The primary aim in the medical treatment of hypertension is to lower blood pressure (BP). A wide variety of agents have proved effective for meeting this goal. However, an ideal agent for management of hypertensive patients must also meet a number of additional criteria. It should have a signifi...

Perindopril Erbumine (PER) is one of the newly used angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) and is used for the treatment of patients with hypertension and symptomatic heart failure. It has two main degradation pathways, i.e. the degradation by hydrolysis and the degradation by...

To study the efficacy and safety of a new combination of perindopril arginine and amlodipine besylate, 837 subjects were enrolled in a three–arm, prospective, 59–center, randomized clinical trial. For 42 days, subjects (average seated blood pressure [BP], 158 ± 12/101 ± 5 mm Hg; age, 52 ± 1...

The methods of theoretical chemistry have been used to elucidate molecular properties of the antihypertensive, cardiovascular protective and antithrombotic perindopril ((2S,3aS,7aS)-1-[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-1-ethoxy-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]propanoyl]-2,3,3a,4,5,6,7,7a-octahydroindole-2-carboxylic acid). ...

The crystal structure of perindopril (2S,3aS,7aS)-1-[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-1-ethoxy-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]propanoyl]-2,3,3a,4,5,6,7,7a-octahydroindole-2-carboxylic acid) erbumine salt C23H43N3O5, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, was determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. The com...

A kinetic spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of perindopril erbumine in pure and commercial dosage forms. The method is based on the reaction of drug with potassium permanganate in alkaline medium at room temperature (30 ± 1 °C). The reaction was followed spectr...

Two new cholesteryl 4-alkoxyphenyl-4′-benzoates (CnH2n+1OC6H4C6H4COOCh), where Ch represents cholesteryl moiety and n=10 and 16) have been synthesized and their molecular orientation at ambient temperature were studied. The structure determination on these compounds was performed in solid state...

The structure and vibrational frequencies of the chiral anti-ferroelectric liquid crystal molecule (AFLC) (1-methylheptyl)4-(4′-decyloxy-4-biphenyl) oxymethylene benzoate (MHDBOB) have been investigated by using the density functional theory (DFT) with the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level. The observed v...

BackgroundGlioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive and frequently recurrent malignant brain tumor, and to date, the clinically effective drugs against GBM remain scarce. Natural products play an important role in drug discovery, and might be the resource of antitumor agents for GSCs....

With the purpose of identifying novel selective κ opioid receptor (KOR) antagonists as potential antidepressants from nepenthone analogues, starting from N-nor-N-cyclopropylmethyl-nepenthone (SLL-020ACP), a highly selective and potent KOR agonist, a series of 7β-methyl-nepenthone analogues was...

To expand on the antiviral properties of 5′-noraristeromycin, synthetic entry into 3-substituted 3-deaza-5′-noraristeromyin derivatives (i.e., bromo, 4; iodo, 5; chloro, 6; and, methyl, 7) has been accomplished from a common intermediate. An extensive antiviral analysis showed 7 to be basicall...

Graphene is the ''new star'' material for electrochemical sensing. It has unique mechanical, thermal and electrical properties, in addition to its ultra light weight. In the present work we combine for the first time the special features offered by graphene and the advantages...

In the reaction of methyl 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-methoxypropanoate with arylamines or arylmethylamines, an unexpected methyl transfer from the ester to the amine by the BAl2 (SN2) mechanism was observed leading to the corresponding N-methylamines under specific conditions. The reaction was accomp...

In this study, an efficient strategy is proposed for selective methyl levulinate production from duckweed, a typical fast-growing aquatic microalgae in warm and humid regions, in the presence of acidic ionic liquids (ILs). The results show that IL structure has a significant effect on its acidic...

An in situ forming gel (ISFG) of buprenorphine (BP) was prepared using PLGA-PEG-PLGA (triblock) and N‑methyl‑2‑pyrrolidone as solvent for decreasing the initial burst release. Supercritical CO2 method was used for ring opening polymerization of triblock. The optimum formulation of ISFG was achie...

Twelve new analogs of 19-nor-1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 6–17, were prepared by a multi-step procedure from known alcohols 18 and 19. We have examined the influence of removing two methyl groups located at C-25, as well as the 25-hydroxy group, on the biological in vitro and in vivo biological a...

A nor-limonoid with a γ-hydroxybutenolide group was obtained starting from the known methyl isoanticopalate. A new route for the synthesis of several lactones with a homoisoanticopalane skeleton has been opened. The stereochemistry of three intermediates was established by X-ray determination.

Solvent-free desymmetrisation of a meso-dialdehyde with chiral alcohols, led to preparation of 4-silyloxy-6-alkyloxytetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one derivatives with a 96% de. This methodology, which yields the corresponding methyl nor-mevaldates with 99% ee, has been applied to the enantioselective sy...

Efficient enzymatic methods were developed for the synthesis of (S)-3-[5-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-5-hydroxy-pentanoyl]-4-phenyl-oxazolidin-2-one, by transesterification of (RS)-3-[5-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxypentanoyl]-4(S)-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one [(R,S)-FOP alcohol] and hydrolysis of (RS)-1-(4-f...

Praziquantel has been the drug most widely used therapy against different forms of schistosomiasis around the world. However, this treatment has shown ineffective in humans and in experimental models of Schistosoma mansoni. New therapeutic alternatives have been tested, including the imidazolidi...