Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules: Modern Trends

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Structural Characterization of Unfolding Intermediates and Refolding Kinetics of the λ CRO Repressor by FTIR Spectroscopy....Pages 3-6
Temperature Induced Protein Unfolding and Refolding Studied by Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy....Pages 7-8
A New Perspective on Protein Structure and Dynamics from Raman Optical Activity....Pages 9-10
Raman Optical Activity as a Local Conformattonal Probe in Peptide Molecules: Experiment and Theory....Pages 11-12
Novel Approaches to Protein Structural Analyses Using Combinations of Optical Spectroscopic Methods (Electronic and Vibrational Circular Dichroism and Ftir Studies)....Pages 13-14
Application of the Factor Analysis to the Monitoring of the Changes in Protein Structure by Circular Dichroism....Pages 15-16
Attenuated total Reflectance Ftir Spectroscopy for the Study of Protein Secondary Structure....Pages 17-18
An Investigation of the Structure of Amiinoacids by the Method of Low Temperature IR Spectroscopy....Pages 19-20
Photokinetic Detection of Fluorescence Energy Transfer in Protein Assemblies Using Photobleaching of Energy Acceptor....Pages 21-22
Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Recombinant Elafin an Elastase Inhibitor....Pages 23-24
Measurement of Amide III Vibrational Circular Dichroism of Proteins....Pages 25-26
Vibrational Circular Dichroism Characterization Of Alanine-Rich Peptides....Pages 27-28
Orientations of Tyrosine Residues (Y21 and Y24) in Coat Protein Subunits of the Filamentous Virus fd ....Pages 29-30
High Resolution Solution NMR Structure of the Z Domain of Staphylococcal Protein A. Analysis of Secondary Structure for Free Z Domain and Bounded to IgG Antibody....Pages 31-32
Solution Conformations By NMR of Novel Peptides Related to Cell Wall Peptidoglycan....Pages 33-34
A Polyproline II Motif is Determined in MUC1 Mucin Synthetic (Glyco)-Peptides Using CD And NMR....Pages 35-36
The Temperature Dependence of Fibrinogen Molecule Conformational State....Pages 37-38
Modification of Ligand Load and Structure of Human Serum Albumin in Different Methods of Isolation....Pages 39-40
Structure of Camptothecin’s Complexes with Human Serum Albumin Probed by CD, Fluorescence & Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 41-42
Raman Studies of the First Hydration Shell of Some Hydrophobic Homopolypeptides....Pages 43-44
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
One-and Two-Dimensional 13 C- 1 H Nuclear Effect Overhauser Experiments in Elucidating Solute- Solvent Interactions in Amides and Peptides: Methodology and Applications....Pages 45-46
One Dimensional 13 C- 1 H Nuclear Overhauser Effect Experiments in Elucidating Solute-Solvent Interactions of CIS/Trans Isomers of β-Turn Model Peptides....Pages 47-48
Fluorescence Study of Structural Properties of Cytolisin from the See Anemone Radianthus Macrodactylus....Pages 49-50
Spectroscopic Investigations of Conformational Changes Induced in the Tet Repressor Protein Upon Effector Binding....Pages 51-52
Three — Dimensional Molecular Modeling, CD and Raman Studies of Plasmodium Falciparum Iron Superoxide Dismutase....Pages 53-54
A Chiral Co(II)-Thiolate Clusters Determination in Peptides by Circular Dichroism-Multicomponent Analysis....Pages 55-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Conformational Flexibility in Haem Proteins....Pages 59-62
Multinuclear NMR Studies of Hemoproteins and Synthetic Model Compounds in Solution and in the Solid State....Pages 63-66
The Mechanism of Photobiological Systems Studied by Time-Resolved Nanosecond Step-Scan FT-IR Spectroscopy....Pages 67-70
H-Bonds and Functional Properties of Bacteriochlorophyll Cofactors in Photosynthetic Proteins....Pages 71-74
 18 O Isotope Effects On 13 C Shielding and 57 Fe- 13 C Spin Couplings of the Fe-C-O Unit in Superstructured Hemoprotein Models....Pages 75-76
On The Axial Ligand Orientation of Heme Proteins and Model Compounds....Pages 77-78
Structural Characteristics and Dynamics Events in Hemoglobin I from Lucina Pectinata: Unusual Conformation of Propionates and Vinyls Heme Peripheral Groups....Pages 79-80
Fluorescent Study of the Conformational Properties of Myoglobin Structure....Pages 81-82
