Materials: Lead(II) bromide (PbBr2, 99.999% trace metals basis), cesium carbonate (Cs2CO3, reagentPlus, 99%), 1-octadecene (ODE, technical grade, 90%), oleylamine (OlAm, 70%), oleic acid (OlAc, 90%), Hexanoic acid (HexAc, ≥99.5%), Octanoic acid (OctAc, 99%), Octylamine (OctAm 99,5%), Toluene (anhydrous), Hexane (anhydrous, 95%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. All chemicals were used without ...

We report the effect of surfactant addition on the optical properties of perfluorinated polyanilines synthesized through liquid-liquid interfaces. We obtained very long Stokes shifts, 205 nm, for oligomers derived from a hydrofluoroether-water system in the presence of Triton X-100 as a surfactant, and vibronic fine features from a toluene-water system.

The regulation of ketogenesis in the rat has been studied both in uiuo and in the isolated perfused liver with octanoic acid as substrate. This fatty acid, which is not utilized directly for triglyceride synthesis, was chosen in order to investigate the events that govern the metabolism of fatty acids subsequent to the (?-oxidation process. Experiments in viuo established that for any given loa...

This review focuses on biomarkers associated with the outcome of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients, such as caspase-3; total antioxidant capacity; melatonin; S100B protein; glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP); glutamate; lactate; brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); substance P; neuron-specific enolase (NSE); ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L-1 (UCH-L1); tau; decanoic acid; and...

Ghrelin is a growth hormone-releasing peptide that also displays orexigenic activity. Since serine-3 acylation with octanoylate (octanoylation) is essential for the orexigenic activity of ghrelin, suppression of octanoylation could lead to amelioration or prevention of obesity. To enable the exploration of inhibitors of octanoylated ghrelin production, we developed a cell-based assay system usi...

Secretion products from the opisthosomal defense gland of south east Asian whip scorpions were identified for the first time by gas-chromatography and mass-spectrometry. Specimens of the genera Hypoctonus, Typopeltis and Ginosigma were tested. While some ingredients are present in large concentrations, others are possibly only side products and may be synthesized more incidentally. For this rea...

The fatty acyl substrate specificity for de novo diglyceride, triglyceride, and phospholipid synthesis in cultured hepatocytes was evaluated. The fatty acyl availability for diglyceride and phospholipid synthesis is restricted to fatty acids longer than myristic acid with octanoic and decanoic acids being excluded. On the other hand, octanoic and decanoic acids may serve as substrates for the d...