Simultaneous recovery of glycyrrhizic acid and liquiritin from Chinese licorice root (Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch) by aqueous two-phase system and evaluation biological activities of extracts

Aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) was used for simultaneous purification of glycyrrhizic acid (GA) and liquiritin (LQ) from crude extract of Chinese licorice root. It was revealed that 87% GA and 94% LQ were retrieved in the ATPS top phase, under the optimum conditions of 25% (w/w) ethanol, 30% (w/w) K₂HPO₄ and 4% (w/w) loading sample at 10–40°C. Compared with crude extract, the ATPS top-phase extract exhibited the highest antioxidative activity, but no tyrosinase inhibitory effect. Whereas, the ATPS bottom-phase extract was proved to be effective ABTS radical scavenger and tyrosinase inhibitor, suggesting the potency of the alcohol-salt ATPS purification for the different medicinal purposes.     

阳离子型聚氨酯乳液的合成与性能初探

对阳离子水性聚氨酯乳液及其膜性能进行了初步的研究。用N -2 10 ,甲苯二异氰酸酯 (TDI) ,N -甲基二乙醇胺(MDEA)为原料 ,以及丙酮作为溶剂来制备阳离子型水分散聚氨酯。讨论了MDEA的用量和NCO/OH比值对乳液及其膜性能的影响。并进行了红外光谱分析。     

Curing reaction of unsaturated polyester resin modified by dicyclopentadiene

The objective of this research is to prepare modified unsaturated polyester resin(UPR) with good processibility, dimension stability and mechanical properties. In this study, dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) is selected as a modifier and the effect of DCPD content on the curing behavior of the modified UPR is examined via Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Rheometrics Dynamic Analysis (RDA) experiments. The results of ¹H NMR identification for the chemical structure of modified UPR show that the trans-structure of UPR decreases as the DCPD content increases. The curing time necessary to reach peak maximum in DSC during the curing reaction lengthens as the stereo obstacles formed by the binary rings increase.     

化学微交联聚氯乙烯的结构和性能

通过氯乙烯/邻苯二甲酸二烯丙酯(VC/DAP)悬浮共聚,合成了含部分凝胶结构的化学微交联PVC树脂,对微交联PVC的玻璃化转变行为、加工性能、消光性能、加热-形变行为和力学性能进行了研究。当DAP用量在0.25%mol以下时,PVC的玻璃化温度变动不大。凝胶含量的增加将导致交联PVC_d~T的光泽度下降,消光性能提高;塑化时间和加工扭矩均增加,加工性能急剧变差;加热变形值下降,最高使用温度提高。凝胶对PVC拉伸性能的影响较为复杂,但压缩永久变形则随凝胶含量的增加而下降,材料的弹性性能逐渐提高。     

Effects of temperature and phosphoric acid addition on the solubility of iron phosphate dihydrate in aqueous solutions

As important controlling factors for the synthesis of iron phosphate materials by liquid-phase precipitation, the solubilities of iron phosphate dihydrate were systematically measured at H_3PO_4 concentrations from 1.13 wt%to 10.7 wt%, temperature from 298.15 to 363.15 K, and atmosphere pressure in this work. The solubility was found to increase 5 orders of magnitude or more with increasing the concentration of phosphoric acid, and decrease 1 to 2 orders of magnitude with increasing the equilibrium temperature. The phosphoric acid addition and temperature were found to affect the solubility of iron phosphate dihydrate by the formation or dissociation of coordination species, which could further accelerate the phase transformation from the amorphous iron phosphate dihydrate to orthorhombic iron phosphate dehydrate by dissolution–recrystallization mechanism.The high dependences of the solubility of iron phosphate materials on H_3PO_4 concentration and temperature were also well predicted by calibration equations, which are meaningful for quantitatively understanding the precipitation process and sequential crystalline structure transformation and pursuing a rational strategy for synthesizing specific iron phosphate materials.     

