Acta Chemica IasiPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.47743/achi-2022-2-0005
Eswadi Aya Refat, AL-Hellawi Zainab Hussein
{"title":"IL-24 AND IL-29 IN T2DM WITH AND WITHOUT DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS","authors":"Eswadi Aya Refat, AL-Hellawi Zainab Hussein","doi":"10.47743/achi-2022-2-0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47743/achi-2022-2-0005","url":null,"abstract":": Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a common chronic metabolic disease that spread worldwide. Uncontrolled T2DM cause many complications such as neurological diseases and lower limb amputations, in addition to other health problems. Insulin resistance and low-grade chronic inflammation in adipose tissue is a characteristic of people with obesity and diabetes. In fact, T2DM is inflammatory cytokines are involved in the pathophysiology of this disease. About 1.4 million Iraqis suffer from diabetes. In this study, some clinical characteristics and parameters level sixty patients with T2DM (32 male and 28 female) and thirty as controls were quantified. There are no significant differences between patients and controls in both age and BMI. There are expected significant increase in FBG, HbA1c and HOMA-IR in T2DM patients than healthy groups. There is a significant decline (p = 0.003) in serum IL-24 level in T2DM patients as compared with the controls. The low level of interleukin-24 in patients with T2DM has serious consequences. Despite the neuropathies in patients and the disease-causing nerve damage and non-healing of wounds, the decrease of this interleukin leads to may decrease in the patients’ immunity. The skin acts as a barrier against harmful microbes on several levels: colonization, pH, mechanical/physical and immunological IL-24 significant decrease (p < 0.001) in patients with type 2 diabetes and those who suffer from diabetic foot (DF) ulcers in particular affects the healing of ulcers and poorly in wound healing. There is a significant decline (p = 0.03) in serum IL-29 level in T2DM patients as compared with controls. The decreased IL-29 levels in patients may be defect in immune system particularly patients with T2DM, where IL-29 is secreted from T-helper that affects keratinocytes and activated against viruses. In contrast, an IL-29 level decrease in patients with DF ulcers induce an inflammatory response.","PeriodicalId":6958,"journal":{"name":"Acta Chemica Iasi","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74361043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta Chemica IasiPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.47743/achi-2022-1-0001
Z. C. Lagobo, V. Mambo, B. O. Yapo, V. P. Houenou, R. Necula, G. Drochioiu
{"title":"REVIEW: ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IN THE WORLD AND THE SPECIFIC CASE OF ARSENIC POLLUTED AREA OF TARNIȚA, NORTHEASTERN ROMANIA","authors":"Z. C. Lagobo, V. Mambo, B. O. Yapo, V. P. Houenou, R. Necula, G. Drochioiu","doi":"10.47743/achi-2022-1-0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47743/achi-2022-1-0001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":6958,"journal":{"name":"Acta Chemica Iasi","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89109591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta Chemica IasiPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.47743/ACHI-2021-1-0001
C. T. Nguyen, Na Pham-Thien Vo, Lien Nguyen, Khue To, Kiet Van Doan, H. Tran
{"title":"SYNTHESIS AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF SOME CHALCONES CONTAINING N-ARYLACETAMIDE GROUP","authors":"C. T. Nguyen, Na Pham-Thien Vo, Lien Nguyen, Khue To, Kiet Van Doan, H. Tran","doi":"10.47743/ACHI-2021-1-0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47743/ACHI-2021-1-0001","url":null,"abstract":"(E)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (3a) or (E)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (3b) were prepared from reaction of 4-hydroxyacetophenone (1) and 4-chlorobenzaldehyde (2a) or 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (2b), respectively. The reaction of 3a or 3b and various N-aryl-2-chloroacetamides (4a-d) afforded eight new N-aryl-2-(4-(3-(4substituted phenyl)acryloyl)phenoxy)acetamide compounds (5a-h). The structures of the compounds were confirmed