North Eastern Hill University

About: North Eastern Hill University is a education organization based out in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Catalysis. The organization has 2318 authors who have published 4476 publications receiving 48894 citations.

Physico-chemical aspects of calcium vanadate apatite

Abstract: By appropriate modifications of existing precipitation methods, a sample of calcium vanadate apatite, Ca10(VO4)6(OH)2 was prepared at 110°C. It was characterized through X-ray, electron microscopic, infrared and thermoanalytical analyses in addition to chemical analysis. Equilibrating the sample in buffered aqueous media at 37° C, the solubility was measured using microanalytical techniques of Ca2+ and VO4 3− present in the saturated solutions after separating the colloidal component of the solute. Duration of equilibration for the attainment of saturation of the solution of the sample was obtained from a study on its dissolution kinetics. The pK ip of calcium vanadate apatite was found to be 107.09. The investigation showed that pK ip was independent of the presence of the common ions.

Influence of increased environmental water salinity on gluconeogenesis in the air-breathing walking catfish, Clarias batrachus

Abstract: The present study was aimed at determining the effect of hypertonicity due to increased environmental water salinity on gluconeogenesis in air-breathing walking catfish (Clarias batrachus). In situ exposure to hypertonic saline solution (150 mM NaCl) led to a significant stimulation of glucose efflux due to gluconeogenesis from the liver after 7 days with further elevation after 14 days in the presence of each of the three potential gluconeogenic substrates (lactate, pyruvate, and glutamate). This was accompanied by significant increase of activities of three key gluconeogenic enzymes, namely phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), fructose 1,6-biphosphatase (FBPase), and glucose 6-phosphatase (G6Pase) in liver and kidney by about twofold to threefold. Environmental hypertonicity also led to a significant elevation in the levels of PEPCK, FBPase, and G6Pase enzyme proteins in both the tissues by about 2- to 2.75-fold, accompanied by a significant elevation in the level of PEPCK mRNA by about 2- to 2.5-fold after 7 days, and further enhancement to about 3.5- to 4-fold after 14 days. Thus, the upregulation of PEPCK, FBPase. and G6Pase activities appears to be a result of transcriptional regulation of these genes. The induction of gluconeogenesis under environmental hypertonicity, which this catfish faces regularly in its natural habitat, possibly occurs as a consequence of changes in hydration status/cell volume of different cell types. This would certainly assist in maintaining glucose homeostasis, and also for a proper energy supply to support metabolic demands for ion transport and other altered metabolic processes under various environmental hypertonic stress-related insults.

Interaction of caffeine and sulfadiazine with lysozyme adsorbed at colloidal metal nanoparticle interface: influence on drug transport ability and antibacterial activity

Abstract: The modulated bioactivity of proteins immobilized on nanoparticle (NP) interfaces is of tremendous interest toward designing better therapeutic and diagnostic tools. In this work, binding behavior ...