Macit, Hülya | Hazer, Baki | Arslan, Hülya | Noda, Isao

Article | 2009 | Journal of Applied Polymer Science111 ( 5 ) , pp.2308 - 2317

A new and promising method for the diversification of microbial polyesters based on chemical modifications is introduced. Poly(3-hydroxy alkanoate)-g-(poly(tetrahydrofuran)-b-poly(methyl methacrylate)) (PHAg-(PTHF-b-PMMA)) multigraft copolymers were synthesized by the combination of cationic and free radical polymerization. PHA-g-PTHF graft copolymer was obtained by the cationic polymerization of THF initiated by the carbonium cations generated from the chlorinated PHAs, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3- hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV), and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (PHBHx) in the presence of AgSbF 6. Therefore, PHA-g-PTHF gr . . .aft copolymers with hydroxyl ends were produced. In the presence of Ce +4 salt, these hydroxyl ends of the graft copolymer can initiate the redox polymerization of MMA to obtain PHA-g-(PTHF-b-PMMA) multigraft copolymer. Polymers obtained were purified by fractional precipitation. In this manner, their ?-values (volume ratio of nonsolvent to the solvent) were also determined. Their molecular weights were determined by GPC technique. The structures were elucidated using 1H-NMR and FTIR spectroscopy. Thermal analyses of the products were carried out using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 111: 2308-2317, 2009 Daha fazlası Daha az

Kolsal, Ebru | Tekin, İshak Özel | Pişkin, Etem | Aydemir, Cumhur | Akyüz, Mehmet | Çabuk, Hasan | Eldes, Nilüfer | Numanoğlu, Kemal Varın

Article | 2009 | Journal of Clinical Apheresis24 ( 1 ) , pp.21 - 24

Tricyclic antidepressant poisoning is one of the most common causes of serious intoxication. Here, we report a 2-year-old girl with severe amitriptyline (70 mg/kg) intoxication. She was in comatose, had generalized tonic clonic seizure, ventricular tachycardia, and wide QRS complexes. Although she did not respond to classical therapies, very good clinical response to plasmapheresis was obtained and she developed no complications. Thus, plasmapheresis may be an effective treatment modality in poisoning with drugs, which bind to plasma proteins with high affinity. © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Keleş, Elif | Hazer, Baki

Article | 2009 | Journal of Polymers and the Environment17 ( 3 ) , pp.153 - 158

Polyurethane (PUR) plastic sheets were prepared by reacting hydroxylated polymeric soybean oil (PSbOH) synthesized from autoxidized soybean oil with polyethylene glycol (PEG) in the presence of isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI). FTIR technique was used to identify of chemical reactions. These polyurethanes have different valuable properties, determined by their chemical composition. The effect of stoichiometric balance (i.e., PSbOH/PEG-2000/IPDI weight ratio) on the final properties was evaluated. The polyurethane plastic sheets with the PSbOH/PEG-2000/IPDI weight ratio 1.0/1.0/0.67 and 1.0/0.3/0.3 had excellent mechanical properties i . . .ndicating elongation at break more than 200%. Increase in IPDI and decrease in PEG weight ratio cause the higher stress-strain value. The properties of the materials were measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA), stress-strain measurements and FTIR technique. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC Daha fazlası Daha az

Hazer, Derya Burcu | Hazer, Baki | Kaymaz, Figen

Article | 2009 | Biomedical Materials4 ( 3 ) , pp.153 - 158

Biocompatibility studies of the autoxidized and unoxidized unsaturated medium-long chain length (m-lcl) co-poly-3-hydroxyalkanoates (m-lclPHAs) derived from soya oily acids have been reported. Pseudomonas oleovorans was grown on a series of mixtures of octanoic acid (OA) and soya oily acids (Sy) with weight ratios of 20:80, 28:72 and 50:50 in order to obtain unsaturated m-lcl copolyesters coded PHO-Sy-2080, PHO-Sy-2872 and PHO-Sy-5050, respectively. The PHA films were obtained by solvent cast from CHCl3. They were all originally sticky and waxy except PHO-Sy-5050. Autoxidation of the unsaturated copolyester films was carried out on . . .exposure to air at room temperature in order to obtain crosslinked polymers. They became a highly flexible elastomer after being autoxidized (about 40 days of autoxidation). The in vivo tissue reactions of the autoxidized PHAs were evaluated by subcutaneous implantation in rats. The rats appeared to be healthy throughout the implantation period. No symptom such as necrosis, abscess or tumorigenesis was observed in the vicinity of the implants. Retrieved materials varied in their physical appearance after 6 weeks of implantation. In vivo biocompatibility studies of the medical applications indicated that the microbial copolyesters obtained were all biocompatible and especially the PHOSy series of copolyesters had the highest biocompatibility among them. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd Daha fazlası Daha az

Allı, Abdulkadir | Hazer, Baki

Article | 2009 | Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry37 ( 1 ) , pp.23 - 31

