Publications by authors named "Yafeng Zhuang"

The genus Artemisia is one of the most abundant groups of medicinal plants in the Asteraceae family. Based on the theoretical basis of the pharmacophylogeny, the phylogenetic analysis, association analysis and other methods were used to systematically sort out the genetic relationships, properties, tastes, chemical constituents, and traditional efficacy of Mongolian medicines of genus Artemisia(MMA). The correlation and regularity were discussed.

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Schiff bases have remarkable anticancer activity and are used for glioma therapy. However, the poor water solubility/dispersibility limits their therapeutic potential in biological systems. To address this issue, carbon dots (CDs) have been utilized to enhance the dispersibility in water and biological efficacy of Schiff bases.

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In this work, TiO was formed in the internal pores and on the surface of MIL-101(Cr). Density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrate that the difference in the binding sites of TiO can be attributed to the different solvents used. The two composites were used to photodegrade methyl orange (MO), and the photocatalytic efficiency of TiO-in-MIL-101(Cr) (90.

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In this work, metal-organic framework MIL-101(Cr) with regular morphology, stable structure, and good dispersion was prepared by the hydrothermal method. MIL-101(Cr) has two different sizes of pores, but after TiO nanoparticles (NPs) were in situ prepared, the two pores disappear. The result demonstrates that TiO NPs were located in the pores of MIL-101(Cr).

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Black phosphorus nanosheets (BPNSs) were synthesized with liquid exfoliation combined with the ultrasonic method and loaded with Fe by simply mixing. The morphology, structure and electrochemical properties of the synthesized Fe/BPNSs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV), etc. The load of Fe can improve the electrochemical performance of BPNSs and enhance the sensitivity of the detection.

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A new ratiometric fluorescence sensor is prepared for selective detection of chlorotetracycline (CTC) through dual-mode fluorescence method. The sensor is composed of carbon dots (CDs) with blue emission and carboxyl-modified CuInS/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) with dark-red emission. Usually QDs are used as fluorescent probes or signal sources, but it is interesting in this strategy that CuInS/ZnS QDs innovatively work as quenching agent to reduce the fluorescence of CDs, mainly due to the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET).

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In this work, carbon dots (CDs) and black phosphorus quantum dots (BPQDs) were used to decorate titanium dioxide to enhance the photoelectrochemical (PEC) properties of the nanocomposites (TiO@CDs@BPQDs), and the modified nanocomposites were used to sensitively detect DNA. We used the hydrothermal method and citric acid as a raw material to prepare CDs with good dispersion and strong fluorescence properties. BPQDs with a uniform particle size were prepared from black phosphorus crystals.

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A new fluorescent probe, 6-amino-1,3-naphthalenedisulfonic acid (ANDSA), has been developed for the determination of trace nitrite in different waters. This probe is based on the selective reaction of nitrite with ANDSA in hydrochloric acid solution to form the corresponding diazonium acid in sodium hydroxide solution at room temperature. The diazonium acid produced has high fluorescence intensity at 488 nm (excitation at 367 nm), whereas ANDSA has high fluorescence intensity at 465 nm (excitation at 354 nm).

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A novel fluorimetric method based on diazotization-coupling reaction (DCR) for the determination of clenbuterol is described. In acidic solution, clenbuterol was first diazotized with sodium nitrite, followed by coupling with bisphenol A to produce an azo-compound in NH3- NH4Cl buffer. It has found the diazotized clenbuterol- bisphenol A- NH3- NH4Cl (DCBN) system has strong fluorescence efficiency compare with the bisphenol A solution.

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A new spectrophotometric method for the determination of trace amounts of bisphenol A based on a diazotization-coupling reaction was developed. In acidic solution, clenbuterol was first diazotized with sodium nitrite, then coupled with bisphenol A to from an azo-compound [I] in NH3-NH4Cl buffer, which shows a maximum absorption at 410 nm. The effects of the amount of sodium nitrite, diazo reaction time, the amount of clenbuterol, coupling reaction time and coupling reaction temperature have been examined.

