Background/aimDerivatives of thiazolidinones have attracted interest in recent years because it exhibits broad spectrum of biological activities like anticonvulsant, analgesic, anti-inflammatory. Thus we report the facile synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of novel 1-[2 (subst...

Pain has become an active clinical challenge due its etiological heterogeneity, symptoms and mechanisms of action. In the search for new pharmacological therapeutic alternatives, sigma receptors have been proposed as drug targets. This family consists of sigma-1 and sigma-2 receptors. The sigma-...

The most used therapeutic treatment to relieve neuropathic pain is that of neuromodulators such as anti-epileptics or anti-depressants; however, there are alternatives that may be potentially useful. The sigma-1 receptor is a therapeutic target that has shown favorable results at preclinical lev...

A rapid lateral flow fluorescent microsphere immunochromatographic test strip (FM-ICTS) assay has been developed for the detection of aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) residues in milk. For this purpose, an ultra-sensitive anti-AFM1 monoclonal antibody (MAb) 1D3 was prepared and identified. The IC50 value of t...

A rapid and sensitive indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method using monoclonal antibody for measuring aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in milk and milk products has been described. One monoclonal antibody was isolated and characterized after fusion of myeloma cells with spleen c...

Rapid and sensitive competitive enzymatic immunoassays for measuring most relevant aflatoxins in eggs have been developed by synthesizing two hapten derivatives. Polyclonal antibodies raised against a hapten obtained from aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) were exploited to set an AFB1-selective assay, whereas...

First direct 3-hydroxylation of a coumarin ring via a purely chemical system, previously only possible using cytochrome P-450, was successfully conducted by a Cu2+-ascorbic acid-O2 system; the two 3-hydroxycoumarins obtained were novel compounds, 3-hydroxyscopoletin and 3-hydroxyisoscopoletin. 5...

A novel efficient method for the selective synthesis of 2-substituted benzimidazoles is described through condensation reaction of o-phenylenediamines with a wide rang of aliphatic, aromatic and heteroaromatic aldehyde substrates using Brönsted acidic ionic liquid as a reusable catalyst under me...

5-[3-(4-Arylpiperazin-1-yl)propyl]-1H-benzimidazoles and 5-[2-(4-arylpiperazin-1-yl)ethoxy]-1H-benzimidazoles were synthesized and their affinity for the D1, D2 and 5-HT1A receptors examined. They expressed a rather high affinity for the D2 dopamine receptor. The main features of ligand–D2 rece...

New 2-substituted-phenyl-1H-benzimidazole-5-carboxylic acids (35, 38), ethyl-5-carboxylate (36), -5-carboxamides (37, 39),-5-carboxaldehyde (42), -5-chloro (40), -5-trifluoromethyl (41), and -5-carbonitriles (44–53, 55–67), -6-carbonitrile (54) were prepared and evaluated in vitro against Cand...

The present study is on the development of dialkyl 4-(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-6-yl)-1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-1-substituted pyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate derivatives as isosteric analogues of isradipine and nifedipine, by the replacement of benzofurazanyl and 2-nitrophenyl groups respectively with benzo...

A new series of 2-substituted-4-(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)-6-phenylpyridazin-3(2H)-one derivatives has been synthesized and studied. The in vivo anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of the synthesized compounds were evaluated using carrageen rat paw edema model and acetic acid induced writ...

A synthetic flavone derivative 2-(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)-4H-chromen-4-one (BDC) was synthesized by the one pot reaction method and assessed for α-glucosidase inhibitory activity. The BDC demonstrated dose dependent inhibition of α-glucosidase activity. A maximum inhibition (99.3 ± 0.26%) o...

In the course of a study on 1H-imidazol-1-amine derivatives as antifungal agents, we found that N-[(1,1′-biphenyl)-4-ylmethyl]-N-[(2,4-dichlorophenyl)methyl]-1H-imidazol-1-amine (1a) exhibited promising activities. In order to explore more in detail the structure–activity relationship of this ...

A novel method for the preparation of side-chain extended analogues of vitamins D is described. Both 24,24-dihomo- and (22E)-22-dehydro-24,24-dihomo-25-hydroxycholecalciferols were efficiently prepared from the same intermediates, i.e., the phenyltriazolinedione adduct of previtamin D with a C-2...

Summary22-oxacalcitriol can decrease the serum level of 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol by increasing its metabolic clearance rate and decreasing its production rate. To determine whether 22-oxacalcitriol suppressed the renal 25-hydroxycholecalciferol-1α-hydroxylase we treated rats with 200 ng of...

In this study azetidine derivatives representing conformationally constrained GABA or β-alanine analogs were evaluated for their potency as GABA-uptake inhibitors. The study comprised derivatives substituted in 2- as well as in 3-position with either an acetic acid moiety or a carboxylic acid f...

A number of platinum(II) complexes with ammine or 1R,2R-diaminocyclohexane as carrier ligands and 1-(methoxy-substituted benzyl) azetidine-3,3-dicarboxylate as leaving groups were synthesized and spectrally characterized. Biological evaluation in vitro showed that some of compounds showed positi...

Retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-related orphan receptors (RORs) regulate a variety of physiological processes, including hepatic gluconeogenesis, lipid metabolism, circadian rhythm and immune function. The RAR agonist: all-trans retinoic acid was reported to be an RORβ inverse agonist, but no info...

In this study, novel N-(3,5,5,8,8-pentamethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalene-2-yl)-carboxamide (6–15) and 5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalene-2-carboxamide (16–32) derivatives were synthesized and their in vitro effects at 5 μM and 50 μM concentrations on proliferation and nitri...