by IR, H-NMR, C-NMR and HR-MS spectral data. Antioxidant activity performed by DPPH radical scavenging method showed that N-aryl-2-(4-(3-(4-substituted phenyl)acryloyl)phenoxy)acetamide compounds (5a-h) at a concentration of 10.0 μg/ mL possess antioxidant activity in equivalent to that of ascorbic acid at a concentration of 6.0-8.0 μg/ mL while the antioxidant activity of 3a and 3b compounds is higher that of ascorbic acid at the same concentration.","PeriodicalId":6958,"journal":{"name":"Acta Chemica Iasi","volume":" 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72379866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta Chemica IasiPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.47743/ACHI-2021-1-0003
H. Mekhalfi, S. Boudjemaa
{"title":"PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANOMONTMORILLONITE MODIFIED WITH ALKYLAMMONIUM CATION SURFACTANT: ADSORPTION EFFECT OF ZENONE","authors":"H. Mekhalfi, S. Boudjemaa","doi":"10.47743/ACHI-2021-1-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47743/ACHI-2021-1-0003","url":null,"abstract":"Montmorillonite (MMT) has been subjected to modification through ion-exchange reaction by hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC) ([(C16H33)N(CH3)3]Cl). The organomodified montmorillonite (OMM) was characterized by FT-IR, XRD, ATG, SEM, EDX, and Nitrogen adsorption measurements (BET). The basal spacing of unmodified bentonite, determined by XRD was 13.54 Å and after modification it increased up to 19.74 Å. FTIR and TG/DTG results showed a good amount of organic compound in organomodified MMT. Results of the SEM study revealed a tendency towards lump formation and agglomeration of the organomodified clay particles of montmorillonite. The adsorption of Zenone (ZE), a mycotoxin from animal food, onto MMT and OMMT was investigated. Effects of alkylammonium Cation Surfactant in binding ZE were studied. The intercalation of MMT with CTAC, the OMMT exhibited the highest adsorption rate of ZE (94.1%) which was much higher than that of MMT (11.21%). The adsorption isotherm parameters were calculated by using the Langmuir and Freundlich models and the data fitted better to the first one. All results indicate that OMMT has great potential to be a high-performance material to control ZE contamination. Hamoudi Mekhalfi, e-mail: bsouf77@yahoo.fr 32 Hamoudi Mekhalfi and Soufiane Boudjemaa","PeriodicalId":6958,"journal":{"name":"Acta Chemica Iasi","volume":"140 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80144319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta Chemica IasiPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.47743/achi-2021-2-0009
M. Al-Rufaie
{"title":"PURELY CLEAR KINETIC SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC PROCESS FOR BROMHEXINE HYDROCHLORIDE EVALUATION IN PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS","authors":"M. Al-Rufaie","doi":"10.47743/achi-2021-2-0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47743/achi-2021-2-0009","url":null,"abstract":"For the evaluation of Bromhexine hydrochloride (BRO) in pure drugs as well as their pharmaceutical preparations, a successful, sensitivity spectrophotometric method has been proved as well as checked. The methodology is focused on the creation of the Schiff base by pdimethylaminobenzaldehyde (PDMB), giving a bright yellow color to the reaction of the drug with the reagent . The yellow colored absorbance of species was assessed at its maximum absorption λmax of 420 nm. The Beer’s law was obeyed in the 10-60 μg/ml as the concentration range. The optical values were measured to be 8.693 x10 (L/mol/cm), 0.0005 (μg/cm2), Molar absorption coefficient as well as Sandell sensitivity respectively. The LOD and the LOQ for the suggested methodology were measured 3.280μg/ml, 4.114 μg/ml, respectively. To maximize the reaction conditions, all the variables were studied. The interference for the suggested method was identified in the existence of traditional excipients of pharmaceutics. By testing BRO in its pharmaceutical formulations, the validity of the approach was checked and objectively tested by statistical tests for its accuracy. Strong recoveries were obtained by the method developed; the results obtained in its pharmaceutical dosage forms were critically evaluated and used effectively for determining BRO.","PeriodicalId":6958,"journal":{"name":"Acta Chemica Iasi","volume":"328 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77197943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta Chemica IasiPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.47743/achi-2021-2-0008
