The two crystallographically independent Cu(II) atoms are each in a distorted square-pyramidal environment, in which four O atoms from the four bridging caproate ligands form the basal plane and the pyridine N atom of the 4-cyano-pyridine ligand occupies the apical position. The Cu⋯Cu distance is 2.6055 (9) Å. ...

Aim To investigate NHS and private sector nurses' perceptions of the value of continuing professional development (CPD), and to analyse the factors that influence these perceptions and any potential barriers to successful CPD. Method Questionnaires were sent to 200 staff working in two NHS trusts and 13 nursing homes. Following analysis of the questionnaires, interviews took place with eight se...

In the present study energy balance and liver respiratory activity were studied in rats fed on either a control diet or an energy-dense diet. Liver respiration was assessed both without added substrates and after the addition of hexanoate, glycerol, or sorbitol. The effect of ouabain on hexanoate-supported respiration was also determined. Metabolizable energy intake and energy expenditure incre...

The current studies were performed to better understand the physiological relevance of acetate in the poorly ketogenic piglet and to determine if endogenous acetogenesis rises with increased mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation, analogous to ketogenesis. Plasma acetate concentration values in newborn, fasted, or suckled piglets (230-343 μM) were at least 10-fold higher than the ketone bodies, a...

In the normal heart, there is loss of citric acid cycle (CAC) intermediates that is matched by the entry of intermediates from outside the cycle, a process termed anaplerosis. Previous in vitro studies suggest that supplementation with anaplerotic substrates improves cardiac function during myocardial ischemia and/or reperfusion. The present investigation assessed whether treatment with the ana...

The binding of hexanoic, octanoic, and decanoic acids to defatted human plasma albumin was measured by equilibrium dialysis at 37” in a calcium-free Krebs-Ringer phosphate buffer, pH 7.4. The results were analyzed in terms of multiple stepwise equilibria. For each of the albumin binding sites, the magnitude of the equilibrium constants increased as the chain length of the acid increased: decano...