Protein-Tyrosine Phosphatase1B (PTP1B) is a negative regulator of the insulin signaling pathway and is a potential therapeutic target for treatment of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and cancer. It has been postulated that CNB-001 [4-((1E)-2-(5-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxystyryl-)-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazoyl-3-yl) vinyl)-2-methoxy-phenol)] may regulate PTP1B activity suggested by a...

We studied the binding of [18F]GBR 13119 (1-[[(4-[18F]fluorophenyl) (phenyl)methoxy]ethyl]-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine) to rat brain with autoradiography after intravenous injection. The rank order of binding was dorsal striatum greater than nucleus accumbens = olfactory tubercle greater than substantia nigra = ventral tegmental area greater than other areas. Binding was blocked by prior injec...

One new homoisoflavonoid, (3E)-2,3-dihydro-6,7-dimethoxy-3[(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)methylene]-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one and four naturally new analogues, (3E)-3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethylene)-2,3-dihydro-7-hydroxy-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one, (3E)-3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethylene)-2,3-dihydro-7-methoxy-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one, (3E)-2,3-dihydro-7-hydroxy-3-[(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)methylene]-4H-1-ben...

The title compound, C(18)H(14)FN(3)O(2)S(2), was synthesized by the reaction of 5-(4-fluoro-phen-yl)-N-(4-methoxy-benzyl-idene)-1,3,4-thia-diazol-2-amine and mercaptoacetic acid. The thia-zolidinone ring adopts a twist conformation. The 4-methoxy-phenyl ring is almost perpendicular to the thia-diazole ring, making a dihedral angle of 88.4 (3)°. The 4-fluoro-phenyl ring is nearly coplanar with t...

The object of this study was to identify the major active ingredients of the Chinese Traditional Medicine Jiang-Zhi-Ning (JZN) based on the high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) profiles of plasma samples obtained from beagle dogs at different times after intragastric administration of JZN, crude JZN extracts, different extracted fractions, different subfractions of the active fraction ...

The one and two-electron oxidations of water soluble ionic zinc porphyrins (Zinctetramethylpyridylporphyrin, ZnTMPyP, Zinc-tetra-p-sulfonato-phenyl-porphyrin, ZnTPPS, and Zinc-tetra-p-carboxy-phenylporphyrin, ZnTPPC) leading to the porphyrin /7-cations and /7-dications have been investigated in water by electrochemical (cyclic voltammetry and controlled potential electrolysis) and chemical meth...

The present work describes the synthesis and characterization of a few Mn(III) porphyrins with imidazole. A new series of high-spin Mn(III) porphyrins having general formulae [Mn(THMPP)X] and [Mn(THMPP)X(Im)], where THMPP = Tetrakis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl) porphinato ligand, X = Cl − , Br − , N3 or NCS − and Im = Imidazole have been synthesized. These complexes have been characterized by UV...

The flavonoids 5,6,7,8,9-hydroxy chalcone, 3,7-hydroxy-4?methoxy flavone, 5,6,7,8-hydroxy-4?-methoxy flavone and 3,5,6,7,4?-hydroxy flavone can be detected only in non-mycorrhizal roots of white clover, but not in mycorrhizal roots, whereas the flavonoids acacetin, quercetin and rhamnetin are only present in mycorrhizal roots. We tested the effect of several concentrations of these compounds on...

objective(s): chalcones and their rigid analogues represent an important class of small molecules having anticancer activities. therefore, in this study the synthesis and cytotoxic activity of new 3-benzylidenchroman-4-ones were described as rigid chalcone analogues.   materials and methods: the reaction of resorcinol with 3-chloropropionic acid in the presence of cf3so3h was afforded correspon...