Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene (IP) is a major environmental pollutant which is carcinogenic on mouse skin and in rat lung. Unlike benzo(a)pyrene, IP is a nonalternant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon which is devoid of a bay region. IP was mutagenic in Salmonella typhimurium TA100 in the presence of a 9000 X g supernatant from the livers of Aroclor-pretreated rats. Using a similar activation system, th...

Molybdenum-containing enzymes, aldehyde oxidase and xanthine oxidase, are important in the oxidation of N-heterocyclic xenobiotics. However, the role of these enzymes in the oxidation of drug-derived aldehydes has not been established. The present investigation describes the interaction of eleven structurally related benzaldehydes with guinea pig liver aldehyde oxidase and bovine milk xanthine ...

Javanese bark (Lannea coromandelica) contains secondary metabolites of saponins, tannins, phenolics, and flavonoids. Flavonoids include aromatic compounds that are antioxidants. Antioxidants can inhibit the oxidation process arises due to free radical reactions form unreactive compounds. The active flavonoid in counteracting radicals determined by presence –OH (hydroxy) functional group. Flavon...

Photolysis of aromatic sulfoxides in the presence of alkoxides in alcoholic solvents provides a photochemical route to the corresponding sulfides. Other electron donors also give sulfide with various degrees of success. The reaction could also be carried out using carbazoles as sensitizers, and quantitative yields could be obtained using N-methylcarbazole in methanol. Evidence points toward a h...

The vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoionization and dissociative photoionization of three hydroxy-substituted [2.2]paracyclophane derivatives were studied yielding adiabatic ionization energies and dissociative photoionization energies (appearance energies). The simplest dissociation pathway is the breaking of both CH(2)-CH(2) bridge units and fragmenting the molecular ion in half to yield xylylen...

Tungstophosphoric acid (H3PW12O40) supported on silica-coated magnetite nanoparticles has been prepared and used as a heterogeneous catalyst (Fe3O4@SiO2@HPW) in the condensation of benzaldehyde (B) with glycerol (Gly) for production cyclic acetals. Physicochemical techniques, including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission (TEM), Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR), X-ray ...

Based on the presence of carbamoyl moiety, twenty salicylanilide N,N-disubstituted (thio)carbamates were investigated using Ellman's method for their ability to inhibit acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE). O-Aromatic (thio)carbamates exhibited weak to moderate inhibition of both cholinesterases with IC50 values within the range of 1.60 to 311.0 µM. IC50 values for BChE ...

the utilization of hydroxy sodalite (h-sod) as catalyst under solvent-free condition is described for the efficient preparation of tetrahydrobenzo[b]pyrans. these compounds are synthesized by three-component reactions of aldehydes, alkylnitriles and dimedone. h-sod that is the waste-product of zeolite manufacturing process is used as an efficient and a very inexpensive catalyst. furthermore, it...