This work describes a study into thiol–ene based Michael addition reactions. Different catalysts, primary and tertiary amines and phosphines, were investigated for the reaction of a range of thiols with dimers and oligomers of some (meth)acrylates. Primary and tertiary amines are efficient catalysts for the thiol–ene reaction, although these catalysts require several hours to reach high convers...

The bis(1,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-4-pyridinonato)oxidovanadium(IV), VO(dmpp)2, has shown anti-diabetic effects by in vitro studies in Wistar (W) rat adipocytes and in vivo in obese Zucker rats. The aim of this work is to confirm the therapeutic properties of VO(dmpp)2 in non-obese type 2 diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats. An in vivo study was carried out, treating W and GK rats during 21 days with ...

Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) released from enterochromaffin cells helps regulate antral somatostatin secretion, but the mechanisms regulating ANP secretion are not known. We superfused rat antral segments with selective neural agonists/antagonists to identify the neural pathways regulating ANP secretion. The nicotinic agonist 1,1-dimethyl-4-phenylpiperazinium (DMPP) stimulated ANP secretion...

Bronchial hyperresponsiveness is one of the main features of asthma. A nicotinic receptor agonist, 1,1-dimethylphenyl 1,4-piperazinium (DMPP), has been shown to have an inhibitory effect on airway response to methacholine in an in vivo model of asthma. The aims of this study were to 1) verify whether nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) were present on mouse tracheal smooth muscle, 2) veri...

BACKGROUND Cytokine production is critical in ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury. Acetylcholine binds to macrophages and inhibits cytokine synthesis, through the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. This study examined the role of the cholinergic pathway in cytokine production and hepatic IR- injury. METHODS Adult male mice underwent 90-min of partial liver ischemia followed by reperfusion. T...

In the title complex, [Mn(C(11)H(10)N(3)O(2))(2)]·2C(7)H(4)N(2)O(6), the Mn(II) atom has a disorted octa-hedral coordination formed by four N and two O atoms of two mer-6-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)picolinate ligands (DMPP). Each of the two symmetry-independent 3,5-dinitro-benzoic acid mol-ecules is linked to the mol-ecule of the complex via a hydrogen bond involving its carboxylic H atom an...