Catalysing the reduction of oxygen in acidic media is a standing challenge. Although activity of platinum, the most active metal, can be substantially improved by alloying, alloy stability remains a concern. Here we report that platinum nanoparticles supported on graphite-rich boron carbide show a 50-100% increase in activity in acidic media and improved cycle stability compared to commercial c...

Stability of tea catechins during heat processing was exarnined. Effects of pH and temperature on reaction kinetics of degradation of tea catechins were investigated. Reaction of -EC was accelerated at pH higher than 6.0, inhibited at those lewer than 5.0. A dominant reaction of --EC in slightly acidic media was isomerization. The apparent first order reaction proceeded in slightly acidic media...

H-Point Standard Addition Method (HPSAM) was applied for the simultaneous determination of V(V) and Fe(III). The method is based on the complex formation of V(V) and Fe(III) with chromazurol S (CAS) in acidic media and in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as a micellizing agent. Acidic media and the presence of a micellar system improve selectivity and sensitivity. Fe (III) ...

The low extracellular pH of inflamed or ischemic tissues enhances painful sensations by sensitizing and activating the vanilloid receptor 1 (TRPV1). We report here that activation of TRPV1 results in a marked intracellular acidification in nociceptive dorsal root ganglion neurons and in a heterologous expression system. A characterization of the underlying mechanisms revealed a Ca(2+)-dependent...

Human peripheral blood monocytes (HPBM) were cultured in the absence of human serum and were converted into a state exhibiting a high accessory function expressed by their ability of supporting lymphocyte proliferation. After a prolonged culture in serum free media the monocyte derived cells were highly viable, increased in size and developed veils and dendritiform elongatio'l1s. Paralleli...

mcm-41 is one of the groups of mesoporous materials that have wide applications as adsorbents, ion exchangers and catalyst supports. in this work spherical and rod-like mcm-41s were synthesized in homogeneous and heterogeneous reaction media, respectively. for synthesis of these materials the cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (ctmabr) was used as template and tetraethylorthosil...

Advent of pharmacology, combinatorial chemistry and High Through Put Screening offered large number of synthetic drugs as a therapeutic substances. These molecules are potent to elucidate their pharmacological activity. However, pharmacokinetic properties of such molecules are rate limiting factors for its safety as well as efficacy. Most of the synthetic drug available so far in market are eit...

We have previously shown that detection of autologous antibody activity to squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck may be augmented by dissociation of immune complexes. Western blot analysis with autologous antibody has identified a 60 kDa squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck-associated antigen in spent media and immune complex-dissociated serum ultrafiltrate not recognized by norm...

a simple and sensitive extraction-spectrophotometric method for rapid and accurate determination of benzocaine in pure and dosage forms was developed. benzocaine was effectively extracted as a 1:1 ion pair complex with dicyclohexyl-18-crown-6 and calmagite in acidic media into chloroform, followed by spectrophotometric determination at 486 nm. molar absorptivity of the ternary complex at this w...