Allyl rhodanine azo dye derivatives: Potential antimicrobials target d-alanyl carrier protein ligase and nucleoside diphosphate kinase.

3-Allyl-5-(4-arylazo)-2-thioxothiazolidine-4-one (HLn ) ligands (where n = 1 to 3) were hypothesized to have antimicrobial activities mediated through inhibition of new antimicrobial targets. The ligands (HLn ) were synthesized and characterized by infrared (IR) and 1 H nuclear magnetic resonance (1 H NMR) spectra. The ligands (HLn ) were in silico screened to their potential inhibition to models of d-alanyl carrier protein ligase (DltA) (from Bacillus cereus, PDB code 3FCE) and nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDK) (from Staphylococcus aureus; PDB code 3Q8U). HL3 ligand has the best energy and mode of binding to both NDK and DltA, even though its binding to DltA was stronger than that to NDK. In antimicrobial activity of HL3 ligand, morphological and cytological changes in HL3 -treated bacteria agreed with the in silico results. The HL3 ligand showed significant antimicrobial activity against B. cereus, S. aureus, and Fusarium oxysporium. The HL3 -treated bacterial cells appeared malformed and incompletely separated. Its cell walls appeared electron-lucent and ruptured. They contained more mesosomes than normal cells. It was found that the HL3 ligand represented as a bactericide against B. cereus and S. aureusby blocking target DltA, and may target NDK.

Removal of hazardous azopyrazole dye from an aqueous solution using rice straw as a waste adsorbent: Kinetic, equilibrium and thermodynamic studies.

In this research, activated carbonmade from rice straw (ACRS) was synthesized simply by a low cost and nontoxic procedure and used for the adsorption of hazardous azopyrazole dye. The effect of different variables in the batch method as a function of solution pH, contact time, concentration of adsorbate, adsorbent dosage and temperature were investigated and optimal experimental conditions were ascertaine. Surface modification of ACRS using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was obtained. More than 75% removal efficiency was obtained within 75min at adsorbent dose of 0.5g for initial dye concentration of 30-100mgL(-1) at pH 3. The experimental equilibrium data were tested by the isotherm models namely, Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption and the isotherm constants were determined. The kinetic data obtained with different initial concentration and temperature were analyzed using a pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order equations. The activation energy of adsorption was also evaluated and found to be +13.25kJmol(-1) indicating that the adsorption is physisorption. The thermodynamics of the adsorption indicated spontaneous and exothermic nature of the process. The results indicate that ACRS could be employed as low-cost material for the removal of acid dyes from aqueous solution.

Adsorption of Acid Red 57 from aqueous solutions onto polyacrylonitrile/activated carbon composite.

The adsorption of Acid Red 57 (AR57) onto Polyacrylonitrile/activated carbon (PAN/AC) composite was investigated in aqueous solution in a batch system with respect to contact time, pH and temperature. Physical characteristics of (PAN/AC) composite such as fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were obtained. Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption models were applied to describe the equilibrium isotherms and the isotherm constants were determined. The activation energy of adsorption was also evaluated for the adsorption of AR57 onto (PAN/AC) composite. The pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetic models were used to describe the kinetic data. The dynamic data fitted the pseudo-second-order kinetic model well. The activation energy, change of free energy, enthalpy and entropy of adsorption were also evaluated for the adsorption of AR57 onto (PAN/AC) composite. The thermodynamics of the adsorption indicated spontaneous and exothermic nature of the process. The results indicate that (PAN/AC) composite could be employed as low-cost material for the removal of acid dyes from textile effluents.