The coordinating behavior of a new dihydrazone ligand, 2,6-bis[(3-methoxysalicylidene)hydrazinocarbonyl]pyridine towards manganese(II), cobalt(II), nickel(II), copper(II), zinc(II) and cadmium(II) has been described. The metal complexes were characterized by magnetic moments, conductivity measurements, spectral (IR, NMR, UV-Vis, FAB-Mass and EPR) and thermal studies. The ligand crystallizes in ...

We report direct evidence for the existence of an iron(IV)-hydroxide. Resonance Raman measurements on chloroperoxidase compound II (CPO-II) reveal an isotope ((18)O and (2)H)-sensitive band at nu(Fe-O) = 565 cm(-1). Preparation of CPO-II in H(2)O using H(2)(18)O(2) results in a red-shift of 22 cm(-1), while preparation of CPO-II in (2)H(2)O using H(2)O(2) results in a red-shift of 13 cm(-1). Th...

Introduction. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive and fatal motor neuron disease characterized by selective degeneration of motor neurons in the brain stem, spinal cord, and motor cortex. Approximately 5–10% of ALS cases are familial, and 15–20% of these are linked to a mutation in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene. Mice expressing mutant G93A-SOD1 (glycine to alanine subs...

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy is one of the major techniques used to analyse the structure and function of the water oxidising complex (WOC) in Photosystem II. The discovery of an EPR signal from the S0 state has opened the way for new experiments, aiming to characterise the S0 state and elucidate the differences between the different S states. We present a review of the bi...

Introduction The distribution of enantiomers can be visualized with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) imaging if they are labeled with stable spin-probes such as nitroxyl radicals. To make in vivo imaging of chiral drugs possible, we first need to perform synthesis and toxicological studies for spin-labeled chiral drugs, as well as develop a simultaneous imaging method to visualize two enan...

few novel cobalt(ii) and copper(ii) complexes [m(fmp)3]cl2, [m(fmp)(bpy)2]cl2,[m(fmp)(phen)2]cl2 and [m(fmp)(phen)(bpy)]cl2 (fmp = 3-furan-2-ylmethylene-pentane-2,4-dione, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) have been synthesized andcharacterized by elemental analyses, molar conductance, magnetic susceptibility measurements,ir, electronic, epr, mass spectra and cyclic voltam...

Tumor and inflammation have many common features. One hallmark of both is enhanced vascular permeability, which is mediated by various factors including bradykinin, nitric oxide (NO), peroxynitrite, prostaglandins etc. A unique characteristic of tumors, however, is defective vascular anatomy. The enhanced vascular permeability in tumors is also distinctive in that extravasated macromolecules ar...

The interaction of simple and ternary Cu(II) complexes of 1,10-phenanthrolines with DNA has been studied extensively because of their various interesting and important functions such as DNA cleavage activity, cytotoxicity towards cancer cells, and DNA based asymmetric catalysis. Such functions are closely related to the DNA binding modes of the complexes such as intercalation, groove binding, a...

Characterization of heme oxidation products falls naturally into two categories: species resulting from electron transfer, and in vivo and in vitro heme degradation products formed by oxidative addition or cleavage. In the former, we propose to include the intermediates appearing during the catalytic cycles of catalase (Cat), horseradish peroxidase (HRP), and cytochrome c peroxidase; the latter...