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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Devenir des floculants à base de polyacrylamide dans un site de granulat : interactions avec les solides naturels et photodégradation / The fate of polyacrylamide based floculants in aggregate quarry : interactions with natural solids and photodegradation

Mnif, Ines 03 July 2015 (has links)
Les floculants à base de polyacrylamide (PAM) sont produits à partir du monomère toxique : l’acrylamide (AMD) et peuvent en contenir des quantités résiduelles (jusqu’à 0,1% en Europe). Après utilisation pour faciliter la séparation solide/liquide des eaux de procédés dans les industries de granulat, ces floculants sont stockés avec les boues de décantation dans des lagunes à partir desquelles une dissémination de l’AMD et du PAM vers les eaux de surface ou les eaux souterraines peut avoir lieu. Dans ces travaux de thèse, les interactions du PAM et de l’AMD avec des particules de boue et des phases argileuses (kaolinite et illite, utilisées pour étanchéifier les lagunes de décantation) ont été étudiées. Pour pouvoir quantifier correctement l’AMD, une méthode d’analyse basée sur la HPLC/MS/MS en injection directe a été développée. Cette méthode a été validée avec les normes Afnor NF T 90-210 et NF T 90-220 avec une limite de quantification égale à 1 µg/L. L’étude de l’interaction de l’AMD avec des particules de boue d’un site de granulat et deux argiles (kaolinite et illite) a mis en évidence une faible adsorption de l’AMD sur ces phases solides (<10%), indépendante du temps, de la concentration en AMD et du pH. Inversement, le PAM s’adsorbe fortement et irréversiblement sur la boue, la kaolinite et l’illite avec une cinétique rapide de 1er ordre. Les isothermes d’adsorption sont bien corrélées avec les modèles de Langmuir et de Freundlich. Les quantités d’adsorption du PAM sont indépendantes du pH des suspensions mais fortement impactées par la force ionique qui influence les interactions électrostatiques entre le PAM et les surfaces solides. / Polyacrylamide (PAM) based floculants are produced from the highly toxic acrylamide (AMD) monomer and can contain residual amounts (up to 0.1% in Europe) of AMD. After they are used to facilitate liquid/solid separation of process water in aggregate quarries, PAM floculants are stored, with the sewage sludge, in decantation lagoons. Dissemination of AMD and PAM to groundwater and surface water from these lagoons can occur. In this work, we aimed to study the interactions of AMD and PAM with sludge particles and clays (kaolinite and illite used for decantation lagoon sealing) from aggregate quarry. To correctly quantify the AMD, analytical method based on HPLC/MS/MS with direct injection was developed. This method was validated according to the Afnor guidelines (NF T 90-210 and NF T 90-220) with a limit of quantification of 1 µg/L. Results of AMD adsorption experiments showed a low adsorption of AMD to sludge and clay (kaolinite and illite) particles, which is independent of time, AMD concentration and pH. Inversely, PAM was found to adsorb strongly and irreversibly to sludge, kaolinite and illite with a rapid kinetic of adsorption which consists of first order kinetic. Adsorption isotherms are well correlated with Langmuir and Freundlich models. PAM adsorption quantities are independent on the pH of suspensions, but are strongly impacted by the ionic strength which affects electrostatic interactions between PAM and solid surfaces.
