Effect of vitamin B2 deficiency on rat liver dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase was investigated. It was found that the purified enzyme contains 2 mol flavin per molecule, which consists of equal proportions of flavin-adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and riboflavin 5'-phosphate (FMN). When rats were fed on a vitamin B2-deficient diet for 5 weeks, dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase activity in the liver was...

In this work was designed to investigate the effects of two steroid-dihydropyrimidine derivatives on glucose levels in a rat diabetic model. Additionally, to delineate the structural chemical requirements of the dihydropyrimidine derivatives as antidiabetic agents; several parameters such as, the descriptors LogP and π were calculated. The results showed that dihydrotestosterone-dihydropyrimidi...

Thirteen new 6-(1-H-indole-2-yl)-4-oxo-2-[2-(substituted-benzylidene)-hydrazinyl]-4,5-dihydropy-rimidine-5-carbonitrile derivatives were synthesized. The title compounds, hydrazones, were synthesized by reaction of hydrazine group of 2-hydrazinyl-4-(1-H-indole-2-yl)-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyrimidine-5-carbonitrile (2) with different substituted aromatic aldehydes using a mixture (2:8, v/v) of glacial...

portant molecules, pyrimidine has played an important role in medicinal chemistry. A survey of literature has shown that compounds having a pyrimidine nucleus possess a broad range of biological activities such as anticancer (1), antiviral (2), antibacterial (3), antimalarial (4), antihypertensive (5) and anti-inflammmatory activities (6, 7). Moreover, chemistry and synthesis of 1,2,3,4-tetrahy...

CONTEXT Capecitabine has shown efficacy in treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Several researchers have identified thymidine phosphorylase, dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, or their ratio as indicators of response to capecitabine in various cancers. CASE REPORT We report two patients with metastatic pancreatic carcinoma who had long-term survivals on capecitabine after gemcitabine fail...

ABSTRACT : Dihydropyrimidines (DHPMs) are of much importance due to excellent pharmacological properties. In this account we have synthesized new functionalized DHPMs (a) 5-benzoyl-6-methyl-4-phenyl-3,4dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one (KT-01) and (b) 5-benzoyl-4-(4-chlorophenyl)-6-methyl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one (KT-03) in two step reaction. The first step involves the synthesis of benzoylaceto...

In 1893, P. Biginelli reported the synthesis of functionalized 3, 4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones (DHPMs) via three-component condensation reaction of an aromatic aldehyde, urea, and ethyl acetoacetate. In the past decade, this long-neglected multicomponent reaction has experienced a remarkable revival, mainly due to the interesting pharmacological properties associated with this dihydropyrimidin...