Localized C NMR spectroscopy provides a new investigative tool for studying cerebral metabolism. The application of C NMR spectroscopy to living intact humans and animals presents the investigator with a number of unique challenges. This review provides in the first part a tutorial insight into the ingredients required for achieving a successful implementation of localized C NMR spectroscopy. T...

This study reports on the production of chitosan fibers and 3-D fiber meshes for the use as tissue engineering scaffolds. Both structures were produced by means of a wet spinning technique. Maximum strain at break and tensile strength of the developed fibers were found to be 8.5% and 204.9 MPa, respectively. After 14 d of immersion in simulated body fluid (SBF), scanning electron microscopy (SE...

Localized (13)C NMR spectroscopy provides a new investigative tool for studying cerebral metabolism. The application of (13)C NMR spectroscopy to living intact humans and animals presents the investigator with a number of unique challenges. This review provides in the first part a tutorial insight into the ingredients required for achieving a successful implementation of localized (13)C NMR spe...

Echinacoside (ECH) is one of the major active phenylethanoid glycosides (PEGs) in famous traditional Chinese medicine, Herba Cistanches. Although it has various bioactivities, such as antioxidation, neuroprotection, and hepatoprotection, knowledge about its metabolic fate is scant. In the present study, eight phase II metabolites, 3,4 -O-dimethyl-ECH-3 -O-beta-d-glucuronide (M1); 4,4 -O-dimethy...

Bromoderivatives of benzofused 1,2,5-thiadiazoles are important precursors for the synthesis dyes, which widely used to design effective photovoltaic materials. In this study, 4-bromobenzo[1,2-d:4,5-d′]bis([1,2,3]thiadiazole was selectively obtained from bromination benzo[1,2-d:4,5-d′]bis([1,2,3]thiadiazole. The structure newly synthesized compound established by means elemental analysis, high-...

A noninvasive test is needed to assess the severity of encephalopathy during fulminant hepatic failure. This feasibility study was designed to compare a noninvasive test, brain lactate measurement by magnetic resonance spectroscopy, with intracranial pressure monitoring in a large animal model of fulminant hepatic failure. Five dogs received an intraventricular catheter for intracranial pressur...

A new tris-chelate Cd(II) complex, [Cd(DADMBTZ)3](ClO3)2 has been successfully synthesized and characterized by IR, 1H, 13C NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis and single crystal X-ray determination. The thermal behavior, UV-Vis and fluorescence spectra of compound were studied. In reaction with DADMBTZ, Cadmium (II) forms a tris-chelate complex with nearly C3 symmetry for coordination polyhed...

Recently a submicron particle of biphasic calcium phosphate ceramic (BCP) with through-hole (donut-shaped BCP (d-BCP)) was developed for improving the osteoconductivity. This study was performed to examine the usefulness of d-BCP for the delivery of osteoinductive rhBMP2 and the effectiveness on cranial bone regeneration. The d-BCP was soaked in rhBMP2 solution and then freeze-dried. Scanning e...

We present spectroscopy of four cataclysmic variables. Using radial velocity measurements, we find orbital periods Porb for the first time. The stars and their periods are GY Hya, 0.347230(9) d; SDSS J204448-045929, 1.68(1) d; V392 Hya, 0.324952(5) d; and RX J1951.7+3716, 0.492(1) d. We also detect the spectra of the secondary stars, estimate their spectral types, and derive distances based on ...