Epilepsy is a group of neurological disorders characterized by recurrent seizures that disturbs about 60 million people worldwide. In this article, a novel series of 3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamic acid (TMCA) ester derivatives 1–35 were designed inspired from the traditional Chinese herb pair drugs P...

A series of Amberlite XAD resins (acrylic ester and styrene–divinylbenzene resins) has been impregnated with Cyphos IL101 ionic liquid (IL: trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium chloride) for Au(III) sorption from HCl solution. The textural characteristics (specific surface area, pore size distributi...

In the present study, adsorption of uranium from sulphate solutions was evaluated using Amberlite IRA-402 resin. The variation of adsorption process was investigated in batch sorption mode. The parameters studied were pH, contact time and adsorbent dosage. Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models...

Continuous fixed-bed column studies were carried out by using Amberlite CG-400 anion exchange resin for the recovery of uranium from aqueous solutions (synthetic solutions and uranium conversion facility (UCF) liquid waste). Effects of operating parameters such as flow rate and bed height were s...

In this paper, uranium sorption onto amberlite CG-400 anion exchange resin in the presence of phosphate anions was studied. The effect of contact time between the sorbent and aqueous solution, pH, initial concentration of uranium and temperature were also investigated. Kinetic studies show that ...

Three alternating (X–DADAD)n-type copolymers bearing different building blocks (X) in combination with benzoxadiazole (A) and thiophene (D) units were synthesized and studied as photoactive materials in organic solar cells. Superior short circuit currents and power conversion efficiencies (up t...

The aim of the present work was to investigate the potential of microemulsions for the buccal administration of triamcinolone acetonide. Microemulsions were developed by the construction of pseudoternary phase diagrams, using the aqueous titration method. Among all microemulsions prepared and te...

A sensitive and reliable ultra fast liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UFLC-MS/MS) method has been developed and validated for simultaneous quantitation of alisol A and alisol B 23-acetate from Alisma orientale (Sam.) Juz. in rat plasma using diazepam as an internal standard (IS). T...

Previous studies have demonstrated that Alisol B has inhibitory activity in cancer cells. However, the exact mechanism through which inhibition is achieved is still poorly understood. In the present study, the authors examined the effects of Alisol B in human breast cancer cells. Alisol B showed...

Studies on the lipid-regulating effects of alisol compounds are reported that include alisol B, alisol A 24-acetate (24A), alisol A and an alisol B - 24A - alisol A mixture (content ratio = 1:1:1). The effects on the activity of lipoprotein lipase (LPL), a key lipid-modulating enzyme, were studi...

Methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay, UV–vis absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy and molecular simulation were used to investigate the antitumor activity of alisol A, alisol B and an 1:1 mixture of both compounds, the mechanism of its interaction with anti-cancer target p53DN...

To obtain potential A2A adenosine receptor agonists, a series of 2-hydrazinyladenosine derivatives were synthesized and assayed for adenosine receptors activity using radioligand binding activity assays. The binding activity of the subtypes was examined, and the structure-activity relationship o...

Condensation reactions of 2-aminoethanol with the appropriate aldehyde gave ligands 2-[1-[(2-hydroxyethyl)imino]ethyl]phenol (L1) and 2-[(2-hydroxyethyl)imino] methyl]phenol (L2) respectively. Subsequent reductions of L1 and L2 with NaBH4 afforded the corresponding amine ligands 2-[1-[(2-hydroxy...

Reaction of the tridentate aminoalcohol phenol ligands 2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-(((2 hydroxyethyl)(methyl)amino)methyl)phenol (H2L1) and 2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-(((1-hydroxybutan-2-yl)amino)methyl)phenol (H2L2) with [MoO2(acac)2] in methanol solutions resulted in the formation of [MoO2(L1)(MeOH)] (1) and...

The crystal structures of 1-(2-halo-6-fluorophenylmethyl)-1-methylimidazolium bromide salts and 1-(2-trifluoromethyl-6-fluorophenylmethyl)-1-methylimidazolium bromide [MeNC3H3NCH2C6H3X-2-F-6]+·Br− [X = F (1), Cl (2), Br (3), I (4), CF3 (5)] have been determined. The crystal structure of the hyd...

Two crystalline polymorphs of a binuclear tris(di-n-butyldithiocarbamato)bismuth(III) complex, I and II, with an empirical formula of [Bi{S2CN(n-C4H9)2}3] were synthesised and characterised by X-ray diffraction (XRD), solid-state NMR and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. At the supra...

Bi2O3 catalysts have been prepared via precipitation method by using Bi(NO3)3·5H2O as a starting material and NaOH as the precipitating agent. The influence of bismuth concentration on the formation of Bi2O3 nanocrystals was investigated by using XRD, BET, FTIR, SEM and H2-TPR. Low bismuth conc...

A formal [4+1] annulation of readily available α-arylhydrazonoketones and dimethyl sulfonium methylides is described, which involving tandem ylide-mediated addition and nucleophilic cyclization reactions. This transformation features mild reaction conditions, simple execution, good to high yiel...

A new series of (E)-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)methylene)indolin-2-one derivatives has been synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro cytotoxic activity against a panel of selected human cancer cell lines of prostate (PC-3 and DU-145) and breast (BT-549, MDA-MB-231, MCF-7, 4T1), non-small lung (A5...

Experimental isothermal P–x data at T=313.15 K for seven binary systems (1,1-dimethylethyl methyl ether (MTBE)+2,2,4-trimethylpentane); (1,1-dimethylethyl methyl ether (MTBE)+toluene); (toluene+2,2,4-trimethylpentane); (toluene+1-hexene); (toluene+cyclohexane); (2,2,4-trimethylpentane+1-hexene)...