Cognitive Evaluation of Bupropion Sustained Release in Heavy Tobacco Smokers Using Event-Related Potentials

Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of bupropion sustained release (SR) on cognitive function, evaluated by event-related potentials (ERPs), in heavy tobacco smokers

Reactive extraction of cis,cis-muconic acid from aqueous solution using phosphorus-bonded extractants, tri-n-octylphosphineoxide and tri-n-butyl phosphate: Equilibrium and thermodynamic study

cis,cis-Muconic acid falls under the category of carboxylic acids and finds application mostly in biodegradable polymers, agrochemicals, and the food industry. Owing to the high thermal reactivity based upon the twoterminal carboxylic groups present in their structure, the chemical industry has widely used carboxylic acids. The major obstacle encountered during the production of carboxylic acids is their recovery from aqueous solutions and fermentation media. Therefore, the recovery of HccMA by reactive extraction as a particular product capture method, using tri-n-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO) and tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) in organic diluents such as 1-butanol, isoamyl alcohol, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK), diisobutyl ketone, isobutanol, n-hexane, dimethyl glutarate, ethyl propionate, and diethyl carbonate (DEC) was executed in this study. This method was experimentally conducted to explore the most proper extractant and diluent combination. Extraction experiments were also conducted with pure diluents alone to examine the extractant effect on the extraction system. The important extraction parameters like distribution coefficient (KD), extraction efficiency (E %), loading ratio (Z), dimerization constant (D), partition coefficient (P), and complexation constant (KE11) were determined. Mass action law model interpreted the obtained results. For HccMA/TOPO extraction system, the maximum extraction efficiency was found 93.19% in the presence of n-hexane as a diluent. For HccMA/TBP extraction system, the maximum extraction efficiency was found 90.37% in the presence of ethyl propionate as a diluent. Thermodynamic studies at variable temperatures were also carried out to estimate Delta H, Delta S, and Delta G of the process. To investigate the feasibility of designing a counter-current liquid-liquid extraction column, the number of theoretical stages (NTS) were assessed by theodified Kremser equation and found between 3 and 5 to et the desired extraction efficiency

Wound Healing Effects of Various Fractions of Olive Leaf Extract (OLE) on Mouse Fibroblasts

WOS: 000454871500019Olive (Olea europaea) leaf has been introduced as a potential therapeutic in wound healing owing to combined antioxidant and antimicrobial activity. Comparison of crude extract and its fractions in terms of antioxidant capacity, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity to gain insight about cell migration rate under exogenous stress of H2O2, as a hallmark of wound healing constituted the objective of this study. Oleuropein-containing fraction exerted the highest cell migration rate among other fractions that contains hydroxytyrosol, verbascoside and luteolin, whilst treatment with high concentrations (50 mu g/ml) of this fraction simultaneously with H2O2 caused a dramatic decline in cell migration, resulting in the loss of cell adherence. Results overall indicated that active compounds caused an imbalance in redox signaling beyond a critical concentration. Comparison of fractions and crude extract also revealed that crude extract promoted cell migration by 20%, which may be attributed to synergistic effect of undefined phenolics

Cytotoxic effects of cabazitaxel on human gliomaspheres and monolayer glioma cells: A comparative study between 2D and 3D cell cultures.

Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO) / Clinical Science Symposium on Predicting and Improving Adverse Outcomes in Older Adults with Cancer -- MAY 29-JUN 02, 2015 -- Chicago, ILWOS: 000358036902497Amer Soc Clin Onco