New pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines substituted with various functionalities or attached to a substituted pyrazole ring through different linkages were synthesized. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for their anti-inflammatory activity using in vitro COX-1/COX-2 inhibition assay and in vivo fo...

Aiming to explore novel BRAFV600E and VEGFR-2 dual inhibitors, a series of 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives were designed, synthesized and biologically evaluated in this study. Most of the synthesized 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine compounds displayed moderate to high potent activity in bo...

In this work, nonionic biocompatible Tween 20 based aqueous two-phase systems (ATPSs) were studied. These systems provide a gentle media with low interfacial tension for extraction of biomolecules. In accordance with the results, the top phase tends to be surfactant-rich and the bottom phase ten...

In order to investigate long-term effect of cefalexin (CFX) on the performance of expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) system and microbial community structure, two 1.47 L EGSB reactors E1 and E2 were designed and run for 224 days treating with synthetic antibiotic wastewater. For the purpose of ...

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) possess weak antimicrobial property. In this report, we demonstrate that the covalent immobilization of the antibiotic cefalexin via poly(ethylene glycol) as a linking agent improves the antimicrobial and anti-adhesive properties of MWNTs against both Gram-n...

The comparative degradation behavior of cefalexin (CLX) using advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) with the aim of improving CLX biodegradability was studied. Among the AOPs used, RuO2/Ti anodic oxidation (AO), AO in the presence of electro-generated H2O2 (AO-H2O2), and the electro-Fenton (EF) pr...

Solutions of 200 mg L−1 cefalexin (CLX), an antibiotic with high usage frequency and biodegradation resistance, have been comparatively degraded by electro-Fenton (EF) and photoelectro-Fenton (PEF) processes using two kinds of activated carbon fiber (ACF) cathodes with different physical propert...

SBA-15 (Santa Barbara Amorphous-15) is a high ordered mesoporous material. It has the advantages of a non-toxic property, good hydrothermal stability and thermal stability, etc. Inside inner surface a lot of silanols exist. Pore diameter size is uniform and pore size distribution is narrow. This...

A combination of kanamycin and cefalexin was licensed in Europe in 2008 to treat bovine clinical mastitis. Preliminary broth and disk clinical breakpoints for this antibiotic combination have been proposed for Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus dysgalactiae, Streptococcus uberis, and Escherich...

While the widely used β-lactam antibiotics, such as cephalosporins, are known to be susceptible to oxidation by sulfate radical (SO4−), comprehensive study about SO4−-induced oxidation of cephalosporins is still limited, such as the impact of water matrices, and the structure and antibacterial ...

Pharmaceuticals have recently been regarded as contaminants of emerging concern. To date, there is limited knowledge about antibiotic-degrading microorganisms in conventional activated sludge treatment systems and their characteristics toward antibiotic degradation especially in the presence of ...

A highly sensitive, selective and precise HPTLC method coupled with fluorescence detection was developed and validated for the determination of α-aminocephalosporin antibiotics; namely cefalexin, cefadroxil and cefradine in their standard solutions. The applicability of the developed methodolog...

Azoxystrobin and kresoxim-methyl are strobilurin fungicides, and are effective in controlling many plant diseases, including Fusarium wilt. The mode of action of this kind of chemical is inhibition of respiration. This research investigated the sensitivities of Fusarium kyushuense to azoxystrobi...

A series of methyl ether derivatives of the vancomycin, teicoplanin, and ristocetin aglycon methyl esters was synthesized and their antimicrobial activity was established. These derivatives exhibit increased activity against VanB resistant strains of bacteria equipotent with that observed with s...

In Neisseria sp., SGNH family esterases are involved in bacterial pathogenesis as well as cell wall peptidoglycan maturation. Here, a novel enantioselective SGNH family esterase (NmSGNH1) from Neisseria meningitidis, which has sequence similarity to carbohydrate esterase (CE3) family, was cataly...

The selection of Saccharomyces yeast which is able to produce high amounts of relevant aroma components from sorghum wort has been scarcely explored. Furthermore, generating sorghum beer with low levels of vicinal diketones (VDKs) is a permanent concern of brewers because of the wort's low ...

The conjugate addition–alkylation to 5H-furan-2-one followed by cyclization and controlled epimerizations have been applied to the synthesis of new furo- and thieno-lignan analogues. Podophyllotoxin and thuriferic acid heteroanalogues have been obtained by this methodology, as representative me...

TBAI/TBHP mediated oxidative cross coupling of phenols and carboxylic acids with ketones has been reported under metal-free, base free, solvent free conditions enabling environmentally benign synthesis of aryloxyketones, acyloxy ketones and benzofurans. Phenoxyketones and acyloxylcarbonyl compou...

A series of novel substituted 2-(phenyl)-3H-benzo[d]imidazole-5-carboxylic acids (1a–1j) and its methyl esters (2a–2f) were synthesized and examined for their antiproliferative effects against three breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB231, MDA-MB468 and MCF7) in vitro. Most of the compounds exhibi...

The fruits of Citrus reticulata cv blanco yielded one novel flavone, 4′-hydroxy-3,6-dimethoxy-6″, 6″-dimethylchromeno(7,8,2″,3″)flavone, together with lucidin dimethyl ether and 3,6-dimethoxy-5,7-dihydroxyflavone. Their structures were determined by spectral analysis and chemical degradations.