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Strukturne promene sluzokože debelog creva pacova pod uticajem akrilamida / Structural changes of rat colon mucose after acrylamide treatment

Koledin Ivana 08 July 2016 (has links)
<p>Akrilamid je supstanca koja se prirodno stvara pečenjem i prženjem hrane bogate skrobom.&nbsp; Cilj rada je bio da se ispita subhronični i akutni uticaj akrilamida na debelo&nbsp;crevo prepubertalnih pacova. Dobijeni rezultati su pokazali da akrilamid ne naru&scaron;ava morfologiju zida creva, ali dovodi do promena u volumenskoj gustini njegovih tunika i lamina. Najizraženije promene&nbsp; su bile na&nbsp; vezivnom tkivu&nbsp; debelog creva.&nbsp; Analizom peharastih ćelija&nbsp; i sadržaja mucina pokazano je da akrilamid utiče i na ugljenohidratnu i na proteinsku komponentu mucina. Subhronični tretman je&nbsp; doveo do smanjenja broja&nbsp;limfocita i&nbsp; eozinofila, a&nbsp; kod akutnog tretmana&nbsp; je primećeno nakupljanje limfocita i eozinofila u kolonu akrilamidom tretiranih jedinki. Broj mastocita je u sva tri eksperimenta bio smanjen kod tretiranih životinja. Duže izlaganje akrilamidu ima imunosupresivno dejstvo kod pacova.</p> / <p>Acrylamide is natural product of cooking (baking, roasting) starchy food.&nbsp; Aim of the study was to evaluate the risk of subchronic and acute acrylamide treatment on juvenile&nbsp; rat colon.&nbsp; Changes&nbsp; in colon wall morphology was detected by stereological methods since histological evaluation reveal normal colon architecture&nbsp; after acrylamide intoxication.&nbsp; The changes was&nbsp; most prominent on&nbsp; connective tissue of rat colon.&nbsp; Acrylamide affected both protein&nbsp; component of mucins and glycans linked to peptide backbone.&nbsp; In subchronic&nbsp; treatment acrylamide caused reduction of lymphocytes&nbsp; and eosinophils &nbsp;number, while acute experiment lead to lymphocytes&nbsp; and&nbsp; eosinophils&nbsp; accumulation in colon tissue. Acrylamide intoxication decreased mast cell number in all experiments. Longer acrylamide exposure had immunosuppressive effect in rats.</p>
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Influ?ncia da acrilamida e da poliacrilamida em sistema microemulsionado visando aplica??o na recupera??o avan?ada de petr?leo

Teixeira, Ewerton Richard Fernandes 19 October 2012 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:42:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EwertonRFT_DISSERT.pdf: 4228292 bytes, checksum: 8fb23445cdaa1e3bfe9b7d317ec439df (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-10-19 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / This work aims to study the influence of two additives, the monomer, acrylamide and its polymer, polyacrylamide, solubilized in microemulsion systems and applied on enhanced oil recovery. By the microemulsion system obtained, it was chosen points into the phase diagram, presenting these compositions: 25%, 30%, 35% C/T; 2% Fo (fixed for all points) e 73%, 68% e 63% Fa, respectively. However, the monomer and the polymer were solubilized in these microemulsion points with 0.1%; 0.5%; 1% e 2% of concentration, ordering to check the concentration influence at the physicochemical properties (surface tension and rheology) of the microemulsion. Through the salinity study, was possible to observe that the concentrations of 1% and 2% of polymer made the solution became blurred, accordingly, the study of surface tension and rheology only was made for the concentrations of 0.1% e 0.5% of monomer and polymer, respectively. By the surface tension study it was observed that how the concentration of active matter (C/T) was increasing the surface tension was amending for each system, with or without additives. In the rheology study, as it increases the concentration of active matter increases both the viscosity of the microemulsion system (SME) with no additive, as the SME with polymer (AD2). After the entire study, it was chosen the lower point of active matter (25% C/T; 2% Fo e 73% Fa), plus additives in concentrations of 0.1% and 0.5% to be used on enhanced oil recovery. Assays were made on sandstone from Botucatu Formation, where after the tests, it was concluded that among the studied points, the point who showed the best efficiency of advanced shift was the microemulsion system + 0.5% AD2, with a recovery of 28% of oil in place and a total of 96,49%, while the other solution with 0.5% of polymer presented the worst result, with 14.1% of oil in place and 67,39% of efficiency of total displacement / Este trabalho tem