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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53959#.VN2ndCzQrzE Author(s)   Vennapusa Haritha , Harshadas Mitaram Meshram , Adari Bhaskar Rao *   Affiliation(s) Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India . ABSTRACT The study describes chemo-enzymatic synthesis of organic disulphide compounds. The reaction was initiated by hydrolysis of thiol acetates using hydrolytic enzyme lipase (PPL) immobilized on to magnetic nanoparticles and subsequent formation of organic disulphide compounds. Lipase was immobilized on to the magnetic nanoparticles by co-precipitation method via epichlorohydrin chitosan cross-linking, under mild and eco-friendly conditions. The immobilized lipase enzyme exhibited broad range of substrate specificity in synthesizing disulphide compounds, which involves both intra and inter-molecular disulphide bond formation ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51194#.VFsoC2fHRK0 Author(s) Florinda Fratianni 1 , Rosa Pepe 2 , Filomena Nazzaro 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Istituto di Scienze dell’Alimentazione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISA-CNR), Via Roma, Italy . 2 Experimental Institute for Vegetable Crops—CRA, Pontecagnano, Italy . ABSTRACT Biochemical characteristics, antimicrobial and quorum quenching activity of the extract of the “Carciofo di Montoro”, a typical ecotype of Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus of the Campania region (Southern Italy) were studied, to consider it as potential reserve of bioactive constituents useful for food industry and beneficial for managing and pr...