Organophosphorous (OP) chemical warfare nerve agents mainly sarin and tabun were used during the Iran-Iraq war with high mortalities. In addition to atropine and oximes, the followings have recently been used successfully for the treatment of OP poisoning. 1. Sodium Bicarbonate: Infusion of high doses of sodium bicarbonate (5 mEq/kg in 60 min. followed by 5-6 mEq/kg/day to obtain arterial blood...

Previous studies using combined techniques of site-directed mutagenesis and electrophysiology of voltage-gated Na(+) channels have demonstrated that there are significant overlaps in the regions that are important for the two fundamental properties of the channels, namely gating and permeation. We have previously shown that a pore-lining residue, W402 in S5-S6 region (P loop) in domain I of the...

Sodium rare earth fluorides, NaREF4 (RE = earth), are used as luminescent materials for light emission and biomedical applications important compositions extracting separating RE elements. Solution calorimetric measurements of a series ?-structured (Na1.5RE1.5F6) phases with various elements determined their heats formation. Though the lattice contracts from to heavy elements, compounds show mo...

Sodium-ion batteries have been considered as potential candidates for stationary energy storage because of the low cost and wide availability of Na sources. However, their future commercialization depends critically on control over the solid electrolyte interface formation, as well as the degree of sodiation at the positive electrode. Here we report an easily scalable ball milling approach, whi...

a number of n-arylmethyl substituted indole derivatives have been synthesized and their effectiveness against adp and arachidonic acid induced platelet aggregation in human plasma was determined. the desired compounds were synthesized by reacting the appropriate aniline derivative with isatin (or substituted isatin) to form the corresponding imine structures. the so formed compound was then act...