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2012 Forthcoming Papers

 


Articles online for the Regular Issue

Physicochemical Factors Governing the Partition of Pramipexole and Its Five Impurities in Microemulsion Liquid Chromatographic Systems
Ana M. Vemic, Andelija M. Malenovic, Tijana M. Rakic, Nada M. Kostic, Biljana S. Jancic-Stojanovic, Darko P. Ivanovic and Mirjana B. Medenica
Article

Influences of microemulsion droplet properties and column lipophylicity on partition behavior of pramipexole and its five impurities
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DOI S0103-505320120050000079                                                  Published online: December 7, 2012

Determination of Glucocorticoids using Cosurfactants Ultrasonic-
Thermostatic-Assisted Cloud Point Extraction Followed by HPLC
Hui Qin, Gao Feng Li, Nan Chen and Ya Ling Yang
Article

2 mL of the solution containing different concentrations of BD, HB and NPP →2.5 mL of DC-193 stock solution and 1mL of nonanoic acid added →standing for 5 min →incubated into ultrasonic-thermostatic bath at 65 °C for 30 min→centrifugation for 3 min at 4000 rpm → achieving a final volume of 0.5 mL by adding acetonitrile →injected into the HPLC system
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DOI S0103-505320120050000080                                                  Published online: December 7, 2012

Quantitative Approach to Glucocorticosteroids Analysis in Human Urine using LC-MS/MS
Renata F. Soares, Amanda L. D. de Araújo, Juliana de L. Castro, Luis Nelson L. F. Gomes,
Henrique M. G. Pereira and Francisco R. de Aquino Neto
Article

Urinary excretion profile of prednisolone and prednisone after oral administration of prednisolone. The concentration of 30 ng mL-1 is the parameter used to establish an adverse analytical finding to exogenous glucocorticosteroids
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DOI S0103-505320120050000081                                                  Published online: December 7, 2012

The Violacein Biosynthesis Monitored by Multi-Wavelength Fluorescence Spectroscopy and by the PARAFAC Method
Clecio Dantas, Pedro L. O. Volpe, Nelson Durán and Márcia M. C. Ferreira
Article

Combining multi-wavelength fluorescence spectroscopy and the PARAFAC method to link the information obtained from spectral resolution to a biosynthetic pathway
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DOI S0103-505320120050000083                                                  Published online: December 5, 2012

Interactions between Activin-Like Kinase 5 (ALK5) Receptor and its Inhibitors and the Construction of a Docking Descriptor-Based QSAR Model
Malihe Ebrahimi, Taghi Khayamian and Sajjad Gharaghani
Article

Docking studies showed that hydrophobic and H-bond interactions are the key factors in the interactions between ALK5 and its inhibitors. Descriptors emerging from docking and molecular structure were used in structure-based QSAR model
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DOI S0103-505320120050000082                                                  Published online: December 5, 2012

Regional Assessment of Sewage Contamination in Sediments of the Iguaçu and
the Barigui Rivers (Curitiba City, Paraná, Southern Brazil) using Fecal Steroids
Lucas Puerari, Renato S. Carreira, Artur C. B. Neto, Lilian C. lbarello and Fabiana D. C. Gallotta
Article

An evaluation of the contamination by sewage in sediments on a regional scale was performed in the Iguaçu River by considering sterols as indicators. Domestic effluents and manure from rural areas are the main source of contamination. The release of untreated sewage may pose a threat to river health during periods of small river water flow
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DOI S0103-505320120050000078                                                  Published online: November 30, 2012

New Neolignans from Krameria tomentosa A. St.-Hil
Sara A. L. Madeiro, Hellane F. S. de Lucena, Caroline D. Siqueira, Marcelo C. Duarte,
Raimundo Braz-Filho, José M. Barbosa Filho, Marcelo S. da Silva and Josean F. Tavares
Article

Two new neolignans 1,1'-(E)-propenyl-4-methoxy-3,4'-oxyneolignan (ottomentosa) and 5-acid-2-(2'-hydroxy-4',6'-dimethoxyphenyl)-benzofuran (sobraline), together with three known neolignans, were isolated from the roots of Krameria tomentosa A. St.-Hil
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DOI S0103-505320120050000077                                                  Published online: November 30, 2012

The Influence of GC/AT Composition on Intercalating and Semi-Intercalating Binding of Ethidium Bromide to DNA
Poghos O. Vardevanyan, Ara P. Antonyan, Marine A. Parsadanyan, Mariam A. Shahinyan, Lilit A. Hambardzumyan, Margarita A. Torosyan and Armen T. Karapetian
Article

