P-Glycoprotein, a member of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily, is a multidrug transporter responsible for cellular efflux of hundreds of structurally unrelated compounds, including natural products, many clinically used drugs and anti-cancer agents. Expression of P-glycoprotein has been linked to multidrug resistance in human cancers. ABC transporters are driven by ATP hydrolysis at th...

The effect of physiological concentrations of caffeine (purified from Persian tea) on adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity at physiological and pathological concentrations of adenosine (as substrate) in 50 mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.3) at 37°C was investigated, using UV-VIS spectroscopy. ADA exhibited a bi-phasic activity behavior and both phases showed positive cooperativities indicating adenosine...

Anew, highly sensitive and selective catalytic kinetic method (CKM) for determination of osmium (VIII) has been established based on its catalytic effect on the oxidation of thionine dye by hydrogen peroxide in alkaline medium. The reaction has been followed spectrophotometrically by measuring the decrease in the absorbance band of thionine at 600 nm. Under the optimum conditions, the proposed ...

bond-order conservation-morse potential (boc-mp) method is used to carry out the calculationon the co2+ h20 system. one of the best catalysts for methanol synthesis in catalytic reductionof co2 with h2o is cu/zno/a1203 whose surface is supported by with some amount of pd orga. reduction of co2 with h20 on cu will result in methanol formation; while on ni will lead tomethane formation. in the me...