The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the toxicity to termites and the leaching stability of copper compounds derived from triand dioctylamineboric acid complexes for protecting wood against termite at tack . Water inso luble copper Nmethyldioctylamine or copper N-dioctylamine and copper borate were precipitated in wood by the reaction of N-methyldioctylamine or N-dioctylamine-bor...

Glabrin (2-Piperidine, carboxylic acid, 4, 5, dihydroxy, -1-methyl) was isolated from Pongamia glabra seeds and metal complexes were prepared by refluxing with acetates of cupper, zinc and mercury, estimation was carried out by simple idometric method for copper complex and E.D.T.A. method for zinc and mercury complexes of glabrin. Results of present study reveal that the metal complexes show c...

Four copper(II) complexes have been prepared using macrocyclic ligands. The macrocyclic ligands have been synthesized by the condensation reaction of diethyl phthalate with Schiff bases derived from o-phenylene diamine and Knoevenagel condensed β-ketoanilides (obtained by the condensation of acetoacetanilide and substituted benzaldehydes). The ligands and copper complexes have been characterize...

Copper-β-amyloid 16 (Aβ16) complexes were investigated by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). Copper(i) and (ii) complexes were formed on-line in a microchip electrospray emitter by using a sacrificial copper electrode as the anode in positive ionization mode. In the presence of ascorbic acid in the peptide solution, the amount of Cu(i)-Aβ16 generated electrochemically was even ...

Copper-b-amyloid 16 (Ab16) complexes were investigated by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). Copper(I) and (II) complexes were formed on-line in a microchip electrospray emitter by using a sacrificial copper electrode as the anode in positive ionization mode. In the presence of ascorbic acid in the peptide solution, the amount of Cu(I)-Ab16 generated electrochemically was even ...

Superoxide anion generation plays an important role in the development of paraquat toxicity. Although superoxide dismutase mimetics (SODm) have provided protection against organ injury involving generation of superoxide anions, they often suffer problems, e.g., regarding their bioavailability or potential pro-oxidant activity. The aim here was to investigate and compare the therapeutic potentia...

The importance of copper as an essential element can be estimated by the wide range of copper proteins and enzymes playing different roles in biological systems. In the last decades many bioinorganic studies were developed on mimetic complexes of copper-dependent proteins, in order to verify the interrelations between structural and functional properties of active copper centers. Among the most...

The alloys of copper find extensive use in automobile radiators, heat exchangers, home heating systems and panels for absorbing solar energy. Copper (II) is a biologically active metal; its compounds affect the vital activity of plant and animal organisms. Copper is one of essential elements required for normal human metabolism [1]. Copper (II) is known to play a significant role in biological ...

Computational studies have attracted the attention of researchers to understand the structural behavior of the molecules. These methods grade complex systems for novel properties with new predictions in areas of physics, chemistry and biology useful for conduct of experimental studies. Nanoparticles in present day technologies have become integral part in diverse areas of science mostly with me...

Copper and zinc play important roles in Alzheimer disease pathology with recent reports describing potential therapeutics based on modulation of metal bioavailability. We examined the ability of a range of metal bis(thiosemicarbazonato) complexes (MII(btsc), where M=CuII or ZnII) to increase intracellular metal levels in Chinese hamster ovary cells overexpressing amyloid precursor protein (APP-...