Doxorubicin (Dox) was conjugated onto a biodegradable block copolymer methoxy-poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(lactide-co-2,2-dihydroxymethylpropylene carbonate (mPEG-b-P(LA-co-DHP)) via a carbamate linkage and an acid-labile hydrazone linkage, respectively. Mutifunctional mixed micelles consisting of Dox-containing copolymer mPEG-b-P(LA-co-DHP/Dox) and folic acid-containing copolymer mPEG-b-P(...

Thermodynamic control over kinetically-trapped mixtures of hydrazone-based macrocycles is achieved by addition of an aromatic monohydrazide to generate dynamic combinatorial libraries (DCLs) of linear and macrocyclic oligomers.

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been identified as an efficient drug carrier. Here a controlled drug-delivery system based on SWNTs coated with doxorubicin (DOX) through hydrazone bonds was developed, because the hydrazone bond is more sensitive to tumor microenvironments than other covalent linkers. The SWNTs were firstly stabilized with polyethylene glycol (H(2)N-PEG-NH(2)). Hydra...

Hydrazones are natural and synthetic compounds containing a C=N-N moiety. Here we found that the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 produced NAD(+)- or NADP(+)-dependent hydrazone dehydrogenase (HDH), which converts hydrazones to the corresponding hydrazides and acids rather than to the simple hydrolytic product aldehydes. Gene cloning indicated that the HDH is part of the group...

Measurements of aldehydes and ketones are typically conducted by derivatization using sorbent cartridges coated with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH). The collected samples are eluted with acetonitrile and analyzed by high-pressure liquid chromatography coupled with an ultra-violet detector (HPLC/UV). This paper intends to examine artifacts about its suitability in identification of unsaturate...

Hydrazone complexes of Cu(II), Co(II), Zn(II), Ni(II) and Pt(II) with N-isonicotinoyl-N'-(3-metoxy-2 hydroxybenzaldehyde)-hydrazone (HL) were synthesized and characterized by different physico-chemical techniques including elemental and thermal analysis, magnetic susceptibility measurements, molar electric conductivity, as well as IR (infrared), ¹H-NMR and 13C-NMR (hydrogen and carbon nuclear m...

There has been considerable interest in the development of novel compounds with anticonvulsant, antidepressant, analgesic, antiinflammatory, antiplatelet, antimalarial, antimicrobial, antimycobacterial, antitumoral, vasodilator, antiviral and antischistosomiasis activities. Hydrazones possessing an azometine -NHN=CH- proton constitute an important class of compounds for new drug development. Th...