These substances display strong antioxidant, free-radical-scavenging and metalchelating activity as well as many other activities [4,5]. It has been proven, that the process of lipid peroxidation can be effectively inhibited by flavonoids [6]. The skin is the first line of our defence against external agents. This organ plays a role of very effective barrier for compounds that have been applied...

We derive a upper bound on the free energy of a Bose gas system at density ̺ and temperature T . In combination with the lower bound derived previously by Seiringer [15], our result proves that in the low density limit, i.e., when a̺ ≪ 1, where a denotes the scattering length of the pair-interaction potential, the leading term of ∆f the free energy difference per volume between interacting and id...

The major unexplained phenomenon in fibrotic conditions is an increase in replicating fibroblasts. In this report we present evidence that oxygen free radicals can both stimulate and inhibit proliferation of cultured human fibroblasts, and that fibroblasts themselves release superoxide (O2.-) free radicals. Fibroblasts released O2.- in concentrations which stimulated proliferation, a finding co...

A series of 3-styrylchromone derivatives (4-20) were synthesized and the structure-activity relationships for α-glucosidase inhibition and antioxidant activities were analyzed. Among the synthesized compounds, compounds 15 and 20, which contain a catechol moiety, showed both potent 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging activity (15: EC₅₀=17 µM; 20: EC₅₀=23 µM) and α-gluco...

To improve drug selectivity toward target cells, one interesting approach for drug delivery is to use polymer nanoparticles. A two-layered ONIOM Becke3- LYP: UFF calculation was carried out to study the structural and thermodynamic properties of the interaction between acetamide derivatives and the PCA-PEG-PCA copolymers. The Interaction enthalpies and the Gibbs free energies between acetamide ...

It has been reported that the phase transitions found in the quasi-one-dimensional sulfide KCu(7-x)S4 are most likely due to vacancy ordering involving Cu+-ion diffusion along the Cu(2)-Cu(2) zigzag chains. Our previous studies with both a self-consistent method and Monte Carlo simulations confirmed that phase transitions indeed exist in a one-dimensional (1D) lattice gas system in which vacanc...

By making use of the double-time Green function technique, we study thermodynamics of a deformed Bose gas, which describes well properties of density intensive photonic gas and radiation fields of the early universe. General form of statistical distribution function is obtained. We show explicitly the expression of the distribution function in some limitation cases. The free energy, equation of...

Background: Gums have been found to be good corrosion inhibitors due to their functional group; they form complexes with metal ions and on the metal surfaces. Most gums have -COOH functional groups, which can increase the contribution of electron or charge transfer and hence facilitate inhibition through adsorption. Methods: The corrosion and inhibition behaviors of mild steel in hydrochloric, ...