como objetivo estudar a influ?ncia de dois aditivos, a acrilamida e seu pol?mero, poliacrilamida, solubilizados em sistemas microemulsionados e aplicados na recupera??o avan?ada de petr?leo. Atrav?s da obten??o do sistema microemulsionado, foram escolhidos pontos do diagrama de fases apresentando as seguintes composi??es: 25%, 30%, 35% C/T; 2% Fo (fixa para todos os pontos) e 73%, 68% e 63% Fa, respectivamente. O mon?mero e o pol?mero foram solubilizados nestes pontos de microemuls?o nas concentra??es de 0,1%; 0,5%; 1% e 2%, visando verificar a influ?ncia da concentra??o nas propriedades f?sico-qu?micas (tens?o superficial e reologia) da microemuls?o. Atrav?s do estudo de salinidade, foi poss?vel observar que as concentra??es 1% e 2% de pol?mero turvaram a microemuls?o, portanto, o estudo de tens?o e reologia foi realizado para as concentra??es 0,1% e 0,5% de mon?mero e pol?mero, respectivamente. Atrav?s do estudo de tens?o superficial observou-se que ? medida que aumenta a concentra??o de mat?ria ativa (C/T) altera a tens?o superficial para ambos sistemas com e sem aditivos. No estudo de reologia, ? medida que aumenta a concentra??o de mat?ria ativa, aumenta tanto a viscosidade do sistema microemulsionado (SME) sem aditivo, quanto o SME com pol?mero (AD2). Ap?s esse estudo, foi selecionado o ponto de menor concentra??o de mat?ria ativa (25% C/T; 2% Fo e 73% Fa) acrescido dos aditivos nas concentra??es 0,1% e 0,5% para serem utilizados na recupera??o avan?ada de petr?leo. Os ensaios foram realizados em arenitos da forma??o Botucatu, onde, ap?s terem sido realizados os testes, concluiu-se que dentre os pontos estudados, o que apresentou a melhor efici?ncia de deslocamento avan?ada foi o sistema microemulsionado + 0,5% de poliacrilamida (AD2), com uma recupera??o de 28% de ?leo in place e total de 96,49%, que ao ser comparada a solu??o de 0,5% do mesmo pol?mero apresentou recupera??o avan?ada de 14,1% de ?leo in place e 67,39% de efici?ncia de deslocamento total. A realiza??o deste trabalho mostrou que a utiliza??o de pol?meros em sistemas microemulsionado aparece como uma alternativa vi?vel na recupera??o avan?ada de petr?leo
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Polímero eletrólito derivado de goma de cajueiro para uso como floculante no tratamento de efluentes

Klein, Jalma Maria January 2015 (has links)
Neste trabalho, um polímero eletrólito derivado de goma de cajueiro graftizada com poliacrilamida (GC-g-PAM) foi desenvolvido para uso como floculante no tratamento de águas. Foi investigado o efeito da concentração de acrilamida e do iniciador persulfato de potássio, da energia de micro-ondas e de ultrassom sobre a eficiência da reação, produtividade e viscosidade intrínseca dos copolímeros GC-g-PAM. As matérias-primas e os copolímeros graftizados foram caracterizados por espectroscopia de infravermelho, ressonância magnética nuclear, análise termogravimétrica, calorimetria exploratória diferencial e espalhamento de luz dinâmico. A síntese realizada por ultrassom permitiu a obtenção de copolímeros graftizados com elevada eficiência de grafting e viscosidade intrínseca, em curto período de tempo. Os copolímeros obtidos com baixa concentração de iniciador (1,90×10−4 mol e 2,85×10−4 mol) apresentaram raio hidrodinâmico 1,5 vezes maior do que o raio da goma de cajueiro devido à graftização de cadeias longas de poliacrilamida nas cadeias da goma de cajueiro. A estrutura química dos copolímeros graftizados afetou positivamente o desempenho destes quando utilizados como floculante no processo de floculação. Os copolímeros GC-g-PAM apresentaram eficiência superior a 90% na remoção da turbidez de suspensão aquosa de caulim, usada como referência, bem como em água de abastecimento in natura. A grande vantagem dos floculantes GC-g-PAM reside no fato destes apresentarem cadeia macromolecular biodegradável e cadeias laterais menores do que a cadeia principal da poliacrilamida comercial, não biodegradável, utilizada como floculante. O uso do floculante derivado da goma de cajueiro para recuperação e purificação de águas, em detrimento do floculante sintético, visa a longo prazo diminuir o impacto ambiental causado pelo acúmulo de floculante sintético no lodo, já que esse não é biodegradável. / In this work a polymer electrolyte derived from cashew gum with polyacrylamide (GC-g-PAM) was developed for use as a flocculant in water treatment. The effect of concentration of acrylamide and potassium persulfate initiator, as well as microwave and ultrasound energy over the grafting efficiency, productivity, and intrinsic viscosity