An improved HPLC method is reported for the determination of rosemary's principal phenolic antioxidants, rosmarinic and carnosic acids, providing a fast and simultaneous determination for both of them by using a solid phase column. The analysis was performed with fresh methanolic extractions of Rosmarinus officinalis. To quantify the amount of antioxidants in a fast and reproducible way by mean...

The Bi4Ti3O12 powders were synthesized by a hydrothermal route. The influence of hydrothermal conditions on crystal structures and morphologies of Bi4Ti3O12 particles was studied. The as-prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), fourier transform infrared (FT–IR) spectroscopy and ultraviolet visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy. These results r...

ZnS nanoparticles of different size have been synthesized using a colloidal particles method. ZnS nanoparticles prepared with capping agent (mercaptoethanol) then were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The particle size of the nanoparticles calculated from the XRD patterns has been found in the range 1.85-2.44nm. Absorption spectra have been obtained using UV-...

The formation of cis-anethole and various dimers as a result of the exposure of trans-anethole to microporous solid acids (dealuminated HY zeolites), or UV-Vis irradiation was established by means of high resolution gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. 3,4-bis-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-(E)-hex-2-ene was the most abundant compound among eight different methoxyphenyl-disubstituted hexenes pro...

A mononuclear complex of Zn(II), [Zn(DIP)(2) (DMP)] (NO(3))(2)·2H(2)O in which DIP is 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline and DMP is 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine has been prepared and characterized by (1)HNMR spectroscopy, FT-IR, UV-Vis and elemental analysis techniques. DNA-binding properties of the complex were studied using UV-vis spectra, circular dichroism (CD) spectra, fluorescence, cyclic ...

Two phenylethanoid glycosides, acteoside and forsythoside B, were first isolated from the traditional Chinese herb Callicarpa peii H.T. Chang. The interaction between the two phenylethanoid glycosides and bovine serum albumin (BSA) was investigated by fluorescence, UV-vis absorbance and circular dichroism (CD). The results showed that the quenching mechanism in the drug-BSA binary systems was a...

This paper evaluates the performance of liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) and solid phase extraction (SPE) in separating and concentrating aqueous fullerene (nC(60)) from wastewater and compares UV-vis spectroscopy and mass spectrometry for the quantification of C(60). LLE was suitable for multiple wastewater matrices, while SPE required filtration or reclaimed wastewater and secondary effluent of...