Template-free CuO nanorods were synthesized through a three-step chemical method with no water-insoluble materials. The first step included the preparation of a Cu-complex, which was obtained from dipicolinic acid, L-lysine, and copper nitrate. Then, as the second step, the obtained solution was allowed to be relaxed for a week to and formation of some blue single-crystals single crystals, whic...

Gulf toadfish were exposed to sublethal levels of copper (12.8 or 55.2 microM) for 30 days. Drinking in control fish averaged 1 ml kg(-1)h(-1) but exposure to 55.2 microM copper resulted in a complex biophasic pattern with initial (3 h and 1 day) inhibition of drinking rate, followed by an elevation of drinking rate from day 3 onwards. Drinking led to copper accumulation in the intestinal fluid...

The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the toxicity to termites and the leaching stability of copper compounds derived from triand dioctylamineboric acid complexes for protecting wood against termite at tack . Water inso luble copper Nmethyldioctylamine or copper N-dioctylamine and copper borate were precipitated in wood by the reaction of N-methyldioctylamine or N-dioctylamine-bor...

The Mannich base containing ciprofloxacin and kojic acid structural units was prepared and evaluated in antitumor activity. The enhancement in antitumor activity was observed both from the Mannich base (IC(50): 103.3±5.0 µM for HepG2, 87.9±8.0 µM for HCT-116 cell) and its copper complex (IC(50): 11.5±1.8 µM for HepG2, 44.4±2.5 µM for HCT-116 cell) compared to the ciprofloxacin and kojic acid. T...

Copper is an essential metal for life, but toxic at high concentrations. In mammalian cells, two copper transporters are known, CTR1 and CTR2. order to gain insights on the possible influence of import pathway cellular responses copper, challenges were compared: one with ion, which likely use preferentially CTR1, a copper-polyacrylate complex, will be internalized via endosomal A model system c...

Copper is essential but can be toxic even at low concentrations. Coping with this duality requires multiple pathways to control intracellular copper availability. Three copper-inducible promoters, controlling expression of six copper tolerance genes, were recently identified in Escherichia coli. The cue system employs an inner membrane copper transporter, whereas the cus system includes a tripa...

cu2o nanoparticles were synthesized by thermal treatment in liquid paraffin without any inert gas protection using nano structures of schiff base copper (ii) complex (1) as precursor. liquid paraffin was used as solvent and reductant. span 80 was applied to control the morphology of cuprous oxide nanoparticles. the nano structure of the complex was characterized by x-ray diffraction measurement...

Histidine-copper(II) complex (Cu-His2) is a form of bound copper necessary for cellular copper uptake. Due to the high affinity of histidine to copper(II) ions, the binding of copper(II) by histidine is considered a substantial part of plasma antioxidative defense. Also cysteine plays a role in the antioxidative system. However, we show here that in the presence of oxygen the histidine-copper(I...