The penicillin derivative amoxicillin (AMX) plays an important role in treating various types of infections caused by bacteria. However, excessive use of AMX may have negative health effects. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to detect and quantify the AMX in pharmaceutical drugs, biological fluids, and environmental samples with high sensitivity. Therefore, this review article provides valuable and up-to-date information on nanostructured material-based optical and electrochemical sensors to detect AMX in various biological and chemical samples. The role of using different nanostructured materials on the performance of important optical sensors such as colorimetric sensors, fluorescence sensors, surface-enhanced Raman scattering sensors, chemiluminescence/electroluminescence sensors, optical immunosensors, optical fibre-based sensors, and several important electrochemical sensors based on different electrode types have been discussed. Moreover, nanocomposites, polymer, and MXenes-based electrochemical sensors have also been discussed, in which such materials are being used to further enhance the sensitivity of these sensors. Furthermore, nanocomposite-based photo-electrochemical sensors and the market availability of biosensors including AMX have also been discussed briefly. Finally, the conclusion, challenges, and future perspectives of the above-mentioned sensing techniques for AMX detection are presented. 相似文献
Continuous cropping (CC) obstacle is a major threat in legume crops production; however, the underlying mechanisms concerning the roles allelochemicals play in CC obstacle are poorly understood. The current 2-year study was conducted to investigate the effects of different kinds and concentrations of allelochemicals, p-hydroxybenzoic acid (H), cinnamic acid (C), phthalic acid (P), and their mixtures (M) on peanut root growth and productivity in response to CC obstacle. Treatment with H, C, P, and M significantly decreased the plant height, dry weight of the leaves and stems, number of branches, and length of the lateral stem compared with control. Exogenous application of H, C, P, and M inhibited the peanut root growth as indicated by the decreased root morphological characters. The allelochemicals also induced the cell membrane oxidation even though the antioxidant enzymes activities were significantly increased in peanut roots. Meanwhile, treatment with H, C, P, and M reduced the contents of total soluble sugar and total soluble protein. Analysis of ATPase activity, nitrate reductase activity, and root system activity revealed that the inhibition effects of allelochemicals on peanut roots might be due to the decrease in activities of ATPase and NR, and the inhibition of root system. Consequently, allelochemicals significantly decreased the pod yield of peanut compared with control. Our results demonstrate that allelochemicals play a dominant role in CC obstacle-induced peanut growth inhibition and yield reduction through damaging the root antioxidant system, unbalancing the osmolytes accumulation, and decreasing the activities of root-related enzymes.
We have identified and cloned a gene, ES2, encoding a putative 476 amino acid protein with a predicted Mr of 52,568. The gene is localized within the DiGeorge/Velocardiofacial syndrome locus on 22q11.2 and is deleted in all the
patients in which a deletion within 22q11 could be demonstrated, with the exception of one patient. ES2 is expressed in all
the tissues studied. Sequence comparison showed identity with five ESTs and at the amino acid level the sequence was highly
similar to, and collinear with, a hypothetical C. elegans protein of unknown function. Mutation analysis was performed in 16 patients without deletion, but no mutation has been found.
The cDNA sequence is conserved in mouse and is localized on MMU16B1-B3, known to contain a syntenic group in common with HSA
22q11.2.
Received: 25 March 1996 / Accepted: 15 May 1996 相似文献
Oligonucleotide primer-directed mutagenesis is a useful molecular biological tool, which is invalubable for the study of the structure/function relationships in proteins and for the creation of mutant proteins possessing modified or novel biological activities. Mutagenesis studies in which a site-saturation approach is employed require a high-efficiency mutagenesis procedure, which will generate a population of mutated molecules containing an even distribution of all possible amino acid changes, or a subset thereof. This article describes such a mutagenesis technique and discusses the adaptations that are necessary to perform sitesaturation mutagenesis. 相似文献
Rapid withdrawal of females from males at the end of the copulatory sequence (prior to male dismounting) characterizes several
primate species. The purpose of this paper is to make a preliminary investigation into possible functional aspects of these
“copulatory darts.” Two hypotheses are proposed; (1) females use darts to aid competing males to locate the source of copulation
calls; and (2) females dart in order to promote re-mating with the same male. Both hypotheses postulate that darts may thus
enhance male-male competition, although acquisition of other benefits may be the primary drive to darting according to the
re-mating hypothesis. Using data from 157 copulations collected from six females spread across four groups in a wild population
of chacma baboonsPapio cynocephalus ursinus, darting behaviour is described. Within females, darting distance is highly variable. Darting distance is greatest at the
time of ovulation (and maximal sexual swelling), and there is some evidence that darting may also be more frequent, and cover
greater distances, when the mating male is adult rather than juvenile. While darting behaviour appears unrelated to the presence
or absence of ejaculation, it tends to correlate positively with the duration of the female copulation call. These preliminary
results are consistent with a mediating role in male-male competition and therefore provide support for both hypotheses. 相似文献
It has been proposed that monkeys direct grooming to high-ranking individuals in an attempt to obtain agonistic support in
return. But whether these two categories of interactions are causally related has proven difficult to establish. Part of the
problem stems from the fact that in stable groups social relationships reflect an equilibrium state and that behaviors need
only be performed at low rates and long intervals to maintain the current social structure. In theory, however, if affiliative
and supportive interactions are indeed causally related, it should be possible to accentuate their temporal relation, hence
their causal dynamics. For example, destabilizing dominance relations can be expected to induce competition for status and
force individuals to deploy behavioral tactics for settling new rank relations. We experimentally induced rank reversals in
a captive group of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) composed of three matrilines (A-B-C rank order). A reversed C-A-B order
composed of three individuals per matriline was maintained for 2 weeks. The results show the close temporal relation among
(i) asserting one’s rank, (ii) competing for access to dominants through affiliation and interferences in affiliation, (iii)
receiving support from dominants against lower-ranking individuals, and (iv) supporting dominants against subordinates. These
findings are compatible with one version of the affiliation-for-support hypothesis, namely that monkeys affiliate with dominants
as a way to assert their position in the hierarchy. In a functional perspective, mutual selfishness provides a better explanation
than reciprocal altruism because the possibility that both groomers and supporters derive immediate net benefits cannot be
excluded. 相似文献