Interaction of hyaluronan (NaHy) with the quaternary salt, benzalkonium chloride (BAC), was studied. Based on the DLS experiments, viscometry and surface tension measurements executed on hyaluronan samples with two molecular weights of Mw=1.8 MDa and Mw=0.35 MDa, the hypothesis was proposed suggesting that at certain BAC concentrations, hyaluronan can form aggregates, which lead to increase of the polymer coil size measured as z-average diameter. Moreover, it was confirmed that within the whole range of BAC concentrations, repeated variations in size and conformations of polymer coils occur, being connected with the critical micellar concentration of BAC and with hydrophobic interactions of non-polar segments of BAC with hyaluronan hydrophobic domains. Tensiometry, DLS and viscometry data support the assumption that variations of thermodynamical "favourability" of BAC-BAC or NaHy-BAC interactions take place in hyaluronan solutions, based on the BAC concentration.

• Klíčová slova
• Critical micellar concentration, Dynamic light scattering, Hyaluronan, Hyaluronan conformation, Hyaluronan hydrophobic interactions, Quarternary salts,
• MeSH
• benzalkoniové sloučeniny chemie   MeSH
• konformace sacharidů MeSH
• kyselina hyaluronová chemie   MeSH
• micely MeSH
• povrchové napětí MeSH
• roztoky MeSH
• soli chemie   MeSH
• velikost částic * MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• benzalkoniové sloučeniny MeSH
• kyselina hyaluronová MeSH
• micely MeSH
• roztoky MeSH
• soli MeSH

A procedure for the determination of chromium is described based on synergistic pre-concentration of the chromate anion at a carbon paste electrode modified in situ with quarternary ammonium salts such as 1-ethoxycarbonylpentadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (Septonex((R))), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) or cetylpyridinium bromide (CPB). The proper electrochemical detection utilises the reduction Cr(VI) --> Cr(III) performed in the differential pulse cathodic voltammetric mode. In discussion, considerable attention has been paid to the accumulation mechanism at the carbon paste electrode in the presence of surfactants. Furthermore, after optimising the corresponding experimental conditions (0.1-0.3M HCl + 0.1M NaCl as the supporting electrolyte, 2.5-25muM as the total concentration of modifier, pre-concentration at +0.7V versus Ag/AgCl and the stripping from +0.7 to -0.4V), the analytical performance of the method has been evaluated. The signal of interest was reproducible within +/-8% and proportional to the concentration in a range of 0.5-50muM CrO(4)(2-), with a limit of detection (S/N = 3:1) of about 5x10(-8)M CrO(4)(2-) (with accumulation for 300s). Interference studies were focused mainly on the species capable of forming ion-pairs with the modifier; i.e., TlCl(4)(-), AuCl(4)(-), PdCl(4)(2-), PtCl(6)(2-), VO(4)(3-), MnO(4)(-) and I(-). Practical applicability of the method was tested on model solutions via the recovery rates (typically 90-110%) or using selected certified reference materials (tea, bush leaves, clover) and two samples of black tea when the respective results were compared to those obtained by the reference determinations with ICP-AES.

• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH