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  1. Fulltext miR-96-5p is involved in alcohol-induced apoptosis in PC12 cells via negatively regulating TAp73
    Yang B, Wang Q, Li Y, Li L, Zhang Y, Leong Bin Abdullah MFI, et al.
    PLoS One, 2023;18(4):e0282488.
    PMID: 37099528 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282488
    OBJECTIVE: The present study opted for the adrenal phaeochromocytoma (PC12) cell line to frame a neuronal injury model induced by alcohol exposure in vitro, aiming to probe whether TAp73 and miR-96-5p are involved in the neuronal injury process induced by alcohol and elucidate the regulatory relationship between miR-96-5p and TAp73.

    METHODS: Immunofluorescence staining was used to observe the structural features of PC12 cells after culturing in medium with nerve growth factor (NGF). After different doses and different durations of alcohol treatment, CCK-8 assay was performed to detect the viability of PC12 cells, flow cytometry assay was carried out to detect the apoptosis rate of PC12 cells, dual-luciferase reporter assay was used to definitude the regulatory relationship between miR-96-5p and Tp73, and western blot was used to detect the protein expression of TAp73.

    RESULTS: The result of immunofluorescence staining demonstrated that PC12 cells abundantly expressed Map2, CCK-8 assay illustrated alcohol exposure significantly downregulated the cell viability of PC12 cells, Treatment with miR-96-5p inhibitor induced apoptosis and upregulated the expression of TAp73 in PC12 cells. Contrastingly, miR-96-5p mimic reversed the above effects and downregulation of TAp73 inhibited the apoptosis of PC12 cells.

    CONCLUSION: The present study demonstrated that miR-96-5p participates in alcohol-induced apoptosis in PC12 cells via negatively regulating TAp73.

    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol/pharmacology
  2. Fulltext Formation of silver microbelt structures by laser irradiation of silver nanoparticles in ethanol
    Zamiri R, Zakaria A, Husin MS, Wahab ZA, Nazarpour FK
    Int J Nanomedicine, 2011;6:2221-4.
    PMID: 22114485 DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S23830
    In the present work, we prepared silver nanoparticles by laser ablation of pure silver plate in ethanol and then irradiated the silver nanoparticles using a 532 nm Q-switched Nd:YAG pulsed laser. Transmission electron microscopic images of the sample after irradiation clearly showed formation of big structures, such as microrods and microbelts in ethanol. The obtained microbelts had a width of about 0.166 μm and a length of 1.472 μm. The reason for the formation of such a big structure is the tendency of the nanoparticles to aggregate in ethanol before irradiation, which causes fusion of the nanoparticles.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol/chemistry*
  3. Fulltext Development of a Scalable Testbed for Mobile Olfaction Verification
    Zakaria SM, Visvanathan R, Kamarudin K, Yeon AS, Md Shakaff AY, Zakaria A, et al.
    Sensors (Basel), 2015;15(12):30894-912.
    PMID: 26690175 DOI: 10.3390/s151229834
    The lack of information on ground truth gas dispersion and experiment verification information has impeded the development of mobile olfaction systems, especially for real-world conditions. In this paper, an integrated testbed for mobile gas sensing experiments is presented. The integrated 3 m × 6 m testbed was built to provide real-time ground truth information for mobile olfaction system development. The testbed consists of a 72-gas-sensor array, namely Large Gas Sensor Array (LGSA), a localization system based on cameras and a wireless communication backbone for robot communication and integration into the testbed system. Furthermore, the data collected from the testbed may be streamed into a simulation environment to expedite development. Calibration results using ethanol have shown that using a large number of gas sensor in the LGSA is feasible and can produce coherent signals when exposed to the same concentrations. The results have shown that the testbed was able to capture the time varying characteristics and the variability of gas plume in a 2 h experiment thus providing time dependent ground truth concentration maps. The authors have demonstrated the ability of the mobile olfaction testbed to monitor, verify and thus, provide insight to gas distribution mapping experiment.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  4. Redetermination of hydronium perchlorate at 193 and 293 K
    Rahman AA, Usman A, Chantrapromma S, Fun HK
    Acta Crystallogr C, 2003 Sep;59(Pt 9):i92-4.
