1. A method is described for the purification of a proteinase, present in human seminal plasma and previously shown to accelerate migration of spermatozoa through cervical mucus in vitro. A 25-fold purification was achieved in three steps, consisting of ammonium sulphate fractionation, chromatography on CM-cellulose and gel filtration. 2. The enzyme displays some properties similar to chymotryp...

In the title compound, C(17)H(18)N(2)O(3)S, the dihedral angles between the thio-phene ring and the ethyl ester group and the pyridine-4-carboxamide unit are 7.1 (2) and 9.47 (11)°, respectively. An intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bond generates an S(6) ring. In the crystal, inversion dimers linked by pairs of C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds between the tetra-hydro-1-benzothio-phene and the pyridine-4-carb...

This research includes synthesis of new derivatives benzimidazole , the compound (A1*) prepared by reaction o-phenylene diamine with carbon disulfide in alcoholic potassium hydroxide. Then was ethyl chloroacetate and hydroxide to give ester (A2*). preparation hydrazide (A3*) (A2*) hydrazine hydrate (80%). we used prepare pyrazole (A4), then mannich basses (A4) different primary aromatic amines ...

Fungus isolate, Aspergillus sp. (RBD01), which was isolated from biocontaminated clarified butter was evaluated for its potential to transesterify used edible and non-edible oils for generation of alkyl esters, when used as biocatalyst as dry biomass. The work aimed at determining the potential of dry biomass of Aspergillus sp. (RBD01) to transesterify used cottonseed oil and non-edible oils vi...

Many samples of rapeseed oil ethyl ester were prepared by alkaline-catalyzed transesterification at various conditions (reaction time, temperature, amount of catalyst, the molar ratio of ethanol to oil, the rotations of a disperser and the purification by water). The concentrations of the key impurities for biodiesel quality (the concentrations of monoglycerides, diglycerides, triglycerides, fr...

As a part of our continuing work to improve the flame retardance of some chain-growth polymers, by employing a reactive route, we have synthesized several unsaturated compounds containing either phosphorus (P), or both phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N), bearing groups in different chemical environments. They included: diethyl(acryloyloxymethyl)phosphonate (DEAMP); diethyl(1-acryloyloxyethyl)phosp...

The results of our previous investigations on extracts of selected marine algae showed that Caulerpa peltata and Padina gymnospora had more promising antiproliferative and antioxidant activities than Gelidiella acerosa and Sargassum wightii. Based on these results, the more active chloroform extract of C. peltata and ethyl acetate extract of P. gymnospora were further analyzed for their constit...

DPPH radical scavenging reactions of protocatechuic acid and its methyl ester were investigated in various solvents. In alcoholic solvents, methyl protocatechuate rapidly scavenged more than four equivalents of the radical, whereas approximately two equivalents were consumed in aprotic solvents. Methyl, ethyl, butyl, isopropyl, and tert-butyl protocatechuates were examined for their DPPH radica...

C ASEIN, IN CONJUNCTION W ITH LABELED GLYCINE ETHYL ESTER, proved to be a suitable material in the study of liver transglutaminase.1 The liver enzyme catalyzes the incorporation of the labeled amine into the glutamine residues of the casein and thus can easily be followed in a scintillation counter. Since transglutaminase catalyzes the cross-bonding of the fibrin clot,2 we explored the possibil...

2-(6,8-Dibromo-2-methylquinazolin-4-yloxy)-acetohydrazide (4) was prepared by the reaction of 6,8-dibromo-2-methylbenzo-[d][1,3]oxazin-4-one with formamide to afford quinazolinone 2, followed by alkylation with ethyl chloroacetate to give the ester 3. Treatment of ester 3 with hydrazine hydrate and benzaldehyde afforded 4 and styryl quinazoline 5. The hydrazide was reacted with triethyl orthofo...