Hexanes

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Analysis of n-hexane, 2-hexanone, 2,5-hexanedione, and related chemicals by capillary gas chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography. 
  • Atomic contributions to the optical rotation angle as a quantitative probe of molecular chirality. 
  • Biological treatment of mixtures of toluene and n-hexane vapours in a hollow fibre membrane bioreactor. 
  • Induction of cytochrome P450 isozymes by simultaneous inhalation exposure of hens to n-hexane and methyl iso-butyl ketone (MiBK). 
  • Interaction between neurotoxicities induced by organophosphorus and long-chain hexacarbon compounds. 
  • Mechanisms of joint neurotoxicity of n-hexane, methyl isobutyl ketone and O-ethyl O-4-nitrophenyl phenylphosphonothioate in hens. 
  • Pattern of neurotoxicity of n-hexane, methyl n-butyl ketone, 2,5-hexanediol, and 2,5-hexanedione alone and in combination with O-ethyl O-4-nitrophenyl phenylphosphonothioate in hens. 
  • Protein-bound pyrroles in rat hair following subchronic intraperitoneal injections of 2,5-hexanedione. 
  • Safety of a preservative system containing 1,2-hexanediol and caprylyl glycol. 
  • Studies of the molecular pathogenesis of hexane neuropathy. I. evaluation of the inhibition of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase by 2,5-hexanedione. 
  • Studies of the molecular pathogenesis of hexane neuropathy. II. Evidence that pyrrole derivatization of lysyl residues leads to protein crosslinking. 
  • The n-hexane and chloroform fractions of Piper betle L. trigger different arms of immune responses in BALB/c mice and exhibit antifilarial activity against human lymphatic filarid Brugia malayi. 
  • The relative neurotoxicities of n-hexane, methyl n-butyl ketone, 2,5-hexanediol, and 2,5-hexanedione following oral or intraperitoneal administration in hens. 
  • The synergism of n-hexane-induced neurotoxicity by methyl isobutyl ketone following subchronic (90 days) inhalation in hens: induction of hepatic microsomal cytochrome P-450.