    PMID: 12944636
    A sample of hydronium perchlorate, H(3)O(+) x ClO(4)(-), crystallized from ethanol at ambient temperature, was found to be orthorhombic (space group Pnma) at both 193 and 293 K, with no phase transition observed in this temperature range. This contrasts with the earlier observation [Nordman (1962). Acta Cryst. 15, 18-23] of a monoclinic phase (space group P2(1)/n) at 193 K for crystals grown at that temperature from perchloric acid. The hydronium and perchlorate ions lie across a mirror plane but it is not possible to define at either temperature a simple description of the H-atom positions due to the three-dimensional tumbling of the hydronium cation.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  5. Tris(8-quinolinolato-N,O)cobalt(III) ethanol solvate
    Shanmuga Sundara Raj S, Razak IA, Fun HK, Zhao PS, Jian F, Yang X, et al.
    Acta Crystallogr C, 2000 Apr 15;56(Pt 4):E130-1.
    PMID: 15263175
    In the crystal of the title complex, [Co(C(9)H(6)NO)(3)].C(2)H(5)OH, the central Co atom has a distorted octahedral coordination comprised of three N atoms and three O atoms from the three 8-quinolinolato ligands. The three Co-O bond distances are in the range 1.887 (2)-1.910 (2) A, while the three Co-N bond distances range from 1.919 (2) to 1.934 (2) A. The solvent ethanol molecule forms an intermolecular O-H.O hydrogen bonding with a quinolinolato ligand.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  6. Alcohol in urine and blood
    Shelton J
    Journal of the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association, 1941;4:352-55.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  7. Fulltext Phytochemicals and antioxidant properties of different parts of Camellia sinensis leaves from Sabah Tea Plantation in Sabah, Malaysia
    Nor Qhairul Izzreen, M.N., Mohd Fadzelly, A.B.
    International Food Research Journal, 2013;20(1):307-312.
    MyJurnal
    This study was conducted to determine the total phenolic (TPC) and total flavonoid content (TFC) as well as the antioxidant activity of 50% ethanolic extracts from different parts of Camellia sinensis (shoot, young and matured leaves). Comparison was also made between black (fermented) and green (unfermented) tea. For green tea, the results showed that the shoot contained significantly higher total phenolic content, followed by the young and matured leaves (p
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  8. Fulltext Optimisation of extraction conditions for phenolic compounds from limau purut (Citrus hystrix) peels
    Chan, S.W., Lee, C.Y., Yap, C.F., Wan Aida, W.M., Ho, C.W.
    International Food Research Journal, 2009;16(2):203-213.
    MyJurnal
    The objective of this study was to optimise the extraction conditions for phenolic compounds from limau purut (Citrus hystrix) peels using response surface methodology (RSM). A central composite rotatable design (CCRD) was applied to determine the effects of ethanol concentration (%), extraction temperature (oC), and extraction time (min) on total phenolic content (TPC) from limau purut (Citrus hystrix) peels. The independent variables were coded at five levels and their actual values were selected based on the results of single factor experiments. Results showed that ethanol concentration was the most significant (p
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  9. Penentuan aktiviti antimikrob herba kacangma Leonurus Sibiricus
    Chua HP, Aminah Abdullah
    Sains Malaysiana, 2011;40:1123-1127.
    Kajian keberkesanan sifat antimikrob ekstrak kacangma dijalankan menggunakan ujian resapan cakera dan ujian perencatan langsung. Hasil menunjukkan ekstrak etanol dengan kepekatan 50 dan 100 mg/mL merencat Staphylococcus aureus. Bagi ekstrak air, kepekatan 10, 25, 50 dan 100 mg/mL merencat Aspergillus niger, 25, 50 dan 100 mg/mL dapat merencat Saccharomyces cerevisae dan kepekatan 100 mg/mL dapat merencat Staphylococcus aureus. Perlakuan suhu yang berbeza ke atas ekstrak dalam ujian perencatan langsung tidak menunjukkan sebarang perbezaan ke atas perencatan mikroorganisma yang dikaji.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  10. New hybridization approach of titanium organometallic: PANi thin films as room temperature gas sensors
    Izura Izzuddin, Mohammad Hafizuddin Jumali, Muhammad Yahaya, Muhamad Mat Salleh
    Sains Malaysiana, 2012;41:1017-1021.
    The aim of this research was to investigate the ability of organometallic titanium-PANi hybrid materials as gas sensor at room temperature. To form the hybrid materials, commercially available polyaniline (PANi) powder were directly added into organometallic titanium sols which was synthesized using the sol gel method. The composite films were prepared via spin coating technique followed by electrode deposition for sensors fabrication. Five different organometallic titanium:PANi ratios namely 1 wt% to 5 wt% of PANi were prepared for this experiment. For gas sensing test, all samples were exposed to ethanol vapour. The sensing mode is based on the variation in the electrical conductivity due to the
    interaction between the gas molecules and the film. It was observed that the composite sensors required appropriate ratio to exhibit optimum sensing properties. This finding proved that the hybridization process is successful and offered much cheaper and easier method for fabrication of room temperature gas sensor.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  11. Production of Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol and Hydrogen of Palm Oil Mill Effluent Anaerobic Fermentation with Clostridium Acetobutylicum NCIMB 13357
    Pang WK, Wan Mohtar Wan Yusoff, Mohd Sahaid Kalil, Osman Hassan
    Sains Malaysiana, 2004;33.
