A fucolipid that carried human blood group Lea activity was isolated from human small intestine. It contianed fucose, galactose, N-acetyl glucosamine, glucose, and ceramide in a molar ratio of 1:2:1:1:1. After periodate oxidation only 1 molecule of galactose and the N-acetylglucosamine remained. Permethylation of the lipid gave derivatives of a terminal fucose and galactose residue together wit...

The peptide-lipid interaction of a beta-hairpin antimicrobial peptide tachyplesin-1 (TP-1) and its linear derivatives are investigated to gain insight into the mechanism of antimicrobial activity. (31)P and (2)H NMR spectra of uniaxially aligned lipid bilayers of varying compositions and peptide concentrations are measured to determine the peptide-induced orientational disorder and the selectiv...

In order to reduce the ulcerogenic effect of ibuprofen, its carboxylic group has been converted into 5-membered heterocyclic rings. Various 1,3,4-oxadiazoles (3-8, 16-21), 1,2,4-triazoles (22-27), 1,3,4-thiadiazoles (28-30), and 1,2,4-triazine (9) derivatives of ibuprofen were prepared by cyclization of 2-(4-i-butylphenyl) propionic acid hydrazide (2) and N1-[2-(4-i-butylphenyl)-propionyl]-N4-a...

Most used in physiotherapy physical factors has an electromagnetic nature. Initially, the therapeutic effect of electromagnetic radiation in a wide range of frequencies associated with activation of metabolic processes in the exposed tissues. The most highly-absorbing ultra high frequency (UHF) energy of tissues are the blood, lymph, parenchymatous tissue, muscles. One of the most important fac...

The title trihalogenated nitro-benzene derivatives, C6H2Br3NO2 and C6H2Br2INO2, crystallize in triclinic and monoclinic cells, respectively, with two mol-ecules per asymmetric unit in each case. The asymmetric unit of the tri-bromo compound features a polarized Br(δ+)⋯Br(δ-) inter-molecular halogen bond. After substitution of the Br atom in the para position with respect to the nitro group, the...

We address the problem of egomotion estimation for a monocular observer moving under arbitrary translation and rotation, in an unknown environment. The method we propose is uniquely based on the spatio-temporal image derivatives, or the normal ow. We introduce a search paradigm which is based on geometric properties of the normal ow eld, and consists in considering a family of search subspaces ...

Oxidative stress induced by excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been implicated in the etiology of many human diseases. It has been reported that fullerenes and some of their derivatives-carboxyfullerenes-exhibits a strong free radical scavenging capacity. The permeation of C60-fullerene and its amphiphilic derivatives-C3-tris-malonic-C60-fullerene (C3) and D3-tris-malonyl...

AIMS Accumulating data suggest that food supplementation with seaweeds which traditionally are an important part of food culture in South-East Asian countries might lead to essential health benefits. In this short review, we summarize findings from experimental studies on the effects of fucoxanthin (a carotenoid derived from brown seaweeds) on lipid metabolism, adiposity, and related conditions...

background : thymol and carvacrol have previously demonstrated larvicidal activity against aedes aegypti (diptera: culicidae). in view of this fact, it was of our interest to obtain synthetic derivatives and evaluate their larvicidal ac­tivity on ae. aegypti larvae. methods : structural modifications were performed on thymol and carvacrol in an effort to understand the functional groups necessa...

background: the progressive accumulation of misfolded and aggregated proteins in neurons is an accepted mechanism in aging. overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ros), referred to as oxidative stress, is currently believed to play a pivotal role in this process. lipofuscin as a histological index of aging results from cross-links between oxidized proteins and lipids. therefore, to attenuat...