Capsaicin (CAP), the pungent principle from chilli peppers, has shown various activities such as analgesic, anticancer and antioxidant. To further explore a therapeutic application of this compound, several derivatives of CAP were designed and synthesized. Starting materials, CAP and dihydrocapsaicin (DHC), were obtained as a mixture from dried fruits of Capsicum annuum sp. in 0.069 % yield. St...

Three new diphenyl ether derivatives-phomaethers A-C (1-3) and five known compounds-including a diphenyl ether analog, 2,3'-dihydroxy-4-methoxy-5',6-dimethyl diphenyl ether (4); and four isocoumarin derivatives, diaportinol (5), desmethyldiaportinol (6), citreoisocoumarinol (7), and citreoisocoumarin (8)-were isolated from a gorgonian-derived fungus Phoma sp. (TA07-1). Their structures were elu...

some oxime ether derivatives of α-ionone (4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one) have been synthesized. reaction of 4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-ketoxime with various chloro and fluoro aromatic and hetero aromatic compounds gave the corresponding oxime ether derivatives via aromatic nucleophilic substitution (snar). the structures of these compounds were elucida...

QSAR for honey bee acute contact toxicity (ester derivatives) 1.2.Other related models: QSAR for honey bee acute contact toxicity (amine derivatives) QSAR for honey bee acute contact toxicity (amide derivatives) QSAR for honey bee acute contact toxicity (ether derivatives not containing amide groups) 1.3.Software coding the model: QSARModel 3.5.0 Molcode Ltd., Turu 2, Tartu, 51014, Estonia http...

QSAR for honey bee acute contact toxicity (amide derivatives) 1.2.Other related models: QSAR for honey bee acute contact toxicity (amine derivatives) QSAR for honey bee acute contact toxicity (ester derivatives) QSAR for honey bee acute contact toxicity (ether derivatives not containing amide groups) 1.3.Software coding the model: QSARModel 3.5.0 Turu 2, Tartu, 51014, Estonia, http://www.molcod...

Kathryn Rosica of the Chemical Manufacturers Association raised an interesting point in her letter (EHP vol. 102, p. 1006). Neither the term "glycol ethers" nor the term "ethylene glycol ethers" strictly identifies a class of chemicals whose members all share a common distinctive toxicological profile. As Rosica correctly noted, "Higher molecular weight ethylene glycol monoethers that have been...

We have developed the Rabbit Corneal Epithelial (RCE) Model to evaluate the in vitro eye irritation potential of chemicals including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and their raw ingredients. In the model, a stratified culture of rabbit corneal epithelial cells is grown at the air-liquid interface on an amnion acting as a parabasal membrane. The alkaline exposure was restored each day in the presenc...