Bronchial asthma is a chronic debilitating disease, which in its severe forms can even threaten life. It is, in general, characterized by both broncho-constriction and airway inflammation which leads to bronchial hyper responsiveness [1]. Although different classes of drugs have been employed, methylxanthines continue to enjoy significant status as drugs of choice in asthma therapy, despite a n...

The non-natural pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine nucleoside F, which pairs preferentially with guanine (G) and adenine (A) within double-helical DNA, recognizes with high selectivity AT base pairs within triple-helical complexes. These observations suggest that F may exist in different tautomeric forms within double-helical and triple-helical complexes. Analysis of the base stacking properties of this e...

Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) plays a ubiquitous role in the biosynthesis of DNA, RNA and essential amino acid methionine, and exhibits potential application in the treatment and prophylaxis of AIDS-associated opportunistic microbial infections. In this study, a series of DHFR analogs of 2,4-diaminopyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines and 2,4-diaminopyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines were subjected to quantitative...

The derivatives of fused pyrimidines are valued not only for their rich and varied chemistry, but also for many important biological properties [1 – 3]. Among them, the pyridodipyrimidines (PDP) have been shown to exhibit antibacterial and antiviral properties [4, 5] as well as NAD-type redox catalytic activity [6 – 10]. A few methods are reported in the literature for the preparation of pyrido...

The preparation of ring-A fused pyrimidines at the steroidal 2,3-position is herein described. The novel steroidal pyrimidines were prepared from the solid phase three-component reaction of 2-hydroxymethylene-3-keto steroids, arylaldehydes and ammonium acetate under microwave irradiation.

The preparation of ring-A fused pyrimidines at the steroidal 2,3-position is herein described. The novel steroidal pyrimidines were prepared from the solid phase three-component reaction of 2hydroxymethylene-3-keto steroids, arylaldehydes and ammonium acetate under microwave irradiation. vailable online 28 March 2009

BACKGROUND Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines are purine analogues. They have beneficial properties as antimetabolites in purine biochemical reactions. This division compounds have attracted wide pharmaceutical interest because of their antitrypanosomal activity. RESULTS The present work depicts an effective synthesis convention of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines, pyrazolo[5,1-c]triazines, thieno[2,3-b]py...

The distribution of purines and pyrimidines in desoxypentose nucleic acids prepared from a variety of animal and plant sources has been studied. 1. The nucleic acids were prepared from calf thymus, calf kidney, sheep spleen, horse spleen, chicken erythrocyte, turtle erythrocyte, trout sperm, shad testes, sea urchin sperm, wheat germ, and Pneumococcus Type III. 2. Separate hydrolyses were carrie...