    Palm oil mill effluent (POME) can be utilised directly as the sole substrate in the anaerobic fermentation of acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) and hydrogen by Clostridium acetobutylicum NClMB13357 in a submerged batch system. Effects of sedimented POME concentration and the initial culture pH on the production of ABE/H were studied. Sedimented POME with 90% v/v (POME90) at pH 5.8 is capable of producing 4.01 g/L ABE with acetone concentration at 1.97 g/L; butanol 1.74 g/L and ethanol 0.3 g/L. The highest concentration of butanol (1.86 g/L) was produced from a culture with initial pH 6.0. The production of hydrogen gas was proportioned to the concentration of POME. The highest hydrogen gas production was at pH 5.5 (31 mL). More than 50% (v/v) of hydrogen gas was produced at different pH except pH 4.5, when only 16% (v/v) or 5 mL of hydrogen was produced.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  12. Perbandingan hasil pengoksidaan elektrokimia etanol dalam larutan alkali yang menggunakan elektrod platinum-polivinilklorida (Pt-PVC) dan kepingan logam Pt
    Riyanto, Jumat Salimon, Mohamed Rozali Othman
    Sains Malaysiana, 2007;36:175-181.
    Elektrod platinum-polivinilklorida (Pt-PVC) untuk pengoksidaan elektrokimia etanol dalam larutan alkali telah direkabentuk. Elektrod Pt-PVC dibina dengan mencampurkan serbuk-serbuk logam platinum dengan PVC (95:5 w/w), diaduk untuk mendapatkan campuran yang homogen, ditambahkan dengan tetrahidrofuran (THF) untuk melarutkan PVC, dikeringkan, dimasukkan ke dalam acuan berdiameter 1 cm dan ditekan pada tekanan kira-kira 10 tan/cm2. Kajian elektrokimia dilakukan menggunakan voltammetri kitaran (CV) dan kronokoulometri (CC). CV untuk etanol yang menggunakan elektrod-elektrod kepingan logam Pt dan Pt-PVC masing-masing memberikan ketumpatan arus 0.25 mA/cm2 dan 85 mA/cm2 untuk puncak penjerapan hidroksida. Ini menunjukkan bahawa elektrod Pt-PVC mempunyai nilai konduktiviti dan perilaku elektrokimia yang lebih baik untuk pengoksidaan etanol dalam KOH berbanding elektrod kepingan logam Pt. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa terdapat peningkatan peratus hasil elektrolisis dari 3.64% kepada 23.64% asid asetik apabila elektrod Pt-PVC digunakan untuk pengoksidaan elektrokimia 0.25 M etanol dalam larutan elektrolit 1.0 M KOH menggantikan elektrod kepingan logam Pt.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  13. Kesan mangkin ke atas resin fenolik biopolimer dengan menggunakan kaedah pencecairan lignin soda
    Sharifah Nabihah Syed Jaafar, Sarani Zakaria, Rozaidi Rasid, Nurul Ain Zulkifli, Ali Ahmadzadeh
    Sains Malaysiana, 2010;39.
    Proses pencecairan lignin soda telah dilakukan dengan menggunakan fenol dengan nisbah 1:3. Proses dilakukan selama 90 minit pada suhu 130oC dalam keadaan refluk. Hasil pencecairan iaitu pemfenolan lignin (PL) telah dianalisis dengan Spektrometer Inframerah Transformasi Fourier (FTIR), reometer dan analisis termogravimetri (TGA). Sampel yang disintesis dengan menggunakan asid hidroklorik sebagai mangkin memberikan keputusan yang terbaik. Analisis FTIR menunjukkan kehadiran kumpulan berfungsi yang signifikan seperti gelang aromatik, alkohol dan karbonil. Kesemua sampel PL mematuhi persamaan Arhenius dan bersifat pseudo-plastik. Peratus kehilangan berat sampel dan kadar penguraian sampel PL dipengaruhi oleh jenis mangkin yang digunakan. Sampel PL yang disintesis dikelaskan sebagai biopolimer resin fenolik.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  14. Preparation of porous Si (100) for overgrown cubic layer: Morphological investigation
    M.E.A. Samsudin, M. Ikram Md Taib, N. Zainal, R. Radzali, S. Yaakob, Z. Hassan
    Sains Malaysiana, 2013;42:1333-1337.
