This paper was designed to study stereoselective enrichment and changes in gene expression when zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo-larvae were exposed to racemic, (-)- or (+)- PCB149 (2,2',3,4',5',6- hexachlorobiphenyl). Based on bioconcentration analysis, non-racemic enrichment was significantly observed after racemic exposure. No isomerization between the two isomers was found after (-)/(+)-PCB14...

Only one of eight possible diastereomers of the organometallic chiral-at-metal complex [ZrL2(CH2Ph)2] (L = a bidentate, chiral non-racemic pyrdine alcoholate) is observed by NMR spectroscopy in the slow exchange regime.

Self-assembly of an achiral porphyrin at the interface between a chiral solvent and an atomically flat substrate renders the monolayer chiral, and a non-racemic solvent can even overrule the intrinsic expression of chirality in the self-assembly of chiral molecules.

One of the most attractive hypothesis for the origin of homochirality in terrestrial bioorganic compounds is that a kind of "chiral impulse" as an asymmetric excitation source induced asymmetric reactions on the surfaces of such materials such as meteorites or interstellar dusts prior to the existence of terrestrial life (Cosmic Scenario). To experimentally introduce chiral structure into racem...

3-Hydroxypyridinium and 3-(hydroxymethyl)pyridinium O-terpenyl aryldithiophosphonates were obtained by the reactions of 3-hydroxypyridine 3-(hydroxymethyl)pyridine with aryldithiophosphonic acids on basis (1R,2S,5R)-(−)-menthol, (1S)-endo-(–)-borneol, racemic isoborneol, carvacrol. The salts possess high antimicrobial activity against Bacillus cereus Candida albicans.

Direct enantioseparation of racemic amine, amino-thiophene-2-yl-acetonitrile (TAN), on chiral crown ether stationary phase [Crownpak CR (+)] is described in this study. The elution behavior and the effect of acid additives on resolution of racemic amine, TAN, is intensely investigated. Moreover, the chiral recognition mechanism in this specific system is proposed based on computational methods ...

The effects of alcohol monoterpene menthol, a major active ingredient of the peppermint plant was tested on the function of human hydroxytryptamine type 3 (5-HT3) receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes. 5-HT (1 μM)-evoked currents recorded by two-electrode voltage clamp technique were reversibly inhibited by menthol in a concentrationdependent (IC50=163 μM) manner. The effects of menthol develo...

The effects of alcohol monoterpene menthol, a major active ingredient of the peppermint plant, were tested on the function of human 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 (5-HT3) receptors expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes. 5-HT (1 μM)-evoked currents recorded by two-electrode voltage-clamp technique were reversibly inhibited by menthol in a concentration-dependent (IC50 = 163 μM) manner. The effects of ...

The vast majority of racemic solutions of chiral compounds apparently crystallize at room temperature in non-Sohncke space groups as racemic crystals. However, kryptoracemic crystals composed of nearly enantiomeric pairs occasionally crystallize at room temperature, or appear as low-temperature phases, in Sohncke space groups. As a complement to the previously published catalog of organic krypt...