Novel nanostructured hybrid electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) yarns with different graphene ratios were prepared using liquid crystal graphene oxide (LCGO) and PAN. It was found that the well-dispersed LCGO were oriented along the fiber axis in an electrified thin liquid jet during electrospinning. The graphene oxide sheets were well dispersed in the polar organic solvent, forming nematic liq...

The tomato processing industry generates large quantities of tomato peel residues, usually creating environmental problems. These residues are a significant source of lycopene, thus providing an attractive alternative for profitable handling of these otherwise problematic by-products. The enzymatic pretreatment of these residues for lycopene recovery has already been employed, although the use ...

The chemical composition of a substrate can influence the adhesion, viability and proliferation of cells seeded on the substrate. The aim of this work was to investigate the influence of different cationic or anionic moieties in acrylonitrile-based copolymers on the interaction with fibroblasts. A series of ten different types of acrylonitrile-based copolymers with a random sequence structure w...

Chlorogenic acids (CGAs) are the main phenolic compounds found in green coffee beans. They receiving more attention recently due to proven health and nutrition benefits they offer, addition their role as markers for quality. A relatively large number of studies reported literature that based on analysis these compounds. However, very limited research is dedicated evaluation performance analytic...

The present study deals with the selective hydrogenation of menthone to menthol in a Parr reactor. The reactions are carried out in the temperature range of 100-200°C, pressure range of 5-20 kg/cm, 100 mL solvent and catalyst to substrate ratio ranging from 0-10% for a reaction time of 4-5 h. The samples are then analyzed using a gas chromatograph for determining the conversion and then selecti...

Phenyl fatty hydroxamic acids (PFHAs) were synthesized from canola or palm oils and phenyl hydroxylamine (FHA) catalyzed by Lipozyme TL IM or RM IM. The reaction was carried out by shaking the reaction mixture at 120 rpm. The optimization was carried out by changing the reaction parameters, namely; temperature, organic solvent, amount and kind of enzyme, period of reaction and the mol ratio of ...

Nanotubes composed of C60 molecules (C60NTs) were prepared at ambient pressure and temperature by liquidliquid interfacial precipitation (LLIP) method using pyridine and isopropyl alcohol (IPA) for the solvent of C60 powder. The pyridine solution saturated with C60 was (a) exposed to UV (302 nm) and visible (436 nm) light, (b) mixed with IPA at 1:10, 1:9, 1:8, and 1:7 (C60pyridine:IPA) ratios, ...

Denaturation was examined for the first time in a ternary mixed solution of water/hydrophilic/hydrophobic organic solvent using λ-DNA and a plasmid as models. The absorbance of λ-DNA and the plasmid at 260 nm gradually increased for several days up to 1.68 and 1.38 times the initial values, respectively, in a water/acetonitrile/ethyl acetate (15:3:2, volume ratio) mixed solution, whereas there ...

The objective of the present study is to formulate and evaluate roxithromycin tablets employing roxithromycin (ROX) solid dispersions. Dispersions of ROX in mannitol were prepared by different techniques like physical mixing, melting method, melt solvent method, kneading technique and common solvent method with drug and carrier ratio of 1:1, 1:2, 1:4 and 1:9. ROX tablets were formulated employi...