    A number of n-type Si (100) samples were prepared into porous structures via electrochemical etching process, using an electrolyte solution; HF and ethanol. The morphological properties of the samples were observed under scanning electron microscope measurement. The results showed that the pore density, pore uniformity distribution and pore size of the porous Si samples increased with time of etching. In the next stage, H2O2 was introduced into the electrolyte solution in order to investigate its effect on the morphological properties of the porous Si. From the experiment, we found that H2O2 gave finer porous structure with highly symmetrical cubic shape on the surface. Besides, H2O2 promoted smoother surface of the pore walls. Hence, the results showed that such porous Si structure could be used as a better substrate for the subsequent layer, in particular for the growth of cubic material.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  15. Formation of porous silicon: mechanism of macropores formation in n-type si
    Nurul Izni Rusli, Mastura Shafinaz Zainal Abidin, Budi Astuti, Ali NK, Abdul Manaf Hashim
    Sains Malaysiana, 2013;42:643-648.
    We report the formation of macropores in n-Si (100) substrates for different etching times of 20, 40 and 60 min at a constant current density of 25 mA/cm2 under front-side illumination in HF:ethanol (1:4) solution. After etching for 20 min, four-branch-shaped pores of various sizes were observed at discrete locations. Etching time of 40 min led to the formation of highly connected four-branch-shaped pores as the branches of adjacent pores appeared to connect to each other. As the etching time was increased further to 60 min, the density of interconnected branches increased remarkably. The macropore formation process occurred in three consecutive phases. The current burst model was used to discuss this process. Formation of four-branch-shaped pores at random locations were observed because current bursts are more likely to nucleate where other current bursts took place initially.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  16. Fulltext Exhaustive extraction of compounds from pomegranate peel and flesh using solvents of varying polarity
    Idris Aliyu Massaud, Atif Amin Baig, Mohd Adzim Khalili Rohin
    Asian Journal of Medicine and Biomedicine, 2018;1(1):10-13.
    MyJurnal
    Pomegranate fruit is the most studied part of punica granatum shrub. The fruit contains enormous
    amount of polyphenol compounds in the peel and arils (flesh) which are responsible for its antioxidant
    activity. The polyphenols present are of varying degree of lipophilicity and thus would require solvents
    of varying polarity to extract them. In this study, the effects of solvent type and homogenisation on
    extraction yield were considered. The fruit was first separated into peel and flesh and subsequently, one
    half of each of the peel and flesh were separately homogenised. Ethanol, ethylacetate and hexane were
    used to extract the polyphenol content of each of the four samples; non-homogenised peel (NP), nonhomogenised flesh (NF), homogenised peel (HP) and homogenised flesh (HF) in decreasing order of
    polarity using maceration method. The extraction was carried out successively using the residue
    recovered from previous extraction. Ethanol was used for a second time to complete the extraction
    process. The total extractive yield from the four samples were 27.19, 26.04, 25.03 and 15.61 for HP,
    NP, HF and NF respectively. The experiment has demonstrated that maceration process can be used to
    extract compounds from pomegranate to give a yield similar to more sophisticated method and ethanol
    is a suitable solvent for extracting hydrophilic compounds from the fruit.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  17. Fulltext Lipase-catalyzed Production and Purification of Palm Esters Using Stirred Tank Reactors (STR)
    Basri M, Rahman NFA, Kassim MA, Shahruzzaman RMHR, Mokles MSN
    J Oleo Sci, 2019 Apr 01;68(4):329-337.
    PMID: 30867390 DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess18197
    Lipase-catalyzed production of palm esters was performed via alcoholysis of palm oil and oleyl alcohol in solvent and solvent-free systems using a 2 L stirred tank reactor (STR). Two immobilized lipases were tested and Lipozyme RM IM exhibited superior performance in both reaction systems. Reusability studies of the enzymes in a solvent-free system also demonstrated the high stability of Lipozyme RM IM as shown by its ability to yield more than 70% palm esters with up to 19 cycles of reusing the same enzymes. Modification of the enzyme washing process improved the stability of Lipozyme TL IM in a solvent system as demonstrated by maintaining 65% yield after 5 times of repeated enzyme use. The scale up process for both lipases was conducted in the presence of solvents by using the impeller tip speed approach. Lipozyme RM IM-catalyzed reaction in a 15 L STR produced 85.7% yield and there was a significant drop to 60.7% in the 300 L STR, whereas Lipozyme TL IM had a lower yield (65%) when the reaction volume was increased to 15 L. The low yields could be due to the accumulation of enzymes at the bottom of the vessel. Purification of palm esters via solvent-solvent extraction revealed that more than 90% of oleyl alcohol was extracted after the third extraction cycle at 150 rpm impeller speed with reduced palm esters: ethanol ratio (v/v) from 1:4 to 1:3.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  18. Fulltext Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna-Based Sensors for Liquid Chemical Detection
    Iqbal A, Smida A, Saraereh OA, Alsafasfeh QH, Mallat NK, Lee BM
    Sensors (Basel), 2019 Mar 08;19(5).
