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Amazingly structure involving N-de-acetyl-lappa-coni-tine.
The most prominently difference between the SERS spectrum of healthy brain tissue and that of gliomas at different grades is the reduction in quotient of two characteristic peaks at 653 and 724 cm-1. Furthermore, healthy brain tissue and Grade II gliomas as low grade gliomas as well as Grade III and Grade IV as high-grade gliomas can be clearly distinguished by three-dimensional PCA. Preliminary results indicate that the SERS spectra based on AgNPs@AgNR substrates can be applied for a rapid identification owing to its simple preparation of specimen and high-speed spectral acquirement.This critical Review covers the literature reports on analysis of different types of solid samples by the synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy (SFS) and its varieties, which include synchronous phosphorescence spectroscopy and synchronous luminescence spectroscopy, in the three decades (1990-2019). Both the qualitative and quantitative spectroscopic analysis is described for a wide range of specimens. Their physical forms and chemical composition include a) organic and inorganic analytes pre-concentrated from solution on matrices (beads, membranes, filters, disks, paper), b) natural and synthetic multi-component specimens of complex composition (biological tissues, soil, polymers) and c) inorganic and coordination compounds including porous materials and particularly metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The comparison with the data obtained by "conventional" optical emission spectroscopy and other analytical techniques (when available) is presented. The specific advantages of the high-resolution varieties of the method, the first- and second-derivative solid-state synchronous fluorescence, luminescence, and phosphorescence spectroscopy are described. An attention is also paid to practical conditions of the typical tests, and the relevant experimental setups. The impetus is on the emerging capabilities of this highly promising method e.g. in-situ monitoring of chemical reactions, in-vivo diagnostics, surface reactions, and detection of the adsorbate. The existing challenges are analyzed, and the unexplored application "niches" to further develop this and the related analytical methods are revealed. 145 references, 9 Tables, 17 Figures and 1 Scheme.A novel HBT-based fluorescent dye HBTM, which exhibited long wavelength emission (~600 nm) and large Stokes shift (~203 nm) due to the intrinsic mechanism of ESIPT coupled ICT process, was reasonably designed and synthesized by conjugating neutral pyrimidine moiety as the electron acceptor to 2-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-4-methylphenol scaffold. Fluorescence emission of HBTM showed less significant spectral dependency on solvents nature, delivering excellent anti-hypochromatic properties, and notably enhanced quantum yield (Φ = 25.5%) in water system was obtained. Furthermore, a "Turn-On" fluorescent probe HBTMP was developed for the detection of NQO1 by masking the hydroxyl group of HBTM with quinone propionic acid (QPA) as the sensing group. Probe HBTMP displayed a highly sensitive and selective response to NQO1 with a linear relationship in the range of 60-180 ng/mL and low detection limit of 1.6 ng/mL, and was successfully applied in detecting endogenous NQO1 in living cancer cells.Understanding lysosome-related physiology needs specific lysosome probes to track the biological processes of lysosome in living cells. Here, we report an azacyclo-modified fluorescent probe that has a large Stokes shift, good photostability and negligible cytotoxicity for highly specific labeling of lysosome and autolysosome in living cells. The probes with different kinds of azacyclo groups on parent dye dansyl are screened to show that dansyl-cycleanine (DNS-C) with four nitrogen atoms possesses the best lysosome-localized ability. And DNS-C as a universal tracker exhibits excellent ability for lysosome labeling in different cell lines with high overlap coefficients (≥0.90). Different from a commercially available LysoTracker, the Stokes shift of DNS-C up to 240 nm (λex/em = 330/570 nm), is much larger than that of LysoTracker ~20 nm (λex/em = 573/595 nm). More importantly, the fluorescence of DNS-C keeps still high brightness after a time-lapsed imaging for 40 min in living cells, implying its remarkable photostability for long-term tracking. In addition, DNS-C can also clearly image the autolysosome, a critical subcellular compartment, forming by the fusion of lysosome with autophagosome in autophagy. These results suggest the promising utility of our probe as a powerful tool to real-time trace physiological processes of lysosomes.Amphetamine-type stimulants are a class of illicit drug that constitutes a worldwide problem to which intelligence agencies, first responders and law enforcement are tasked with identifying them in unknown samples. We report on the development of a graphene oxide (GO)-cationic multi-shaped gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-hemin hybrid nanozyme as a new biomimetic catalytic-induced aptamer-based colorimetric biosensor platform for amphetamine (AMP) and methamphetamine (MAMP). GO was electrostatically bonded to cationic multi-shaped cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)-AuNPs to form a GO-CTAB-AuNP hybrid nanozyme exhibiting enhanced catalytic activity in the presence of hemin. The binding of an MNS 4.1 anticocaine DNA aptamer on the GO-CTAB-AuNP-hemin nanozyme assembly and the subsequent catalytic oxidation by 3,3,5,5-tetramethylbenzidine in the presence of H2O2 ensured that the colorimetric reaction was tuned to selectively detect AMP and MAMP with high sensitivity. BMS-387032 in vivo Under optimum experimental conditions, AMP and MAMP were quantitatively detected within 1 min with a detection limit of 34.1 ng/mL and 28.6 ng/mL respectively. Selected substances and drugs, known to react positively to Marquis and Mandelin reagents (used in AMP and MAMP presumptive testing) and well-known adulterants, were tested for their affinity to react with the aptamer-based GO-CTAB-AuNP-hemin peroxidase mimic biosensor. The deep blue colorimetric reaction, specific to AMP and MAMP detection, was used as the basis to affirm the selectivity of the aptamer-based GO-CTAB-AuNP-hemin peroxidase mimic biosensor. We believe the colorimetric biosensor developed in this work demonstrates a promising new direction in presumptive testing for AMP and MAMP.
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