Uric acid affects endothelial and adipose cell function and has been linked to diseases such as hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. Interestingly uric acid has been shown to increase endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) mobilization, a potential mechanism to repair endothe...

Triuret (also known as carbonyldiurea, dicarbamylurea, or 2,4-diimidotricarbonic diamide) is a byproduct of purine degradation in living organisms. An abundant triuret precursor is uric acid, whose level is altered in multiple metabolic pathologies. Triuret can be generated via urate oxidation b...

Benzyl 2-deoxy-α-d-gulopyranosido[2,3:4′,5′]-2′-oxazolidinone (10) was synthesized from benzyl 3-O-acetyl-2-[(benzyloxycarbonyl)amino]-2-deoxy-α-d-glucopyranoside (1) via the 4-O-methylsulfonyl-6-O-trityl derivative and 3,4-anhydro-α-d-galactopyranoside derivatives. Compound 10 and its 6-O...

Injections with the short-acting benzodiazepine, triazolam (Tz), 6 h before activity onset (CT6) produce large phase advances of the circadian pacemaker in hamsters. An increase in locomotor activity and/or the state of arousal is considered essential for the effects of Tz, suggesting the potent...

Activated macrophages produce various pro-inflammatory mediators such as inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)-derived nitric oxide (NO) and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2-derived prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) during inflammatory response. However, overproduction of NO and PGE2 appears to be involved in path...

SummaryIn the classical anaerobic pathway of unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis, that of Escherichia coli, the double bond is introduced into the growing acyl chain by the FabA dehydratase/isomerase. Another dehydratase, FabZ, functions in the chain elongation cycle. In contrast, Aerococcus vir...

A series of novel 2-benzylthio-4-chloro-5-(5-substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)benzenesulfonamides (4–27) have been synthesized as potential anticancer agents. MTT assay was carried out to determine the cytotoxic activity against three human cancer cell lines: colon cancer HCT-116, breast cancer...

In this study, several sulfonamide derivatives, 4-(2-methylacetylamino)benzenesulfonamides were synthesized. Chemical structures of the derivatives were characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, LC–MS–MS, UV–Vis, FTIR, photoluminescence and elemental analysis. Sulfanilamide was reacted with 2-bromopr...

A series of five new fluorescent dyes of naphthalene based 2-pyrazoline derivatives with different electron donating/withdrawing substituents at para position of N1 phenyl group were synthesized and their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods and elemental analysis. The absorption ...

To identify new potent chemotherapeutic agents, we synthesized compounds with 3-(naphthalen-2-yl)-N,5-diphenyl-pyrazoline-1-carbothioamide (NDPC) skeletons and evaluated their cytotoxicities using a clonogenic long-term survival assay. Their half-maximal cell growth inhibitory concentrations ran...

The novel optically active zinc(II) phthalocyanine having four (1R,2R)-1,2-di(naphthalen-1-yl)ethane-1,2-diol 1 at non-peripheral positions has been synthesized in a condensation using optically active phthalonitrile 2, and characterized by 1H NMR, IR, UV–Vis, Circular Dichroism (CD) and HRMS-T...

1-Phenylsulfinyl-3-(pyridin-3-yl)naphthalen-2-ols and related compounds were synthesized and evaluated for inhibition of aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2), a potential target for cardiovascular diseases associated with elevated plasma aldosterone levels like congestive heart failure and myocardial ...

Fifteen 8-substituted-phenyl-6-ferrocenyl-4-methyl-2H-pyrano[3,2-g]quinolin-2-ones were synthesized via Povarov three-component reaction, in which the substituted aromatic aldehydes reacted with ferrocenylacetylene and 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin in the presence of Ce(OTf)3 as the catalyst. The obt...

Gallium (Ga), in the form of gallium arsenide (GaAs) has been extensively used as a substrate in semiconductor materials. The use of microorganisms is fast becoming a promising alternative to not only leach the metal at low concentrations, but to do so in a more safe, environmental friendly as w...

Transport of indium and gallium is reported in laboratory column experiments using quartz sand as a model porous medium representative of a groundwater system. With increased use of indium and gallium in recent years, mainly in the semiconductor industry, concerns arise regarding their environme...

Two types of α-N-heterocyclic piperidylthiosemicarbazone ligands and related Ga(III) complexes were synthesized. The structure of Ga4 and Ga5 were characterized by X-ray single crystal diffraction. We generated the related α-N-heterocycliperidinylthiosemicarbazone analogs to examine the effect...

Five thiosemicarbazone ligands were synthesized and characterized by condensation with different aldehydes or ketones by 4-phenylthiosemicarbazone. The representative dichlorido[2-(Di-2-pyridinylmethylene)-Nphenylhydrazinecarbothioamide-N,N,S]-gallium(III) (Ga4) was characterized by X-ray single...

The stoichiometry and stability constants of the gallium(III) and iron(III) complexes of two alkoxycarbonylmethyl-3-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyridinone ligands were determined by means of pH-potentiometry, UV–Vis spectrophotometry and 1H and 71Ga NMR spectroscopy in aqueous solution. The cytotoxicity of o...

The structures of the N,N′-dimethylpropyleneurea (DMPU) solvated gallium(III) and indium(III) ions have been determined in DMPU solution by means of EXAFS. The gallium(III) ion is five-coordinate with a mean Ga–O bond distance of 1.924(5) Å, while the larger indium(III) ion is octahedrally coo...

The extension of the deprotection procedure using HNO3 in CH2Cl2 to a number of appropriately selected N-BOC-masked amines and derivatives of natural amino acids was investigated. The method was found to work effectively with almost all tested substrates, with the exception of activated aromatic...