Studies were conducted to assess glacial acetic acid (GAA) with various host plant volatiles (HPVs) and the sex pheromone, (E,E)-8, 10-dodecadien-1-ol, of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L), as lures in traps for tortricid pests that often co-occur in tree fruits in the western United States. In addition to codling moth, field trapping studies were conducted with oriental fruit moth, Grapholita ...

Intervention in Obesity & Diabetes 11-Keto-β-Boswellic Acid and 5-Chloro-8-Hydroxyquinoline Attenuate Renal Damage Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice Ghulam Abbas1,2*, Sulaiman Al-Hashmi2*, Ahmed Al-Harrasi2*, René Csuk3, Issa Al-Amri1,4, Najeeb Ur Rehman2, Al-Adawi1 Samera Khalaf4 1Department of Biological Sciences Chemistry, University Nizwa, Sultanate Oman, Oman 2Natural Medical Research C...

Isosorbide-2-carbamate-5-esters are highly potent and selective butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors with potential utility in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). They are stable in human plasma but in mouse plasma they undergo hydrolysis at the 5-ester group potentially attenuating in vivo potency. In this paper we explore the role of the 5-position in modulating potency. The focus of the s...

A convenient method for the preparation of alkynes and alkynyl esters from ketones and β-keto esters is described which involves the formation of vinyl triflates, followed by elimination with tetrabutylammonium fluoride trihydrate, to give alkynes. Unlike established elimination methods, the method requires neither a strong base nor anhydrous conditions.

A general approach to asymmetric synthesis of highly substituted dihydroquinolines was achieved through neighboring ortho-amino group engaged sequential Michael/amination/dehydration reactions on (E)-2-(2-nitrovinyl)anilines with cyclic and acyclic β-keto esters in the presence of a catalytic amount of Rawal's quinidine-NH-benzyl squaramide followed by TFA.

Oxalic acid dihydrate as a green, mild and efficient catalyst for the one-pot three-component Biginelli synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-(1H)-one derivatives from the reaction between β-keto esters (methyl or ethyl acetoacetate), aromatic aldehyde (benzaldehye derivatives) and urea or thiourea under thermal and solvent-free conditions with excellent yields and short reaction time is st...

Marine bacteria belonging to genera Paracoccus and Brevundimonas of the α-Proteobacteria class can produce C₄₀-type dicyclic carotenoids containing two β-end groups (β rings) that are modified with keto and hydroxyl groups. These bacteria produce astaxanthin, adonixanthin, and their derivatives, which are ketolated by carotenoid β-ring 4(4')-ketolase (4(4')-oxygenase; CrtW) and hydroxylated by ...