STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION AND IN VITRO CYTOTOXIC POTENTIAL OF COAL DUST IN A ROMANIAN POWER PLANT

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1297-1304
Author(s):  
Alice Raducanu ◽  
Aurica Suvergel ◽  
George Darie ◽  
Ileana Rau ◽  
Constantin Grigoriu ◽  
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Author(s):  
Ye. G. Polenok ◽  
S. A. Mun ◽  
L. A. Gordeeva ◽  
A. A. Glushkov ◽  
M. V. Kostyanko ◽  
...  

Introduction.Coal dust and coal fi ring products contain large amounts of carcinogenic chemicals (specifically benz[a]pyrene) that are different in influence on workers of coal mines and thermal power plants. Specific immune reactions to benz[a]pyrene therefore in these categories of workers can have specific features.Objective.To reveal features of antibodies specifi c to benz[a]pyrene formation in workers of coal mines and thermal power plants.Materials and methods.The study covered A and G class antibodies against benz[a]pyrene (IgA-Bp and IgG-Bp) in serum of 705 males: 213 donors of Kemerovo blood transfusion center (group 1, reference); 293 miners(group 2) and 199 thermal power plant workers (group 3). Benz[a]pyrene conjugate with bovine serum albumin as an adsorbed antigen was subjected to immune-enzyme assay.Results.IgA-Bp levels in the miners (Me = 2.7) did not differ from those in the reference group (Me = 2.9), but in the thermal power plant workers (Me = 3.7) were reliably higher than those in healthy men and in the miners (p<0.0001). Levels of IgG-Bp in the miners (Me = 5.0) appeared to be lower than those in the reference group (Me = 6.4; (p = 0.05). IgG-Bb level in the thermal power plantworkers (Me = 7.4) exceeded the parameters in the healthy donors and the miners (p<0.0001). Non-industrial factors (age and smoking) appeared tohave no influence on specific immune reactions against benz[a]pyrene in the miners and the thermal power plant workers.Conclusions.Specific immune reactions against benz[a]pyrene in the miners and the thermal power plant workers are characterized by peculiarities: the miners demonstrate lower levels of class A serum antibodies to benz[a]pyrene; the thermal power plant workers present increased serum levels of class G antibodies to benz[a]pyrene. These peculiarities result from only the occupational features, but do not depend on such factors as age, smoking and length of service at hazardous production. It is expedient to study specific immune reactions to benz[a]pyrene in workers of coal mines and thermal power plants, to evaluate individual oncologic risk and if malignancies occur.


2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 536-548
Author(s):  
Sahar Yousuf ◽  
Khalid M. Khan ◽  
Uzma Salar ◽  
Almas Jabeen ◽  
Shakil Ahmed ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 4791-4801
Author(s):  
Edward W. Li ◽  
Jade Katinas ◽  
Marjorie A. Jones ◽  
Christopher G. Hamaker

Structural and biological activity analyses of two naphthalene sulfonamides and a naphthalene sulfonate ester.


2021 ◽  
Vol 258 ◽  
pp. 117701
Author(s):  
Qing-Chi Wang ◽  
Maosheng Wei ◽  
Yang Yue ◽  
Ning Wu ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
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Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 620
Author(s):  
Anne Ardaillou ◽  
Jérôme Alsarraf ◽  
Jean Legault ◽  
François Simard ◽  
André Pichette

Several families of naturally occurring C-alkylated dihydrochalcones display a broad range of biological activities, including antimicrobial and cytotoxic properties, depending on their alkylation sidechain. The catalytic Friedel–Crafts alkylation of the readily available aglycon moiety of neohesperidin dihydrochalcone was performed using cinnamyl, benzyl, and isoprenyl alcohols. This procedure provided a straightforward access to a series of derivatives that were structurally related to natural balsacones, uvaretin, and erioschalcones, respectively. The antibacterial and cytotoxic potential of these novel analogs was evaluated in vitro and highlighted some relations between the structure and the pharmacological properties of alkylated dihydrochalcones.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (97) ◽  
pp. 79616-79623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sakthivel Ramasamy ◽  
Devasier Bennet ◽  
Sanghyo Kim

Facile synthesis of hollow mesoporous structured Ru-NPs by dual template method, structural characterization and in vitro biophysical and uptake evaluation for biomedical application.


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