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Artigo 6 Citação(ões) na Scopus Intraspecific variability of dihydrochalcone, chromenes and benzoic acid derivatives in leaves of Piper aduncum L. (Piperaceae)(2009-05-18) Andreia de Araújo Morandim Giannetti; KATO, M. J.; CAVALHEIRO, A. J.; FURLAN, M.Chemical analysis carried out in leaves of 18 specimens of Piper aduncum L. (Piperaceae) occurring at Ripasa Reserve, Araraquara, SP, Brazil indicated two distinct populations when investigated over a period of 14 months (January 2000 to February 2001) and then submitted to cluster analysis. The two groups were characterized by accumulation of prenylated benzoic acids, chromenes and dihydrochalcone, respectively. A total of seven compounds were identified by HPLC analysis and compared with standards including two prenylated benzoic acid [aduncumene (1) and 3-(3′-7′-dimethyl-2′-6′-octadienyl)- 4-methoxy-benzoic acid (5)], four chromenes [methyl 2,2-dimethyl-8-(3′- methyl-2′-butenyl)-2H-1-chromene-6-carboxylate (4), methyl 2,2-dimethyl-2H-1-chromene-6-carboxylate (2b), methyl 8-hydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-2H- 1-chromene-6-carboxylate (3) and 2,2-dimethyl-2H-1-chromene-6-carboxylic acid (2a)] and one dihydrochalcone [2′,6′-dihydroxy-4′-methoxy- dihydrochalcone (6)]. © 2009 Academic Journals.Artigo 0 Citação(ões) na Scopus Development of highly resistant fibers for use in solid phase micro extraction (SPME)(2010-01-05) RODRIGUES, J. C.; LEITE, D. W.; LANCAS, F. M.The commercially available fibers for solid-phase microextraction (SPME) made of optical fibers are fragile and can be easily broken. Thus, there is a clear need for the development of efficient, simple and highly resistant SPME fibers. This work describes the preparation of highly resistant fibers in which a polymer is coated onto an open tubular fused silica capillary tubing (0.360 mm O.D.) fitted with a stainless steel wire (0.200 mm O.D.) previously inserted and cemented into the capillary tube opening to guarantee higher mechanical resistance. The fiber was coated with 70-μm poly (dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) and evaluated for the extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.Artigo 23 Citação(ões) na Scopus Composition and screening of antifungal activity against Cladosporium sphaerospermum and Cladosporium cladosporioides of essential oils of leaves and fruits of Piper species(2010-09-05) Andreia de Araújo Morandim Giannetti; PIN, A. R.; PIETRO, N. A. S.; ALECIO, A. C.; KATO, M. J.; YOUNG, C. M.; OLIVEIRA, J. E. DE; FURLAN, M.This study investigated the composition and antifungal activity against Cladosporium sphaerospermum and Cladosporium cladosporioides of essential oils of leaves of Piper cernuum, Piper diospyrifolium, Piper crassinervium, Piper solmsianum and Piper umbelata and fruits of P. cernuum and P. diospyrifolium. The essentials oils were analyzed by GC-MS and submitted of the antifungal activity tests. The essential oils of fruits from P. cernuum and leaves of P. crassinervium and P. solmsianum showed potential antifungal activity against C. sphaerospermum and C. cladosporioides. In addition, this is the first report of the composition of essential oils of fruits of P. cernuum and P. diospyrifolium. © 2010 Academic Journals.Artigo 34 Citação(ões) na Scopus Composition and antifungal activity against candida albicans, candida parapsilosis, candida krusei and cryptococcus neoformans of essential oils from leaves of piper and peperomia species(2010-09-04) Andreia de Araújo Morandim Giannetti; PIN, A. R.; PIETRO, N. A. S.; OLIVEIRA, H. C. DE; MENDES-GIANNINI, M. J. S.; ALECIO, A. C.; KATO, M. J.; OLIVEIRA, J. E. DE; FURLAN, M.This study was addressed to investigate the composition and antifungal activity of essential oils from leaves of Piperaceae species (Piper aduncum, Piper amalago, Piper cernuum, Piper diospyrifolium, Piper crassinervium, Piper gaudichaudianum, Piper solmsianum, Piper regnellii, Piper tuberculatum, Piper umbelata and Peperomia obtusifolia) against Candida albicans, C. parapsilosis, C. krusei and Cryptococcus neoformans. The essential oils from P. aduncum, P. gaudichaudianum and P. solmsianum showed the highest antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans with the MIC of 62.5, 62.5 and 3.9 mg.mL-1, respectively. The oil from P. gaudichaudianum showed activity against C. krusei with MIC of 31.25 mg.mL-1. © 2010 Academic Journals.Artigo 6 Citação(ões) na Scopus Study of salmonella typhimurium mutagenicity assay of (z)-piplartine by the ames test(2011-06-15) Andreia de Araújo Morandim Giannetti; Cotinguiba F.; REGASINI, L. O.; FRIGIERI, M. C.; VARANDA, E. A.; COQUEIRO, A.; KATO, M. J.; BOLZANI, V. S.; FURLAN, M.Phytochemical studies carried out with Piperaceae species have shown great diversity of secondary metabolites among which are several displayed considerable biological activities. The species Piper tuberculatum has been intensively investigated and a series of amides have been described. For instance, (E)-piplartine showed significant cytotoxic activity against tumor cell lines, especially human leukemia cell lines; antifungal activity against Cladosporium species; trypanocidal activity and others. Considering the popular use of P. tuberculatum and the lack of pharmacological studies regarding this plant species, the mutagenic and antimutagenic effect of (Z)-piplartine was evaluated by the Ames test, using the strains TA97a, TA98, TA100 and TA102 of Salmonella typhimurium. No mutagenic activity was observed for this compound. © 2011 Academic Journals.- Surface energy and thermodynamic stability of γ-alumina: Effect of dopants and water(2006-04-04) CASTRO, R. H, R.; USHAKOV, S. V.; GENGEMBRE, L.; GOUVEA, D.; NAVROTSKY, A.Retaining large surface areas in alumina powders during high-temperature annealing is a major challenge in applications as catalyst supports and ceramic precursors. This is because the alumina surface area drastically decreases with transformation from the γ modification (defect spinel structure) into the a modification (corundum structure). The objective of this work is to show the thermodynamic basis of using additives, such as Zr and Mg, to control the γ-Al 2O 3 surface and bulk energetics and to manipulate the transformation temperature and surface area. These additives are observed to change the pattern of phase transformation and densification. Direct measurements of heats of solution in a lead borate melt of pure and doped alumina as a function of surface area enabled us to experimentally derive trends in the surface energies of hydroxylated surfaces. Accounting for heats of water adsorption measured on pure and doped alumina surfaces allowed us to delineate the thermodynamic effects of hydration on surface energies. Zr-doped γ-alumina showed a higher energy of the hydroxylated surface than did pure γ-alumina but showed a lower energy of the anhydrous surface. Mg addition does not change surface energies significantly but decreases the energetic instability of the bulk γ phase. © 2006 American Chemical Society.
