scholarly journals Effects of reducing reagents and temperature on conversion of nitrite and nitrate to nitric oxide and detection of NO by chemiluminescence

1997 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 657-662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Yang ◽  
Eric Troncy ◽  
Martin Francœur ◽  
Bernard Vinet ◽  
Patrick Vinay ◽  
...  

Abstract To measure the concentration of nitrites and nitrates by chemiluminescence, we examined the efficiency of five reducing agents [V(III), Mo(VI) + Fe(II), NaI, Ti(III), and Cr(III)] to reduce nitrite (NO2−) and (or) nitrate (NO3−) to nitric oxide (NO). The effect of each reducing agent on the conversion of different amounts of NO2− and (or) NO3−(100–500 pmol, representing concentrations of 0.4 to 2 μmolar) to NO was determined at 20 °C for NO2− and at 80 °C for NO3−. The effect of temperature from 20 to 90 °C on the conversion of a fixed amount of NO2− or NO3− (400 pmol or 1.6 μmolar) to NO was also determined. These five reducing agents are similarly efficient for the conversion of NO2− to NO at 20 °C. V(III) and Mo(VI) + Fe(II) can completely reduce NO3− to NO at 80 °C. NaI and Cr(III) were unable to convert NO3− to NO. Increased temperature facilitated the conversion of NO3− to NO, rather than that of NO2− to NO. We evaluated the recovery of NO2− and NO3− from plasmas of pig and of dog. Recovery from plasma of both animals was reproducible and near quantitative.

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-264
Author(s):  
Yu. V. Dubinin ◽  
N. A. Tsereshko ◽  
V. A. Yakovlev
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Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 731
Author(s):  
Chunlong Huang ◽  
Zirui Cheng ◽  
Jihui Zhao ◽  
Yiren Wang ◽  
Jie Pang

The ferrite aluminate cement (FAC) could rapidly lose fluidity or workability due to its excessive hydration rate, and greatly reduce the construction performance. Chemical admixtures are commonly used to provide the workability of cement-based materials. In this study, to ensure required fluidity of FAC, chemically different water reducing agents are incorporated into the FAC pastes. The experiments are performed with aliphatic water reducing agent (AP), polycarboxylic acid water reducing agent (PC) and melamine water reducing agent (MA), respectively. Influence of the water reducing agents on fluidity, setting time, hydration process, hydration product and zeta potential of the fresh cement pastes is investigated. The results show that PC has a better dispersion capacity compared to AP and MA. Besides decreasing water dosage, PC also acts as a retarder, significantly increasing the setting times, delaying the hydration rate and leading to less ettringite in the hydration process of FAC particles. The water reducing agents molecules are adsorbed on the surface of positively charged minerals and hydration products, however, for PC, steric hindrance from the long side chain of PC plays a critical role in dispersing cement particles, whereas AP and MA acting through an electrostatic repulsion force.


2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Abdul Aji ◽  
Eko Sri Kunarti ◽  
Sri Juari Santosa

Synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) by reduction of HAuCl4 with p-aminobenzoic acid and p-aminosalicylic acid as a reducing agent was investigated. This work was conducted in order to determine the optimum condition of AuNPs synthesis and examine the effect of the hydroxyl group in p-aminosalicylic acid towards the size, shape, and stability of the synthesized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). The optimum condition of the gold nanoparticles synthesis was determined by UV/Vis spectrophotometer, the shape and size of gold nanoparticles were measured by Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). The synthesis process was started by reacting HAuCl4 and the reducing agents in an aqueous solution at 86 ºC. The initial gold concentration, reducing agents concentration and pH were varied in order to obtain the optimum condition. In the optimum condition, the results showed that p-aminosalicylic acid containing both hydroxyl and amino groups performed higher reduction ability compared to p-aminobenzoic acid that only containing an amino group. Reducing agents which have a hydroxyl group (p-aminosalicylic acid) could produce AuNPs with a smaller concentration of HAuCl4 than p-aminobenzoic acid. Gold nanoparticles that were synthesized with p-aminosalicylic acid were more stable and had a smaller particle size compared to its counterpart that is synthesized with p-aminobenzoic acid.


2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (33) ◽  
pp. 21683-21693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janaina F. Gomes ◽  
Amanda C. Garcia ◽  
Eduardo B. Ferreira ◽  
Cleiton Pires ◽  
Vanessa L. Oliveira ◽  
...  

Alkoxide from alcohols, aldehydes and ketones in alkaline medium is the actual and universal reducing agent of silver and gold ions.


1997 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 812-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
J L Sagripanti ◽  
L B Routson ◽  
A C Bonifacino ◽  
C D Lytle

The inactivation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) by copper was enhanced by the following reducing agents at the indicated relative level: ascorbic acid > hydrogen peroxide > cysteine. Treatment of HSV-infected cells with combinations of Cu(II) and ascorbate completely inhibited virus plaque formation to below 0.006% of the infectious virus input, while it maintained 30% viability for the host mammalian cells. The logarithm of the surviving fraction of HSV mediated by 1 mg of Cu(II) per liter and 100 mg of reducing agent per liter followed a linear relationship with the reaction time, in which the kinetic rate constant for each reducing agent was -0.87 min(-1) (r = 0.93) for ascorbate, -0.10 min(-1) (r = 0.97) for hydrogen peroxide, and -0.04 min(-1) (r = 0.97) for cysteine. The protective effects of metal chelators and catalase, the lack of effect of superoxide dismutase, and the partial protection conferred by free-radical scavengers suggest that the mechanism of copper-mediated HSV inactivation is similar to that previously reported for copper-mediated DNA damage. The sensitivity exhibited by HSV to Cu(II) and reducing agents, particularly ascorbate, might be useful in the development of therapeutic antiviral agents.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shohreh Hemmati ◽  
Erin Retzlaff-Roberts ◽  
Corren Scott ◽  
Michael T. Harris

An environmentally friendly technique has been developed to produce metal nanoparticles using green synthesis methods. In this study, silver nanostructures were synthesized using different sugar substitutes and artificial sweeteners as green reducing agents in an aqueous solution at low temperature. The main ingredients (such as maltodextrin, sucrose, saccharin, and sucralose) of the artificial sweeteners acting as reducing agents were used to reduce Ag+ ions to Ag0. The pH of the solution was controlled during synthesis through the addition of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) to increase the strength of the reducing agents by converting nonreducing sugars to reducing ones and consequently increasing the rate of silver nanoparticle formation. The size and morphology of the synthesized nanostructures were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The formation of nanostructures during the course of the reactions was investigated by UV-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy characterization of an aliquot of sample at specific intervals. The function of each artificial sweetener and corresponding ingredients as a reducing agent and capping agent was investigated by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and mass spectrometry (MS).


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