Highly sinterable alumina nano-powders have been synthesized by a sol-gel combustion method with glycine asfuel. The preparation involved the thermal decomposition of a chelating agent (fuel)-nitrate gel and theformation of amorphous precursors. The nanopowders calcined at 1100°C were characterized by X-ray powderdiffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). It was found that the ch...

barium sulfate (barite) is one of the widely used weighting materials in the preparation of drilling fluid for deep oil and gas wells. barite is not soluble in the regular solvents; such as, hydrochloric acid (hcl) and other acids. therefore, in this study, we focused on evaluating the dissolution of the industrial barite particles in different chelating agents. chelating agents; such as, dieth...

Objective: The present study aimed to the isolation and characterization of phytochemicals from tissue cultures of Arnebia hispidissima. The isolated compounds were evaluated for their antioxidant and antimicrobial activities. Materials and Methods: Six derivatives of alkannin and shikonin were isolated and characterized by using various physical and spectroscopic techniques from callus tissue ...

The present study aims to evaluate the antioxidant potential of methyl gallate an ester of gallic acid in different in vitro assays. The antioxidant capacity was assessed using Molybdate ion reduction, DPPH, ABTS radical cation scavenging, deoxyribose degradation (site specific and non-site specific), reducing power, lipid peroxidation, superoxide anion scavenging, chelating power and DNA nicki...

This study was outlined to examine the chemical composition of hydrodistilled essential oil and in vitro antioxidant potentials of the essential oil and different solvent extracts of endemic Phlomis bourgaei Boiss. used as folk remedy in Turkey. The chemical composition of the oil was analyzed by GC and GC-MS, and the predominant components in the oil were found to be β -caryophyllene (37.37%),...

This study was aimed at evaluating the antimutagenic and antioxidant properties of milk-kefir and soymilk-kefir. Such antimutagenic activity was determined by means of the Salmonella mutagenicity assay, whereas the antioxidant properties of kefir were evaluated by assessing the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical-scavenging activity, lipid peroxidation inhibition activity, ferrous ion ...

Thiocyl (sodium thiosalicylate) belongs to a salicylate group of drugs, thus it has analgesic, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory effects. It possesses metal chelating function because it also belongs to a thiol-containing group of compounds which are well-known chelators. The studies of our research group showed that thiocyl is a promising chelator of lead poisoning due to its antioxidant and m...

Aqueous extract of T. cordifolia inhibited Fenton (FeSO4) reaction and radiation mediated 2-deoxyribose degradation in a dose dependent fashion with an IC50 value of 700 microg/ml for both Fenton and radiation mediated 2-DR degradation. Similarly, it showed a moderate but dose dependent inhibition of chemically generated superoxide anion at 500 microg/ml concentration and above with an IC50 val...

Abstract Cellulose and ulvan were extracted sequentially from the green seaweed Ulva lactuca used for development of edible films with natural antioxidant properties. The composite composed cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, glycerol as plasticizer different concentrations. interaction between film components was described by FT-IR analysis, which confirmed formation hydrogen bonding interactions ce...

Background: In recent years, nanotechnology research is emerging as cutting edge technology interdisciplinary with physics, chemistry, biology, material science and medicine. AuNPs and AgNPs are an important class of nanomaterial for a wide range of biomedical applications. Synthesis of AuNPs and AgNPs through biological route is preferred due to its environment-friendly and economic aspects. M...