PubMed · 13970269
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H BEGRUP, A HALD, A LINDAHL. 1963-06-21. [Liver function test with azosulfamide].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13970269/
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A successful 3D tissue-engineering scaffold must have a highly porous structure and good mechanical stability. High porosity and optimally designed pore size provide structural space for cell accommodation and migration and enable the exchange of nutrients between the scaffold and environment. Poly(epsilon-carprolactone) fibers were electrospun using an auxiliary electrode and chemical blowing agent (BA), and characterized according to porosity, pore size, and their mechanical properties. We also investigated the effect of the BA on the electrospinning processability. The growth characteristic of human dermal fibroblasts cells cultured in the webs showed the good adhesion with the blown web relative to a normal electrospun mat. The blown nanofiber web had good tensile properties and high porosity compared to a typical electrospun nanofiber scaffold.
The change in the hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) critical aggregation concentration (CAC) was studied in the presence of various concentrations and grades of hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose (HPMC) using surface tension measurement (duNoüy ring and Wilhelmy plate) and oil red O solubilization. According to the surface tension methods, the CAC was higher than the CTAB critical micelle concentration (CMC). CAC and CMC were not different when the solubilization method was used. Micellar solutions of CTAB have been found to accelerate the hydrolysis of alpha-naphthyl acetate (alpha-NA) by o-iodosobenzoic acid (IBA), a strong nucleophile. Pseudo-first-order kinetics were utilized for rate constant determination. The observed rate constants for the degradation of alpha-NA in the presence of varying CTAB concentrations with and without HPMC were analyzed according to the pseudophase model. The micellar rate constants and the micellar binding constants for the substrates were obtained. The presence of HPMC retarded the reaction rate, and the rate constant decreased as the polymer concentration increased. However, there was no obvious difference in the observed rate constants among the different grades of HPMC (Methocel E5, Methocel E15, Methocel E50). The decrease in the rate constant was likely due to the polymer-micelle interaction interfering with substrate binding to the CTAB micelles.
A bacterial isolate designated strain J18 143, originally isolated from soil contaminated with textile wastewater, was shown to reduce intensely coloured solutions of the reactive azo dye, Remazol Black B to colourless solutions. Phylogenetic placement based on 16S rRNA gene sequence homology identified the bacterium as a Shewanella species. Based on results from analyses of the end products of dye decoloration of Remazol Black B and the simpler molecule, Acid Orange 7, using capillary electrophoresis, UV-visible spectrophotometry and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, we suggest that colour removal by this organism was a result of microbially mediated reduction of the chromophore in the dye molecules. Anaerobic dye reduction by Shewanella strain J18 143 was 30 times more efficient than the reduction carried out by aerated cultures. Whole cells used a range of electron donors for dye reduction, including acetate, formate, lactate, and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), with formate being the optimal electron donor. The impact of a range of process variables was assessed (including nitrate, pH, temperature, substrate concentration, presence of an extracellular mediator) and results suggest that whole cells of Shewanella J18 143 offer several advantages over other biocatalysts with the potential to treat azo dyes.