Surface modification of nanocrystalline TiO(2) particles (45 A) with bidentate benzene derivatives (catechol, pyrogallol, and gallic acid) was found to alter optical properties of nanoparticles. The formation of the inner-sphere charge-transfer complexes results in a red shift of the semiconductor absorption compared to unmodified nanocrystallites. The binding structures were investigated by us...

L-glycine and L-cysteine, exhibit strong inhibition of partial purified PPO of wild pear. The concentration of L-glycine inhibiting PPO activity by 50% (IC ) was 0.8 and 0.5 mM for catechol oxidation and 50 0.75 and 0.5 mM for pyrogallol oxidation at pH 5 and 7, respectively. IC for L-cysteine calculated, 0.6 and 0.35 50 for catechol oxidation and 0.55 and 0.75 mM for pyrogallol oxidation at pH...

Excited state dynamics of S2 and S1 states for a series of TPM dyes, pyrogallol red (PGR), bromopyrogallol red (Br-PGR) and aurin tricarboxylic acid (ATC), have been monitored by using ultrafast transient absorption and fluorescence up-conversion techniques. Optical absorption studies indicate that all the TPM dyes exist as keto-enol tautomers depending upon the pH of the solution. Interestingl...

The presence of catechol groups in hydrogels, either grafted to the constituting polymers or added gel formulation allow increase adhesion strength such hydrogels. In this investigation, we add pyrocatechol (1,2-benzenediol) and pyrogallol (1,2,3-benzenetriol) gelatin solution form hydrogels using sodium periodate as an oxidant with aim induce interactions between pyrocatechol/pyrogallol chains...

The health beneficial effects of dietary polyphenols have been attributed to their intrinsic antioxidant activity, which depends on the structure of the compound and number of hydroxyl groups. In this study, the protective effects of pyrogallol, phloroglucinol, and myricetin on the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae were investigated. Pyrogallol and myricetin, which have a pyrogallol structure in t...

Pyrogallol, as an important chemical raw material and reagent, has been prepared by the decarboxylation reaction of gallic acid hydrolyzing tannin acid extracted from Chinese gall, but the decarboxylation reaction is known to cause serious environmental pollution. To obtain efficient strains to degrade gallic acid, a screening study was carried out to explore different strains and optimal ferme...

A highly sensitive differential pulse polarographic (DPP) method has been developed for the determination of trace amounts of osmium, based on the catalytic effect of osmium (VIII) on the oxidation of pyrogallol red (PGR) by sodium bromate at pH 7.00 and 25.0 0.1 ? C. The reaction rate was monitored by measuring the differential pulse cathodic current of the oxidation product of PGR and broma...