The influence of intravenously administered L-carnitine on lipid- and nitrogen-metabolism was studied during total parenteral nutrition of piglets (mean weight 4077 g; n = 9). The infusion protocol was divided into three isocaloric and isonitrogenous 48-hr periods. Amino acids (3 g/kg day) were administered throughout all three periods: 140 cal/kg/day were given as nonprotein calories, consisti...

A graph G that has a perfect matching is n-extendable if every matching of size n lies in a perfect matching of G. We show that when the connectivity of a line graph, power graph, or total graph is sufficiently large then it is n-extendable. Specifically: if G has even size and is (2n + 1)edge-connected or (n + 2)-connected, then its line graph is n-extendable; if G has even order and is (n + 1...

A vertex bimagic total labeling on a graph with v vertices and e edges is a one to one map taking the vertices and edges onto the integers 1, 2, 3, ...v + e with the property that the sum of the label on the vertex and the labels of its incident edges is one of the constants k1 or k2, independent of the choice of the vertex. In this paper we have discussed that bistar Bn,n are vertex bimagic to...

Presented here is a full account on the development of a strategy culminating in the first total synthesis of the architecturally complex daphniphyllum alkaloid, (-)-calyciphylline N. Highlights of the approach include a highly diastereoselective, intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of a silicon-tethered acrylate; an efficient Stille carbonylation of a sterically encumbered vinyl triflate; a on...

We consider n-body problems given by potentials of the form α r + β r with a, b, α, β constants, 0 ≤ a < b. To analyze the dynamics of the problem, we first prove some properties related to central configurations, including a generalization of Moulton’s theorem. Then we obtain several qualitative properties for collision and near-collision orbits in the Manev-type case a = 1. At the end we poin...

Ubiquitin thioester is a key intermediate in the ubiquitylation of proteins and is formed enzymatically through the activation of alpha-COOH of ubiquitin in an ATP dependent manner using the E1 enzyme. The current methods used for the preparation of ubiquitin thioester rely on either the enzymatic machinery or on expressed protein ligation technology. In this article, we report a new chemical s...

Ageliferin is a marine natural product having antiviral and antimicrobial activities. These functions remain to be characterized at a molecular level. Ageliferin is also thought a biosynthetic intermediary linking oroidin type alkaloids to more complex polycyclic derivatives. This scenario has the amino tetrahydrobenzimidazole motif in ageliferin serving as a reduced progenitor of oxidized, rin...