of copolymers GC-g-PAM were investigated. The raw materials and grafted copolymers were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and dynamic light scattering. The synthesis performed with ultrasound allowed the achievement of grafted copolymer with high grafting efficiency and intrinsic viscosity, in a short reaction time. The copolymers obtained at low initiator concentration (1.90×10−4 mol and 2.85×10−4 mol) presented a hydrodynamic radius 1.5 times larger than the one from cashew gum due to grafting of long chains of polyacrylamide onto cashew gum backbone. The chemical structure of grafted copolymers affected positively the performance of flocculants when they were used in flocculation processes. The turbidity removal of copolymer GC-g-PAM in kaolin suspension, used as reference, and in water treatment was higher than 90%. The great advantage of flocculants GC-g-PAM lies in the fact that they show biodegradable macromolecular chain with branches that are shorter than polyacrylamide commercial, non-biodegradable, used as a flocculant. The use of flocculant derived from cashew gum for water purification and recovery, instead of synthetic flocculant, in long term will decrease the environmental impact caused by the accumulation of synthetic flocculant in the sludge, since it is non-biodegradable.
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Síntese e caracterização de novos bionanocompósitos híbridos constituídos por polissacarídeo carboximetilcelulose e nanoargila com possível aplicação para remoção ou liberação controlada de defensivo agrícola paraquat /

Garcia, João Antonio Farinelli January 2018 (has links)
Orientador: Fauze Ahmad Aouada / Resumo: O objetivo do trabalho foi realizar a síntese dos bionanocompósitos constituídos de carboximetilcelulose (CMC), poliacrilamida (PAAm) e diferentes concentrações de nanoargila laponita RDS (0 % referência, 1 %, 2%, 4% e 5 %), com possibilidades de aplicação em sistemas de remoção/liberação controlada de pesticida paraquat. Foi possível confirmar a formação dos bionanocompósitos constituídos de CMC/PAAm/nanoargila utilizando as técnicas de espectroscopia de absorção no infravermelho (FTIR) e microscopia eletrônica de varredura (MEV). A disposição das plaquetas de nanoargila na matriz polimérica foi avaliada pela técnica de difração de raios-X (DRX), em que resultou na possibilidade das plaquetas estarem intercaladas, além de possivelmente estarem esfoliadas. O comportamento térmico dos hidrogéis foi avaliado pelas análises termogravimétrica (TG) e calorimetria exploratória diferencial (DSC). Os bionanocompósitos se mostraram estáveis termicamente até aproximadamente 200 °C. Foi realizada a caracterização dos bionanocompósitos, determinando o grau de intumescimento (Q) em água destilada, diferentes soluções salinas (NaCl, CaCl2 e AlCl3) e soluções com diversos pH (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 e 10). Observou-se uma redução nos valores de Q em baixas concentrações de nanoargila para água destilada (Q0% = 33,7 g/g para Q2% = 23,8 g/g), seguida de um acréscimo com o aumento do teor de nanoargila (Q4% = 28,4 g/g e Q5% = 33,01 g/g) em relação aos hidrogéis com 1 e 2 % de nanoargila. Foi também c... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The objective of this research was to study the bionanocomposites synthesis constituted of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), polyacrylamide (PAAm) and different contents of nanoclay laponite RDS (0% as reference, 1%, 2%, 4% and 5%), with possibility application in systems of removal/release paraquat pesticide. The confirmation of bionanocomposites formation constituted of CMC/PAAm/nanoclay was verified by the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (MEV) techniques. It was possible to evaluate the platelets configuration of nanoclay in the polymeric matrix by X-ray diffraction (DRX), which resulted in the possibility of platelets be intercalated, and possibly exfoliated. The thermal stability of the hydrogels was investigated by analysis thermogravimetric (TG) and differential exploratory calorimetry (DSC). The results confirmed that the bionanocomposites are thermal stability until amount 200 °C. It was also realized the characterization of bionanocomposites, obtaining the swelling degree (Q) in distilled water, different saline solutions (NaCl, CaCl2 and AlCl3) and solutions with various values of pH (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10). It was observed a reduction in values of Q in low concentration of nanoclay to distilled water (Q0% = 33.7 g/g to Q2% = 23.8 g/g), followed of increase with additions of nanoclay content (Q4 = 28.4 g/g and Q5% = 33.0 g/g). It was also verified strong influence (reduction) in the values of Q in solutions saline which... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre