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An inhibitory kinetic fluorimetric method is reported for the determination of trace bisphenol S (BPS). The proposed method is based on the inhibitory effect of BPS on the fluorescence quenching of rhodamine B (RhB) caused by potassium bromate in a dilute phosphoric acid medium. Under the optimal conditions of the experiment, the detection limit for BPS was 0.

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A novel fluorescence method for the determination of etimicin is described. Etimicin reacts with acetylacetone and formaldehyde in pH 4.0 Britton-Robinson (B.

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This paper explores an order-transform-second-chemiluminescence (OTSCL) method combining the flow injection technique for the determination of ketoprofen. When ketoprofen solution was injected into the mixture after the end of the reaction of alkaline luminol and sodium periodate or sodium periodate solution was injected into the reaction mixture of ketoprofen and alkaline luminol, a new chemiluminescence (CL) reaction was initiated and strong CL signal was detected. A mechanism for the OTSCL has been proposed on the basis of the chemiluminescence kinetic characteristic, UV-visible absorption and chemiluminescent spectra.

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A new chemiluminescence (CL) reaction was observed when chloramphenicol solution was injected into the mixture after the end of the reaction of alkaline luminol and sodium periodate or sodium periodate was injected into the reaction mixture of chloramphenicol and alkaline luminol. This reaction is described as an order-transform second-chemiluminescence (OTSCL) reaction. The OTSCL method combined with a flow-injection technique was applied to the determination of chloramphenicol.

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A sensitive electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detection of etimicin at Tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) [Ru(bpy)(3) (2+)]-Nafion modified carbon paste electrodes was developed. The immobilized Ru(bpy)(3) (2+) shows good electrochemical and photochemical activities. Electrochemical and electrochemiluminescence characterizations of the modified carbon electrodes were made by means of cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impendence spectroscopy.

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A reusable and sensitive immunoassay based on phenylboronic acid immunoaffinity reactor in combination with flow injection chemiluminescence (CL) for determination of glycoprotein was described. The reactor was fabricated by immobilizing 3-aminophenylboronic acid (APBA) on glass microbeads with gamma-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPMS) as linkage. The alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) could be easily immobilized on the APBA coated beads through sugar-boronic interaction.

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A rapid chemiluminescence method is described for the determination of ketoprofen by combining the flow injection technique and its sensitizing effect on the weak chemiluminescence reaction between sulfite and acidic permanganate. The optimum conditions for the chemiluminescence emission were intensity. A mechanism for the chemiluminescence reaction has been proposed on the basis of chemiluminescent spectra.

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A novel method for rapid, inexpensive, sensitive and selective determination of heroin was proposed by flow injection electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL). Zeolite Y sieves were used for the preparation of a ECL sensor by immobilizing tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) (Ru(bpy)3(2+)) in their supercages, which was achieved through the ion exchange properties of the sieves. The electrochemical and ECL behaviors of Ru(bpy)3(2+) immobilized in zeolite Y modified carbon paste electrode was investigated.

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Aim: To study the sensitizing effect of acemetacin (ACE) on the weak chemiluminescent (CL) reaction of KMnO4 with sulfite and establish a fast and convenient method for CL detection of ACE.

Methods: Using the sensitizing effect of ACE on KMnO4-Na2SO3 system and flow injection technique to determine the concentration of ACE.

Results: Under optimal conditions, the CL intensity of 1.

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A novel chemiluminescence (CL) method for the determination of papaverine (PAP) has been developed by combining the flow injection technique and its sensitizing effect on the weak CL reaction between sulfite and acidic permanganate. A mechanism for the CL reaction has been proposed on the basis of fluorescent and chemiluminescence spectra. The CL response is proportional to the concentration of PAP over the range 0.

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