Electronic Absorption and Resonance Raman Spectroscopies to Investigate Heme Proteins....Pages 83-84
Correlations Between the Heme Structure and the Electronic Absorption and Resonance Raman Spectral Features in Heme Proteins....Pages 85-86
The Alkaline Conformational Equilibria of Cytochrome C Studied by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 87-88
Thermochromism of Water-Soluble Cationic 5, 10, 15, 20- Tetrakis (4-N-Trimethylphenylanilinium) Porphyrin Studied by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 89-90
On/off Switching of the Fluorescence of Porphyrin Supramolecular Aggregates Modulated by pH....Pages 91-92
Enhanced Raman Spectra of Porphyrins and N-Bases Adsorbed on Pd and Bimetallic (Ag)Pd Colloidal Particles....Pages 93-94
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Multifunctional Supramolecules Based on Tetrapyrrolic Macrocycles: Formation Principles, Structure and Spectroscopy....Pages 95-96
Raman Observation of Unusual Excited State Species in Axial Ligand Binding/Release Photoprocesses for NI(TMpy-P4) in Water....Pages 97-98
Characterization of the Primary Electron Donor of Monomeric and Trimeric Photosystem I, P700, by Electrochemistry and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Difference Spectroscopy....Pages 99-100
FTIR Difference Spectrum of the Photooxidation of the Primary Electron Donor of Photosystem II....Pages 101-102
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Reaction Centers from R. Spheroides on Modified Silver Surfaces....Pages 103-104
Secondary Structure of Photosystem II Reaction Centre Determined by FTIR Spectroscopy....Pages 105-106
Hydrogen Bonding to the Primary Electron Donor in Reaction Centers from RB. Sphaeroides : FTIR Characterization of a Series of Mutants at Residue M160....Pages 107-108
Light-Induced Conformational Change at Low Temperature in the Protein Binding Site of Heme c 556 in the Reaction Center of Rhodopseudomonas Viridis ....Pages 109-110
Localisation of Structural Changes of the α-Helices During the Photoreaction of Bacteriorhodopsin by FTIR Difference Spectroscopy of Site-Directed Isotope Labelled T46C-BR-Mutant....Pages 111-112
Interaction Between His211 and Glu122 in Rhodopsin: an FT-IR Study of Rhodopsin and Site-Directed Mutants....Pages 113-114
Structure-Function Studies on Rhodopsin and Rhodopsin Mutants....Pages 115-116
Ph Dependence of Proton Transfer Reactions within Bacteriorhodopsin: A Time-Resolved ATR/FT-IR Study....Pages 117-118
“Forbidden” Second Harmonic Generation in Bacteriorhodopsin: Steady-State and Time-Resolved Studies....Pages 119-120
Time-Resolved Resonance Raman Spectroscopic Study of the Photocycle of Halorhodopsin....Pages 121-122
Hydrogen Bonding and Environment Effects on N-Retinylidene N-Butyliminium Salts....Pages 123-124
Laser Flash Photolysis Study of Electron Transfer in Complex III from Yeast Mitochondria....Pages 125-126
Effects of Electronic States on the Bond Orders in the Macrocycles of Bacteriochlorophyll a and Bacteriopheophytin a as Revealed by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 127-128
Resonance Raman Spectroscopic Study of Recombinant Phytochromes....Pages 129-130
FT-IR Investigations of the Interconvertible Photoreactions of Phytochrome and Phycoerythrocyanin....Pages 131-132
Light-Minus-Dark Absorbance Spectra During Photoactive Pchlide Photoreduction....Pages 133-134
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Resonance Raman Spectroscopy Studies of Photosynthetic Carotenoid-Deficient Chromatophores of Rhodospirillum Rubrum ....Pages 135-136
Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Jet-Cooled Laser-Desorbed Phthalocyanines....Pages 137-138
The Redox Reaction of Type I Blue Copper Proteins....Pages 139-140
Transient Spectroscopic Investigation of the Proton Transfer Reactions in Hydroxyflavones....Pages 141-142
ATR Infrared Spectroscopy of Thin Layers of Carotenoids and Related Compounds....Pages 143-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Infrared Spectroscopy of Interactions Between Antibiotics and β-Lactamases/Transpeptidases....Pages 147-150
Structure and Dynamics of the Cytotoxic Ribonuclease α-Sarcin as Determined by NMR Spectroscopy....Pages 151-154
