Title: The Study of Dynamic Behaviour and Interactions During the Tempera- ture-Induced Phase Separation in Polymer Solutions Author: Hana Kouřilová Department / Institute: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathemat- ics and Physics, Department of Macromolecular Physics Supervisor of the doctoral thesis: doc. RNDr. Lenka Hanyková, Dr. Abstract: 1 H and 13 C high-resolution NMR spectroscopies were used for the phase separation investigation in three types of polymer solutions: i) poly(N -isopropylmethacrylamide)/D2O/ethanol with or without negatively charged comonomer sodium methacrylate, ii) random copolymers poly(N -isopro- pylmethacrylamide-co-acrylamide) in D2O, D2O/ethanol and D2O/acetone and iii) D2O solutions of polymer mixtures poly(N -isopropylmethacrylamide)/poly(N - vinylcaprolactam). For i) cononsolvency effect and influence of temperature on the phase separation was studied. Differences between mesoglobules formed as a consequence of cononsolvency effect and of temperature were found. While inside the cononsolvency-induced mesoglobules no bound ethanol molecules were detect- ed, in the mesoglobules formed by the effect of temperature ethanol molecules were present. The charge introduced into the polymer chains strenghtens polymer- solvent interactions. For ii) mesoglobules were found to be...

FundaÃÃo Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e TecnolÃgico / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / Este trabalho relata o estudo fitoquÃmico das sementes de Aspidosperma pyrifolium (Apocinaceae), descrevendo o isolamento e a determinaÃÃo estrutural de um alcaloide inÃdito com esqueleto plumerano rearranjado, o (-)-(3S,7S,21R)-rel-(3αH)-15(14→3)-abeo-2,16,17,20,6,7-hexahidro-15H,8aH,16a,20a-etano-1H-indolizino[3,1-cd]carbazol, alÃm de onze compostos conhecidos, seis alcaloides plumeranos identificados como aspidospermina, desmetoxiaspidospermina, pirifolina, 15-desmetoxipirifolina, aspidofractinina e N-acetilaspidofractinina; um alcaloide tetra-hidro-β-carbolÃnico, a N-metilacuamidina; dois iridoides glicosilados, Ãcido logÃnico e loganina; um derivado do Ãcido salicÃlico, o Ãcido 2-hidrÃxi-3-O-β-D-glicopiranosilbenzÃico; e um derivado metilado do inositol, o 2-O-metil-L-quiro-inositol. Os compostos foram isolados por tÃcnicas cromatogrÃficas, principalmente a Cromatografia LÃquida de Alta EficiÃncia, e suas estruturas foram determinadas atravÃs de anÃlises por RMN, uni e bidimensionais, IV e EMAR, alÃm da comparaÃÃo com dados da literatura. Apesar de jà descritos na literatura, cinco compostos sÃo relatados pela primeira vez para a espÃcie, e um està sendo relatado pela primeira vez como produto natural, de origem vegetal. A revisÃo dos dados de RMN da literatura de alguns alcaloides isolados, e as correspondentes correlaÃÃes estruturais, juntamente com um levantamento bibliogrÃfico (de 1973 a 2013) dos dados de RMN 13C de alcaloides plumeranos isolados da famÃlia Apocinaceae, tambÃm sÃo descritos neste trabalho. A fraÃÃo aquosa resultante da partiÃÃo lÃquido-lÃquido do extrato etanÃlico das sementes de A. pyrifolium, fonte da maioria dos compostos isolados, apresentou atividades antinociceptiva e anti-inflamatÃria nos testes de formalina, contorÃÃo abdominal induzida pelo Ãcido acÃtico e edema de pata por carragenina. / This work reports the phytochemical analysis from seeds of Aspidosperma pyrifolium (Apocynaceae), describing the isolation and the structural characterization of a unknown alkaloid with a rearranged plumeran skeleton, the (-)-(3S,7S,21R)-rel-(3αH)-15(14→3)-abeo-2,16,17,20,6,7-hexahydro-15H,8aH,16a,20a-ethano-1H-indolizino[3,1-cd]carbazole, in addition to eleven known compounds, six plumeran alkaloids identified as aspidospermine, demethoxyaspidospermine, pirifoline, 15-demethoxypirifoline, aspidofractinine and N-acetylaspidofractinine; a tetrahydro-β-carboline alkaloid, the N-methylakuammidine; the glycosides of two iridoids, loganic acid and loganin; a salycilic acid derivative, 2-hydroxy-3-O--D-glucopyranosylbenzoic acid; and a methyl inositol derivative, the 2-O-methyl-L-chiro-inositol. The compounds were isolated by chromatographic techniques, especially High Performance Liquid Chromatography, and their structures were characterized by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy, FT-IR and HRESIMS, and comparison with data from literature. Altough already reported in the literature, five compounds are being reported for the first time for the species, and one is being reported from a natural source. The NMR data, and the correspondent assignments of some alkaloids already reported in the literature, together with a bibliographic survey (from 1973-2013) of the 13C NMR data of plumeran alkaloids isolated from the Apocynaceae family, are presented in this work. The residual aqueous fraction of the liquid-liquid partition of the ethanol extract from seeds of A. pyrifolium, source of most compounds isolated, showed antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities in the formalin test, abdominal writhing induced by acetic acid, and paw edema induced by carrageenan.

L’utilisation de molécules issues d’une synthèse maîtrisée est une approche très intéressante pour les biologistes car elle met à leur disposition des molécules bien caractérisées et d’une grande pureté. Dans un premier temps, nous avons synthétisé des triglycérides structurés. Ce sont des molécules lipidiques dans lesquelles les acides gras d’intérêt sont estérifiés sur le squelette glycérol en position connue. Les acides gras introduits appartiennent à la série oméga 3 (acides linolénique (ALA), eicosapentaènoique (EPA) et docosahexaènoique (DHA). Ils sont estérifiés spécifiquement en position interne ou externes car la biodisponibilité des lipides alimentaires, apportés sous forme de triglycérides, varie en fonction de la position de l’acide gras sur le squelette glycérol. L’utilisation de ces lipides structurés a été validée par des études de biodisponibilité, in vivo, chez le rat, qui ont montré que l’ALA était très bien assimilé quelle que soit sa position sur le glycérol. Dans un deuxième temps, nous avons synthétisé un acide a-linolénique fluorescent, sous forme d’ester méthylique, pour obtenir in fine un TG fluorescent. Celui-ci nous permettra suivre, par imagerie, le devenir de l’ALA dans des cellules en culture, modèles de la barrière intestinale. Les différentes molécules synthétisées sont apparues comme un outil fondamental permettant de mieux connaître le devenir métabolique des triglycérides dans l’organisme. / Biologists are very interested in the use of molecules obtained by a well-controlled synthesis because such molecules are well characterized and of high purity. First, we synthesized pure structured triglycerides in other words lipid molecules in which fatty acids are esterified onto a known position of the glycerol backbone. The introduced polyunsaturated fatty acids belong to the omega 3 series (linolenic (LNA),eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA acids). As the bioavailability of lipids depends upon their position on the glycerol skeleton , we prepared triglycerides esterified with omega 3 fatty acids either qt one of the external positions or at the internal one. The use of these structured lipids was validated byr in vivo studies on rats that showed a good assimilation of LNA whatever its position was. Secondly, we synthesized an ? linolenic acid as methyl ester labeled with a fluorophore To obtain in fine a fluorescent triglyceride. This last one will be use for the spatio-temporal follow-up, in culture cell, of the LNA. The synthesized molecules are a promising tool to better understand the triglycerides’ metabolism in the human being.