Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Novel Insights into the Hyperaccumulator Roxb. Responses to Cadmium Stress.

Cadmium (Cd) is a highly toxic heavy metal that causes serious damage to plant and human health. Roxb. has a large amount of aboveground biomass and a rapid growth rate, and it has been identified as a novel type of Cd hyperaccumulator that can be harnessed for phytoremediation.

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of dinuclear bismuth(III) complexes with Isoniazid-derived Schiff bases.

Four dinuclear bismuth(III) Schiff-base complexes bearing Schiff-base ligands have been synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, and spectral techniques (FT-IR, NMR and MS). The analytical data reveal the bismuth(III) complexes possess 1:1 metal-ligand ratios. In vitro biological studies have revealed that bismuth(III) complexes displayed much higher antibacterial and antitumor activities than their parent ligands, which involves two gram-negative (S.

Biomineralization of Calcium Phosphate and Calcium Carbonate within Iridescent Chitosan/Iota-Carrageenan Multilayered Films.

This work systematically explores the biomineralization of calcium phosphate (CaP) and carbonate (CaCO) within chitosan/iota-carrageenan multilayer films. Multilayer films of chitosan and iota-carrageenan (up to 128-coupled layers) were prepared on glass substrates by a layer-by-layer dip-coating technique. Cryo-scanning electron microscopy revealed dense interfaces between the chitosan and iota-carrageenan layers with thicknesses in the range 250 and 350 nm in the hydrated state, accounting for the iridescent nature of multilayer films when wet.

Synthesis of nordihydroguaiaretic acid derivatives and their bioactivities on S. pombe and K562 cell lines.

Nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) and its synthetic analogues are potentially useful in treating diseases related to cancers, diabetes, viral and bacterial infections, and inflammation. In this paper, we report the optimal synthetic methods and the bioactivity study of terameprocol 2, NDGA derivative 3, and its cyclized analogue 4. The IC50 of these three compounds 2, 3 and 4 on the growth metabolism of Schizosacchromyces pombe and K562 cell lines were determined by microcalorimetry.

Synthesis and bioactive studies of complex 8-hydroxyquinolinato-bis-(salicylato) yttrium (III).

This paper reports the synthesis of a new bioactive complex, 8-hydroxyquinolinato-bis-(salicylato) yttrium (III) (HSAY), whose composition and structure were characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectra, thermogravimetric analysis, and X-ray diffraction. The power-time curves of the compounds HSAY, C(7)H(6)O(3), C(9)H(7)NO, and YCl(3)·6H(2)O on the growth metabolism of Schizosaccharomyces pombe (S. pombe) were determined at 32.