12 membered Schiff base macrocyclic ligands, 6,7,14,15-tetra phenyl-1,2,3,4, 4a,8a, 9,10, 11,12, 12a,16a-dodecahydro dibenzo [b,h] [1,4,7,10] tetraazacyclododecine L1, and 14 membered Schiff base macrocyclic ligands, 6,8,15,17-tetramethyl-1,2,3,4, 4a,7,9a, 10,11,12,13,13a,16,18a-tetra decahydro dibenzo[b,i] [1, 4,8,11] cyclotetradecine tetraaza L2, 7,16-bis(2,4- dichloro benz ylidene)-6,8,15,17-tetra methyl-1,2,3,4, 4a,7,9a, 10, 11,12, 13, 13a,16,18a-tetra deca hydro dibenzo [b,i] [1,4,8,11] tetra azacyclo tetra decine L3 and 6,8,15, 17-tetramethyl-1,2,3, 4,4a,9a,10, 11,12,13,13a,18a-dodecahydro dibenzo [b,i] [1,4,8, 11] tetraazacyclo tetradecine (7,16-diylidene) bis(methanylyli dene) bis (N,N-dimethylaniline) L4 were synthesized by condensation reaction between diketone and aliphatic diamines. The metal complexes of the types, [ML1Cl2], [ML2Cl2], [ML3Cl2] and [ML4Cl2] [M= Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Mn(II), Hg(II), and Fe(II)] were prepared by interaction of ligands, L1, L2, L3 and L4 with metal(II) ions. The ligands and their complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, magnetic susceptibility, conductivity measurements and IR, 1H and 13C NMR, UV–Vis spectral studies. The thermal stability of the complexes was also studied by TGA analyses. These studies show that all the complexes have octahedral arrangement around the metal ions. We used CB-Dock, a novel blind docking technique that aims to improve docking precision. With the aid of the cutting-edge docking program Autodock Vina, software online, molecular docking studies were used to evaluate the biological significance of the synthesized ligands and identify the probable and efficient binding mechanisms between the various ligands and the active site of the receptor protein. Affinity binding of both Ligand L3 and L4 to Penicillin binding protein 2x (chain B) with PDB 1PYY were much better than to Penicillin binding protein 2B (chain A) with PDB 1WAE due to the presence of hydrogen and halogen bonds. Therefore, they can be more recommended for drug design study to inhibit bacterial growth due their bioavailability. The biological activities of all compounds were evaluated like in-vitro antioxidant activity or percentage free radical scavenging effect via DPPH method against standard ascorbic acid and in vitro anticancer activity via MTT assay against colon cancer cell lines. Results of the biological activities showed that complex CuL3Cl2 exhibited the highest anti-cancer activity against colon cancer cell line i.e. 70.72±6.3 μg/ml among other copper complexes whereas compound CuL3Cl2 showed best antioxidant activity against ascorbic acid i.e. 75.07±1.96 μg/ml. While the biological activities showed that complex CuL4Cl2 exhibited the highest anti-cancer activity against colon cancer cell line i.e. 42.05±7.4 μg/ml among other copper complexes whereas compound CuL4Cl2 showed best antioxidant activity against ascorbic acid i.e. 65.47±1.37 μg/ml.
ABSTRACT Porous silicon has been produced in this work by photochemical etching process (PC). The irradiation has been achieved using ordinary light source (150250 W) power and (875 nm) wavelength. The influence of various irradiation times and HF concentration on porosity of PSi material was investigated by depending on gravimetric measurements. The I-V and C-V characteristics for CdS/PSi structure have been investigated in this work too.
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This study aimed to assess the efficiency of Nerium oleander in removing three different metals (Cd, Cu, and Ni) from simulated wastewater using horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland (HSSF-CW) system. The HSSF-CW pilot scale was operated at two hydraulic retention times (HRTs) of 4 and 7 days, filled with a substrate layer of sand and gravel. The results indicated that the HSSF-CW had high removal efficiency of Cd and Cu. A higher HRT (7 days) resulted in greater removal efficiency reaching up to (99.3% Cd, 99.5% Cu, 86.3% Ni) compared to 4 days. The substrate played a significant role in removal of metals due to adsorption and precipitation. The N. oleander plant also showed a good tolerance to the uptake of Cd, Cu, and Ni ions fr
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This study aimed to assess the efficiency of Nerium oleander in removing three different metals (Cd, Cu, and Ni) from simulated wastewater using horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland (HSSF-CW) system. The HSSF-CW pilot scale was operated at two hydraulic retention times (HRTs) of 4 and 7 days, filled with a substrate layer of sand and gravel. The results indicated that the HSSF-CW had high removal efficiency of Cd and Cu. A higher HRT (7 days) resulted in greater removal efficiency reaching up to (99.3% Cd, 99.5% Cu, 86.3% Ni) compared to 4 days. The substrate played a significant role in removal of metals due to adsorption and precipitation. The N. oleander plant also showed a good tolerance to the uptake of Cd, Cu, and Ni ions fr
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The present study has been carried out to estimate heavy metals mobility, bioconcentration and transfer from polluted soil to roots tissues and from roots tissues to aerial parts using bioconcentration factor and translocation factor. Soil samples and the biomass of the eight vegetable species have been collected during summer season, 2019 from four different sites in Wadi Al-Arg, Taif Governorate, KSA. In general, heavy metals content of soil samples in site III and IV have recorded elevated values compared with those of site I and II. The soil from site IV has shown the highest concentration of Mn, Ni, Cr, Pb, Cu, and Cd amounted 31.63, 14.05, 13.56, 22.79, 31.02 and 2.98 mg/kg dry soil respectively, while the soil from site III has sh
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Spent hydrodesulfurization (Co-Mo/γ-Al2O3) catalyst generally contains valuable metals like molybdenum (Mo), cobalt (Co), aluminium (Al) on a supporting material, such as γ-Al2O3. In the present study, a two stages alkali/acid leaching process was conducted to study leaching of cobalt, molybdenum and aluminium from Co-Mo/γ-Al2O3 catalyst. The acid leaching of spent catalyst, previously treated by alkali solution to remove molybdenum, yielded a solution rich in cobalt and aluminium.
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