SPECIFIC AIMS We have examined the hypothesis that small molecular weight compounds capable of inhibiting the aggregation of the beta-amyloid peptide (Aβ) could protect neurons from the toxic effect of Aβ and prevent cerebral amyloid deposition. The anti-aggregating and neuroprotective effects of nitrophenols were investigated in vitro using primary cultures of rat hippocampal neurons, and the ...

The effect of nitro-substituent on mononitrophenol (o-nitrophenol (ONP), m-nitrophenol (MNP) and p-nitrophenol (PNP)) reduction in a bioelectrochemical system (BES) was investigated in this study. The results show that the removal of all three nitrophenols was significantly enhanced with more negative cathode potential and shortened hydraulic retention time in the BESs. Moreover, the reduction ...

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia KB2 is known to produce different enzymes of dioxygenase family. The aim of our studies was to determine activity of these enzymes after induction by benzoic acids in cometabolic systems with nitrophenols. We have shown that under cometabolic conditions KB2 strain degraded 0.25-0.4 mM of nitrophenols after 14 days of incubation. Simultaneously degradation of 3 mM of...

Organic biostimulators support wheat growth in unfavorable conditions; however, to date, multifactorial assessments of their role the plant–pesticide–pathogen system have been poorly investigated. The goal this study was evaluate changes metabolite profile (protein, carbohydrate, phenolic compounds, acid phosphatases, and amino acids) antioxidant potential (antioxidant enzymes) that is infested...

Photosynthesis, Inhibitors, Herbicides, Dibromothymoquinone, Nitrophenols, Chloroplast Alkyl substituted derivatives of halogenated p-benzoquinones, of halogenated /7-nitrophenols, and of 2,4-dinitrophenols were tested in the inhibition of photosynthetic electron flow in chloro­ plasts. The effect of the compounds on photoreductions by photosystem I or II, on a TMPD bypass in NADPH formation an...

We report the 8.231-Mb genome sequence of Rhodococcus imtechensis RKJ300, isolated from pesticide-contaminated soil in Punjab, India. The genome sequence of the strain RKJ300 will be helpful in exploring the molecular pathways involved in the degradation of nitrophenols.

An amphiphilic calix[4]arene with sulfonate groups on the lower rim has been investigated as a buffer additive for separation of positional isomers by capillary electrophoresis. Addition of the compound to the running buffer led to successful separation of positional isomers of nitrophenols, dinitrobenzenes, and benzenediols. Association constants between the calixarene and the analytes indicat...

The compounds in diesel exhaust particles (DEP) that are responsible for vasodilatation were isolated and characterized for the first time. From benzene extract of DEP, 2-methyl-4-nitrophenol, 3-methyl-4-nitrophenl and 4-nitrophenol were isolated, and their vasodilatation activities were confirmed. 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol caused dilatation of rat thoracic artery, and the other two nitrophenols, ...