Flavonoids comprise a group of plant polyphenols with a broad spectrum of biological activities. They have been shown to exert beneficial effects on human health and play an important role in prevention and/or treatment of several serious diseases, such as cancer, inflammation and cardiovascular disease (Middleton et al., 2000; Rice-Evans, 2001). Flavonoids are important beneficial components o...

A convenient method using commercial aqueous concentrated HCl (conc. HCl; 35%, w/w) as an acid catalyst was developed for preparation of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) from sterol esters, triacylglycerols, phospholipids, and FFAs for gas-liquid chromatography (GC). An 8% (w/v) solution of HCl in methanol/water (85:15, v/v) was prepared by diluting 9.7 ml of conc. HCl with 41.5 ml of methanol....

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peptide synthesis. Enzymatic peptide synthesis is more advantageous than chemical synthesis since the enzymatic method is stereoselective and is secure from racemization. There are, however, several problems to be solved with this method. Secondary hydrolysis of the resulting peptide may arise from the inherent nature of the protease. Moreover, the method is limited to the use of amino acid der...

Chitin benzoic acid esters were prepared using a phosphoryl mixed anhydride method. The products were characterized by 1H-NMR and FT-IR spectroscopy. FT-IR analysis revealed that the degree of O-acyl substitution of the products was in a range of 1.17-1.83. Morphological surface changes in the parent molecule due to the introduction of benzoic acid moieties were observed by scanning electron mi...

deprotection of phosphate, phosphate, and sulfite esters by silica chloride is described. silica chloride is a mild, selective, and effective reagent for cleavage of benzyl and t-butyl esters of the above compounds.

A novel method for the rapid preparation of starch esters is described herein, by rapid heating using microwave or conventional means. A 5-min method to prepare starch maleates with degree of substitution (DS) up to 0.25 was developed when microwave or conventional source assisted fast heating of starch in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) reacted with 0.5 equiv. maleic anhydride in the presence of 0.5...

Muscarinic receptor stimulation in the hippocampus has been associated with inositol phospholipid breakdown. In other systems this leads to the formation of inositol trisphosphate and diacylglycerol, which promotes the activation of protein kinase C. Phorbol esters, which directly activate protein kinase C, exhibit high and specific binding in the hippocampus. This, along with the advantages of...