{"title":"Structural Classes of Lattice Partitions of a Plane into Dodecominos","authors":"K. G. Seravkin, K. A. Potekhin, A. M. Banaru","doi":"10.3103/S0027131425700129","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027131425700129","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Partition of a plane into polyominoes is a model of two-dimensional crystal structures made of molecules. A catalog and an atlas of all 3205 lattice partitions of a plane into dodecominos are created. Structural patterns of the partitions and their features in relation to molecular crystals are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":709,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin","volume":"80 3","pages":"148 - 156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145165836","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}
A. G. Dudnik, N. Yu. Lotosh, E. A. Kulikov, A. V. Levanov, A. A. Selishcheva
{"title":"Carotenoid Astaxanthin Effect on Phospholipid Peroxidation Induced by Ferrous Ions","authors":"A. G. Dudnik, N. Yu. Lotosh, E. A. Kulikov, A. V. Levanov, A. A. Selishcheva","doi":"10.3103/S0027131425700166","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027131425700166","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Activation of the process of phospholipid peroxidation in the presence of divalent iron ions can cause cell death. It is generally accepted that the addition of different types of antioxidants should lead to the inhibition of this process. The aim of this paper is to study the effect of the carotenoid astaxanthin as an antioxidant on phospholipid peroxidation induced by iron ions in the composition of nano- and microemulsions in which the particle sizes are about 700–900 and 110–130 nm, respectively. It is shown that astaxanthin in the absence of iron ions reduced the malondialdehyde content in micro- and nanoemulsions. However, in the presence of iron ions, in the case of microemulsions, astaxanthin at a concentration of 30 μM reduces the content of malondialdehyde, and at a concentration of 5 μM, it has a prooxidant effect. Astaxanthin has no effect in the composition of the nanoemulsions. It is found that in the presence of iron ions, astaxanthin is bleached, undergoing degradation and oxidation. In the case of nanoemulsions, the bleaching rate constant is significantly higher than in microemulsions: 18.5 × 10<sup>3</sup> M<sup>–1</sup> min<sup>–1</sup> and 2.1 × 10<sup>3</sup> M<sup>–1</sup> min<sup>–1</sup>, respectively. Thus, in the composition of nanoemulsions, astaxanthin quickly degrades and oxidizes (within 30 min), and in the composition of microemulsions, this process is slower. Possible mechanisms of interaction of astaxanthin with iron ions are discussed, which include both the formation of astaxanthin radicals and a nonradical complex with iron ions.</p>","PeriodicalId":709,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin","volume":"80 3","pages":"176 - 184"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145166273","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}
V. S. Milkina, O. V. Monogarova, K. V. Oskolok, A. V. Garmay
{"title":"Digital Colorimetry: Selection of Conditions to Measure an Analytical Signal","authors":"V. S. Milkina, O. V. Monogarova, K. V. Oskolok, A. V. Garmay","doi":"10.3103/S0027131425700105","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027131425700105","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The studies on the use of consumer color-recording devices for chemical analysis that have appeared over the past 15 years are reviewed. The methodological techniques to improve the metrological characteristics of a digital colorimetry method at different analysis stages are described. The conditions to form an analytical signal are considered, and comprehensive approaches to expand the analytical capabilities of digital colorimetry are discussed thoroughly.</p>","PeriodicalId":709,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin","volume":"80 3","pages":"133 - 142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145165837","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}
{"title":"In Vitro Effects of Some Plant Extracts and Chemical Substances (Acids, Metal Salts, and Vitamins) on Sorbitol Dehydrogenase Activity","authors":"Neriman Karahan, Eda Dagsuyu, Refiye Yanardag","doi":"10.3103/S0027131425700191","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027131425700191","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH) is a metalloenzyme and belongs to the dehydrogenase/reductase enzyme family. It catalyzes the conversion of sorbitol, a sugar alcohol derived from glucose, to fructose in a reversible reaction. This reaction is part of the sorbitol pathway, which is an alternative pathway for glucose metabolism. SDH is found in various tissues throughout the body, including the liver, kidneys, and eyes. Dysregulation of the sorbitol pathway has been implicated in various diseases, including diabetic complications. In conditions such as diabetes mellitus, elevated blood glucose levels can lead to increased sorbitol production, accumulating in tissues and contributing to tissue damage, particularly in the eyes, nerves, and kidneys. Inhibitors of SDH may hold potential for the treatment of diabetic complications and other conditions associated with aberrant sorbitol metabolism. In our study, the inhibitory effects of various plant aqueous extracts and chemicals (acids, metal salts, and vitamins) on SDH activities were investigated in vitro. Among the plant extracts we used, it was found that red pepper inhibited the SDH enzyme to the highest extent. It was also observed that chlorogenic acid from acids, manganese(II) sulfate from metal salts, and vitamin B<sub>2</sub> from vitamins significantly inhibited the SDH enzyme. Overall, SDH plays a significant role in the context of diabetes and its complications. So, the plant extracts and chemical substances showing high levels of SDH inhibition may prevent complications resulting from diabetes and could be used to alleviate the side effects of the disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":709,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin","volume":"80 3","pages":"193 - 203"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145165838","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}
A. V. Garmay, K. V. Oskolok, O. V. Monogarova, S. N. Chichulin
{"title":"Colorimetric Determination of Ammonium in Soil Samples","authors":"A. V. Garmay, K. V. Oskolok, O. V. Monogarova, S. N. Chichulin","doi":"10.3103/S0027131425700117","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027131425700117","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A technique for determining ammonium as an indophenolic dye in soil samples by digital colorimetry using consumer optical means of obtaining raster images is proposed. The developed approach is based on photometric methods for determining ammonium after extraction from soil with potassium chloride. This technique ensures accuracy and provides sensitive digital colorimetric techniques close to spectrophotometric ones. The adequacy of the proposed approach is confirmed by analyzing the standard samples and soil samples collected in the districts of Moscow region.</p>","PeriodicalId":709,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin","volume":"80 3","pages":"143 - 147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145166266","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}
