The thiocyanate (SCN(-)) anion is known as one of the best denaturants, which is also capable of breaking the hydrogen-bond network of water and destabilizing native structures of proteins. Despite prolonged efforts to understand the underlying mechanism of such Hofmeister effects, detailed dynamics of the ions in a highly concentrated solution have not been fully elucidated yet. Here, we used ...

a simple, sensitive and rapid method for determination of trace amounts of nitrite ion in real samples is reported. the reaction is initiated by adding known volumes of a nitrite ion solution of identified concentration to acidic solutions of thionine which causes decolorizaiton of reagent with time. the absorbance changes is then monitored spectrophotometrically at lmax = 602nm at 25 °c. calib...

Furazolidone, on complexing with DNA, led to its thermal stabilization. The increase in transition temperature of DNA (delta Tm) increased linearly with % A--T content. Increasing concentration of Cu(II) ions progressively lowered the transition temperature of DNA, but Cu(II) ions were not equally effective in lowering the transition temperature of furazolidone-DNA complex. When equimolar amoun...

The sedimentation of quaternized poly(4-vinyl pyridine) (QP4VP) or poly(N-methyl 4-vinyl pyridine iodide) in aqueous solution has been investigated by using an analytical ultracentrifuge (AUC) via sedimentation velocity (SV). When NaI is introduced, either the sedimentation coefficient (s) or apparent molar mass (Mw) of QP4VP increases with NaI concentration because the polyelectrolyte chains a...

Hollander (1934) and Gilman and Cowgill (1931) and others have shown that the acid secretion of the gastric mucosa is pure hydrochloric acid of concentration such that it is isotonic with the blood. In forming the acid secretion the cells of the gastric mucosa of dogs raise the hydrogen ion concentration from 5 X log , the hydrogen ion concentration of blood, to 0.17 M, the hydrogen ion concent...

We have directly observed reversal of the polarity of charged surfaces in water upon the addition of trivalent and quadrivalent ions using atomic force microscopy. The bulk concentration of multivalent ions at which charge inversion reversibly occurs depends only very weakly on the chemical composition, surface structure, size, and lipophilicity of the ions, but is very sensitive to their valen...

we studied the effect of different concentrations of alpha-tocopherol on in vitro cupric ions induced oxidation of low density lipoproteins (ldl). human native ldl (50 µg protein/ml) oxidation was induced by 10 µmol/l of cuso4. conjugated dienes were measured spectrophotometrically for up to 440 minutes. the length of the lag phase (tlag), maximum velocity of the reaction (vmax) and the maximum...

interaction of pb(ii) ion with modified banana shell (mbs) and banana shell (bs) during adsorption fromaqueous solution were investigated. batch experiments were carried out to investigate the effect of contact time,ph, and idmid ion concentration on adsorption efficiency. the favorable pll for maxim= pb(ii) adsorptionwas at 5.0. for the investigated imoi) concentrations (10-80 mph), maximum ad...