Rapid and Sensitive Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Quantification of Glycyrrhetic Acid in Human Plasma

A simple, rapid and sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(LC-MS/MS) for the determination of glycyrrhetic acid in human plasma with ginsenoside Rh2 as internal standard was developed and validated. The plasma samples were prepared via liquid-liquid extraction with ethyl acetate. Chromatographic separation was accomplished on a Venusil MP-C18(50 mm×2.1 mm, 5μm i.d.) column at 25℃. The mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile/5 mmol·L-1 ammonium acetate(10:90, volume ratio) at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min. Negative electrospray ionization was utilized as the ionization source. Glycyrrhetic acid and internal standard were determined via the mutiple reaction monitoring of precursor→production ion transitions at m/z 469→425, 409 and m/z 621→161,respectively. Each sample was chromatographed within 2.5 min. The lower limit of uantification was 0.50 ng/mL for 200 μL of plasma sample and the linear range was from 0.50 ng/mL to 800 ng/mL. The intra-and inter-day precisions were less than 8.76% in terms of relative standard deviation(RSD), and the accuracy was within a range of -3.25%-1.32% in terms of relative error(RE). The method was successfully applied to the pharmacokinetic studies of glycyrrhetic acid in healthy male Chinese volunteers after a single oral administration of 75 mg of glycyrrhizin.     

浓缩硼同位素的化学提纯与质谱分析

一、引言 在核燃料循环中,准确地测定硼同位素丰度及确定核燃料产品中硼含量具有重要意义。 关于硼的化学提纯方法有蒸馏法、萃取法,离子交换法,汞阴极电解法等,其中蒸馏法能使硼与其他杂质元素分离比较完全,而且,操作简便、重复性好、适应范围广。本工作用蒸馏法提纯浓缩硼元素获得了比较满意的结果。     

放射性同位素XRF技术中一种与“特散比”法等效的新方法

在一定的条件下,待测元素特征X射线和康普顿散射强度比值,与待测元素特征X射线强度和带吸收滤片所测量的强度比值之间有着简单的双曲函数关系。利用这一函数关系,很容易在单道携带式放射性同位素X射线荧光分析仪上实现“特散比”法改善基体效应。用这种方法所得到的分析结果和用“特散比”法得到的分析结果,二者吻合很好,而且不需要增加任何设备,节省了测量时间和成本。已经测量了几种类型的锡矿样品和某些铜矿样品。     

一种带有泵升电容的新型高增益升压直流变换器

为了满足分布式发电系统中必须把太阳能、燃料电池和蓄电池输入的低压直流转换为高压的要求,在传统型升压直流变换器的基础上,提出了一种基于双电感和泵升电容的新型拓扑结构。该拓扑结构利用电感和电容的并联充电、串联放电特性,较好地实现了低占空比条件下高电压增益的目标。最后,分析了该拓扑结构在3种不同电感条件下的工作原理,并通过仿真验证了上述理论分析的正确性。     

Identification of heavy metal-contaminated Tegillarca granosa using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and linear regression for classification

Tegillarca granosa (T. granosa) is susceptible to heavy metals, which may pose a threat to consumer health. Thus, healthy and polluted T. granosa should be distinguished quickly. This study aimed to rapidly identify heavy metal pollution by using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) coupled with linear regression classification (LRC). Five types of T. granosa were studied, namely, Cd-, Zn-, Pb-contaminated, mixed contaminated, and control samples. Threshold method was applied to extract the significant variables from LIBS spectra. Then, LRC was used to classify the different types of T. granosa. Other classification models and feature selection methods were used for comparison. LRC was the best model, achieving an accuracy of 90.67%. Results indicated that LIBS combined with LRC is effective and feasible for T. granosa heavy metal detection.     

