A new and sensitive electrochemical DNA hybridization detection assay, using tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)cobalt(III) [Co(bpy)33+]-doped silica nanoparticles as the oligonucleotide (ODN) labeling tag, and based on voltammetric detection of Co(bpy)33+ inside silica nanoparticles, is described. Electro-ac...

A new strategy for constructing a sensitive mediator-type electrochemical immunosensor for the detection of carcinoma antigen-125 (CA125) was developed. In this strategy, mediator tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)cobalt(III) (Co(bpy)33+) was incoporated into the multiwall carbon nanotubes–Nafion (MWNTs–Na...

Anthocyanins are important components not only for the red wine and table grapes, but also for the antioxidant capacity and disease prevention. The aim of this work was the investigation of the regulation mechanism of exogenous hormones on anthocyanins. The experiment took place in 2016, in a vi...

The involvement of hormone abscisic acid (ABA) in citrus fruit resistance to Penicillium digitatum infection was investigated. To this end, the effect of both exogenous ABA and inhibitors of ABA biosynthesis in plants on the resistance of sweet oranges to be infected by this major postharvest pa...

Abscisic acid (ABA) plays important roles in plant responses to abiotic and biotic stresses as well as in the regulation of seed development and germination. Most often physiological responses mediated by ABA are well correlated with hormone contents, which are determined by the balance between ...

The synthesis and preliminary evaluation of novel alkyl and acyloxymethyl esters of etidronic acid as etidronate prodrugs is reported. Tetramethyl ester of etidronic acid was found be isomerized at pH 7.4 and P–C–P bridge was rearranged to P–C–O–P. This unwanted process was prevented via ac...

The synthesis of 3-substituted and 3,4-disubstituted pyrazolin-5-ones from acylated ethyl acetoacetates and diethyl malonates is described. The reaction of acylated ethyl acetoacetates and diethyl acetylmalonate with hydrazine (98%) gave 3-substituted pyrazolin-5-ones and malonyldihydrazide, res...

Dimethyl-2-(5-acetyl-2,2-dimethyl-4,6-dioxo-1,3-dioxan-5-yl)-3-(triphenylphosphinylidene)succinate has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR and 1H, 13C and 31P NMR. The vibrational wavenumbers, gauge including atomic orbital (GIAO) 1H and 13C chemical shift values of t...

The results of the magnetic susceptibility measurements on a single crystal of dysprosium sulphate octahydrate are given. A tentative approximation to the symmetry and strength of the crystalline electric field at the site of the dysprosium ion is made on the basis of these results. The calculat...

Our aim was to discover RAF/vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) inhibitors that possess strong activity and sufficient oral absorption, and thus, we selected a 5-amino-linked thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine derivative as the lead compound because of its potential kinase inhibitory a...

The metabolism of benzoic acid has been examined in the horse, using 14C- and deuterium-labelled compounds. Chromatographic analysis of the urine showed the presence of hippuric acid, benzoyl glucuronide and benzoic acid and a discrete band which accounted for 2% of the dose administered. This m...

HSP90 is ubiquitously overexpressed in a broad spectrum of human cancers and has been recognized as an attractive target for cancer treatment. Here, we described the fragment screening, synthesis and structure-activity relationship studies of small molecule inhibitors with 4,5-diarylisoxazole sc...

Disulfide analogs (1–20) have been synthesized, characterized by HR-MS, 1H NMR and 13C NMR and screened for urease inhibitory potential. All compounds were found to have varied degree of urease inhibitory potential ranging in between 0.4 ± 0.01 and 18.60 ± 1.24 μM when compared with standard...

Trichomoniasis and candidiasis are amongst the most common morbidity-causing reproductive tract infections, generally treated by Metronidazole and Fluconazole respectively. Poor vaginal efficacy, drug-resistance and non-spermicidal nature limit their use as topical microbicidal contraceptives. B...

An efficient and straightforward nucleophilic substitution reaction between 2-(trifluoromethyl)-2-hydroxy-2H-chromenes and various silyl enol ethers promoted by Lewis acid has been studied. A series of novel 4-functionalized-2-trifluoromethyl-3-ethoxycarbonyl-4H-chromenes were prepared in good y...

A Lewis acid promoted nucleophilic substitution reaction between 2-(trifluoromethyl)-2-hydroxy-3-ethoxycarbonyl-2H-chromenes 1 and thiophenols affording thiophenyl substituted products, that is, 4-thiophenyl-2-trifluoromethyl-3-ethoxycarbonyl-4H-chromene and 2-thiophenyl-2-trifluoromethyl-3-etho...

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) spectra of two benzothiazolium styryl dyes containing a crown ether ring with sulfur and oxygen heteroatoms have been obtained at low concentration (10−5–10−7 M) in the presence of silver colloids. ...

Photophysical processes are studied in a new class of dyes containing a chromophoric part and a crown ether part (crown ether styryl dyes). Photoisomerization is proposed to be the main channel of nonradiative decay of the singlet excited electronic state. The temperature dependence of fluoresce...

A novel near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probe BODIPY-ONs for sensitive and selective detection of glutathione (GSH) was reported. The probe carried with 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonyl group (DNBS) as quenching group was non-fluorescent. Upon addition of glutathione, an obvious NIR fluorescence recov...

A new series of styryl acetoxyphenyl sulfides and sulfones possessing (E)- and (Z)-configurations were designed and prepared by stereospecific syntheses. All these compounds were evaluated for their ability to inhibit COX-2 enzyme in vitro. Structure–activity relationship studies on these compo...