Molecular Events in the Folding Pathway of Ribonuclease T1 as Seen by Time-Resolved FTER Spectroscopy....Pages 155-156
Nucleotide Binding Effect on the Thermal Unfolding of Mitochondrial F 1 Atpase Monitored by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Fluorescence....Pages 157-158
Difference Infrared Spectroscopy of the Gastric H + , K + -Atpase....Pages 159-160
One-Electron Photooxidation Of Nadh: Laser Photolysis, Time-Resolved Raman And Ab Initio Mo Calculation Study....Pages 161-162
Functional Topology of the Bacterial RNA Polymerase....Pages 163-164
Relaxation of Supercoiled Plasmid DNA by DNA Topoisomerase I as Probed by Flow Linear Dichroism Technique....Pages 165-166
Effect on the Heme Cavity of Coprinus Cinereus Peroxidase (CEP) Upon Mutation of Distal Residues....Pages 167-168
Vibrational Study of the Co Complexes of R38L and H42L Horseradish Peroxidase Mutants....Pages 169-170
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Microperoxidase Adsorbed on Self-Assembled Monolayers....Pages 171-172
Quantification of Bacillus Pasteurii Urease Secondary Structure by Factor Analysis of FT-IR Spectra....Pages 173-174
Light-Induced Intramolecular Dynamics in Luciferin-Luciferase Bioluminescent System....Pages 175-176
Resonance Raman Studies of Bovine Soluble Guanylate Cyclase....Pages 177-178
Hydrido Rhenium (V) Complexes with Phosphines as Alternative Models of Nitrogenase....Pages 179-180
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Spectroscopic Characterization of the Nitrate Reductase from Pseudomonas Nautica 617....Pages 181-182
High Photosensitivity of the Active Site- Bound Pyridoxal Phosphate in Tryptophanase....Pages 183-184
Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Thermolysin in Different Water—Soluble Cosolvent Microenvironments....Pages 185-186
NMR, Circular Dichroism and Macro-Molecular Modeling Investigations of Natural Substrates in Thermolysin....Pages 187-188
Metal-Coordinated Phenoxyl Radical Complexes as Models for Active Sites in Redox Enzymes. A Resonance Raman Study....Pages 189-190
Resonance Raman Spectroscopic Study of the CAA 5 -Oxtoase from Thermus Thermophilus ....Pages 191-192
Spectroelectrochemical Investigations of Cytochrome C Oxidase on Chemically Modified Semitransparent Electrodes by FTIR-Spectroscopy....Pages 193-194
Kinetic Studies on the Photolysis of Co and CN Poisened Cytochrome C Oxidase from the Soil Bacterium Paracoccus Denitrificans by Rapid Scan FT-IR Spectroscopy....Pages 195-196
Electrochemically Induced FTIR Difference Spectra Show Protonation of ASP and GLU Side Chains of the Cytochrome C Oxidase from Paracoccus Denitrificans ....Pages 197-198
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
DNA Organization, Interactions and Dynamics in Viruses: New Insights from Raman and Ultraviolet Resonance Raman Investigations....Pages 201-204
Parallel and Antiparallel DNA Duplexes and Triplexes Studied by Vibrational Spectroscopy....Pages 205-208
 13 C Chemical Shifts and the Determination of DNA and RNA Structure....Pages 209-212
Analysis of the Vibrational Properties of Uridine and 5’-UMP Through Neutron Inelastic Scattering, Optical Spectroscopies and Quantum Mechanical Calculations....Pages 213-214
Frequencies and Structure of the 1,3-Deimethyluracil Devier....Pages 215-216
Hydration Of 1,3-Dimethyluracil in the Solid State by FT-IR and Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 217-218
Infrared Spectroscopic Study of 18 O(6)-Guanosbve....Pages 219-220
Concentration Effects on IR Bands of Some Mononucleotides in Aqueous Solution....Pages 221-222
FTIR Study of the V s (Po 3 2− ) Mode of 5’-DCMP in 2 H 2 O, Vibrational Relaxation Analysis....Pages 223-224
Effects of Mg 2+ Ions on the Vtbrational Relaxation of the Po 3 2− Group of 5’-CMP in Aqueous Solution....Pages 225-226
FTIR AND FT-Raman Spectra of ara-AMP, Assignment of Normal Modes from AB Initio HF/6-31G ** Force Field....Pages 227-228
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Normal Coordinate Analysis of a Nucleoside Analogue with Antiviral Activity, BDU....Pages 229-230
Reactivity of 3’-CMP with Reocl 3 (PPh 3 ) 2 . A FTIR Spectral Study....Pages 231-232
FT-Raman Spectra of Metal-Guanosine-5’-Monophosphate Complexes....Pages 233-234
Marker of Local Conformation of Oligonucleotides....Pages 235-236
