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The olfactory system can be a toxicological target of volatile organic compounds present in indoor air. Recently, 2-ethyl-1-hexanol (2E1H) emitted from adhesives and carpeting materials has been postulated to cause "sick building syndrome." Patients' symptoms are associated with an increased sense
In this study, we examined the mode of metabolism of food odorant molecules in the human nasal/oral cavity in vitro and in vivo. We selected 4 odorants, 2-furfurylthiol (2-FT), hexanal, benzyl acetate, and methyl raspberry ketone, which are potentially important for designing food flavors. In vitro
Hexane oxidation by various liver microsomes fractions of noninduced and phenobarbitol- or methylcholantrene-induced rabbits (MR, MRPB, MRMC) has been studied. The relative reactivity of the C-H bond at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd carbon atoms has been shown to depend on the fraction nature and on the
The non-Bornian solvation model has been applied for predicting the adsorption equilibrium for nonionic surfactants at the oil (O)/water (W) interface. In the non-Bornian model, the small contribution from the long-range electrostatic interaction is ignored, and the solvation or resolvation energy
Fluorescence methodologies have been utilized to examine micropolarity, intramolecular motion, and singlet quenching in the intraparticle void volume of zeolites X, Y, and ultrastable Y (USY) interfaced with bathing polar solvents. Micropolarity was assessed from the 3-to-1 band ratio (III/I) of the
We develop a versatile, compact, and sensitive fiber-based optical Fabry-Pérot (FP) gas sensor. The sensor probe is composed of a silver layer and a vapor-sensitive polymer layer that are sequentially deposited on the cleaved fiber endface, thus forming an FP cavity. The interference spectrum
A variety of chemicals have been used in a wide range of indoor materials, such as wallpaper and furniture, and some of them are released into the indoor air. The level of consumption as well as the diversity of these chemicals has been increasing. The particle size of the materials in the air is
Diamond slotted photonic crystal (PhC) cavities were fabricated and used for gas detection. They exhibit wavelength sensitivity reaching a 350 nm per unit change of the refractive index of the gaseous environment of the PhC. With a simple oxidized surface termination, diamond PhCs display an
The investigation of hydrophobic interactions under confined conditions is of tremendous interdisciplinary interest. It is shown that based on porous capsules of the type {(pentagon)}(12){(linker)}(30) ≡ {(Mo)Mo(5)(12){Mo(2)(ligand)}(30), which exhibit different hydrophobic interiors-achieved by
The effect of the steric structure and concentration of the mobile phase modifier on the retention (kappa') and stereoselectivity (alpha) of a series of enantiomeric amides has been investigated. The amides were chromatographed on a commercially available cellulose tribenzoate chiral stationary
The substituted cysteine accessibility method has proven useful for investigating structural changes of the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptor during channel gating and allosteric modulation. In the present study, the surface accessibility and reaction rate of propyl- and
The blue gum psyllid, Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Sternorrhyncha: Psyllidae), is an economic threat to Eucalyptus subgenus Symphyomyrtus plantations worldwide. To date, no generally applicable control method is available and the potential for semiochemical-based monitoring or control methods has not yet
Humic substances that preferentially adsorb at the air/water interfaces of water or aerosols consist of both fulvic and humic acid. To investigate the chemical reactivity for the heterogeneous reaction of gaseous ozone, O(3)(g), with aqueous iodide, I(-)(aq), in the presence of standard fulvic acid,
Oral candidiasis is the most frequent fungal infection of the oral cavity. Clinical diagnoses require mycological confirmation, which is time-consuming in case of culture testing. The aim of the study was to identify signature volatiles to develop a chairside breath test to diagnose oral