many anticancer drugs in clinical use interact with dna through intercalation, which is process that starts with the transfer of the intercalating molecule from an aqueous environment to the hydrophobic space between two adjacent dna base pairs. in general, intercalatig agents are two types: monofunctional and bifunctional. monofunctional intercalators contain one intercalating unit and bifunct...

ethylene bis-stearamide is one of the important acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene ()abs)( polymer additives, which is used as lubricant, slip agent and mold release agent. in this research, ethylene bis-stearamide for abs application was synthesized using stearic acid and ethylene diamine under reflux condition. refluxing prevented ethylenediamine from evaporation and thus the initial molar ratio...

pegylation is a well-established technique utilized to overcome the problems related to the therapeutic applications of peptides and proteins. reasons for the pegylation of these biological macromolecules include reducing immunogenicity, proteolytic degradation and rapid clearance from blood circulation. octreotide is an octapeptide analogue of naturally-occurred somatostatin. this peptide has ...

in the present study, some new bis-imidazole derivatives have been prepared through four-components condensation of 2,6-bis (4-aminophenyl)-4-p-tolylpyridine, benzaldehyde derivatives, benzil and ammonium acetate in presence of acetic acid. the present methodology offers several advantages such as good yields, simple procedure, milder conditions and the possibility of introducing a variety of s...

BACKGROUND Concomitantly recorded Bispectral Index® (BIS) and Entropy™ values sometimes show discordant trends during general anaesthesia. Previously, no attempt had been made to discover which EEG characteristics cause discrepancies between BIS and Entropy. We compared BIS and Entropy values, and analysed the changes in the raw EEG signal during surgical anaesthesia with sevoflurane. METHODS...

Room-temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) electrolytes have attracted much attention for use in advanced, safe lithium-ion batteries (LIB) owing to their nonvolatility, high conductivity, and great thermal stability. However, LIBs containing RTIL-electrolytes exhibit poor cyclability because electrochemical side reactions cause problematic surface failures of the cathode. Here, we demonstrate that a...