Effects of water on the charge-transfer (CT) kinetics in deep eutectics solvents (DES) have been investigated ethaline (1 : 2 choline chloride+ethylene glycol), taken as a prototypical example hydrophilic DES. Standard heterogeneous CT rate constants ks were measured for two redox couples: 1,1’-ferrocene-dimethanol/1,1’-ferrocenium-dimethanol and ferro-/ferricyanide glassy carbon electrode func...

Abstract. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are novel green with great potential in many industrial applications. Due to their high tunability, DESs can be synthesized and prepared into various concentrations by dilution water. This work revolutionises the determination of selected DESs’ water activity using inferencing respective freezing point depression. Using Hildebrand-Scott equation, depressi...

1 Dept of Medicine Animal, Production and Health Padova Univ., Agripolis, Viale dell’Università, 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy 2 Istituto Zooprofilattico delle Venezie, Viale dell’Università, 10, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy ABSTRACT The study aimed at evaluating the effect of a daily dose of 14 g of choline administrated by using soy lecithins (LC group), a by-product of the biodiesel production ...

The choice of which neurotransmitters will be produced by a developing neuron is influenced by the microenvironment of the neuron. In this study we show that neuronal contact with membrane-associated molecules promotes expression of peptidergic and cholinergic traits. Treatment of cultured neonatal rat sympathetic neurons with plasma membranes derived from adult rat spinal cord or sympathetic g...

The synthesis of brain phosphatidylcholine may utilize three circulating precursors: choline; a pyrimidine (e.g., uridine, converted via UTP to brain CTP); and a PUFA (e.g., docosahexaenoic acid); phosphatidylethanolamine may utilize two of these, a pyrimidine and a PUFA. We observe that consuming these precursors can substantially increase membrane phosphatide and synaptic protein levels in ge...