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Tian D, Huang L, Zhang Z, Tian Z, Ge S, Wang C, Hu Y, Wang Y, Yang J. A novel approach for quantitative determination of cellulose content in tobacco via 2D HSQC NMR spectroscopy. Carbohydr Res 2023; 526:108790. [PMID: 36933368 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2023.108790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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Cellulose is an important component of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) cell walls, which can be precursors for many harmful compounds in smoke. Traditional cellulose content analysis methods involve sequential extraction and separation steps, which are time-consuming and environmentally unfriendly. In this study, a novel method was first introduced to analyze cellulose content in tobacco via two-dimensional heteronuclear single quantum coherence (2D HSQC) NMR spectroscopy. The method was based on derivatization approach to allow the dissolution of insoluble polysaccharide fractions of tobacco cell walls in DMSO‑d6/pyridine-d5 (4:1 v/v) for NMR analysis. The NMR results suggested that besides the main NMR signals of cellulose, partial signals of hemicellulose including mannopyranose, arabinofuranose, and galactopyranose units could also be identified. In addition, the utilization of relaxation reagents has proved to be an effective way to improve the sensitivity of 2D NMR spectroscopy, which was beneficial for quantification of biological samples with limited quantities. To overcome the limitations of quantification using 2D NMR, the calibration curve of cellulose with 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene as internal reference was constructed and thus the accurate measurement of cellulose in tobacco was achieved. Compared with the chemical method, the interesting method was simple, reliable, and environmentally friendly, which provided a new insight for quantitative determination and structure analysis of plant macromolecules in complex samples.
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- Dayu Tian
- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Technology Center, China Tobacco Auhui Industrial Co., Ltd., No.9 Tianda Road, Hefei, 230088, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Tobacco Chemistry in Anhui Province, China Tobacco Auhui Industrial Co., Ltd., No.9 Tianda Road, Hefei, 230088, People's Republic of China.
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- Technology Center, China Tobacco Auhui Industrial Co., Ltd., No.9 Tianda Road, Hefei, 230088, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Tobacco Chemistry in Anhui Province, China Tobacco Auhui Industrial Co., Ltd., No.9 Tianda Road, Hefei, 230088, People's Republic of China
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- Technology Center, China Tobacco Auhui Industrial Co., Ltd., No.9 Tianda Road, Hefei, 230088, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Tobacco Chemistry in Anhui Province, China Tobacco Auhui Industrial Co., Ltd., No.9 Tianda Road, Hefei, 230088, People's Republic of China
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- Technology Center, China Tobacco Auhui Industrial Co., Ltd., No.9 Tianda Road, Hefei, 230088, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Tobacco Chemistry in Anhui Province, China Tobacco Auhui Industrial Co., Ltd., No.9 Tianda Road, Hefei, 230088, People's Republic of China
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- Technology Center, China Tobacco Auhui Industrial Co., Ltd., No.9 Tianda Road, Hefei, 230088, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Tobacco Chemistry in Anhui Province, China Tobacco Auhui Industrial Co., Ltd., No.9 Tianda Road, Hefei, 230088, People's Republic of China
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- Technology Center, China Tobacco Auhui Industrial Co., Ltd., No.9 Tianda Road, Hefei, 230088, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Tobacco Chemistry in Anhui Province, China Tobacco Auhui Industrial Co., Ltd., No.9 Tianda Road, Hefei, 230088, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Tobacco Chemistry in Anhui Province, China Tobacco Auhui Industrial Co., Ltd., No.9 Tianda Road, Hefei, 230088, People's Republic of China.
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Du Y, Frank D, Chen Z, Struppe J, Su Y. Ultrafast magic angle spinning NMR characterization of pharmaceutical solid polymorphism: A posaconazole example. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2023; 346:107352. [PMID: 36535214 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2022.107352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Protons represent the most NMR-sensitive nucleus in pharmaceutical compounds. Therefore, proton-detected solid-state NMR techniques under fast magic angle spinning are among the few solutions to overcome the challenge of low sensitivity to analyze natural abundant drug substances and products. In this study, we report the structural characterization of crystal polymorphs of a commercial drug molecule, posaconazole, with a relatively large molecular weight of 700.8 g·mol-1 and at the natural abundance. The enhanced sensitivity and resolution at 100 kHz MAS enables the exploration of the distinct intermolecular packing in posaconazole forms I, III, and γ. These results demonstrate that proton-detected homo- and heteronuclear correlation methods can probe the structural details of pharmaceutical polymorphism.