NMR Solution Conformation of the Proposed Recombin Like Structure D(CCGCGG) 2 ....Pages 237-238
Impact of the Internucleotide Linkage Modification on the Conformation and Structural Properties of “Antisense” Oligonucleotides: Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 239-240
Common Structural Features of UNCG Tetraloops in Very Short Hairpins Determined by UV Absorption, Raman, IR and NMR Spectroscopies....Pages 241-242
Spectroscopic Studies of Unusual Nucleic Acid Structures and Conformational Transitions....Pages 243-244
Vibrational Raman Optical Activity of Polynucleotides....Pages 245-246
A Soft-Modelling Approach to Interpret PH-Dependent Thermodynamical and Conformational Transitions of Polynucleotides....Pages 247-248
Factor Analysis Resolution of the Different RNA Species Induced by pH and Temperature Changes....Pages 249-250
Single, Double and Triple-Strand forms of RNA Homopoly- Mers as Studied by Ethidium Fluorescence....Pages 251-252
Fluorescence Detection of DNA Hybridization in Homogeneous Media....Pages 253-254
Comparative Study of the DNA Helix to Coil Thermal Transition by Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy and Thermal Transition Spectrophotometry....Pages 255-256
Functional Structure of Tobacco Mosaic Virus RNA....Pages 257-258
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Investigation of Selectively-Substituted Monosaccharides by the Methods of Vibrational Spectroscopy and X-Ray Analysis....Pages 261-262
Analysis of the Complex Structure of Absorption Bands in the IR Spectrum of α-D-Glucose by Regularized Method of Deconvolution....Pages 263-264
Spectroscopy of Stereoisomeric forms of Mono- and Polysaccharides....Pages 265-266
Intramolecular Interactions and Vibrational Spectra of Carbohydrates....Pages 267-268
Structural Rigidity Vs. Structural Disorder in α-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Compounds....Pages 269-270
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Proton NMR Study of the Inclusion Complexes Between Cyclodextrevs and Sodium Alkanoates....Pages 271-272
Investigation of β-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes by Broad Band Dielectric Spectroscopy....Pages 273-274
Analysis of Uronic Acid in Pectic Material by FT-IR Spectroscopy....Pages 275-276
Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectroscopy of Carbohydrate Chains of α 1 Acid Glycoproteev....Pages 277-278
Low-Frequency Vibrational Spectroscopy of Carbohydrates....Pages 279-280
Interpretation of Raman and Sers Spectra of α-Methyl Glycoside N-Acetylneuraminic Acid....Pages 281-282
Raman Spectra of Polysaccharides from Skin and Some Aspects of Raman Spectra and Water Structure....Pages 283-284
FTR-Spectroscopic Study of Carbohydrates for Medical Purposes....Pages 285-286
The Photochromic Behaviour of Cellulose Studied by Fluorescence Spectroscopy....Pages 287-288
Study by FTIR of the Influence of Temperature on Sorghum Starch....Pages 289-290
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Biomembrane Models....Pages 293-296
Spectroscopic Studies of Cytochrome C Interaction with Lipid Membranes....Pages 297-300
Adsorption of functionalized biomembrane vesicles on crystalline surfaces monitored by FTIR- and Surface Enhanced FTIR Spectroscopy....Pages 301-302
Interaction of Equinatoxin II with Lipidic Vesicles....Pages 303-304
Membrane Binding of Different Water-Soluble Protein Conformers: Effect on Protein Structure and Stability....Pages 305-306
Spectroscopic Studies on Rhodopsin Stability and Function in Membranes. Effect of Dodecyl Maltoside Detergent....Pages 307-308
Fluorescence Study of the Interaction of Phospholipide Membranes with Drugs....Pages 309-310
Location of Ciprofloxacin Alkyl-Derivatives in Model Membranes Studied by Fluorimetric Techniques....Pages 311-312
Comparative Spectroscopic Study of Intact Cells and Cell Membranes of the Bacterium Azospirillum Brasilense ....Pages 313-314
Application of Island Films Technique to Fluorescence Studies of Microsomes....Pages 315-316
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Permeability Studies of Liposomes of Phosphatidylcholine and N-(Oleoyl/Linoleoyl)-Phosphatidylhydroxyamines: Modification of the Head Group....Pages 317-318
