Nicotinic agonists, including 1,1-dimethyl-4-phenylpiperazinium (DMPP), have anti-inflammatory properties and in some instances smooth muscle relaxing effects. Since inflammation and airway smooth muscle contraction are two major components of asthma, the present authors investigated the effects of DMPP on airway inflammation and airway resistance in a mouse model of asthma. Mice were sensitise...

Activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) on inflammatory cells induces anti-inflammatory effects. The intracellular mechanisms that regulate this effect are still poorly understood. In neuronal cells, nAChRs are associated with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K). This enzyme, which can activate phospholipase C (PLC), is also present in monocytes. The aim of this study was to a...

Dicyandiamide (DCD) and 3, 4-dimethypyrazole phosphate (DMPP) are often claimed to be efficient in regulating soil N transformations and influencing plant productivity, but the difference of their performances across field sites is less clear. Here we applied a meta-analysis approach to compare effectiveness of DCD and DMPP across field trials. Our results showed that DCD and DMPP were equally ...

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) localized to excitatory longitudinal muscle motoneurons were studied in segments of guinea pig ileum maintained in vitro. Longitudinal muscle contractions caused by the nAChRs agonists, dimethylphenylpiperazinium (DMPP), nicotine, and cytisine were measured using isometric strain gauge transducers. In normal Krebs' solution, the nAChR agonists caused c...

In this study the molecular geometries, experimental vibrational and electronic absorption spectra and quantum chemical calculations of free dimethyl phenylphosphonite, (C8H11PO2), (with synonym, dimethoxyphenylphosphine or phenyldimethoxyphosphine) (Abbreviated as DMPP) and its [Cd(DMPP)].Cl2.H2O metal halide complex have been investigated by using elemental analysis, FT-IR, micro-Raman and UV...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Inflammatory cells involved in the pathophysiology of asthma express nicotinic receptor. Therefore 1,1 dimethyl(-4-)phenylpiperazinium (DMPP) in two doses were compared to dexamethasone in asthmatic guinea pigs. MATERIALS AND METHODS Six groups were included; Normal control and five asthmatic (OVA-sensitized and challenged) groups; which were treated for 10 days as follows:...

3,4-Dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) has been widely employed to reduce nitrogen leaching and greenhouse gas emissions in the soils of dry farmlands. However, the effects of DMPP on the dynamics of nitrogen in paddy fields remain unclear. For this study, treatments with 0%, 0.25%, 0.5%, 1%, or 1.5% DMPP levels of nitrogen fertilization plus urea were designed to determine the effects on greenh...

The perfusion of the sinus node artery in dogs in situ was performed. The selective administration of nicotine and DMPP into the sinus node artery induced a biphasic response, i.e., a negative chronotropic response followed by a positive one. Both compounds produced similar negative chronotropic responses, but positive responses were more markedly induced by DMPP than by nicotine. These negativ...

A novel Schiff base derivative of 4-aminoantipyrine, that is, (E)-4-(2-methoxybenzylideneamino)-1,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3(2H)-one (MBA-dMPP), was synthesized and characterized by FT-IR, 1H-NMR, and EI-MS. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data revealed MBA-dMPP adopts a trans configuration around its central C=N double bond, and forms orthorhombic crystals. XRD revealed that MBA-dMPP po...

We investigated the effects of neomycin on nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-induced responses in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. Neomycin inhibited the nicotinic agonist dimethylphenylpiperazinium iodide (DMPP)-induced norepinephrine secretion in a concentration-dependent manner. Neomycin had also an inhibitory effect on the DMPP-induced increase in cytosolic Ca++ concentration ([Ca++]i). This...