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- Yong Du
- Analytical Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Process Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Analytical Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Analytical Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
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Solid State NMR a Powerful Technique for Investigating Sustainable/Renewable Cellulose-Based Materials. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14051049. [PMID: 35267872 PMCID: PMC8914817 DOI: 10.3390/polym14051049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) is a powerful and attractive characterization method for obtaining insights into the chemical structure and dynamics of a wide range of materials. Current interest in cellulose-based materials, as sustainable and renewable natural polymer products, requires deep investigation and analysis of the chemical structure, molecular packing, end chain motion, functional modification, and solvent–matrix interactions, which strongly dictate the final product properties and tailor their end applications. In comparison to other spectroscopic techniques, on an atomic level, ssNMR is considered more advanced, especially in the structural analysis of cellulose-based materials; however, due to a dearth in the availability of a broad range of pulse sequences, and time consuming experiments, its capabilities are underestimated. This critical review article presents the comprehensive and up-to-date work done using ssNMR, including the most advanced NMR strategies used to overcome and resolve the structural difficulties present in different types of cellulose-based materials.
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Tackling quantitative polymorphic analysis through fixed-dose combination tablets production. Pyrazinamide polymorphic assessment. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2020; 194:113786. [PMID: 33281002 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2020.113786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Pyrazinamide (PZA), Rifampicin (RIF), Isoniazid (ISH) and Ethambutol (ETB) form the core for the treatment of Tuberculosis, today a devastating disease in low-income populations around the world. These drugs are usually administrated by fixed-dose combination (FDC) products, to favour the patient compliance and prevent bacterial resistance. PZA exists in four enantiotropically-related polymorphs (Forms α, δ, β and γ), but only Form α is considered suitable for pharmaceutical products due to its stability and bioavailability properties. The classical approaches to address solid-state (microscopy, X-ray diffraction and calorimetry) shows limitations for quantification of polymorphs in the presence of excipients and other active components, as in the case of FDC tablets. In this work, an overall strategy was developed using near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) coupled to partial least squares regression (PLS) to quantify Form α of PZA in drug substance (raw material) and PZA/RIF/ISH-FDC tablets. For this purpose, two PLS models were constructed, one for drug substance preparing training (n = 30) and validation (n = 18) samples with a ternary composition (Form α/Form δ/Form γ), and other for FDC drug products, also including the appropriate amount of RIF, ISH and the matrix of excipients in order to simulate the environment of PZA/RIF/ISH association. The NIR-PLS models were optimized using a novel smart approach based on radial optimization (full range, 3 L V and MSC-D' and SNV-D' as pre-treatment, for raw material and FDC tablets, respectively). During the validation step, both methods showed no bias or systematic errors and yielded satisfactory recoveries (102.5 ± 3.1 % for drug substance and 98.7 ± 1.5 % for FDC tablets). When commercial drug substance was tested, NIR-PLS was able to predict the content of Form α (0.98 ± 0.01 w/w). The model for FDC tablets allowed estimating polymorphic purity in intact (0.984 ± 0.003 w/w), sectioned (0.986 ± 0.002 w/w), and powered (0.985 ± 0.004 w/w) tablets, showing the methodology could be applied to a different stage of the process (i.e premixed-powders or granulates). The suitability of the method was also verified when Form α was satisfactorily analysed in FDC fortified with Form δ and Form γ to reach 0.78, 0.88 and 0.98 w/w, Form α. This strategy results in an excellent alternative to ensure the polymorphic purity of PZA throughout the overall pharmaceutical manufacturing process.
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Harnessing the Residual Nutrients in Anaerobic Digestate for Ethanol Fermentation and Digestate Remediation Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FERMENTATION 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/fermentation6020052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study evaluated the feasibility of concomitant nutrient removal, cleaner water recovery, and improved ethanol production via glucose fermentation in the liquid fraction of anaerobic digestate (ADE) by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The 25%, 50%, and 100% (v/v) ADE supported the growth of S. cerevisiae, glucose utilization (~100 g/L) and ethanol production (up to 50.4 ± 6.4 g/L). After a 144 h fermentation in the 50% ADE, the concentrations of ammonia, total nitrogen, phosphate, and total phosphorus decreased 1000-, 104.43-, 1.94-, and 2.20-fold, respectively. Notably, only 0.40 ± 0.61 mg/L ammonia was detected in the 50% ADE post-fermentation. Similarly, the concentrations of aluminum, copper, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, potassium, sodium, iron, sulfur, zinc, chloride, and sulfate decreased significantly in the ADE. Further analysis suggests that the nitrogen (ammonia and protein), phosphate, and the metal contents of the digestate work in tandem to promote growth and ethanol production. Among these, ammonia and protein appear to exert considerable effects on S. cerevisiae. These results represent a significant first step towards repurposing ADE as a resource in bio-production of fuels and chemicals, whilst generating effluent that is economically treatable by conventional wastewater treatment technologies.
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Holmes ST, Engl OG, Srnec MN, Madura JD, Quiñones R, Harper JK, Schurko RW, Iuliucci RJ. Chemical Shift Tensors of Cimetidine Form A Modeled with Density Functional Theory Calculations: Implications for NMR Crystallography. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:3109-3119. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c00421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Sean T. Holmes
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania 15301, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Physics, & Engineering, Franciscan University, Steubenville, Ohio 43952, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Center for Computational Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia 25755, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania 15301, United States
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