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A novel lysosome-targetable fluorescence probe PT-1 based on a photoinduced electron transfer (PET) mechanism has been designed and synthesized. For comparison, the probe PT-2 without morpholine moiety as a lysosome-directing group was also synthesized and investigated. Probes PT-1 and PT-2 exhibited high selectivity, high sensitivity (with the detection limits down to the 10−10M range) and response...
A method of direct analysis for quantification of 15 inorganic elements (P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Br, As, Rb, Sr and Pb) in beers by Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence (TXRF) was developed. The experimental conditions were optimized. Direct analysis was compared with the acid digestion procedure to evaluate the effect matrix and the results were satisfactory. The evaluation of the accuracy...
A novel multifunctional stationary phase based on silica gel was synthesised starting from L- isoleucine and 4-phenylbutylamine and evaluated as a hydrophilic interaction/reversed-phase mixed-mode stationary phase for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The prepared stationary phase was characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy (IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM),...
In proteomics research, the screening and monitoring of disease biomarkers is still a major challenge, mainly due to their low concentration in biological samples. However, the universal enrichment of intact proteins has not been further studied. In this work, we developed a Fe3O4-chitosan@graphene (Fe3O4-CS@G) core-shell composite to enrich low-abundance proteins from biological samples. Fe3O4-CS@G...
A simple, rapid, sensitive, and economical method based on colorimetry for the determination of paraquat, a widely used herbicide, was developed. Citrate-coated silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesized as the colorimetric probe. The mechanism of the assay is related to the aggregation of negatively charged AgNPs as induced by positively-charged paraquat resulting from coulombic attraction which...
The zirconium-based MOF (UiO-66)/mesoporous carbon (MC) composite was synthesized using conventional hydrothermal method for the first time. The surface morphology and structure of UiO-66/MC composite were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy...
Biopharmaceuticals have established themselves as highly efficient medicines, and are still one of the fastest growing parts of the health-product industry. Unfortunately, the introduction of these promising new drugs went hand in hand with the creation of a black market for illegal and counterfeit biotechnology drugs. Particularly popular are the lyophilised peptides with a molecular weight of less...
Folate receptor (FR) is over-expressed in most human tumors and has been regarded as biomarker and therapeutic target. Specific and sensitive detection of FR is essential for tumor treatment and drug development. Here, a specific, sensitive and rapid FR detection strategy was proposed based on terminal protection-mediated autocatalytic cascade amplification coupled with graphene oxide fluorescence...
In this work, an ultrasensitive chemiluminescence (CL) aptasensor was prepared for thrombin detection based on iron porphyrin catalyzing luminol - hydrogen peroxide luminescence under alkaline conditions, and iron porphyrin was desorbed from chitosan modified magnetic oxide graphene composite (CS@Fe3O4@GO). Firstly, CS@Fe3O4@GO was prepared. CS@Fe3O4@GO has advantages of the good biocompatibility...
When using circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy for quantitative analysis, the samples to be analyzed must be free of light-absorbing interferences. However, in real-world samples, the presence of background absorbers is practically unavoidable. The difference in the matrices between the real-world samples to be analyzed and the standard samples (on which either univariate or multivariate calibration...
An electrochemical sensing platform was fabricated based on composition of poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS), graphene (GN) and WO3 nanorods on glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The PSS-GN/WO3 nanocomposite significantly increased the oxidative activity of puerarin due to the individual merit and mutual effect of PSS-GN and WO3 nanorods which improved the performance of the electrochemical sensor...
Diseases caused by enterotoxicogenic Escherichia coli F4 (K88) (ETEC F4) are a problem in swine production establishments. Due to the high rate of mortality and morbidity of E. coli infections, a rapid and accurate diagnosis is important in order to choose an appropriate treatment to reduce the economic impact. Therefore, an electrochemical magneto-immunosensor (EMI) was developed to detect and quantify...
Sorption-luminescent method for terbium determination based on natural Transcarpathian clinoptilolite without using of complex synthetic organic compounds and toxic solvents was proposed. Optimal luminophore preparation conditions are sorption of Tb(III) on zeolite in the borate buffer solution with pH 8.25 and further calcination of clinoptilolite-Tb(III) samples at 500°C. For luminescence excitation...
Profile signals of urine samples corresponding to patients with lung cancer and controls were obtained using a non-separative methodology. The method is based on the coupling of a headspace sampler, a programed temperature vaporizer and a mass spectrometer (HS-PTV-MS). With only a centrifugation step as prior sample treatment, the samples were subjected to the headspace generation process and the...
In our work, we introduced a novel concept of the lab-in-a-syringe tests. We solved the problem of detection in already published LIS tests by putting all the reaction and detection pads directly into the syringe barrel. We also used more layers to make the results visible for users. Two detection layouts: (i) with using rounded pads-based detection, and (ii) with using rectangular detection pads,...
Infrared analysis of proteins and polysaccharides by the well known KBr disk technique is notoriously frustrated and defeated by absorbed water interference in the important amide and hydroxyl regions of spectra. This interference has too often been overlooked or ignored even when the resulting distortion is critical or even fatal, as in quantitative analyses of protein secondary structure, because...
Fluorescence probes play a crucial role in optical imaging for visualization of complex biological processes. As compared with conventional organic fluorogens, the probes with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) and excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) characteristics show significant advantages in high quantum yield at concentrated and aggregated state, large Stokes shift and low cytotoxicity...
Red yeast rice (RYR) is a dietary supplement obtained from rice fermented with the mould Monascus purpureus. It contains Monacolin K which is a hypocholesterolemic statin used to prevent cardiovascular diseases. The homologous prescription biosynthetic statin, lovastatin, is not chemically distinguishable from monacolin K.In this work we investigated whether δ13C and δ2H can distinguish monacolin...
MALDI (matrix assisted laser desorption ionization) Imaging Mass Spectrometry (IMS) allows molecular analysis of biological materials making possible the identification and localization of molecules in tissues, and has been applied to address many questions on skin pathophysiology, as well as on studies about drug absorption and metabolism. Sample preparation for MALDI IMS is the most important part...
This paper reports novel imidazole fluorescent poly(ionic liquid) nanoparticles (FPILNs) of poly(1-[(4-methyphenyl)methyl]-3-vinyl-imidazolium bromide (poly([MVI]Br) for selective and sensitive determination of pyrogallol. An imidazole ionic liquid of 1-[(4-methyphenyl)methyl]-3-vinyl-imidazolium bromide ([MVI]Br) was synthesized and used as the only monomer to obtain poly([MVI]Br) possessing phenyl...
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