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Chemical and Photolytic Degradation of Polyacrylamides Used in Potable Water Treatment

Cheng, Peiyao 12 November 2004 (has links)
Polyacrylamides (PAMs) are a class of polymers formed from acrylamide alone or copolymerized with other monomers. PAMs have been used in drinking water treatment as flocculants or coagulants in the highest volume among all the polymer types. In potable water treatment processes, polyacrylamides are often exposed to oxidants (e.g. chlorine and permanganate) and UV irradiation from sunlight or artificial sources. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the possible degradation of PAMs caused by chemical oxidation and/or UV irradiation. Three types of PAM products (nonionic, cationic and anionic) were studied under free chlorine and permanganate oxidation, UV irradiation, and their combined effects. It has been found that the cationic PAM was the most unstable polymer among the three types of polymer sample studies, however, only partial degradation was observed. Acrylamide residual in the cationic PAM C-3280 was higher than the U.S. guideline value, and exposure to either chlorine or permanganate resulted in decline of acrylamide level to some extent. UV irradiation did not cause reduction of total polymer contents and acrylamide residuals, but did accelerate chemically induced degradation. Exposure to chlorine or permanganate for one hour resulted in about 20-35% loss in flocculation performance for each polymer sample. Short time exposure (5 minutes) did not result in loss of flocculation performance for the nonionic and anionic PAMs. However, for the cationic PAM, even short time exposure to chlorine led to loss of flocculation performance of 25-35 %, which indicated that the cationic PAM was more susceptible to oxidation.
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Design and Synthesis of 11C-Labelled Compound Libraries for the Molecular Imaging of EGFr, VEGFr-2, AT1 and AT2 Receptors : Transition-Metal Mediated Carbonylations Using [11C]Carbon Monoxide

Åberg, Ola January 2009 (has links)
This work deals with radiochemistry and new approaches to develop novel PET tracers labelled with the radionuclide 11C. Two methods for the synthesis of 11C-labelled acrylamides have been explored. First, [1-11C]-acrylic acid was obtained from a palladium(0)-mediated 11C-carboxylation of acetylene with [11C]carbon monoxide; this could be converted to the corresponding acyl chloride and then combined with benzylamine to form N-benzyl[carbonyl-11C]acrylamide. In the second method, the palladium(0)-mediated carbonylation of vinyl halides with [11C]carbon monoxide was explored. This latter method, yielded labelled acrylamides in a single step with retention of configuration at the C=C double bond, and required less amine compared to the acetylene method. The vinyl halide method was used to synthesize a library of 11C-labelled EGFr-inhibitors in 7-61% decay corrected radiochemical yield via a combinatorial approach. The compounds were designed to target either the active or the inactive form of EGFr, following computational docking studies. The rhodium(I)-mediated carbonylative cross-coupling of an azide and an amine was shown to be a very general reaction and was used to synthesize a library of dual VEGFr-2/PDGFrβ inhibitors that were 11C-labelled at the urea position in 38-78% dc rcy. The angiotensin II AT1 receptor antagonist eprosartan was 11C-labelled at one of the carboxyl groups in one step using a palladium(0)-mediated carboxylation. Autoradiography shows specific binding in rat kidney, lung and adrenal cortex, and organ distribution shows a high accumulation in the intestines, kidneys and liver. Specific binding in frozen sections of human adrenal incidentalomas warrants further investigations of this tracer. Three angiotensin II AT2 ligands were 11C-labelled at the amide group in a palladium(0)-mediated aminocarbonylation in 16-36% dc rcy. One of the compounds was evaluated using in vitro using autoradiography, and in vivo using organ distribution and animal PET. The compound was metabolized fast and excreted via urine. High radioactivity was also found in the liver, meaning that more metabolically stable compounds are desirable for future development.