Sers and Fluorescence Studies of the Interaction of Exogenous Molecules with Phospholipid Planar Bilayers Used as a Simplified Membrane Model....Pages 319-320
Interactions of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics with Model Lipidic Membranes: An FT-IR Study....Pages 321-322
Unusual Phase Behavior of SN -2-(2-ALKYL) DPPC Derivatives Revealed by FTIR Spectroscopy, 31 P-NMR Spectroscopy, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, and X-Ray Diffraction....Pages 323-324
Thermotropic Behaviour of Ceramides/Oleic Acid Mixtures Studied by FT-Raman Spectroscopy and DSC....Pages 325-326
Spectroscopic and Morphologic Studies on the Lyotropic Phase Behaviour of Unsaturated Phospholipids....Pages 327-328
Infrared Spectroscopic Conformational Study of Synthetic Lipid a Part Structures....Pages 329-330
Aggregation Number of the n-Cetyl-β-D-Glucopyranoside Micelles in the Presence and Absence of Salt at 298.15 K by a Steady State Fluorescence Method....Pages 331-332
Analysis of Mixtures of Phospholipids in Dimethylformamide....Pages 333-334
Study of Cholesteryl Oleate-Dimyristoyl Phosphatidyl Choline Interactions by Vibrational Spectroscopy....Pages 335-336
Interaction Between Myelin Basic Protein and Cholesterol as Revealed by FTIR Spectroscopy....Pages 337-338
Lipid-Protein Interactions in Reconstituted Membranes Containing Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor....Pages 339-340
Orientation of Anthracyclines Into Phospholipid Bilayers Depending on Their Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Balance....Pages 341-342
CIS- and Trans-Parinaric Acids as Fluorescent Probes for Lipid Domains in Apolipoprotein-Phospholipid Recombinants....Pages 343-344
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
Supramolecular Chemistry: Recognition Processes in Nucleic Acid Systems....Pages 347-350
Role of the Porphyrin Excited States in their Interactions with DNA and DNA — Model Compounds in Aqueous Solutions....Pages 351-354
Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Complexes of Biotin and Biotin Derivatives with Avidin....Pages 355-356
Stability of the Interactions Between Adenine Derivatives and Serum Albumin: Proton NMR Study....Pages 357-358
Studies of the Nucleotide Binding Site of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca 2+ -Atpase with Time-Resolved FTIR Spectroscopy....Pages 359-360
Sers and Fluorescence Study of the Molecular Interactions of Camptothecins with DNA and DNA Topoisomerase I and in their Ternary Cleavable Complexes....Pages 361-362
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
Investigations into Lysozyme-Endotoxin Interactions with FT-IR Spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffraction....Pages 363-364
Binding of Transducin and Transducin-Derived Peptides to Rhodopsin Studied by ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy....Pages 365-366
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Study of Hypericin-Albumin Interaction....Pages 367-368
Conformational Analysis of DNA-RNA Polymerase Complexes....Pages 369-370
Study of Protein-Nucleic Acid Base Complexes Involving Amide Group....Pages 371-372
Conformation and Mechanism in DNA — Topoisomerase I as a Target of Antitumor Drugs: Optical Spectroscopy Approach....Pages 373-374
Interactions of Free Base Cationic Porphyrins with Nucleic Acids Monitored by the Porphyrin Metalation Kinetics in Sers Active Laser Ablated Ag Colloid Systems....Pages 375-376
Hypericin — an Antiretroviral and Antineoplastic Active Agent:....Pages 377-378
Absorption and Resonance Raman Characterization of Water-Soluble Co(II)- and Co(III)-Porphyrins in Interaction with Calf Thymus DNA....Pages 379-380
IR Spectra, Structure and Hydration Centers of Langmuir-Blodgett Films of the Complexes of Nucleic Acids and Cationic Surfactants....Pages 381-382
A Raman Spectroscopy Approach to the Interaction Between Chlorpheniramine and DNA....Pages 383-384
Interaction Of Adenine and Caffeine in the Solid State with Na(I), Ca(II), Mg(II) and Cu(II) Ions by FT-IR Spectroscopy....Pages 385-386
IR-Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies of the Divalent Metal Ion Binding To DNA....Pages 387-388
IR-Spectroscopic Study of Ca 2+ , Mn 2+ and Cu 2+ Ions Interaction with DNA in Solutions with Different Water Activity....Pages 389-390
