Theoretical Studies on the Structures of Metal String Complexes Cr(L)Cl ( = 3, 5, 7; L = Oligo-α-Pyridylamide) under the Effect of an Electric Field.

To study the electronic structures and properties of [Cr(L)Cl] ( = 3, L = dpa: di(2-pyridyl)amido; = 5, L = tpda: tripyridyldiamido; = 7, L = teptra: tetrapyridyltriamine) metal string complexes, the BP86 method was used by considering the influence of the electric field (EF) applied parallel to the metal axis. As the EF increases, the migration of more positively charged Cr is more significant than that of Cr, which results in alternating long-short Cr-Cr bonds. This happens because of the natural charges on the Cr of -, which are more electropositive than those on Cr.

Fabrication of surface charge pH-sensitive multi-bumpy small magnetic bead with ultrahigh magnetic content and its ultrahigh loading capacity and salt-free rapid isolation for DNA.

Gene transfection vector polyethyleneimine (PEI) was used as a cross-linking agent to crosslink the surface epoxidized magnetic nanoparticles and aggregate them to form a small magnetic bead (MB) with multiple nanoscale bumps on its surface (i.e. the multi-bumpy small magnetic bead, mbsMB).

Polyelectrolyte-protected Dual-color-quantum-dot Assembled Silica Nanoparticles and Their Application in Simultaneous Fluorescence Determination of e Antigen and Surface Antigen of Hepatitis B.

Cationic poly-diallyldimethylammonium (PDADMAC), green CdTe quantum dots (QDs) or red CdS coated CdTe QDs, and anionic polyacrylic acid (PAA) were respectively assembled on the nano-carrier SiO to prepare green fluorescence composite nanoparticles (GF-QDs) and red ones (RF-QDs) with the structure SiO/PDADMAC/QD/PDADMAC/PAA. The sandwich structure "PDADMAC/QD/PDADMAC" on the nano-carrier not only realized the protection to fluorescence of QDs but also avoided the fluorescence shielding of silica shell for the assembled QDs. In 7 days, the diluent solutions of GF-QD and RF-QD all have a very stable fluorescence.

Modulation of cholesterol transport by maternal hypercholesterolemia in human full-term placenta.

The significance of maternal cholesterol transporting to the fetus under normal as well as pathological circumstances is less understood. The objective of this study was to observe the effects of maternal hypercholesterolemia on placental cholesterol transportation. Human full-time placenta, maternal and venous cord blood were sampled at delivery from the pregnant women with serum total cholesterol (TC) concentrations at third trimester higher than 7.

Simultaneous determination of five triterpene acids in rat plasma by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and its application in pharmacokinetic study after oral administration of Folium Eriobotryae effective fraction.

Folium Eriobotryae effective fraction (FEA), the extract of Folium Eriobotryae, had been used as anti-hyperglycemia and anti-hyperlipemia medicine in China. A previous study indicated that euscaphic acid, maslinic acid, corosolic acid, oleanolic acid and ursolic acid, the five structurally similar triterpene acids (containing two groups of structural isomers), are the major components of FEA. In the present study, we developed a specific and reliable LC-MS method for simultaneous determination of the five triterpene acids in rat plasma, and further investigated their pharmacokinetic properties after oral administration of FEA.

[Preparation of solid dispersion of triterpenoid acids from Eriobotrya japonica leaf and study on their dissolution in vitro].

Unlabelled: To prepare the solid dispersion of Eriobotrya japonica leaf triterpenoid acids(EJA) in order to enhance their dissolution characteristics in vitro.

Methods: Taking ursolic acid and oleanolic acid in vitro dissolution as an indicator, the influence of factors including different water-soluble carriers (PEG 6000, PVPk30 and P188) and the drug/carrier weight ratio for the preparation of solid dispersion were examined using single factor experiment. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction (X-RD) were used to describe the characterization of solid dispersion.

Condensation and salt-induced decondensation of DNA upon incorporation of a V-shaped luminescent [Ru2(bpy)4(mbpibH2)](4+).

This paper first reports on the condensation of DNA to a tightly packed state induced by a V-shaped di-ruthenium(II) complex [Ru2(bpy)4(mbpibH2)]Cl4 (bpy=2,2'-bipyridine and mbpibH2=1,3-bis([1,10]phenanthroline[5,6-d]imidazol-2-yl)benzene), which binds to the groove of herring sperm DNA (hsDNA) with the binding constant of 2.0×10(7)M(-1) (0.05M NaCl, pH7.