Volatile constituents of the seed kernel and leaf of cultivated Moringa peregrina (Forssk.) Fiori, Agricolt collected after hydrolysis were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Five glucosinolate degradation products which constituted almost the whole isolated oil of the seed kernel were identified to be: isobutyl isothiocyanate (94.0%), isopropyl isothiocyanate (4.9%), sec-butyl isothiocy...

The present study has investigated the synthesis of copper nanoparticles via copper dismutation reaction in an aqueous solution and ambient conditions. Copper (II) chloride hydrate ( ), sodium oleate (SO), sodium chloride (NaCl) and ethylene diamine (EN) have been used as copper (I, II) ions source, surfactant, chloride ions supplier and ligand, respectively. Also, an amount of hydrochloric aci...

Soaps have been extensively used, often with added alkali, to emulsify or make soluble phenolic compounds of limited solubility (Klarmann, Shternov and Von Wowern, 1929; McCulloch, 1936). There is, however, a good deal of controversial information in the literature dealing with the effect of soaps on the germicidal action of phenolic compounds. Frobisher (1927) reported that small amounts of so...

Several novel N-(4,5-diphenylthiazol-2-yl)-N'-aryl or alkyl (thio)ureas and N-(4,5-diphenylthiazol-2-yl)alkanamides were prepared as potential acyl-CoA: cholesterol O-acyltransferase (ACAT) inhibitors. Synthesis was accomplished by reaction of 2-amino-4,5-diphenylthiazole with the suitable isocyanate, isothiocyanate or acyl chloride. Some analogues without the 5-phenyl substituent or both the p...

Background Biotechnology enables the production of high-valued industrial feedstocks from plant seed oil. The plant-derived wax esters with long-chain monounsaturated acyl moieties, like oleyl oleate, have favorite properties for lubrication. For biosynthesis of wax esters using acyl-CoA substrates, expressions of a fatty acyl reductase (FAR) and a wax synthase (WS) in seeds are sufficient. R...

Treatment of the solvent adduct [MoO(2)Cl(2)(THF)(2)] with the ligand 2-(1-pentyl-3-pyrazolyl)pyridine (1, abbreviated as pent-pp) gave the dioxomolybdenum(VI) complex [MoO(2)Cl(2)(pent-pp)] (2), which was characterised by elemental analysis, (1)H NMR, FT-IR spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD). Reaction of 2 with water in a Teflon-lined stainless steel autoclave at 100 °C le...

This study evaluated the potential of poly(iso-butyl cyanoacrylate) (PBCA) nanocapsules dispersed in a biocompatible microemulsion to facilitate the absorption of insulin following intragastric administration to diabetic rats. Insulin-loaded PBCA nanocapsules were prepared in-situ in a biocompatible water-in-oil microemulsion by interfacial polymerisation. The microemulsion consisted of a mixtu...

addition of n-butyl nitrite to isolated rat hepatocytes caused an immediate glutathione depletion followed by an inhibition of mitochondrial respiration, inhi- bition of glycolysis and atp depletion. at cytotoxic butyl nitrite concentrations, lipid  peroxidation  occurred  before  the  plasma  membrane  was  disrupted. cytochrome p-450 inhibitors inhibited peroxynitrite formation and prevented ...