Spectroscopic Studies of the Interactions Between DNA and Novel Polycyclic Acridine Derivatives....Pages 391-392
Resonance Raman Study on Photoinduced Interaction of Water-Soluble Cu-Porphyrin with Short Oligothymidylates....Pages 393-394
New Raman Data on Photoinduced Porphyrin Translocation and Exciplex Formation in Cu(TMpy-P4) — DNA Complex....Pages 395-396
Encapsulation of the Salicylic Acid/Salicylate System by Hydroxypropyl-β-Cyclodextrin at 25 °C. A Fluorescence Enhancement Study in Aqueous Solutions....Pages 397-398
Near-Infrared Raman and Visible Sers Investigation of the Molecular and Cellular Interaction of Differentiating Agent Dimethylcrocetin with Human Nuclear Retinoic Acid Receptor....Pages 399-400
Time Resolved Spectrofluorimetry Studies of Excimer Laser- Chromatin Interactions....Pages 401-402
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
FT-IR Studies of Propofol — Manganese Interactions....Pages 403-404
Interaction of all - Trans Retinoic Acid with the Human Rarγ Ligand Binding Domain: An Optical Spectroscopic Approach....Pages 405-406
Raman Study of Dicarboxylatoplatinum(II) Complexes....Pages 407-408
FT-IR, FT-Raman and Sers Spectra of Metallocomplexes of Famotidine, Cimetidine and their Model Compounds....Pages 409-410
Mechanism of Activity of Fluoroquinolones....Pages 411-412
Artificial Receptors: Molecular Mechanics Modeling of the Complexation of Cu 2+ Cation by C-Alkylcalix[4]Resorcinarenes....Pages 413-414
Study of the Matrix-Medical Ligands Interactions....Pages 415-416
Spectral Study of DNA Adsorption on Natural and Synthetic Silicates....Pages 417-418
Front Matter....Pages 419-419
Emerging Medical Applications of Infrared Technologies....Pages 421-424
Vibrational Spectroscopy of Calcium Phosphate Bioactive Coatings....Pages 425-428
Confocal Raman Microspectroscopy of Polytene Chromosomes, Granulocytes and K 562 Cells....Pages 429-429
Application of Vibrational Spectroscopy to the Study of Biodegradable Barriers in Dentistry....Pages 431-432
FT-IR and FT Raman Spectroscopy in Medical Microbiology....Pages 433-434
Identification and Classification of Bacteria by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)....Pages 435-436
The Molecular Dynamics of Lymphocyte Activation Monitored with FTIR Microspectroscopy....Pages 437-438
 In vivo and in vitro NMR of human brain tumors....Pages 439-440
FT-IR Microspectroscopic Imaging of Human Carcinoma Tissue Thin Sections....Pages 441-442
Determination of Glycogen Levels in Human Lung Cancer and Normal Tissues by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry....Pages 443-444
FTIR Microspectroscopy for the Detection of Potential Confounding Variables in Pap Smears....Pages 445-446
Intravascular Ultrasound Combined with Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 447-448
Front Matter....Pages 419-419
Potential of NIR-FT Raman Spectroscopy for Diagnosis of Malignant Melanoma....Pages 449-450
IR Spectroscopic Studies of Tumor DNA....Pages 451-452
Raman Microspectroscopy of Human Skin....Pages 453-454
NIR Raman Spectroscopy of Healthy and Diseased Esophagus....Pages 455-456
Raman Spectroscopic Characterisation Of Liver....Pages 457-458
Resonance and Non-Resonance Raman Optical Activity in Pharmaceutical Analgesic Molecules....Pages 459-460
Step-Scan Fourier Transform Vibrational Circular Dichroism Spectra of Pharmaceutical Molecules....Pages 461-462
Comparison of Various Vibrational Spectroscopic Techniques for the Study of Human Tissues....Pages 463-464
Specific Sers Detection of the Ellipticinium Antitumor Prodrug and the Main Adducts Formed with Adenine Derivatives....Pages 465-466
Derivative Spectrophotometry in Analysis of Nicotine, Cotinine and Caffeine....Pages 467-468
Applications of FT-Raman Spectroscopy to the Study of Healthy and Diseased Human Skin Tissue....Pages 469-470
In Vitro- and in Vivo-Studies of Alkaloids in the Liana Ancistrocladus Heyneanus....Pages 471-472
FTIR Spectroscopic Monitoring of Ultrastructural Modifications in a Clinical Isolate of E. Coli β-Lactamase After Treatment with Amoxicillin....Pages 473-474
ATR-FTIR Spectroscopic and Statistical Analysis for Discrimination of E. Coli Isolates Exhibiting Two Different Phenotypes (TEM-2 and SHV-3)....Pages 475-476