A New Formulation Based on Ozonated Sunflower Seed Oil: In Vitro Antibacterial and Safety Evaluation

The objective of this study was to investigate the potential in vitro biological properties of Oz.Or.Oil 30, a new formulation composed of 30% ozonated sunflower seed oil, which is believed to keep skin smooth and moisturized, supporting repair processes, tissue regeneration and re-epithelialization of wounds. The antibacterial activity, the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the cytotoxic effect of the formulation on cultures of Vero cells and 3T3 fibroblasts showed that Oz.Or.Oil 30 merits further in vivo study using clinical-laboratory correlations, because it could be suggested as an alternative therapy against bacterial and fungal diseases.     

Simple and green method for synthesis of symmetrical dialkyl disulfides and trisulfides from alkyl halides in water; PMOxT as a sulfur donor

An environmentally new, mild and efficient method has been developed for the synthesis of dialkyl disulfides and dialkyl trisulfides in aqueous conditions by a reaction between alkyl halides (and tosylate) and potassium-5-methyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiolate (PMOxT) as a sulfur transfer reagent. The advantages of this method are that it occurs under mild reaction conditions, it is base free, it uses water as the solvent and it occurs in high yields. A variety of dialkyl disulfides and dialkyl trisulfides can be obtained in good to excellent yields up to 98%.     

Extraction of Phospholipids from Egg Yolk Flakes Using Aqueous Alcohols

Two alcohols, ethanol and butanol, with different water contents were evaluated for phospholipids (PL) sequential extraction from drum dried egg yolk flakes. It showed that butanol was more effective in extracting total yolk lipids compared to ethanol, but the PL in the extract had the same concentration as in the original yolk total lipid. The use of aqueous ethanol of 95 and 75% resulted in lipid extracts with higher PL concentration during the initial stages of the sequential extraction. When ethanol was further diluted to a concentration of 55%, the solvent lost its PL extraction ability, and the total lipid recovery also decreased dramatically. When both the PL purity and recovery were considered, 75% ethanol was the most effective aqueous alcohol for PL extraction and enrichment from the yolk flakes. In the first stage of extraction using such a solvent, 67% of the total PL in the original yolk was recovered in a lipid fraction with a PL purity of 75%. This study identified the optimal ethanol concentration for PL extraction from dried egg yolk. With this information, the best solid:solvent ratio can be designed to extract and enrich the polar lipids from lipid-bearing materials with known moisture content using a renewable or “green” solvent, ethanol.     

Extraction of anionic dyes with ionic liquid–nonionic surfactant aqueous two-phase system

The cloud point of nonionic surfactant (Triton X-114) in ionic liquid ([Bmim]Cl) aqueous solution exhibits as increase and then decrease and increase again with the increase of ionic liquid (IL) content, which is the origin of an IL–nonionic surfactant aqueous two-phase system. The nonionic surfactant-rich phase coexists with a high content of IL aqueous solution phase in the IL–nonionic surfactant aqueous two-phase system. The partitioning of various ionic dyes indicates that anionic species exhibit a high partitioning coefficient between the IL-rich phase and the nonionic surfactant-rich phase.     

Recovery and partial purification of thermophilic β-xylosidase derived from recombinant Bacillus megaterium MS941 by aqueous two-phase system

A polymer–salt-based aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) was developed for the effective extraction and purification of extracellular β-xylosidase from the fermentation broth of recombinant Bacillus megaterium MS941. The effect of molecular weight (MW) of polyethylene glycol (PEG), tie-line length (TLL), volume ratio (V_R), crude loading and pH on the recovery performance was evaluated. Under the optimal extraction conditions, β-xylosidase was successfully purified up to 23-fold with a recovery yield of 99% in the bottom salt-rich phase at PEG 4,000/potassium phosphate ATPS comprising TLL of 41.8, V_R of 2.3, crude loading (C_L) of 30% (w/w) at pH 6.