[2-14C]Mevalonic acid incorporation into gibberellic acid precursors was measured in cell-free extracts from sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench var. G-522 DR] coleoptiles. 14C incorporation into ent-kaur-16-ene was inhibited ca. 90% by 10−7 to 10−4 M metolachlor [2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylph...

The coleoptile node cells of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] are sensitive to metolachlor (2-chloro-N-[2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl]-N-[2-methoxy-1-methylethyl]acetamide) in that lateral growth is stimulated at the expense of growth in length. This lateral growth may be induced by ethylene which...

The study of the adduct formation of Ni(II) di(6-chloro,2-methylphenyl)carbazonate has been undertaken by synthesising and characterizing it by magnetic susceptibility, UV-VIS, IR and 1H-NMR spectral measurements. The distorted square planar Ni(II) chelate forms adducts with heterocyclic nitroge...

B cell-activating factor (BAFF) is a key regulator of B lymphocyte development. Signals from BAFF are transmitted through binding to a specific BAFF receptor (BAFF-R). Here, we established screening method to find a specific inhibitor for the interference of BAFF–BAFF-R interactions. We screene...

A series of 3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-N-alkyl-N-fluoroalkyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7-amines were synthesized and evaluated as potential positron emission tomography (PET) tracers for the corticotropin-releasing factor type-1 (CRF1) receptor. Compounds 27, 28, 29, and 30 all displayed ...

O-hexyl O-2,5-dichlorophenyl phosphoramidate (HDCP) is a chiral analogous compound of the methamidophos insecticide that induces delayed neuropathy, and the R-(+)-HDCP enantiomer is an inhibitor of neuropathy target esterase (NTE). This enantiomer is not hydrolized by Ca2+-dependent phosphotries...

O-Hexyl O-2,5-dichlorophenyl phosphoramidate (HDCP) induces delayed neuropathy in hens. It has been used as a tool to identify new A-esterase activities in animal tissues. This study shows the EDTA-resistant, Cu2+- and Zn2+-dependent hydrolysis of racemic HDCP in domestic and sea bird serum usin...

In an effort to develop ATP-competitive VEGFR-2 selective inhibitors, a novel series of tricyclic pyrido[3′,2′:4,5]thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-amine derivatives were designed and synthesized. These compounds were characterized by IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, elemental and mass spectral analyses. Docking ...

New thiophene and annulated thiophene pyrazole hybrids were synthesized and screened for their in vitro COX-1/COX-2 enzymatic inhibition and in vivo anti-inflammatory activities. All compounds were more COX-2 selective inhibitors than COX-1 with compound 13 exhibiting the highest COX-2 selectivi...

The first examples of 3H-furo[3,4-c]pyrazoles and 3H-thieno[3,4-c]pyrazoles were prepared in an attempt to isolate examples of cyclopropane-fused thiophenes and furans. Adducts of acetylenic ketones and 2-diazopropane were reacted with 10-camphorsulfonic acid or phosphorus pentasulfide to produc...

Six organic sensitizers containing thieno[3,4-d]imidazole chromophore were synthesized and characterized by photophysical, electrochemical and photovoltaic studies. N-alkylated derivatives containing thiophene substituents showed blue-shifted absorption when compared to the dyes containing 4-ter...

Enantiomerically pure sulfate esters of the hydroxy amino acids homserine, hydroxyproline and 4-hydroxypipecolic acid were synthesized and tested on α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors present in the mice cortical wedge preparat...

Excitatory amino acid receptor antagonists have been proposed as novel therapeutic agents to be used with levopoda in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. We examined the neural substrates for the interaction between levodopa and antagonists of either the α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazo...

The synthesis and study of a novel series of potential prodrugs of indomethacin, ketoprofen, ibuprofen and aspirin are reported. 2-Formylphenyl esters of the NSAIDs, together with two 6-substituted 2-formyl and two 2-acylphenyl aspirins and 4-formylphenyl indomethacin, have been prepared. A stud...

Hydrogen isotope exchange (HIE) is a versatile method for the introduction of deuterium to organic compounds. Herein, regioselective deuteration of sulfonamides is achieved by palladium-Catalyzed HIE reaction. By using amino acid as weakly coordination-directing auxiliary, a variety of sulfonami...

A novel method derived from Kaden's modification1 of the Richman and Atkins's cyclization2 using tosylated synthons allows the unequivocal synthesis of 1 and 8-monofunctionalized 1,4,8,12-tetraazacyclo-pentadecane. Both syntheses are described.

A facile synthesis of spiro[3.4]octa-5,7-diene by way of dichloroketene addition to methylenecyclobutane is described.

Charge-transfer (CT) complexes formed from the reactions of two N,N′-bis-alkyl derivatives of 1,4,6,8-naphthalenediimide such as N,N′-bis-[2-hydroxyethyl]-1,4,6,8-naphthalenediimide (BHENDI) and N,N′-bis-[2-N,N-dimethylaminoethyl]-1,4,6,8-naphthalenediimide (BDMAE NDI) with DDQ, CHL, TCNQ, DC...

To characterize the interactions of banana condensed tannins (BCT) with copper (Cu2+), zinc (Zn2+) and iron ions (Fe2+), various methods and techniques were utilized in the current work. Our findings indicated that BCT isolated from green bananas (cv. Brazil) were a mixture of flavan-3-ol oligom...

Herein, we designed and synthesized a luminophor, Rh-F, which is an intergrant of rhodol and 2-hydroxy benzothiazole by introducing a benzothiazole unit onto the ortho-position of the phenolic hydroxy of rhodol. Rh-F exhibited excellent fluorescence properties such as a large Stokes shift (>180 ...