This article reports a study of the thermo-oxidation and biodegradation in the soil of low-density polyethylene/starch films (LDPE/starch) by infrared spectroscopy: Films of LDPE/Starch blends of different composition (starch content range from 0 to 15% w/w),were prepared and exposed to thermo-oxidation at different temperatures at 80, 90 and 100°C,and buried in the soil of public dump duri...

conformational properties of n-aryl-1-azacyclooctan-5- ones with a p-methyl, m-methyl, and p-methoxy group as a substituent have been studied by 1h-nmr, 13c-nmr and ir spectroscopies. transannular interaction of the two functional groups have been examined from the ring inversion barriers and the carbonyl vibrational frequencies with reference to the corresponding data of the respective monofun...

Apolar, neutral peptides have been shown to ionize extremely well under the conditions used for electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS). Peptides for which the conformations have been independently determined in solution and in crystals have been examined by ESIMS. Studies of peptide helices ranging from 7 to 18 residues reveal that shorter helices yield exclusively singly charged ion...

Oxidative stress in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is considered as an important pathophysiological mechanism in acute impairment of lung function. The present study investigated whether a pulmonary oxidant-antioxidant imbalance is indicated by substantial oxidative modification of proteins in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. Oxidatively modified proteins in BAL fluid, as measure...

RATIONALE Oxidative stress is involved in the skeletal muscle dysfunction observed in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We hypothesized that the diaphragms of such patients might generate greater levels of oxidants than those neutralized by antioxidants. OBJECTIVES To assess the levels of both oxidative and nitrosative stress and different antioxidants in the ...

Introduction: Increased iron requirements to supply the expanding blood volume of the mother and the rapidly growing fetus and placenta can cause iron deficiency anemia.Plenty of oral iron formulations are available.A comparative study was planned to find out the best oral iron supplement for improving iron deficiency anemia in pregnant females as well as to compare their tolerability, as this ...

OBJECTIVE The level of various specific biomarkers of oxidative stress in plasma from schizophrenic patients, as well as biomarkers (the level of isoprostanes) in urine in schizophrenic patients was described. The aim of our present study was to evaluate biomarkers of oxidative stress by oxidative/nitrative modifications of plasma proteins (by measuring the level of carbonyl groups and 3-nitrot...

[1] Submicron atmospheric aerosol samples were collected during the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation (ICARTT) 2004 campaign on four platforms: Chebogue Point (Nova Scotia, Canada), Appledore Island (Maine), the CIRPAS Twin Otter over Ohio, and the NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown in the Gulf of Maine. Saturated aliphatic C-C-H, unsaturated aliphatic C=C ...

Chlorophyll-a plays a fundamental role in the solar energy conversion processes that occur in oxygen evolving organisms, such as plants algae and cyanobacteria. To study the chlorophyll-a species at the heart of these solar conversion processes FTIR difference spectroscopy has been a valuable tool. However, FTIR difference spectra are only partially understood. To gain a more detailed understan...

The lathyrogenic effect of INAH in the chick embryo may be measured by the increase in the extractibility of collagen from the bones with 1 M NaCl. Incubation of these bones in vitro with carbonyl compounds diminishes the amount of extractible collagen; with D-L-glyceraldehyde the reversal of the INAH effect is complete. This reversal effect is dependent on the time and temperature of incubatio...