- Risk analysis and environmental impact analysis in a chemical processing facility(2009-01-05) Maristhela Passoni de Araújo Marin; TAMBOURGI, E. B.The present work provides a method of risk analysis in chemical processing facilities, which consists primarily of the following steps: description and study of the system, hazard analysis and identification, identification of the accidental scenarios, calculation of the consequences of the scenarios and risk characterization. To illustrate the application of the method, an uranium hexafluoride production facility was selected. The main hazards identified were: fire, explosion, spill of toxic chemical substances and ground contamination due to problems in the waterproof blanket of the waste contention bund. Some cases of environmental impact due to uranium hexafluoride (UF6) release were quantitatively analyzed for different scenarios, considering two categories of atmospheric stability: Pasquill D and Pasquill F. It was found that the impact which reached a great external area around the plant corresponded to the condition of atmospheric stability F. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Optimal control of heat exchanger networks(2009-01-05) Luis Novazzi; ZEMP, R. J.Energy integration among chemical process streams can lead to quite complex heat exchanger networks (HEN) with difficulties in terms of control. In the HEN, the control system primary objective is to keep outlet stream temperatures in a specified range. This objective can be achieved by manipulating bypasses in the exchangers or heat loads in coolers or heaters, which results in a positive degree of freedom, since the number of possible manipulated variables is greater than the number of controlled variables. Thus, a secondary control objective can be set: minimization of utility consumption. In this work HEN dynamics and steady state aspects were addressed with the aim of proposing a control strategy that minimizes utility consumption and satisfies imposed restrictions. With the tools developed in this work it was proposed a feedforward optimal control strategy, which consisted in the minimization of a steady state objective function, connected to utility consumption and subjected to constraints in outlet stream temperatures. The suggested approach is an interesting one since rigid or flexible control objectives can be set. The solution of the minimization problem resulted in optimal bypasses positions in the HEN, which were dynamically implemented using a ramp function and a step function. It was verified that ramp implementation was better, with tolerable dynamic violations. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Optimization of the transesterification reaction in biodiesel production and determination of density and viscosity of biodiesel/diesel blends at several temperatures(2011-05-12) SANTOS, R. O.; COMPRI, T. G.; Andreia de Araújo Morandim Giannetti; Ricardo TorresWaste frying oil has been used to optimize the production of biodiesel. Biodiesel was prepared through sodium ethoxide catalyzed methanolysis from the transesterification of recycled waste frying oil. Optimization of the transesterification reaction for biodiesel production was carried out by means of statistical analyses using ANOVA. The optimum conditions for reaction were the following: a oil-methanol mole ratio of 1:9, temperature of 50 °C, catalyst mass fraction of 0.9 %, and reaction time of 40 min, which enabled a yield of 98.7 % determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis. The density and viscosity of biodiesel/diesel blends have been determined as a function of composition at several temperatures. © 2011 American Chemical Society.
- Effect of lubricant on mechanical and rheological properties of compatibilized PP/sawdust composites(2013-05-15) BETTINI, S. H. P.; JOSEFOVICH, M. P. P. M.; MUNOZ, P. A. R.; LOTTI, C.; MATTOSO, L. H. C.An investigation was performed regarding the effect of compatibilizer and lubricant concentrations on the mechanical and rheological properties of polypropylene/sawdust composites using two-level factorial central composite design. Maleic anhydride grafted PP (PP-g-MA) was used as compatibilizer and the lubricant used was Struktol TPW 113. Composites without these additives were also prepared. Processing was carried out in a co-rotating twin-screw extruder coupled to a Haake rheometer. Mechanical properties were assessed from tensile tests and rheological properties were evaluated by oscillatory measurements and melt flow index (MFI) test. Tensile strength improved with increasing compatibilizer concentration in the composites and reached a maximum value in the absence of lubricant. When both additives were present tensile strength decreased, suggesting a possible interaction between lubricant and compatibilizer, reducing efficiency of the latter. The general trend observed for rheological results was a decrease in complex viscosity, storage modulus and MFI when both additives were present. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.