Objective: While substituted phenols have a variety of pharmacological activity, the mechanism underlying their anesthetic effects remains uncertain especially about the critical target. We characterized the lipid membrane-interacting properties of different phenols by comparing with general anesthetic propofol and local anesthetics. Based on the results, we also studied the pharmacological eff...

dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (dbsa) was used as an efficient, cheap and stable brønsted catalyst for acetylation of alcohols and phenols and formylation of alcohols under solvent-free conditions. various primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols were acetylated with acetic anhydride as an acetylating agent under solvent-free conditions in the presence of catalytic amount of dbsa at room temperatu...

a series of copper and cobalt substituted nanospinel ferrites have been synthesized by the hydrothermal method. these compounds were characterized by ft-ir, xrd, edx, sem and vsm techniques. all of the synthesized nanospinel ferrites were found to be highly efficient and magnetically recoverable in the solvent-free synthesis of substituted 2,6-(2-hydroxybenzyl)-phenols (trisphenols). a wide ran...

The influence of phenol and its derivatives on the kinetics of oxidation of aryldiamines (indicator-substrates) catalyzed by novel plant peroxidase-cationic peanut peroxidase-was studied. The character of influence of phenols on the kinetics of enzymatic oxidation of benzidine, o-dianisidine, and 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) with hydrogen peroxide was found to depend on a correlation be...

Human studies indicate that consumption of olive oil is associated with decreased mortality, reduced cardiovascular risk and improved cognitive function in the elderly. Many of these benefits are thought to be due to the phenolic content of olive oil. In support of this, intervention studies in humans indicate that olive oil phenols protect blood lipids from oxidation and improve blood paramete...

The genus Glycyrrhiza consists of about 30 species in which G. glabra, G. uralensis, G. inflata, G. aspera, G. korshinskyi, and G. eurycarpa are generally recognized as licorice because of their sweet taste. Except G. korshinskyi, we examined isoprenoid-substituted phenols of these licorices. Each plant could be characterized by some isoprenoid phenols. We also investigated the biological activ...

1H- and 19F-NMR measurements of spin-lattice (T1) and spin-spin (T2) relaxationtimes and diffusion ordered spectroscopy (DOSY) were applied to investigate the association of nonsubstituted (phenol (P)) and halogen-substituted (2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP); 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP), and 2,4,6-trifluorophenol (TFP) phenols with a dissolved humic acid (HA). T1 and T2 values for both 1H and 19F in p...

Horseradish peroxidase was encapsulated in calcium alginate for the purpose of phenol removal. Considering enzyme encapsulation efficiency, retention activity and enzyme leakage of the capsules, the best gelation condition was found to be 1 % w/v of sodium alginate solution and 5.5 % w/v of calcium chloride hexahydrate. Upon immobilization, pH profile of enzyme activity changes as it shows ...

although extensive experimental work has been carried out during the last several years, experimental reaction rate constants are available only for hundreds of compounds. therefore, it is useful to develop a theoretical prediction method, which can be used to obtain estimates of the necessary kinetic parameters. one of the most successful approaches to predict chemical properties starting only...