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Analysis of Acrylamide and Anthocyanins in Foods : Extraction Optimization for Challenging Analytes

Petersson, Erik V. January 2009 (has links)
In this thesis, the main concern has been to improve the reliability of different parts of the analytical workflow (Paper I, II, IV &amp;V). Additionally, one of the resulting optimized methods was used in a real application (Paper III). Paper I-II concerned the extraction of acrylamide (AA) from foods. In Paper I different parameters such as sample particle size, extraction solvent, extraction time and extraction temperature were optimized, leading to a method that showed good agreement with the assigned AA levels of several proficiency test samples. Later, after the publication of the paper, the method showed good performance in a collaborative trial validation, in terms of trueness, repeatabil­ity and reproducibility figures. It was labeled “undoubtedly fit for the purpose”. In Paper II, it was shown that the ‘extra’ amounts of AA obtained during extraction of foods with an alkaline aqueous solution was not due to improved extractability of AA from the food matrix. Strongly alkaline conditions seemed to rather induce net formation of AA from water-soluble precursors formed during thermolysis. This phenomenon should therefore be regarded as an extraction artifact. Paper III was an application of the optimized method from Paper I, where it was used to study the reduction of AA in potato chips (crisps) by using pre-treatments and frying at reduced pressure. There were significant reductions in AA, down to below the limit of quantification (5 µg/kg) for the method. Paper IV-V concerned analysis of anthocyanins (AC) in red onion. In Paper IV, a new separation method using capillary electrophoresis was developed, and its rapidness combined with an acidic background electrolyte helped in preventing AC degradation. Furthermore, its alternative separation mechanism is a complement to that of the more commonly used liquid chromatography technique. In Paper V, simultaneous extraction and degradation of anthocyanins from red onion was studied in a static batch reactor at 110ºC. The extraction and degradation kinetics were successfully separated, and an ideal theoretical extraction curve was constructed by compensating mathematically for degradation effects, showing that more anthocyanins, 21 to 36% depending on different species, could be extracted if no degradation occurred. The results give important information about the different kinetics competing during an extraction procedure, and also show that quantitative extraction is not to recommend in the batch system used in the study.
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Modified Acrylic Hydrogels As Controlled Release Systems

Pinardag, Fatma Esra 01 May 2006 (has links) (PDF)
In this study, pH-sensitive poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) hydrogels were synthesized as controlled release systems in the presence of N,N-methylene bisacrylamide as crosslinker and ammonium persulfate as initiator. A set of hydrogels were used in the form they were prepared. One set of hydrogels were prepared as porous networks by incorporating sodium chloride into the reaction medium and then leaching of it after the completion of polymerization reaction. Two sets of hydrogels were modified by argon-plasma at different discharge powers. Hydrogels were characterized by 13C-NMR, XPS, SEM, ATR-FTIR, ESR as well as equilibrium degree of swelling (EDS) and contact angle measurements. Prepared hydrogels were loaded with a model antibiotic, ciprofloxacin-HCl (CPFX), and in-vitro release of CPFX from hydrogel matrices were examined in buffer solutions of varying pH values. There are two factors determining the release rates of CPFX / one is the pH-dependent solubility of CPFX and the other is EDS of the hydrogel samples. For porous samples drug loading and release rates were higher when compared to the control samples and CPFX solubility dominated over release kinetics. Plasma treatment resulted in prolonged release rates in acidic medium.