Yared Shewarega, Dereje Yenealem, Fikadu Siyum
{"title":"SIMULTANEOUS VOLTAMMETRIC DETERMINATION OF PARACETAMOL AND ASCORBIC ACID USING ACTIVATED GLASSY CARBON ELECTRODE: CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY AND SQUARE WAVE VOLTAMMETRY STUDY","authors":"Yared Shewarega, Dereje Yenealem, Fikadu Siyum","doi":"10.47743/achi-2021-2-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47743/achi-2021-2-0008","url":null,"abstract":": Simultaneous voltammetric determination of paracetamol (PA) and ascorbic acid (AA) at activated glassy carbon electrode (aGCE) using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and square wave voltammetry (SWV) was studied. The electrochemical responses of PA and AA were compared at bare (bGCE) and aGCE. The aGCE displayed excellent electrochemical catalytic activities and decreased the over-potential for simultaneous determination of PA and AA. It was found that the redox process at aGCE for both PA and AA is adsorption-controlled process. The linear range, limit of quantification (LOQ) and detection limit (LOD) of PA were found to be 10 to 100 µM; 0.517 µM and 0.155 µM, respectively. Similarly, the linear range, LOQ and LOD of AA were found to be 0.4 to 0.95 mM, 6.32 µM and 1.89 µM, respectively. The validity of the proposed method was checked by using commercial drug which contain different amount of PA and AA and satisfactory percent recoveries were obtained.","PeriodicalId":6958,"journal":{"name":"Acta Chemica Iasi","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82080619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta Chemica IasiPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.47743/achi-2021-2-0012
D. Dirtu, Manuela Pancu, Luminita Minea
{"title":"OCCURRENCE OF SELECTED ANTHROPOGENIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN DRINKING WATER FROM RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN ROMANIA","authors":"D. Dirtu, Manuela Pancu, Luminita Minea","doi":"10.47743/achi-2021-2-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47743/achi-2021-2-0012","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to evaluate the trend of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), trihalomethanes (THMs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) levels in drinking water sampled from rural areas located in Eastern Romania. After chemical analyses and data processing, 86% of the collected samples were found to be compliant with the Romanian and EU regulations. The set limits for measured contaminants in accordance with the Directive 98/83/EC were exceeded in the cases of THMs and benzo(a)pyrene. A diagnostic ratio method was applied in order to determine possible PAH sources in collected samples (petrogenic or pyrolitic). Our results evidenced a high percentage contribution of low molecular weight PAHs (96%) combined with high ratio for low/high molecular weight (31.4) suggesting that the contamination of the drinking water can be attributed to petrogenic pollution of the water sources rather than due its’ storage and transport.","PeriodicalId":6958,"journal":{"name":"Acta Chemica Iasi","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91093331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta Chemica IasiPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.47743/ACHI-2021-1-0004
Q. Tran, Dinh-Vu Le
{"title":"A NEW SPECTROSCOPY METHOD FOR THE QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF IRON(III) BASED ON CURCUMIN REAGENT","authors":"Q. Tran, Dinh-Vu Le","doi":"10.47743/ACHI-2021-1-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47743/ACHI-2021-1-0004","url":null,"abstract":"The paper describes a simple, sensitive, and selective spectroscopy method for the determination of Fe by curcumin reagent and iron(III). In acid media, a 1:2 complex was formed; its properties were identified by UV-VIS, FTIR, Raman, and MS spectra. The maximum absorbance of UV-Vis spectra appeared at 518 nm. The parameters of the method for the determination of Fe was validated. Beer’s law was obeyed in the range 0.2×10 M to 2.0×10mol/L of Fe. The limited of detection (LOD) and limited of quantitation (LOQ) has been to be 0.5.0×10 6 and 1.5×10 mol/L. This method was applied to determine the concentration of ferrous total in various samples.","PeriodicalId":6958,"journal":{"name":"Acta Chemica Iasi","volume":"1 1","pages":"45-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88660637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta Chemica IasiPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.47743/ACHI-2021-1-0006