A Fluorescence and Chiroptical Investigation on Novel NK 1 Tachykinin Receptor Antagonists....Pages 477-478
Vibrational Spectroscopic Study of Human Lipoproteins....Pages 479-480
Fresh Vs Post-Mortem Human Arterial Tissue: an Investigation Using FT-IR Microspectroscopy and Chemometrics....Pages 481-482
FTIR and NMR Studies on Different Interaction Capacities of Silica with Some Drugs Used to Prevent Silicosis....Pages 483-484
An Investigation of the Blood Plasma Albumin Transport Function by the Method of Fluorescent Probing....Pages 485-486
Non-Invasive Characterisation of Yeasts: Insight from ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy and Chemometrics Methods....Pages 487-488
Front Matter....Pages 419-419
Characterisation of Phenolic Species in Wheat Walls by Laser Confocal Microspectrofluorometric Imaging....Pages 489-490
Determination of Sugars in Fruit Juices with FT-IR Spectroscopy....Pages 491-492
Microbial biotransformation of the substituted 4,5-dihydroisoxasoles....Pages 493-494
Characterization of Cis-Trans Isomers of Saffron Carotenoids by UV-VIS, FT-Raman and 1 H NMR Spectroscopies....Pages 495-496
Automated Flow Injection Spectrophotometric Determination of Olive Oil Free Fatty Acid Content and Comparison with FT-IR Method....Pages 497-498
NMR and FTIR Studies of Cereal Proteins....Pages 499-500
Characterisation of Biomaterials Using Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 501-502
Protein Adsorption on Soil Mineral Surfaces....Pages 503-504
Molecular Markers of the Degree of Humification During Composting by Vibrational Spectroscopy and Thermal Analysis....Pages 505-506
Vibrational Spectroscopy of Biodegradable Polymers....Pages 507-508
Biodeterioration of Rocks by Lichens in Hostile Antarctic Environments Studied by FT-Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 509-510
FT Self Deconvolution of the Raman Spectra of a Complex Biological System: Skin of the 5200-Year Old “Iceman”....Pages 511-512
Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Titration Procedure as a Probe of Complexation Between Ionophores and Metal Cations....Pages 513-514
An Investigation Into the Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Marine Phytoplankter Dunaliella Tertiolecta Using FTIR Spectroscopy....Pages 515-516
Front Matter....Pages 517-517
Vibrational Relaxation Dynamics of Nucleotides in Solution from Infrared and Raman Band Shapes....Pages 519-522
Analysis of Vibrational Dynamics of Some Conjugated Polycyclic Compounds by Neutron Inelastic Scattering, Raman Scattering, Infrared Absorption and Density Functional Calculations: Anthrone and Emodin....Pages 523-524
Vibrational Analysis of Linear Methine-Bridged Tetrapyrroles....Pages 525-526
A Density Functional Theory Derived Force Field for Histidine and Tryptophan....Pages 527-528
Density Functional Calculations of the Pseudorotational Flexibility and Vibrational Spectra of Tetrahydrofuran, Ribose and Deoxyribose....Pages 529-530
Evidences for the Existence of Polyhedra Liquid Water: A B Initio Calculations and Raman O-H Stretching Frequencies....Pages 531-532
Front Matter....Pages 517-517
A Spectroscopic Study of Several β-Lactams by FT-IR and Theoretical Methods....Pages 533-534
A Study of Para -Aminobenzoic Acid: Structure, Frequencies, Torsion and Inversion Barriers of the Amino Group....Pages 535-536
Neutral and Dipolar forms of Meta-Aminobenzoic Acid....Pages 537-538
Joint Use of AB Initio Calculations, Vibrational Spectroscopy, Electron Diffraction, and Microwave Data in the Investigation of the Structure and Intramolecular Dynamics of 1, 3, 2-Dioxaphospholene and its 2-Chloro- and 2-Chloro-4, 5-Dimethyl- Derivatives....Pages 539-540
Infrared Scaled Frequencies by Semiempirical Methods in Several Local Anesthetics of Procaine Type....Pages 541-542
Effect of Electron Correlation on Interpretation of Vibrational Spectra and on Energy Barrier and Structural Parameter Estimates for Simplest Amines....Pages 543-544
Combined Study of Vibrational Spectra of α, β, γ and σ Carboline Isomers by IR and AB Initio Calculations....Pages 545-546
Conformational Analysis of Glycine and Its Sulphur Tautomers by Ab Initio Mo Methods....Pages 547-548
Conformational Analysis of Piperazine by Vibrational Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Calculations....Pages 549-550