    PMID: 30857265 DOI: 10.3390/s19051200
    A compact, cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna (CDRA), using radio frequency signals to identify different liquids is proposed in this paper. The proposed CDRA sensor is excited by a rectangular slot through a 3-mm-wide microstrip line. The rectangular slot has been used to excite the CDRA for H E M 11 mode at 5.25 GHz. Circuit model values (capacitance, inductance, resistance and transformer ratios) of the proposed CDRA are derived to show the true behaviour of the system. The proposed CDRA acts as a sensor due to the fact that different liquids have different dielectric permittivities and, hence, will be having different resonance frequencies. Two different types of CDRA sensors are designed and experimentally validated with four different liquids (Isopropyl, ethanol, methanol and water).
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol; Methanol
  19. Enhanced recovery of astaxanthin from recombinant Kluyveromyces marxianus with ultrasonication-assisted alcohol/salt aqueous biphasic system
    Ng HS, Kee PE, Wu YC, Chen L, Wong SYW, Lan JC
    J Biosci Bioeng, 2021 Nov;132(5):513-518.
    PMID: 34479804 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2021.07.004
    Microbial astaxanthin with strong antioxidant activity is greatly demanded for diverse applications. Extractive disruption in aqueous biphasic system (ABS) integrates the cells disruption and biomolecules recovery processes in one-step operation, allowing the direct recovery of intracellular biomolecules with biphasic system upon released from cells. In this study, astaxanthin was recovered from recombinant Kluyveromyces marxianus yeast cells via extractive disruption using alcohol/salt ABS. Recombinant K. marxianus yeast is engineered to produce high concentration of free form astaxanthin. Highest partition coefficient (K = 90.02 ± 2.25) and yield (Y = 96.80% ± 0.05) of astaxanthin were obtained with ABS composed of 20% (w/w) 1-propanol and 20% (w/w) sodium citrate of pH 5, 0.5% (w/w) yeast cells loading and additional of 1% (w/w) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (Bmim)BF4 to improve the migration of astaxanthin to alcohol-rich top phase. The incorporation of 2.5 h of ultrasonication to the biphasic system further enhanced the astaxanthin recovery in ABS. The direct recovery of astaxanthin from recombinant K. marxianus cells was demonstrated with the ultrasonication-assisted alcohol/salt ABS which integrates the extraction and concentration of astaxanthin in a single-step operation.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
  20. Inexpensive Portable Infrared Device to Detect and Quantify Alcohols in Hand Sanitizers for Public Health and Safety
    Ng JK, Tay FH, Wray PS, Mohd Saberi SS, Ken Ting KK, Khor SM, et al.
    Anal Chem, 2021 11 16;93(45):15015-15023.
    PMID: 34730329 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02652
    The onset of Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in the exponential growth of alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR)/hand sanitizer use. Reports have emerged of ABHR products containing methanol, a highly toxic compound to humans, exposing users to acute and chronic medical illnesses. While gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) remains the gold-standard method for the detection and identification of impurities in ABHRs, there exist limitations at widespread volume testing. This paper demonstrates the capability of an inexpensive portable pyroelectric linear array infrared spectrometer to rapidly test ABHR and compare the performance with a benchtop Fourier transform infrared spectrometer and HS-GC-MS. Multicomponent partial least square quantification models were built with performance found to be comparable between the two spectrometers and with the HS-GC-MS. Furthermore, the portable spectrometer was field-tested with real-world samples in Malaysia on both retail products (Group A) and freely deployed public dispensers (Group B) between May and November 2020. A total of 386 samples were tested. Only 75.2% of Group A met the criteria of safe and effective ABHR [no detectable methanol and alcohol concentration above 60% (v/v)], while <50% of Group B did. In addition, 7.4 and 18.8% of Group A and Group B, respectively, were found to contain methanol above permissible limits. The high percentage of sub-standard and methanol-containing samples combined with the frequent use of ABHR by the public highlights the need for and importance of a portable and rapid testing device for widespread screening of ABHR against falsified products and protects the general public.
    Matched MeSH terms: Ethanol
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