A simplified model for fast analysis of the deployment dynamics of tethered-net in space

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guobin Zhang ◽  
Qingbin Zhang ◽  
Zhiwei Feng ◽  
Qingquan Chen ◽  
Tao Yang
Keyword(s):  
Simplified Model ◽  
Fast Analysis ◽  
Deployment Dynamics

Facile and Fast Detection of Genistein in Derris scandens by Square Wave Voltammetry using a Cobalt(II) Phthalocyanine-Modified Screen-Printed Electrochemical Sensor

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-348
Author(s):  
Surinya Traipop ◽  
Suchada Chuanuwatanakul ◽  
Orawon Chailapakul ◽  
Eakkasit Punrat
Keyword(s):  
Electrochemical Sensor ◽  
Square Wave Voltammetry ◽  
Silver Chloride ◽  
Reference Electrode ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Plastic Substrate ◽  
Fast Analysis ◽  
Square Wave ◽  
Wave Voltammetry ◽  
Screen Printed

Background: Recently, Derris scandens, a Thai herbal medicine with anti-inflammatory activity, is widely used as beverage and supplementary food. When the traditional medicine is a choice for health therapy, the simple and reliable equipment is required to control the suitable consuming amount of the active component. Objective: To develop the electrochemical sensor for genistein determination in Derris scandens with high sensitivity and rapid operation. Methods: An in-house screen-printed electrochemical sensor consisting of a three-electrode system was developed for genistein determination. A silver/silver chloride (Ag/AgCl) reference electrode, a carbon counter electrode and a carbon working electrode were prepared on a 0.3-mm-thick plastic substrate by the screen-printing technique using conductive ink. The dimensions of each sensor were 2.5×1.0 cm. Only 50 µL of sample solution was required on this device for the determination of genistein concentration by rapid response square wave voltammetry. Results: The oxidation peak of genistein appeared with good response in acidic media at a peak potential of 0.6 V. Moreover, the signal was enhanced by modifying the conductive carbon ink with cobalt( II) phthalocyanine. Under the optimized conditions, the linear range was found to be 2.5-150 µM and the detection limit was 1.5 µM. Moreover, the small volume extraction was successfully developed without any further pre-concentration. This proposed method was applied to determine genistein in Derris scandens with satisfying results. Conclusion: The proposed method is promising as an alternative method for genistein determination with facile and fast analysis.

Simultaneous Monitoring of Febuxostat and Uric Acid in Human Serum Samples Using the Direct Square-Wave Voltammetric Method

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 678-684
Author(s):  
Biljana Nigović ◽  
Jakov Vlak
Keyword(s):  
Uric Acid ◽  
Human Serum ◽  
Oxidase Inhibitor ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Boron Doped Diamond ◽  
Fast Analysis ◽  
Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor ◽  
Voltammetric Method ◽  
Square Wave ◽  
Human Serum Samples

Background: High uric acid serum level, hyperuricemia, is now associated with many diseases such as gout, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, coronary artery disease and diabetes. Febuxostat is a novel selective xanthine oxidase inhibitor approved for the treatment of hyperuricemia. Objective: The aim of this study was to develop a first analytical method for the simultaneous determination of febuxostat and uric acid. Methods: An unmodified boron-doped diamond electrode provided concurrent quantitation of drug at low levels and uric acid, which has clinical significance in the diagnosis and therapy of hyperuricemia, at relatively high concentrations. The direct square-wave voltammetric method was applied to the analysis of both analytes in human serum samples. Results: Under the optimized conditions, the linear response of peak current on febuxostat concentration was achieved in the range from 7.5 × 10-7 to 3 × 10-5 M, while uric acid showed two linear ranges of 5 × 10-6 - 5 × 10-5 M and 5 × 10-5 - 2 × 10-4 M. The method was successfully utilised for quantification of both analytes in human serum samples. Good recoveries were obtained without interference from common inorganic cations and anions as well as glucose, dopamine, ascorbic and folic acids at concentrations expected in physiological conditions. Conclusion: The great benefits of developed method are fast analysis (only 7.5 s for run), low cost and simplicity of performance.

Artificial Chemistry and Molecular Darwinian Evolution in silico

2003 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimír Kvasnička ◽  
Jiří Pospíchal
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Molecular Level ◽  
Stable State ◽  
Chemical Reactor ◽  
Darwinian Evolution ◽  
Simplified Model ◽  
Asymptotically Stable ◽  
Artificial Chemistry ◽  
Neutral Mutations ◽  
Binary Strings

A simplified model of Darwinian evolution at the molecular level is studied by applying the methods of artificial chemistry. A chemical reactor (chemostat) contains molecules that are represented by binary strings, the strings being capable of replication with a probability proportional to their fitness. Moreover, the process of replication is not fully precise, sporadic mutations may produce new offspring strings, which are slightly different from their parent templates. The dynamics of such an autoreplicating system is described by Eigen's differential equations. These equations have a unique asymptotically stable state, which corresponds to those strings that have the highest rate constants (fitness). Fitness of binary string is calculated as a graph-theory similarity between a folding (phenotype) of respective string and the so-called required folding. The presented method offers a detailed view of mechanisms of the molecular Darwinian evolution, in particular of the meaning and importance of neutral mutations.

Crystal Forms of Semisynthetic Ergot Alkaloid Terguride

2002 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Hušák ◽  
Bohumil Kratochvíl ◽  
Ivana Císařová ◽  
Ladislav Cvak ◽  
Alexandr Jegorov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Ergot Alkaloid ◽  
Simplified Model ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Quantum Mechanical Calculations ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Torsion Angles ◽  
Crystal Forms ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Independent Molecules

Two new structures of semisynthetic ergot alkaloid terguride created by unusual number of symmetry-independent molecules were determined by X-ray diffraction methods at 150 K. Form A (monoclinic, P212121, Z = 12) contains three symmetry-independent terguride molecules and two molecules of water in the asymmetric part of the unit cell. The form CA (monoclinic, P21, Z = 8) is an anhydrate remarkable by the presence of four symmetry-independent molecules in the crystal structure. Conformations of twelve symmetry-independent molecules that were found in four already described terguride structures are compared with torsion angles obtained by ab initio quantum-mechanical calculations for the simplified model of N-cyclohexyl-N'-diethylurea.

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