Study of the Crystal Structure of the Melamine Molecule by using Neutron Diffraction....Pages 551-552
Force Field for the S-Triazine Molecule by using the Inelastic Neutron Scattering Spectrum and Quantum Mechanical Calculations....Pages 553-554
Vibrational Analysis of the in-Plane Normal Modes of the S — Tetrazine Molecule....Pages 555-556
Vibrational Analysis of the Inelastic Neutron Scattering Spectrum of the Pyreviidine Molecule....Pages 557-558
Ab Initio Study of Aspartic Acid Conformations in a Continuum Solvent Model....Pages 559-560
Semi-Empirical Investigation of the Electronic Spectra of Flavone and Some Monohydroxyflavones....Pages 561-562
Conformational and Spectroscopic Studies of Flavonoid Compounds....Pages 563-564
Influence of The Sugar Moiety on the Conformation of Isoquercitrin: Semi-Empirical and Vibrational Analysis....Pages 565-566
A Semi-Empirical Approach for the Calculations of Vibrational Spectra of Some α 1, 4 Linked Disaccharides....Pages 567-568
Theoretical Vibrational Spectroscopy of Saccharides: Software, Perspectives, Results....Pages 569-570
Joint Treatment of Ab Initio and Experimental Data on Vibrational Spectroscopy with Stable Numerical Methods....Pages 571-572
Front Matter....Pages 517-517
The Genetic Algorithms Approach to Force Field Scaling....Pages 573-574
Decomposition of Vibrational Spectra of Liquids with Overlapping Bands of Complex Shape: Uniqueness of Solution and Method of Fitting....Pages 575-576
A Novel Method for Estimating Thermodynamic Parameters in Multi-Equilibrium Systems by Global Analysis of Spectrophotometric Data....Pages 577-578
Screening Hypochromism in Biopolymers and Chromophore Clusters....Pages 579-580
A Simple Theory of the Hydration Effects on the Spectra of Absorption and Rayleigh Scattering of MöSsbauer Radiation by Globular Macromolecules....Pages 581-582
Front Matter....Pages 583-583
Picosecon X-Ray Diffraction in Chemistry and Biology....Pages 585-588
Collective Effects and Signal Transduction in Amides (Proteins)....Pages 589-592
Studies of Water Structure by Low-Frequency Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 593-594
Optically Transparent Electrodes (Ote) for Spectro- Electrochemical Cells for Investigations on Redox Reactions of Proteins in the UV-, Visible and IR-Region....Pages 595-596
Infrared Reflection-Absorption Spectroscopy of Monomolecular Films in Situ at the Air/Water Interface....Pages 597-598
Infrared Scanning Near-Field Microscopy....Pages 599-600
Anomalous Raman Bands Appearing in Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectra....Pages 601-602
FT-IR Studies of Propofol — Manganese Interactions....Pages 603-604
Vibrational Spectra and Structure of Zn Soaps I. Normal Mode Analysis of Zinc Acetate Dihydrate....Pages 605-606
Vibrational Spectra and Structure of Zn Soaps II. Normal Mode Analysis of Zinc Acetate Anhydride....Pages 607-608
Peroxo Complexes of Transition Metals of VI Group as Model Oxygen Carriers in Oxygenation of Nitric Oxide and Carbon Oxide in Water Solutions....Pages 609-610
Chromium (III) Determination in Human Biological Samples....Pages 611-612
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Humic Substances Model Molecules....Pages 613-614
Characterization of Humic Substances using FT-IR, Sers and ( 1 H, 13 C, 31 P) NMR Spectroscopy....Pages 615-616
Conformational Flexibility in Previtamin D Molecule:....Pages 617-618
Front Matter....Pages 583-583
Solute-Solvent Interactions in Water-Organic Liquid Solutions Studied by Optical Kerr Effect....Pages 619-620
A New Strategy of Spectroscopic Monitoring and Interpretation of Biomacromolecular Processes....Pages 621-622
 17 O NMR Studies of Electronic and Steric Interactions of Quinoxaline-2(1H), 3(4H)-Dione Derivatives....Pages 623-624
ESR and vibrational spectroscopic studies on Cu(II)-oxazepam drug complexes....Pages 625-626
Spectroscopic investigation of some Cu(II)-theophylline complexes....Pages 627-628
ESR Study of Some Copper(II)-1, 4-Dihydrazinophthalazine Compounds....Pages 629-630
Diphenylmethylenechlorocyclosulfone a New Biologically Active System....Pages 631-632
Relaxation of 13-C Nuclei in Structural Study on Isomers of Cephalosporin Cefuroxime Axetil....Pages 633-633
Back Matter....Pages 635-642