PURPOSE To determine potential changes in the plasma concentrations of oxcarbazepine (OXC) and its metabolites during pregnancy and puerperium. METHODS Five women receiving OXC monotherapy were followed prospectively during pregnancy and the puerperium. Four women were enrolled in the first trimester, and one woman, 2 weeks before delivery. Steady-state concentrations of OXC, its active R-(-)...

Though numerous metal-organic frameworks or polymers have been reported, the organic building blocks are usually not redox-active. On the other hand, some mono-, di- or tri-nuclear compounds with tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) have been prepared, although little is known about the coordination polymers combined with paramagnetic metals and organic TTF ligands. We report herein a series of coordinatio...

ABSTRACT. Ti(III) and (IV) hydrazide complexes were synthesized, characterized, screened for their tyrosinase lipoxygenase inhibitory cytotoxic activities. The geometry of is tentatively assigned as octahedral. Magnetic moments found around 1.7 B.M. electronic spectral transition in the range 495-518 nm. Evaluation Ti(IV) activities revealed varying inhibition potential. Hydrazide ligands inact...

The title mol-ecule (alternative name: pyridine-3-carbohydrazide; C(6)H(7)N(3)O) was obtained from the reaction of ethyl nicotinate with hydrazine hydrate in methanol. In the amide group, the C-N bond is relatively short, suggesting some degree of electronic delocalization in the mol-ecule. The stabilized conformation may be compared with those of isomeric compounds picolinohydrazide (pyridine-...

A series of linear and macrocyclic peptides 3-12 were synthesized using 3,5-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (1) as starting material and screened for their antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities. Bis-ester 3 was prepared from 1 and L-leucine methyl ester. Hydrazinolysis and hydrolysis of dipeptide methyl ester 3 with hydrazine hydrate or 1 N sodium hydroxide afforded compounds 4 a...

Eight new complexes of Cu(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Zn(II) with isonicotinic acid hydrazide (isoniazid, (INH)) and isonicotinic acid (1-naphthylmethylene)hydrazide (INNMH), having the formula of the type [M(INH)(ac)2] or [M(INNMH)(ac)2] (M = Co(II), Ni(II) and Zn(II)) and [Cu(INH)(ac)2]2, [Cu(INNMH)(ac)2]2, were synthesized and characterized. All complexes were characterized based on elemental an...

Molecular dynamics simulations of the biphalin molecule, (Tyr-D-Ala-Gly-Phe-NH)(2), and the active tetrapeptide hydrazide, Tyr-D-Ala-Gly-Phe-NH-NH(2) were performed to investigate the cause of the increased μ and δ receptor binding affinities of the former over the latter. The simulation results demonstrate that the acylation of the two equal tetrapeptide fragments of biphalin produces the cons...

A bidentate ligand derived from furan-2-aldehyde and nicotinic acid hydrazide was characterized through analytical and spectral studies. Mn(II), Co(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes of nicotinic acid furan-2-ylmethylene-hydrazide have been synthesized and characterized by molar conductance, elemental analysis, UV-Vis, IR, H NMR, C NMR and ESR studies. The above studies confirm the electrolytical...

Isonicotinic acid hydrazide (INH) is a frontline antituberculosis agent. Once taken up by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, INH requires activation by the catalase-peroxidase KatG, converting INH from its prodrug form into a range of bactericidal reactive species. Here we used 15N-labeled INH together with electron paramagnetic resonance spin trapping techniques to demonstrate that nitric oxide (NO*)...

Inhibitors of soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) represent one of the novel pharmaceutical approaches for treating hypertension, vascular inflammation, pain and other cardiovascular related diseases. Most of the potent sEH inhibitors reported in literature often suffer from poor solubility and bioavailability. Toward improving pharmacokinetic profile beside favorable potency, two series of 4-benza...