风力发电机主动磁悬浮轴灰色PID控制研究

径向主动轴磁悬浮轴系统是一个典型的非线性迟滞系统,应用现有的建模理论来建立精确的数学模型很难。应用传统的PID控制器调节可以达到的最佳控制效果也并不理想。在此,针对风力发电机主动磁悬浮轴系统设计出了灰色PID控制器,它结合了灰色控制提前预判、超调小、鲁棒性好和PID控制快速、精度高的优点;前级灰色预判能够使PID控制器具有更好地跟踪给定值的能力和更好地抗外界干扰的能力。通过MatIab对磁悬浮系统进行了仿真,仿真结果表明灰色PID控制器明显地减小了系统的超调,增强了系统的抗干扰能力和跟踪能力,具有很强的鲁棒性。     

Association Mechanism and Conformational Changes in Trypsin on Its Interaction with Atrazine: A Multi- Spectroscopic and Biochemical Study with Computational Approach

Atrazine (ATR) is a herbicide globally used to eliminate undesired weeds. Herbicide usage leads to various adverse effects on human health and the environment. The primary source of herbicides in humans is the food laced with the herbicides. The ATR binding to trypsin (TYP) was investigated in this study to explore its binding potential and toxicity. In vitro interaction of ATR with TYP was studied using multi-spectroscopic methods, molecular docking, and enzyme kinetics to explore the mechanism of binding for the TYP-ATR system. The TYP-ATR complex revealed binding constants (10³ M⁻¹), suggesting a moderate binding. The free energy for the TYP-ATR complexes was negative, suggesting a spontaneous interaction. Thermodynamic parameters enthalpy (ΔH) and entropy (ΔS) obtained positive values for the TYP-ATR system suggesting hydrophobic interactions in the binding process. Micro-environmental and conformational changes in TYP molecules were induced on interaction with ATR. Reduced catalytic activity of TYP was observed after interaction with ATR owing to the changes in the secondary structure of the TYP.     

Amyloid Formation in Nanoliter Droplets

Processes that monitor the nucleation of amyloids and characterize the formation of amyloid fibrils are vital to medicine and pharmacology. In this study, we observe the nucleation and formation of lysozyme amyloid fibrils using a facile microfluidic system to generate nanoliter droplets that can control the flow rate and movement of monomer-in-oil emulsion droplets in a T-junction microchannel. Using a fluorescence assay, we monitor the nucleation and growth process of amyloids based on the volume of droplets. Using the microfluidic system, we demonstrate that the lag phase, which is vital to amyloid nucleation and growth, is reduced at a lower droplet volume. Furthermore, we report a peculiar phenomenon of high amyloid formation at the edge of a bullet-shaped droplet, which is likely due to the high local monomer concentration. Moreover, we discovered that amyloid fibrils synthesized in the nanoliter droplets are shorter and thicker than fibrils synthesized from a bulk solution via the conventional heating method. Herein, a facile procedure to observe and characterize the nucleation and growth of amyloid fibrils using nanoliter droplets is presented, which is beneficial for investigating new features of amyloid fibril formation as an unconventional synthetic method for amyloid fibrils.     

Nanorod heterostructures showing photoinduced charge separation

Size- and shape-dependent property modifications of semiconductor nanocrystals have been a subject of intense interest because of their potential for future engineering devices. The bandgap and related optical-property tuning of these materials are mainly governed by the nature of their band edges. In addition, fusing one type of nanocrystal over another enables further control of material properties that are dependent on the relative alignments of their energy levels. On a molecular scale, the synthesis of supramolecular compounds has inspired advances in theories for photoinduced charge transfer. Heterostructured nanocrystals potentially provide a nanoscale analog of such systems. A method for preparing heterostructured nanocrystals of complex morphologies showing photoinduced charge separation is presented. It is shown that the energy and lifetime of the charge-transfer photoluminescence band can be tuned by changing the relative alignment of band edges in CdSe/CdTe heterostructure nanorods. The long-lived charge transfer states in these type II semiconductors may make them attractive for photovoltaic applications.     

The fluorescence behavior from SAM of dendron with rhodamine B as a center

We studied energy transfer between rhodamine B molecules centered in each corn-shaped dendrons that forms self-assembled monolayer (SAM) film on an Au substrate. A SAM film using dendron moiety as a spacer can change the distance between rhodamines depending on the size, so that the energy transfer from an initially photo-excited rhodamine to its surrounding molecules can be controlled. The absorption spectrum of a SAM film for each generation of dendron was measured to ascertain a linear correlation between the generation and the distance. Picosecond time-resolved fluorescence spectra showed clear differences in the fluorescence decay dynamics between third-generation (G3) and fourth-generation (G4) dendron SAM films. In addition, we found that “dry” or “wet” dendron SAM considerably influenced fluorescence behavior. As a result, the use of “wet” G4 SAM is suitable in preserving photo-excitation energy. This is because it gave almost equal dynamics to G4 dendron in the dilute solution and prevented deactivation by energy dissipation.