Semi-intercalating binding of EtBr occurs along with the ordinary intercalation
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DOI S0103-505320120050000076                                                  Published online: November 30, 2012

Prediction of Microdialysis Relative Recovery of Flavone Derivatives
Based on Molecular Descriptors
Shuyu Zhan, Jianping Huang, Qing Shao, Xiaohui Fan and Wenjing Guo
Article

Establish stable and predictive models of multiple linear regression (MLR) and support vector machine (SVM) to predict microdialysis relative recovery of flavone derivatives based on molecular descriptors
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DOI S0103-505320120050000074                                                  Published online: November 30, 2012

A Sensitive Fluorescent Assay for Trypsin Activity in Biological Samples
using BSA-Au Nanoclusters
Xianxiang Wang, Yanying Wang, Hanbing Rao and Zhi Shan
Article

A novel fluorescence analysis method based on trypsin digestion of the protein template of BSA-stabilized Au nanoclusters for sensitive and selective detection of trypsin activity was developed in this work. The methods are utilized potentially for determination of other proteases in clinical diagnostics of various diseases
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DOI S0103-505320120050000075                                                  Published online: November 27, 2012

Chemoface: a Novel Free User-Friendly Interface for Chemometrics
Cleiton A. Nunes, Matheus P. Freitas, Ana Carla M. Pinheiro and Sabrina C. Bastos
Article

Chemoface is a free computational tool with user-friendly graphical interface, which is able to work with chemometric methods related to experimental design, pattern recognition, classification and multivariate calibration
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DOI S0103-505320120050000073                                                  Published online: November 23, 2012

Synthesis and Field Evaluation of Synthetic Blends of the Sex Pheromone of Crocidosema aporema (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Soybean
Andrés González, Paula Altesor, Leticia Alves, Paola Liberati, Horacio Silva, Juan Ramos, Ignacio Carrera, David González, Gustavo Seoane, Carmen Rossini, Enrique Castiglioni and Daniela Gamenara
Article

The sex pheromone of the tortricid soybean pest, Crocidosema aporema, was synthesized from 2-pentynol and 1,7-heptanediol, and male captures with different pheromone blends were field-evaluated for the development of pheromone monitoring traps
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DOI S0103-505320120050000072                                                  Published online: November 14, 2012

A Multi-Syringe Flow System for Monitoring Moderately Fast Chemical Reactions
Víctor Cerdà, Carlos Ubide and Juan Zuriarrain
Article

The bromine generation and the bromine-salicylic acid reactions have been used for validation of MSFIA in the zone stopping mode. The performance of the technique stays between those of FIA and the classical stopped-flow technique
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DOI S0103-505320120050000069                                                    Published online: November 9, 2012

Iron(III) Chloride Catalyzed Glycosylation of Peracylated Sugars with Allyl/ Alkynyl Alcohols
Senthil Narayanaperumal, Rodrigo César da Silva, Julia L. Monteiro, Arlene G. Corrêa
and Márcio W. Paixão
Article

The cost-effective ferric chloride showed to be an efficient catalyst for the glycosylation of sugars with allyl and alkynyl alcohols, thus leading to the corresponding glycosides in moderate to good yields. Salient features of this simple method include non-hazardous reaction conditions, low-catalyst loading, good yields and high anomeric selectivity
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DOI S0103-505320120050000070                                                    Published online: November 6, 2012

Regiospecific Synthesis of New Fatty N-Acyl Trihalomethylated Pyrazoline
Derivatives from Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAMEs)
Paulo Beck, Juliane M. dos Santos, Bruna L. Kuhn, Dayse das N. Moreira, Alex F. C. Flores,
Marcos A. P. Martins, Marcelo G. M. D'Oca and Luciana A. Piovesan
Short Report

An efficient and regiospecific route to new fatty N-acyl trihalomethylated pyrazoline derivatives from FAMEs (fatty acid methyl esters) was developed
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DOI S0103-505320120050000071                                                    Published online: November 6, 2012

Physicochemical and Morphological Characterizations of Glyceryl Tristearate/ Castor Oil Nanocarriers Prepared by the Solvent Diffusion Method
Cristiana L. Dora, Jean-Luc Putaux, Isabelle Pignot-Paintrand, Frédéric Dubreuil, Valdir Soldi, Redouane Borsali and Elenara Lemos-Senna
Article

Structural characterizations of drug lipid nanocarriers made from castor oil (CO) and tristearin (TS). NE: nanoemulsions, NLC: nanostructured lipid carriers, SLN: solid nanocarriers
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DOI S0103-505320120050000066                                                    Published online: October 30, 2012




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