In 1899 Wolfgang Paul2 and the write? independently reached the conclusion that electrolytes when acting on proteins formed ion-protein compounds. The writer anticipated that these ionproteins would explain the mystery of many life phenomena. He was especially interested in one of the most universal physiological actions of salts; namely, the antagonistic salt action, for which the annihilation...

An efficient one-pot approach to multiple substituted quinazolines with diaryliodonium salt , and two nitriles has been presented. The reaction enables great flexibility of the substitution patterns on quinazolines and is applicable to two different nitriles to give a regio-selective product.

The interaction of pyridine-4(-3,-2)aldoxime has been studied whit 3-bromo-N,N,N-trialkyl-2oxo(-hydroxyimino)-1-propanaminium bromide. The structure of all synthesized compounds was determined by elemental analysis as well as by physical and chemical methods. All synthesized compounds were tested for reactivation of phosphorylated acetylcholinesterase. Using fragments of the molecules (an oxime...

Some carbohydrates are known to decrease the attachment of Acanthamoeba sp. to biological surfaces. By a method based on the reduction of a tetrazolium salt (XTT) by the mitochondrial dehydrogenases of the parasites, d-mannose and alpha-d-mannopyranoside have been shown to reduce Acanthamoeba attachment to inert surfaces, indicating that the mannose binding protein of Acanthamoeba trophozoites ...

Lichens are resilient organisms, known for their unique profiles of secondary metabolites and for exhibiting antioxidative, antibacterial, and cytotoxic effects. Analyzing the cytotoxic potential of Lobaria scrobiculata, a bioassay-guided fractionation strategy yielded seven known metabolites, with two of these compounds, 2 and 3, exhibiting cytotoxicity against HL-60 cells. In order to verify ...

Ultrastructural and functional studies of degranulation responses by human neutrophils have suggested that microtubules (MTs) have a role in the intracellular transport of neutrophil granules. We have found that granule-MT complexes can be isolated from disrupted taxol-treated (1.0 microM) neutrophils, visualized by electron microscopy, and quantified in terms of granules per MT length. After i...

The cyclization of cyclohexane-1,3-diones with various substituted pyridinium salts afforded functionalized 8-oxa-10-aza-tricyclo[7.3.1.0(2,7)]trideca-2(7),11-dienes. The reaction proceeds by regioselective attack of the central carbon atom of the 1,3-dicarbonyl unit to 4-position of the pyridinium salt and subsequent cyclization by base-assisted proton migration and nucleophilic addition of th...

Coupling reaction between electron-rich 2-morpholino-4(3H)-pyrimidinone and nucleophilic side chains of several natural α-amino acids promoted by phosphonium salt has been developed to prepare new optically active pyrimidin-4-yl amino acids. The best results were obtained using a two-step method through the easily available benzotriazolyl-1-oxy intermediate. A detailed optimization study of thi...