• 대한화학회지
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.439-446
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• 2003

Au와 Ag 콜로이드 단일막 표면위에 흡착된 4-biphenylcarboxylic acid(BPCA)의 유도체인 4''-cyano-BPCA(c-BPCA), 4''-mercapto-BPCA(m-BPCA), 그리고 4''-amino-BPCA(a-BPCA)가 어떠한 배향을 하는지 알아보기 위해 표면증강라만(SER)분광법을 이용하여 연구하였다. 체계적인 분석을 위해 benzoic acid, biphenyl, 그리고 BPCA의 분자 배향에 대한 정보를 기본으로 위 분자들에 대한 흡착정보를 유추해내었다. 배향에 대한 정보를 위해 벤젠고리 모드, C-H 신축진동모드, carboxylate 음이온의 신축진동모드, 그리고 각각의 주요 작용기에 해당되는 모드들의 거동변화를 살펴보았으며 이로부터 m-BPCA는 thiol 그룹이 금속에 흡착되고 biphenyl 그룹이 기울어 서 있는 형태를 취하고 있고 나머지 분자들은 금속표면에 편평한 형태로 흡착됨을 알아내었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.613-620
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• 1992

The solvent-dependent photophysical properties of 2-biphenylcarboxylic acid (2BPCA) and 4-biphenylcarboxylic acid(4BPCA), which have a pre-twisted conformation in the ground state, have been investigated. The fluorescence spectra of 4BPCA show vibrational structure with a non-mirror image to the absorption spectra in nonpolar solvent while those of 2BPCA show no structure even in nonpolar solvents. As the solvent polarity increases, the fluorescence spectra become diffuse and broad with a strong red shift resulting in the large Stokes shift. The large fluorescence Stokes shift of BPCA's in polar solvent is also partially due to an intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) interaction in the excited state, as demonstrated by the large dipole moment in the excited state (7.6-10.6 D). The fluorescence decay behaviors of BPCA's (decay-times and their pre-exponential factors) also depend on solvent polarity in agreement with the solvent-dependent properties of the steady-state fluorecence. The data have been discussed in terms of change in the excited-state potential energy surface with respect to change of the dihedral angle of biphenyl moiety.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.704-708
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• 1993

The intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) phenomena of the photoexcited 2-biphenylcarboxylic acid (2BPCA) and 4-biphenylcarboxylic acid (4BPCA) have been investigated in some surfactant micellar solutions. The ICT emission of 4BPCA and 2BPCA in aqueous solution at sufficiently low pH (1-3) has been observed to be markedly quenched and blue-shifted upon addition of a cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC) in contrast to little change in anionic sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and neutral Brij 35. An anionic emission band has been observed to be enhanced at expense of the ICT emission as a function of the concentration of CTAC. These results with the micellar effects on the fluorescence decay kinetics of 4BPCA suggest that formation of the ICT state of the excited acids is inhibited by CTAC-induced proton transfer as well as the decrease in the polarity and/or hydrogen-bonding ability of the micellar microenvironment entrapping the acids.

• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.49-58
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• 2023

Early-stage lung cancer is the deadliest form of the disease. In this study, we investigated the anticancer activity of 5-bromoprotocatechualdehyde (BPCA) extracted from the seaweed Polysiphonia morrowii Harvey (P. morrowii) in lung cancer H460 cells. We extracted P. morrowii powder thrice with 80% aqueous methanol and separated the extract using high-performance liquid chromatography. We then tested BPCA's effects on cell viability, apoptosis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, and protein expression Our results showed that BPCA inhibited tumor cell growth and ROS production and induced apoptosis through mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and AKT signaling pathways in lung cancer cells. When BPCA was combined with hydrogen peroxide, ROS production and apoptosis increased even further due to the regulation of AKT signaling and JNK-MAPKs pathways. These findings suggest that BPCA induces lung-cancer-cell death through ROS-mediated phosphorylation in AKT/MAPK signaling. This could lead to the development of new and effective treatments for early-stage lung cancer.