Metabolic and toxicodynamic interactions of some organic solvents in rats repeatedly treated with medium dose levels were examined. It was shown that both n-hexane and ethylbenzene significantly inhibited tetrachloroethylene metabolism during a 2-week period. n-Hexane and tetrachloroethylene enhanced metabolism of ethylbenzene whereas ethylbenzene suppressed n-hexane metabolism only at the end ...

Water induced microstructure transitions of diglycerol monolaurate (C(12)G(2)) reverse micelles in aromatic liquid ethylbenzene have been investigated using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and rheometry. The SAXS data have been evaluated by generalized indirect Fourier transformation (GIFT) and geometrical model fittings. We found that the C(12)G(2) spontaneously self-assembles into ellipso...

A quantitative real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assay was utilized to quantify the expression of ElHDO in the fungus Exophiala lecanii-corni during the biodegradation of ethylbenzene and other volatile organic pollutants. The assay was applied to measure the impact of pollutant mixtures on ElHDO expression relative to that of a housekeeping gene (18S rRNA). Th...

BTX (benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene and p-xylene) and meteorological parameters were measured in ambient air of an urban site located in Carmen City, Campeche, Mexico. A total of 412 samples were collected for BTX and analyzed by Gas Chromatography with Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID). Meteorological parameters were measured by a portable station. A marked diurnal variation was found for al...

In this study at first, in laboratory, three types of vanadium oxide were produced by using porous graphene and amine framework in hydrothermal method nanostructures such as: vanadium oxide - octadecyl amine - graphene, vanadium oxide - dodecyl amine - graphene and vanadium oxide – aniline - graphene (V-ODA-G، V-DDA-G، V-A-G). Then their structures and functions in propane dehydrogenation react...

Ethylbenzene dehydrogenase (EbDH) catalyzes the initial step in anaerobic degradation of ethylbenzene in denitrifying bacteria, namely, the oxygen-independent hydroxylation of ethylbenzene to (S)-1-phenylethanol. In our study we investigate the kinetic properties of 46 substrate analogs acting as substrates or inhibitors of the enzyme. The apparent kinetic parameters of these compounds give imp...

BACKGROUND People usually spent about 90% of their time indoors, which are probably more polluted than outside the buildings. High levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are known as causes of sick building syndrome. The present study was designed to determine the quantitative effects of some plants to improve the quality of the environmental air. RESULTS D. deremensis and O. microdasys ...

4-Chloro-N-(2-methyl-1-indolinyl)-3-sulfamoylbenzamide (indapamide), an indoline-containing diuretic drug, has recently been evaluated in a large Phase III clinical trial (ADVANCE) with a fixed-dose combination of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, perindopril, and shown to significantly reduce the risks of major vascular toxicities in people with type 2 diabetes. The original metaboli...

As potential hydrogen storage mediums, ammonia borane and its derivatives have been paid an increasing attention owing to their higher hydrogen capacities and facile dehydrogenation properties under moderate conditions. In this chapter, we presented extensive studies on thermodynamic tailoring of dehydrogenation of metal amidobor‐ anes, metal borohydride-ammonia borane complexes, and metal amid...

Borane amine compounds hold promise in a chemical hydrogen storage setting due to their high gravimetric and volumetric content of releasable hydrogen. The heats of formation and the thermodynamics of the dehydrogenation of N-methyl substituted cyclodi-, cyclotriand cyclotetraborazane were predicted at the G3(MP2) level following B3LYP/DGDVZP2 level optimization. The dehydrogenation of the N-me...