V. D. Dolzhikova, Yu. G. Bogdanova, E. K. Beloglazkina
{"title":"Selenohydantoin Self-Assembled Monolayers on the Surface of Gold","authors":"V. D. Dolzhikova, Yu. G. Bogdanova, E. K. Beloglazkina","doi":"10.3103/S0027131425700142","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027131425700142","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The self-organization of selenohydantoin on the surface of gold is studied with wetting and quartz crystal microbalance methods. Optimal conditions for the formation of a dense monolayer on the metal surface were found, and the possibility of obtaining a metal complex surface during complexation of Cu(II) ions with a monolayer fixed on the surface was shown.</p>","PeriodicalId":709,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin","volume":"80 3","pages":"164 - 168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145166271","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}
E. E. Kurdyukov, O. P. Rodina, A. V. Mitishev, A. S. Fednina, A. Yu. Nemova
{"title":"Spectrophotometric Method for the Quantitative Determination of Total Anthocyanins in Acerola (Malpighia emarginata) Raw Material","authors":"E. E. Kurdyukov, O. P. Rodina, A. V. Mitishev, A. S. Fednina, A. Yu. Nemova","doi":"10.3103/S002713142570018X","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S002713142570018X","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A spectrophotometric method for quantitative determination of anthocyanins in <i>Malpighia emarginata</i> is developed. The analytical absorption maxima (534 ± 2 nm) of anthocyanins are determined. The optimal conditions for the extraction of anthocyanins from the raw materials of this plant are experimentally substantiated (extractant, ethyl alcohol 40%; raw material to extractant ratio 1 : 50; extraction time 30 min; raw material grinding degree 1.0 mm).</p>","PeriodicalId":709,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin","volume":"80 3","pages":"191 - 192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145165839","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}
Yu. V. Kozlova, A. V. Knyazeva, U. A. Budanova, Yu. L. Sebyakin
{"title":"Cationic Antimicrobial Peptidomimetics Based in L-Lysine and Aliphatic Derivatives of Enantiomers of Valine and Leucine","authors":"Yu. V. Kozlova, A. V. Knyazeva, U. A. Budanova, Yu. L. Sebyakin","doi":"10.3103/S0027131425700154","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027131425700154","url":null,"abstract":"<p>It is established that several pathogenic bacterial strains, such as ESCAPE, can easily acquire resistance to traditional antibiotics. This leads to the emergence of multidrug resistance without currently available effective treatment of the diseases they cause. Antimicrobial resistance is becoming a global problem and requires a search for new approaches to solve this problem. Research in recent decades has focused on the use of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and low-molecular peptidomimetics as compounds with promising potential activity against pathogenic bacteria. This study presents data on the prospects for further development and use of lipodipeptides based on L-lysine derivatives and optical isomers of esters of aliphatic amino acids valine and leucine. It is shown that the synthesized cationic amphiphiles exhibit a high level of activity against test gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. No significant differences in the efficiency of optical isomers of the two amino acid derivatives are found. The determining factor in the activity of the samples is the slightly higher level of hydrophobicity of the cationic lipodipeptides LysValCn and LysLeuCn with a difference in the length of the hydrocarbon radicals of the obtained compounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":709,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin","volume":"80 3","pages":"169 - 175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145166272","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}
V. G. Panferov, O. D. Hendrickson, A. V. Zherdev, B. B. Dzantiev
{"title":"Surface Modified Nanozymes: Production, Properties, and Analytical Application","authors":"V. G. Panferov, O. D. Hendrickson, A. V. Zherdev, B. B. Dzantiev","doi":"10.3103/S0027131425700014","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027131425700014","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Nanozymes are synthetic nanomaterials with enzyme-like catalytic activity. Since catalytic reactions occur on the surface of nanoparticles, changing their surface properties (charge, chemical composition, adsorbed molecules, etc.) is a tool for tuning the catalytic properties of nanozymes. The review provides a comparative analysis of the chemical composition of nanozymes with various catalytic activities, proposes a classification of approaches to increase the number of active sites on the surface of nanoparticles, and considers the use of nanozymes in different bioanalytical systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":709,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin","volume":"80 2","pages":"55 - 65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143944234","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}
{"title":"Calculation and Properties of a 3D-Molecular Shannon Entropy Using Interatomic Distance Histograms","authors":"V. Y. Grigorev, L. D. Grigoreva, O. V. Tinkov","doi":"10.3103/S0027131425700051","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027131425700051","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Interatomic distance histograms (IDHs) are used to calculate the Shannon entropies (H) of a number of molecules. Considering that the H values obtained on the basis of conventional IDHs do not adequately reflect the geometric structure of molecules, it was proposed to use modified histograms of interatomic distances by calculating interatomic distances in the range of 0–10 Å and filling zero bins with low intensity. The main structural factors affecting the H values are revealed. The possibility of using the Shannon entropy as a molecular descriptor in the development of new functional materials is studied.</p>","PeriodicalId":709,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin","volume":"80 2","pages":"83 - 93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143944228","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}