Polyethylene glycols, complex formation

Interaction energies (heats of adsorption) of test compounds on carbosil change in a. sequence characteristic of graphitized blacks [43] with which the compounds interact in a non-specific way q > q°t,B- That is why higher values of a were obtained in case of silica gel. PEG deposition on silica surface, however, causes selectivity decrease whereas the coefficient a increases on carbosil modified with glycol (Table 1). A considerable increase is observed after polyethylene glycol monolayer formation on the complex adsorbent surface. 

Makkar HPS, Blummel M, Becker K. Formation of complexes between polyvinyl pyr-rolidones or polyethylene glycols and tannins, and their implication in gas production and tme digestibility in in vitro techniques. British Journal of Nutrition.1995 73 ... 

It should be pointed out that the addition of substances, which could improve the biocompatibility of sol-gel processing and the functional characteristics of the silica matrix, is practiced rather widely. Polyethylene glycol) is one of such additives [110— 113]. Enzyme stabilization was favored by formation of polyelectrolyte complexes with polymers. For example, an increase in the lactate oxidase and glycolate oxidase activity and lifetime took place when they were combined with poly(N-vinylimida-zole) and poly(ethyleneimine), respectively, prior to their immobilization [87,114]. To improve the functional efficiency of entrapped horseradish peroxidase, a graft copolymer of polyvinylimidazole and polyvinylpyridine was added [115,116]. As shown in Refs. [117,118], the denaturation of calcium-binding proteins, cod III parvalbumin and oncomodulin, in the course of sol-gel processing could be decreased by complexation with calcium cations. 

Phosphate -ester cross-linked polyethylene glycol)s [60] are obtained from the condensation of glycols with POCl3. Partition of Li-trifluoro-methanesulfonate-LiCF3S03 between acetone solution and the polymer gel results in the formation of the electrolyte salt complexes [60],... 

Preservatives such as sodium benzoate, sorbic acid, and methyl and propyl parabens have been used in liquid and semisolid dosage forms. There have been reports that the parabens have been inactivated when used in the presence of various surfactants. This loss of activity was thought to be due to the formation of complexes between the preservative and the surfactant. The interaction between polysorbate (Tween) 80 and the parabens has been demonstrated by a dialysis technique (Ravin and Radebaugh, 1990). It has also been shown that molecular complexes form when the parabens are mixed with polyethylene glycol (PEG) and methylcellulose. The degree of binding was less than that observed with Tween 80. Sorbic acid also interacts with Tweens but does not interact with PEGs. The quaternary ammonium compounds are also bound by Tween 80, which reduces their preservative activity. 

Harada, A. and Kataoka, K. (1995) Formation of polyion complex micelles in an aqueous milieu from a pair of oppositely-charged block copolymers with polyethylene glycol) segments. Macromolecules, 28, 5294-5299. 

Inclusion properties of molecular nanotubes composed of crosslinked a-cyclodextrin was investigated [47], Induced circular dichroism was used to probe the formation and dissociation of complexes between the nanotubes and azobenzene modified polyethylene glycol), either with or without a hydrophobic alkyl chain. The inclusion complex between the nanotubes and polymers formed at room temperature, and the polymers dissociated from the nanotubes with increasing temperature. 

The formation of salt bridges in polyelectrolyte/protein complexes is widely accepted. Direct evidences for the release of counterions upon association of the macromolecular partners are however scarcely reported. Potentio-metric studies were found to reveal the ionization or neutralization of proteins in polymer complexes, i.e., a pKa shift of ionizable residues when an association took place [23,25,30], In the presence of neutral polyethylene glycol, pepsin was shown to take up protons from the solution [30], On the contrary, bovine serum albumin released protons from the addition of poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (Figure 5). Despite the simplicity of both the method and the quantitative measurement of a number of ions released per protein, an interpretation in terms of a number of local bridges... 

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