SYNTHESIS, GROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION OF Mg DOPED LAHC SINGLE CRYSTALS

Single crystals of Mg doped L Alanine Hydrogen chloride (Mg doped LAHC) have been synthesized. The synthesized material has been purified by repeated recrystallization process. Single crystals were grown by slow evaporation method. The spectroscopic techniques namely, Fourier Transform InfraRed (FTIR), UV-VIS-NIR were used to study the properties of the crystals. The structural and lattice parameters determination was done by X-ray diffraction. The thermal stability studies were carried out. The thermoanalytical parameters like activation energy, entropy for activation and Arrhenius pre exponential factor needed for a chemical reaction were found using Coats- Redfern method

Vibrational spectra and thermodynamic analysis of metformin

495-500Metformin is one of the important anti-diabetic drugs to treat non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and Fourier transform Raman (FTR) spectra of metformin have been used for the molecular study. A satisfactory band assignment has been made on the fundamental modes of vibration. Employing the molecular mechanics method using MM3 force field, the theoretical vibrational frequencies and geometry parameters like bond lengths, bond angles etc are calculated and compared with the experimental frequencies. The observed frequencies are used to compute the thermodynamic functions, namely, the enthalpy, entropy, heats of formation, heat capacity using standard expressions at temperature 298 K and one atmospheric pressure

Divergência genética em feijão-caupi Genetic divergence among cowpea

Este trabalho objetivou avaliar a divergência genética entre genótipos de feijão-caupi, visando à seleção dos mais divergentes e de maior potencial produtivo para indicar como genitores em cruzamentos genéticos para futura recomendação de cultivares aos agricultores do Recôncavo Baiano. Os experimentos foram desenvolvidos na Escola de Agronomia da Universidade Federal da Bahia, Cruz das Almas (BA), utilizando-se 22 genótipos do tipo prostrado e 20 do tipo semi-ereto, dispostos em delineamento de blocos casualizados, com quatro repetições. Foram analisados os caracteres altura da planta, comprimento de vagem, massa de vagens, massa de grãos por vagem, número de grãos por vagem, massa de cem grãos, índice de grãos, produtividade de vagem e de grãos. A divergência genética foi obtida através da distância generalizada de Mahalanobis. Novas combinações gênicas promissoras podem surgir nos cruzamentos entre os genótipos TE97-309G-1, TE97-367G-3, TE97-367G-11 e TE97-430G-12 do tipo prostrado e TE97-321G-4 e TE97-404-1E-1 do tipo semi-ereto. A seleção dos genótipos TE93-244-23F-1, TE97-299G-10 e BR 17-Gurguéia tipo prostrado e os genótipos TE97-321G-4, TE97-406-2E, TE96-282-22G e EV x 91-2E-1 tipo semi-ereto demonstram superioridade para a produtividade de grãos. Os caracteres comprimento de vagem, massa de grãos por vagem e produtividade de vagens são os que mais contribuem para a divergência genética.<br>This work aimed to evaluate the genetic divergence among cowpea genotypes, for selection of most divergent genotypes and of highest yield potential as parents in crossings as well as for future recommendation of cultivars in the reconcave region in Bahia, Brazil. The experiment was carried out Agronomy School of Universidade Federal da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, State of Bahia, using twenty two erect cowpea and twenty semi-erect cowpea genotypes, in a randomized design, with four replications. The following characters were analyzed: plant height, pod length, pod weight, grain weight for pod, number of grains for pod, weight of hundred grains, grain index, pod yield and grain yield. The genetic divergence was obtained by means of the Mahalanobis generalized distance. New genetic combinations can appear in the crossings among the TE97-309G-1, TE97-367G-3, TE97-367G-11 climbing genotype and TE97-430G-12 and TE97-321G-4 and TE97-404-1E-1 semi-erect genotypes. The selection of the climbing genotypes TE93-244-23F-1, TE97-299G-10 and BR 17-Gurguéia and the TE97-321G-4, TE97-406-2E, TE96-282-22G and EV x 91-2E-1 semi-erect genotypes demonstrated superiority for grain yield. Pod length, weight and yield characters are ones that contribute most to the genetic divergence