Motion of plasma-dust structures and gas in a magnetic field.

Numerous studies have revealed that the superposition of magnetic field causes plasma-dust structures to rotate in the plane normal to the field. The only explanation for this rotation found in the literature is that the plasma-dust structures are acted upon by the forces of ion entrainment (ion drag forces) from ions moving under the effect of the magnetic field in the azimuthal direction. However, this study demonstrates that the experimentally observed motion of plasma-dust structures cannot be explained by the forces of ion entrainment alone.

[NO-dependent modifications of nucleic acids].

This review is devoted to chemical transformations of nucleic acids and their components under the action of nitrogen oxide metabolites. The deamination reaction of bases is discussed in the context of possible competing transformations of its intermediates (nitrosamines, diazonium cations, diazotates, triazenes, and diazoanhydrides) and mechanisms of crosslink formation with proteins and nucleic acids. The oxidation and nitration of bases by NO2 is considered together with the possibility of radical transfer to domains from the base stacks in DNA.

[Inorganic nitric oxide metabolites participating in NO-dependent modifications of biopolymers].

Biogenous nitric(II) oxide (NO), the higher nitrogen oxides (NO2, isomeric N2O3 and N2O4, ONOO-, etc.) that are NO-derived in vivo, and the products of their transformations are active compounds capable of reactions with biopolymers and low-molecular metabolites. The products of these reactions are often considered to be various NO-dependent modifications (NODMs).

A spectrophotometric assay for nitrate in an excess of nitrite.

Miranda et al. have developed a method for simultaneous evaluation of nitrate and nitrite concentrations using reduction of nitrate by vanadium(III) combined with detection by the acidic Griess reaction [K.M.

Mechanism of perfluoroalkyl halide toxicity: catalysis of perfluoroalkylation by reduced forms of cobalamin (vitamin B12).

Perfluoroalkyl halides (PFHs) are synthetic products widely used in various fields. Perfluorooctyl bromide (PFB) is used in medicine as a component of blood substitutes and for artificial lung ventilation. In both cases, it is considered a completely inert compound acting as a solvent for oxygen.