G. C. Anigbo, O. Onyekwere, P. I. Akwukwaegbu, A. Lackson, C. Bando, Obinna Okoye, Azubuike Bright Okoroafor, Patrick Esemaya, C. Patrick
{"title":"EVALUATION OF THE HAEMOSTATIC POTENTIALS OF CRUDE METHANOLIC LEAF EXTRACT OF PERSEA AMERICANA IN WISTAR RATS","authors":"G. C. Anigbo, O. Onyekwere, P. I. Akwukwaegbu, A. Lackson, C. Bando, Obinna Okoye, Azubuike Bright Okoroafor, Patrick Esemaya, C. Patrick","doi":"10.47743/ACHI-2021-1-0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47743/ACHI-2021-1-0006","url":null,"abstract":"To date, there is limited information on the coagulative and possible haemostatic potentials of Persea americana extract. In light of this, the study was aimed to investigate the haemostatic potentials of crude methanolic leaf extract of Persea americana in Wistar rats using standard analytical methods. A total of twenty-five adult male Wistar rats were arbitrarily distributed into five groups of five rats each and kept under suitable conditions for acclimatization and feeding. Group A was used as control and received feed and water only while various plant extracts (with concentrations 200, 400, 600 and 800 mg/kg) were orally administered on daily basis per body weight of animal in addition to normal feed and water for thirty days to the test groups B-E. After 4 weeks, the animals were sacrificed painlessly and blood samples were collected by retro-orbital plexus of Onyekachi A. Onyekwere, e-mail: onyekachi.onyekwere.au@gmail.com 82 George C. Anigbo et al. the median canthus of the eyes. The prothrombin and activated partial thromboplastin times (PT and APTT), clotting and bleeding times (CT and BT) and plasma fibrinogen concentration were determined. Phytochemical screening of the leaf extract revealed substantial percentage of alkaloids, saponins, tannins, flavonoids, steroids and phenols. Results of the haemostatic potential showed a dose-dependent significant decrease (P<0.05) in the PT, APTT, CT, and BT and a slightly increase (P<0.05) in the plasma fibrinogen concentration when compared with the control. This study suggested that the leaf extract of Persea Americana had a stimulatory effect on intrinsic and extrinsic properties of the coagulation cascade.","PeriodicalId":6958,"journal":{"name":"Acta Chemica Iasi","volume":"15 1","pages":"81-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87170835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta Chemica IasiPub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.47743/achi-2021-2-0010
Sita Rama Raju Padam, M. Dasari
{"title":"INVESTIGATION ON MAGNETIC PROPERTIES AND CURIE TEMPERATURE OF SAMARIUM MODIFIED COBALT FERRITE","authors":"Sita Rama Raju Padam, M. Dasari","doi":"10.47743/achi-2021-2-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47743/achi-2021-2-0010","url":null,"abstract":"Samarium substituted cobalt ferrite CoFe2-xSmxO4 with concentration of x = 0, 0.05 and 0.15 were prepared using conventional solid-state ceramic method. Prepared samples first calcined at 900C for 4 hours and then sintered at 1150 C for 4 hours. The X-Ray powder diffraction data analysed to identify the phases present in the crystalline ceramic. An additional phase of Sm-Fe-O was observed for the sample at x = 0.15. Lattice parameter, strain and saturation magnetization found to be decreasing whereas crystallite size and coercivity found to be vary with samarium content. Decrease of Curie temperature attributed to the decrease of exchange interaction among tetrahedral or octahedral ions due to samarium content.","PeriodicalId":6958,"journal":{"name":"Acta Chemica Iasi","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80308003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}