Background: Olive mill wastewater (OMW) is characterized by its high organic content and refractory compounds. The aim of this study was to evaluate compare the efficiency UV/O3 UV/ acetylacetone (UV/AcAc) processes for treatment pretreated OMW coagulation/microfiltration (C&M) process. Methods: In study, a laboratory-scale UV plug flow reactor with ancillary equipment fabricated. experimen...

We have developed a new class of MRI contrast agents that contain VO-chelated organic ligands, namely VO(acac)2. As contrast agents, vanadyl (VO ) chelates provided excellent T1 and T2 * contrasts compared to that of GdDTPA in high-resolution MR images of rodent tumors. This class of contrast agents is taken up by cancer cells that are highly glycolytic. In vivo MRI experiments demonstrated pre...

We report a simple, yet general, approach to monodisperse MPt (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) nanoparticles (NPs) by coreduction of M(acac)2 and Pt(acac)2 (acac = acetylacetonate) with oleylamine at 300 °C. In the current reaction condition, oleylamine serves as the reducing agent, surfactant, and solvent. As an example, we describe in details the synthesis of 9.5 nm CoPt NPs with their compositions c...

The nitrosation of acetylacetone (AcAc) has been revised in an aqueous acid medium of perchloric acid and buffers of mono-, di-, or tri-chloroacetic acid. The results show that in the presence of buffers, under conditions of [nit] ≪ [AcAc] (nit = sodium nitrite) the reaction cannot be studied by UV-Vis spectroscopy, contrary to the recently published paper by García-Rio et al. (J. Org. Chem., 2...

In the fourth sentence of the second paragraph under the subheading “[Pt(acac)2(DMS)] decreases expression and activity of MMP-2 and -9” in the Results section, the units for SB203580 should be listed in μM instead of mM. The correct sentence is: When SH-SY5Y cells were pretreated for 30 min with SB203580 (1 and 10 μM), and then with 0.50 μM [Pt(acac)2(DMS)] for 24 h, the inhibition of MMP-2 an...

Despite decades of study, it is still unclear whether regional brain glucose uptake is lower in the cognitively healthy elderly. Whether regional brain uptake of ketones (β-hydroxybutyrate and acetoacetate [AcAc]), the main alternative brain fuel to glucose, changes with age is unknown. We used a sequential, dual tracer positron emission tomography (PET) protocol to quantify brain (18)F-fluorod...

Two mononuclear complexes, [Ni(acac)2].0.5CH3OH (1) and[Co(acac)2NO3].2H2O (2) (acac = pentane-2,4-dione), have been synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray analysis. Complex 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/c with a = 9.295(4), b = 11.450(5), c = 12.974(6) A, V = 1379.1(11) A(3),beta = 92.854(7), and Z = 4. Complex 2 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P(-...

We have previously demonstrated that the acetylated low density lipoprotein (LDL), or scavenger, receptor expressed by rabbit smooth muscle cells (SMCs) is regulated. Phorbol ester treatment of the cells increased the number of scavenger receptors expressed and the metabolism of acetoacetylated (AcAc) LDL. The current studies examined the interaction of oxidized (Ox) LDL with the rabbit scaveng...

Reactions of the salicylaldehyde 4-phenylthiosemicarbazone (H(2)L) with selected vanadium(iv) and vanadium(v) precursors ([VO(acac)(2)], [VO(OAc)(2)], VOSO(4), [V(2)O(4)(acac)(2)]) were investigated under aerobic conditions in different alcohols (methanol, ethanol, propanol). In all examined cases mononuclear alkoxo vanadium(v) complexes [VOL(OR)] (1) (OR = OMe, OEt, OPr) were isolated as major...