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In Vivo Interaction Of Carcinogenic Acrylamide With Cytochrome P450 Isozymes And Phase Ii Enzymes In Rabbit Liver, Kidney And Lung

Nuyan, Mine 01 December 2008 (has links) (PDF)
Acrylamide is an industrially produced chemical with known neurotoxic, reproductive toxin and carcinogenic effects. The carcinogenicity associated with acrylamide is mostly attributed to its metabolism by liver CYP2E1. However, studies investigating the effects of acrylamide on CYP2E1 enzyme are limited. In this study, it was aimed to investigate in vivo interaction of carcinogenic acrylamide on microsomal cytochrome P450 enzyme activities, and protein levels, and on cytosolic NQO1 and GST enzyme activities of rabbit liver, kidney and lung of acrylamide-treated rabbits. The in vivo protective effect of resveratrol, a phenolic compound, was also investigated on acrylamide toxicity. New Zealand male rabbits were treated with acrylamide and resveratrol, separately in different doses and conditions. Their combined effects were also investigated. CYP2E1-dependent p-Nitrophenol hydroxylase, NDMA N-demethylase and aniline 4-hydroxylase activities were found to be significantly increased in acrylamide-treated rabbit liver (1.80-3.0 fold) and kidney (1.6-fold). Rabbit liver and kidney CYP2E1 protein levels (determined by western blot analyisis) also increased approximately 2-fold due to acrylamide treatment. In rabbit liver, resveratrol was found significantly effective in decreasing both acrylamide-induced CYP2E1-dependent enzyme activities (approximately 1.5-1.80 fold) and CYP2E1 protein levels (approximately 1.5-1.70 fold). Additionally, resveratrol significantly decreased acrylamide-induced CYP2E1 protein level (2-2.5 fold) in rabbit kidney. However, no significant change was observed in rabbit lung CYP2E1-dependent enzyme activities and CYP2E1 protein levels due to acrylamide, resveratrol or their combined treatments. Furthermore, it was found that acrylamide treatment significantly increased CYP3A6-dependent erythromycin N-demethylase enzyme activity (1.85-fold) and CYP3A6 protein levels in rabbit liver (1.69-fold). No change was observed in CYP2B4-dependent benzphetamine N-demethylase enzyme activities of rabbit liver, kidney and lung by in vivo acrylamide, resveratrol or their combined treatments. Moreover, total GST and GST-Mu activities of rabbit kidney (1.5-fold, respectively) and total GST activity of rabbit lung (1.6-fold) were increased significantly only in resveratrol treated group. NQO1 enzyme activity of rabbit kidney was significantly increased by acrylamide treatment (1.6-fold). The results of the present study have demonstrated for the first time that acrylamide induces rabbit liver and kidney CYP2E1-dependent enzyme activities and CYP2E1 protein levels. The induction of CYP2E1 enzyme activity and protein level by acrylamide treatment can stimulate formation of other toxic compounds and procarcinogens metabolized by CYP2E1 which in turn further potentiates the risk of hepatotoxicity, mutagenicity and carcinogenicity. In the present study, it was also demonstrated for the first time that acrylamide treatment also increases CYP3A6 enzyme activity in rabbit liver which may lead to alterations in drug metabolism. The results of this study have also suggested that resveratrol may have protective effects on acrylamide induced toxicity / however, further in vivo studies are required to clarify the effect of resveratrol on both acrylamide-induced toxicity and anti-oxidant enzymes.

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