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Food Physical Chemistry and Biophysical Chemistry
Food Physical Chemistry is considered to be a branch of Food Chemistry^1,2^ concerned with the study of both physical and chemical interactions in foods in terms of physical and chemical principles applied to food systems, as well as the applications of physical/chemical techniques and instrumentation for the study of foods^3,4,5,6^. This field encompasses the "physiochemical principles of the reactions and conversions that occur during the manufacture, handling, and storage of foods"^7^. Two rapidly growing, related areas are Food Biotechnology and Food Biophysical Chemistry. 

Examination of Prooxidative Activity of Red Wine in Melanoma Cells
Melanoma is responsible for 75% of all deaths from skin cancer. Its lethality arises from its rapid progression, easy metastasis and drug-resistance as well. Red wine is a natural product rich in polyphenolic compounds with potent anticancer activities. It seems that in cancer cells these compounds behave as prooxidants initiating reactive oxygen species mediated cellular DNA breakage and consequent cell death. The aim of this study was to investigate prooxidative activity of red wine samples (Merlot variety, commercial as well as VCR1 and VCR101 clonal wines) in melanoma A375 cells, through measuring the relationship of reduced and oxidized form of glutathione (GSH/GSSG) and comparison with the GSH/GSSG ratio in control (untreated melanoma cells). The data obtained showed that tested red wine samples decrease GSH/GSSG ratio in A375 cells compared to control (4.6 ± 0), with the largest decrease noticed in treatment with VCR101 wine (0.66 ± 0.05)
Antioxidant Enzymes in Blood of Women With Uterine Hyperplasia
The literature emphasizes the involvement of oxidative stress in the etiopathogenesis of many uterine diseases. Antioxidant system (AOS) represents the protective mechanism used by cells to neutralize overproduced reactive oxygen species (ROS) and prevent oxidative stress. We have previously shown that in gynecological patients with various diagnoses, the reproductive and other factors may be associated with antioxidant capacity and the ability to defend against oxidative damage. In this study, we examined the changes in expression of antioxidant enzymes (AOE): superoxide dismutases (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and glutathione reductase (GR) in the blood of women with endometrial hyperplasia. Our results indicate that hyperplasia induces perturbance in oxidative balance, particularly in glutathione redox cycle enzymes
Revealing three-dimensional structure of individual colloidal crystal grain by coherent x-ray diffractive imaging
We present results of a coherent x-ray diffractive imaging experiment
performed on a single colloidal crystal grain. The full three-dimensional (3D)
reciprocal space map measured by an azimuthal rotational scan contained several
orders of Bragg reflections together with the coherent interference signal
between them. Applying the iterative phase retrieval approach, the 3D structure
of the crystal grain was reconstructed and positions of individual colloidal
particles were resolved. As a result, an exact stacking sequence of hexagonal
close-packed layers including planar and linear defects were identified.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure
Nanoassembly of Polydisperse Photonic Crystals Based on Binary and Ternary Polymer Opal Alloys
Ordered binary and ternary photonic crystals, composed of different sized
polymer-composite spheres with diameter ratios up to 120%, are generated using
bending induced oscillatory shearing (BIOS). This viscoelastic system creates
polydisperse equilibrium structures, producing mixed opaline colored films with
greatly reduced requirements for particle monodispersity, and very different
sphere size ratios, compared to other methods of nano-assembly
Physical properties and crystal chemistry of Ce2Ga12Pt
Single crystals of the new ternary compound Ce2Ga12Pt were prepared by the
self-flux technique. The crystal structure with the space group P4/nbm was
established from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data and presents a
derivative of the LaGa6Ni0.6 prototype. Magnetic susceptibility measurements
show Curie-Weiss behaviour due to local Ce^3+ moments. At high temperatures,
the magnetic anisotropy is dominated by the crystal-electric-field (CEF) effect
with the easy axis along the crystallographic c direction. Ce2Ga12Pt undergoes
two antiferromagnetic phase transitions at T_N,1 = 7.3K and T_N,2 = 5.5K and
presents several metamagnetic transitions for the magnetic field along c.
Specific-heat measurements prove the bulk nature of these magnetic transitions
and reveal a doublet CEF ground state. The 4f contribution to the resistivity
shows a broad maximum at T_max ~ 85K due to Kondo scattering off the CEF ground
state and excited levels.Comment: 12 pages, accepted in J. Phys.: Condens. Matte
The 24th IUPAC International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (ICPOC 24)
The IUPAC sponsored biennial Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (ICPOC) series bear a long history
and a solid reputation as the leading international gatherings on Physical Organic Chemistry. Since their first
installment in Crans sur Sierre (Switzerland) in 1972, ICPOC meetings have been held in Noordwijkerhout (The
Netherlands, 1974), Montpellier (France, 1976), York (UK, 1978), Santa Cruz (USA, 1980) Louvain-la-Neuve
(Belgium, 1982), Auckland (New Zealand, 1984); Tokyo (Japan, 1986), Regensburg (Germany, 1988), Haifa
(Israel, 1990), Padua (Italy, 1994), Incheon (Korea, 1996), Florianopolis (Brazil, 1998), Göteborg (Sweden,
2000), San Diego (USA, 2002), Shanghai (China, 2004), Warsaw (Poland, 2006), Santiago de Compostela
(Spain, 2008), Busan (Korea, 2010), Durham (UK, 2012), Ottawa (Canada, 2014), Sidney (Australia, 2016). The
24st IUPAC International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (ICPOC 24) was held at the University of
Algarve, in Faro, Portugal, July 1–6, 2018.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
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