Determination of metabolite profiles in tropical wines by 1H NMR spectroscopy and chemometrics.

The aim of this work was to determine metabolite profiles of tropical wines produced in northeast Brazil, by using 1H NMR spectroscopy in comoination with chemometric methods to analyze and discrirninate wine samples from 2007 vintages produced by different wineries

Detection of electronic nematicity using scanning tunneling microscopy

Electronic nematic phases have been proposed to occur in various correlated electron systems and were recently claimed to have been detected in scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) conductance maps of the pseudogap states of the cuprate high-temperature superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x (Bi-2212). We investigate the influence of anisotropic STM tip structures on such measurements and establish, with a model calculation, the presence of a tunneling interference effect within an STM junction that induces energy-dependent symmetry-breaking features in the conductance maps. We experimentally confirm this phenomenon on different correlated electron systems, including measurements in the pseudogap state of Bi-2212, showing that the apparent nematic behavior of the imaged crystal lattice is likely not due to nematic order but is related to how a realistic STM tip probes the band structure of a material. We further establish that this interference effect can be used as a sensitive probe of changes in the momentum structure of the sample's quasiparticles as a function of energy.Comment: Accepted for publication (PRB - Rapid Communications). Main text (5 pages, 4 figures) + Supplemental Material (4 pages, 4 figures

Enraizamento in vitro de Inhame da Costa (Dioscorea rotundata).

Com o objetivo de otimizar o meio de cultura para promover o enraizamento de plantas de inhame in vitro, microestacas de plantas de Inhame da Costa (Dioscorea rotundata) pré-estabelecidas in vitro foram utilizadas como fonte de explantes iniciais e cultivadas em meios de cultura com diferentes concentrações de sais e vitaminas do MS e doses de carvão ativado. Aos 30 dias, avaliaram-se as seguintes variáveis: altura de planta, número de folhas e de raízes. A utilização do meio ½ MS com 1,0 g de carvão ativado promoveu um melhor desenvolvimento (maior altura e maior número de folhas) das plantas de inhame. Quando se comparou os diferentes tipos de meio, o meio ½ MS também foi o mais adequado para promover o enraizamento das plantas de inhame in vitro utilizando 0,5 ou 1g L-1 de carvão ativado

Use of chemometrics to characterize tropical wines from different vintages and grape cultivars according to the 1H NMR spectroscopy data.

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Use of chemometrics to characterize tropical wines from different vintages and grape cultivars according to the 1H NMR spectroscopy data.

Tropical wines have been produced in Northeast of Brazil since 1980's, between the 8° and 9° S latitude, in a region called Sub-rniddle São Francisco river Valley. This area presents an intra-annual climate variability and wines can be elaborated in different months of the year, according to the winery, with different analytical characteristics due to the climatic conditions. NMR spectroscopy is an interesting tool that allows to determine in a single analysis many analytical compounds of the wines. PCA and PLS rnultivariate statistical analyses applied on NMR data allow to discriminate samples and to identify the responsible compounds for the clustering. The aim of this work was to use chemometrics, PCA and PLS, applied on IH NMR spectroscopy data, to characterize tropical wines from different vintages and grape cultivars, in Northeast of Brazil. Wines were elaborated by using traditional winemaking process with control of the fermentations temperature and use of antioxidants. Before statistical analyses, IHNMR spectra were segmented, normalized, converted to Excel software format and further processed for PCA and PLS analyses. Statistical analyses applied on NMR spectra data were not satisfactory to discriminate between different vintages of white and red wines together, but they were able to separate each one according to different vintages and cultivars. Metabolic compounds were found to explain wine clusters, and fingerprints are discussed

Metabolic profiles of Brazilian tropical wines determined by H NMR spectroscopy and chemometrics.

Tropical wines are a new concept of vitiviniculture that is being developped principally in Brazil