A new macromonomer initiator for atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP-MIM) based on polyethylene glycol (Mn= 660 Da) (PEG) was synthesized by the reaction of hydroxyl end of the mono-methacryloyl polyethylene glycol with 2-bromopropanoyl chloride leading to methacryloyl polyethylene glycol 2-bromopropanoyl ester (v-PEG-Br). Poly(ethylene glycol) functionalized with methacrylate at one end was reacted with 2-bromopropionyl chloride to form a macromonomeric initiator for ATRP. Self condensing ATRP-MIM polymerization yielded branched PEG with low cross-linked fraction (3-29 wt%). In the same polymerization condition, self condens . . .ing ATRP-MIM polymerization was found faster than that of conventional free radical macromonomer initiators which behave as macro crosslinker, macro initiator and macromonomer. Besides the PEG obtained has still unreacted double bonds and halides leading to the further branching. In the second step, ATRP of methyl methacrylate was initiated by the MIM-ATRP using the copper coordination complex CuBr / N,N,N’,N’,N’’-pentamethyl diethylenetriamine (PMDETA). The ATRP-MIM and the chloroform soluble branched polymers obtained were characterized by 1H NMR spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Variation of gel polymer content, molecular weight of the soluble parts and conversion of the monomers with the changing polymerization conditions were also discussed. A new macromonomer initiator for atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP-MIM) based on polyethylene glycol (Mn= 660 Da) (PEG) was synthesized by the reaction of hydroxyl end of the mono-methacryloyl polyethylene glycol with 2-bromopropanoyl chloride leading to methacryloyl polyethylene glycol 2-bromopropanoyl ester (v-PEG-Br). Poly(ethylene glycol) functionalized with methacrylate at one end was reacted with 2-bromopropionyl chloride to form a macromonomeric initiator for ATRP. Self condensing ATRP-MIM polymerization yielded branched PEG with low cross-linked fraction (3-29 wt%). In the same polymerization condition, self condensing ATRP-MIM polymerization was found faster than that of conventional free radical macromonomer initiators which behave as macro crosslinker, macro initiator and macromonomer. Besides the PEG obtained has still unreacted double bonds and halides leading to the further branching. In the second step, ATRP of methyl methacrylate was initiated by the MIM-ATRP using the copper coordination complex CuBr / N,N,N’,N’,N’’-pentamethyl diethylenetriamine (PMDETA). The ATRP-MIM and the chloroform soluble branched polymers obtained were characterized by 1H NMR spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Variation of gel polymer content, molecular weight of the soluble parts and conversion of the monomers with the changing polymerization conditions were also discussed Daha fazlası Daha az

Büyükgüzel, Ender | Kalender, Yusuf

Article | 2009 | Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology94 ( 02.Mar ) , pp.112 - 118

Although antibiotics have different molecular modes of actions, increasing evidence for their secondary effects suggests that they disturb cellular homeostasis by generating free radical intermediates that trigger lipid peroxidation, which leads to oxidative stress. Streptomycin is an antibiotic insecticide used to control pest insects and microbial diseases of agricultural crops. We investigated the biochemical basis for pro-oxidative effects of streptomycin in the midgut tissues of greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (L.) seventh-instar larvae by measuring content of the oxidative stress indicator, malondialdehyde (MDA), and ant . . .ioxidant enzymes [superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione S-transferase (GST) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx)] and transaminases [alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST)] activities. The insects were reared from first-instar larvae on artificial diets containing 0.001, 0.01, 0.1 or 1.0 g streptomycin per 100 g of diets. The supplementation of streptomycin at high concentrations to the diets caused oxidative stress as evidenced by the elevation of MDA content, SOD and GPx activities, accompanied by the concurrent depletion of CAT and GST activities. The streptomycin-induced oxidative stress was also accompanied by decreases of transaminases activities in midgut tissues. We found a significant negative correlation of MDA contents with GST activities in the larval midgut tissues. These results suggest that exposure to dietary streptomycin resulted in oxidative stress which could impact midgut digestive physiology at the expense of impairment of antioxidant and transaminases enzymes in G. mellonella larvae. © 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved Daha fazlası Daha az

Abay, Gökhan | Uyar, Güray | Keçeli, Tamer | Çetin, Barbaros

Article | 2009 | Cryptogamie, Bryologie30 ( 3 ) , pp.399 - 407

Data on the occurrence of some rare bryophyte taxa in the Kaçkar Mountains in Turkey are presented. Besides, Sphagnum centrale C.E.O.Jensen is first reported from Turkey, extending its distribution range to the Caucasus.

Allı, Abdulkadir | Hazer, Baki

Proceedings | 2009 | ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY237 , pp.399 - 407

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Büyükgüzel, Ender

Article | 2009 | Journal of Economic Entomology102 ( 1 ) , pp.152 - 159

Antioxidant defense components protect insects by scavenging reactive oxygen species, leading to oxidative stress. I therefore investigated the effects of an organophosphorous insecticide, malathion, on superoxide dismutase (SOD) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activities as well as glutathione (GSH) and malondialdehyde (MDA) content as oxidative stress biomarkers in whole body of greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (L.), larvae. Subcellular fractionation also was assayed for SOD and AChE enzymes to assess subcellular toxicity of malathion in this wax moth. The newly hatched larvae were reared on diets containing 0.01, 0.1, 1.0, a . . .nd 10 ppm malathion. The diet with lowest concentration of malathion did not significantly influence MDA content and AChE activity. Malathion at 1.0 ppm significantly resulted in increased MDA content and decreased AChE activity. I observed a significant increase in SOD activity, whereas total GSH content and AChE activity were significantly lower for 1.0 ppm malathion than the control groups. Highest concentration of dietary malathion significantly decreased SOD and AChE activities, and GSH content in whole body of the insect. Subcellular fractionations showed that activities of microsomal and soluble AChE, and microsomal SOD for high concentrations of malathion (1.0 and 10 ppm) were significantly lower than control. Soluble SOD activities were significantly increased by low malathion concentrations, whereas only the highest malathion concentration resulted in significantly decreased SOD activity. I infer that induction of antioxidant defense mechanisms in response to increased oxidative stress may be a result of AChE inhibition by malathion in G. mellonella larvae. © 2009 Entomological Society of America Daha fazlası Daha az