Antioxidantes em azeites ‘Galega’ e ‘Azeiteira’ provenientes de frutos obtidos em duas épocas de colheita

No presente trabalho são determinados os biofenóis em azeites ‘Galega’ e ‘Azeiteira’ obtidos em duas épocas de colheita dos frutos e olivais em produção integrada. A separação da fracção fenólica foi feita por extracção líquido-líquido (ELL) e a análise dos compostos fenólicos obtida por cromatografia líquida de alta pressão (HPLC) com detecção por díodos (DAD). São também determinados: os tocoferóis por HPLC e fluorescência (FLD); os biofenóis totais por espectroscopia VIS; e a intensidade do sabor amargo (K225) por espectroscopia UV. Os azeites ‘Galega’ e ‘Azeiteira’ apresentam teores mais elevados de antioxidantes na colheita mais temporã indicando que – do ponto de vista nutricional, sensorial e da estabilidade deste alimento – não é benéfico retardar a época de colheita. O hidroxitirosol e a luteolina decrescem acentuadamente na segunda data de colheita para os azeites de cultivar ‘Azeiteira’. Os azeites ‘Galega’ apresentam teores mais elevados de α-tocoferol e ϒ-tocoferol

Draft Genome Sequence Of 11399, A Transformable Citrus-pathogenic Strain Of Xylella Fastidiosa

The draft genome of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca strain 11399, a transformable citrus-pathogenic strain, is reported here. The 11399 genome size is 2,690,704 bp and has a G+C content of 52.7%. The draft genome of 11399 reveals the absence of four type I restriction-modification system genes. © 2016 Niza et al.4

Analytical method validation for in vitro permeation of Calendula officinalis L. gel

The objective of this study was to evaluate preliminary stability, as well as to validate an analytical method for in vitro skin permeation study of a gel containing tincture of Calendula officinalis L., aiming at the implementation and consolidation of methodologies to be used as prototype for future development of herbal medicine in the Brazilian Amazon region. The gel showed a satisfactory result during the assessment of its preliminary stability considering that the formulation remained stable throughout cycles at temperatures of 45 °C and 25 °C. Parameters obtained in the validation of the analytical method presented satisfactory results for specificity, linearity (r > 0.99), precision (intra-day and inter-day) with relative standard deviation values (R.S.D. %) below the required maximum of 5 %. Accuracy and robustness were consistent with both the objectives of the work and recommendations of the existing laws, providing the reliability of the data obtained during the skin permeation study, evidenced by the gel tendency to promote the permeation of flavonoids, expressed in rutin, through models of synthetic and biological membrane. However, it was observed that the gel had a higher permeability ratio through synthetic membrane, due to greater cumulative mass of rutin quantified after permeation.Colegio de Farmacéuticos de la Provincia de Buenos Aire

Search for displaced vertices arising from decays of new heavy particles in 7 TeV pp collisions at ATLAS

We present the results of a search for new, heavy particles that decay at a significant distance from their production point into a final state containing charged hadrons in association with a high-momentum muon. The search is conducted in a pp-collision data sample with a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV and an integrated luminosity of 33 pb^-1 collected in 2010 by the ATLAS detector operating at the Large Hadron Collider. Production of such particles is expected in various scenarios of physics beyond the standard model. We observe no signal and place limits on the production cross-section of supersymmetric particles in an R-parity-violating scenario as a function of the neutralino lifetime. Limits are presented for different squark and neutralino masses, enabling extension of the limits to a variety of other models.Comment: 8 pages plus author list (20 pages total), 8 figures, 1 table, final version to appear in Physics Letters

Measurement of the polarisation of W bosons produced with large transverse momentum in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS experiment

This paper describes an analysis of the angular distribution of W->enu and W->munu decays, using data from pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2010, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 35 pb^-1. Using the decay lepton transverse momentum and the missing transverse energy, the W decay angular distribution projected onto the transverse plane is obtained and analysed in terms of helicity fractions f0, fL and fR over two ranges of W transverse momentum (ptw): 35 < ptw < 50 GeV and ptw > 50 GeV. Good agreement is found with theoretical predictions. For ptw > 50 GeV, the values of f0 and fL-fR, averaged over charge and lepton flavour, are measured to be : f0 = 0.127 +/- 0.030 +/- 0.108 and fL-fR = 0.252 +/- 0.017 +/- 0.030, where the first uncertainties are statistical, and the second include all systematic effects.Comment: 19 pages plus author list (34 pages total), 9 figures, 11 tables, revised author list, matches European Journal of Physics C versio

Observation of a new chi_b state in radiative transitions to Upsilon(1S) and Upsilon(2S) at ATLAS

The chi_b(nP) quarkonium states are produced in proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector. Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.4 fb^-1, these states are reconstructed through their radiative decays to Upsilon(1S,2S) with Upsilon->mu+mu-. In addition to the mass peaks corresponding to the decay modes chi_b(1P,2P)->Upsilon(1S)gamma, a new structure centered at a mass of 10.530+/-0.005 (stat.)+/-0.009 (syst.) GeV is also observed, in both the Upsilon(1S)gamma and Upsilon(2S)gamma decay modes. This is interpreted as the chi_b(3P) system.Comment: 5 pages plus author list (18 pages total), 2 figures, 1 table, corrected author list, matches final version in Physical Review Letter

Measurement of the inclusive isolated prompt photon cross-section in pp collisions at sqrt(s)= 7 TeV using 35 pb-1 of ATLAS data

A measurement of the differential cross-section for the inclusive production of isolated prompt photons in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy sqrt(s) = 7 TeV is presented. The measurement covers the pseudorapidity ranges |eta|<1.37 and 1.52<=|eta|<2.37 in the transverse energy range 45<=E_T<400GeV. The results are based on an integrated luminosity of 35 pb-1, collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The yields of the signal photons are measured using a data-driven technique, based on the observed distribution of the hadronic energy in a narrow cone around the photon candidate and the photon selection criteria. The results are compared with next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculations and found to be in good agreement over four orders of magnitude in cross-section.Comment: 7 pages plus author list (18 pages total), 2 figures, 4 tables, final version published in Physics Letters