Copper (II) phthalocyanine and 2,9,16,23 tetrakis nitro copper (II) phthalocyaninehas been synthesized respectively from phthalonitrile and 4-nitro phthalonitrile under solvent-free condition using two different catalystsovernanodimensionalzeolites. 4-Nitro phthalonitrile synthesized from phthalimide in three steps. The newly prepared compounds have been characterized by IR, UV-Vis, 1</sup...

A convenient way to estimate the number of viable cells growing in microtitre tray wells is to use a colorimetric assay and an automatic microplate scanning spectrophotometer. One such assay, developed by Mosmann, depends on the reduction by living cells of tetrazolium salt, MTT, to form a blue formazan product. However the original technique has several technical limitations, namely a less tha...

In healthy volunteers pilocarpine in an oily solution had a greater degree and duration of effect on the pupil than the same amount of drug given in aqueous solution. Blue- and brown-eyed subjects had similar degrees of miosis, but the time taken to reach peak effects was longer with the latter. It can be concluded that eye drops made with an oily solvent may provide an improvement in the treat...

The human fungal pathogens Candida albicans and Histoplasma capsulatum have been reported to protect against the oxidative burst of host innate immune cells using a family of extracellular proteins with similarity to Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1). We report here that these molecules are widespread throughout fungi and deviate from canonical SOD1 at the primary, tertiary, and quaternary le...

A sensitive and selective kinetic-spectrophotometric method is proposed for the determination of microg mL(-1) amounts of Cu2+ based on its catalytic effect on the oxidation of L-ascorbic acid by Methylene Blue in a strongly acidic medium. The reaction is monitored spectrophotometrically by measuring the decrease in color intensity of Methylene Blue at 665 nm. The analysis of Cu2+ ion is perfor...

This work provides the synthesis, structural characterization, electrochemical and photophysical features, as well as the application in light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) of a novel heteroleptic copper(i) complex - [Cu(impy)(POP)][PF6], where impy is 3-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-(pyridine-2-yl)imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine and POP is bis{2-(diphenylphosphanyl)phenyl}ether. This compound shows blue ...

Total parenteral nutrition can be complicated by the marrow sea-blue histiocytes as well as copper deficiency-related bone marrow changes. Cytoplasmic vacuoles in the erythroid and myeloid precursors raise the possibility of copper deficiency anemia. If the diagnosis is delayed, the clinical course can be complicated by neurologic deficits.

This study was performed in order to determine the relative and combined effects of ethanol, a low protein diet and steroid treatment on bone, muscle, liver, and urinary and faecal excretion of zinc, copper and iron in 64 rats divided into eight groups treated following the Lieber-DeCarli liquid diet technique, with and without dexamethasone, 1 mg/l. Steroids showed a lack of effect on liver zi...

The thermochromic effect of wool dyed with 6-bromoindigo was found to depend on both heat and a solvent. fabric must be immersed in solvent while heating for color change from purple blue occur. Ethanol the most effective causing change. Water as well. 1-Butanol caused slight change, toluene completely ineffective. These results are interpreted interaction surface adsorbed dye molecular aggrega...