Rhodanine (R) is a heterocycle having complexing properties for heavy metal (HM) ions. Considering the similar electron-donating character of diethylaminobenzene and azulene, electrochemical characterization (Z)-5-(azulen-1-ylmethylene)-2-thioxo-thiazolidin-4-one (R1) 5-(4 diethylamino-benzylidene)-2-thioxo-thiazolidin-4-one (R2) was performed to establish their common features. Chemically modi...

Advancing non-fullerene acceptor (NFA) organic photovoltaics requires the mitigation of efficiency-limiting processes. Acceptor end-group and side-chain engineering are two handles to tune properties, a better understanding their specific impact on photophysics could facilitate more guided design. Here, device performance, energetic landscape, rhodanine dicyanovinyl end-capped IDT-based NFAs, n...

b a ckground: anoph eles culicifacies, a major malarial vector has been recognized as a complex of five sibling species, a, b, c, d and e. these sibling species exhibit varied vectorial capacity, host specificity and susceptibility to malarial parasites/ insecticides. in this study, a pcr assay developed earlier for distinguishing the five individual species was validated on samples of a n . cu...

objectives the current study aimed to investigate the immunostimulatory effects of the aqueous extract of heracleum persicum on mouse peritoneal macrophages. background the immune system provides protection against infectious diseases that are caused by various microorganisms, in particular pathogenic fungi. utilization of herbal immunostimulants is one solution to improve the immunity of human...

background the increasing use of herbal drugs and their easy availability have necessitated the use of mutagenicity tests to analyze their toxicity and safety. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the in vitro mutagenicity of artemisia draconculus l., a herbal drug, by performing single cell gel electrophoresis (scge). materials and methods in this study, we obtained a herbal drug ...

the co-inoculation of mulberry with phosphate solubilizing micro-organisms, nitrogen fixing bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhiza has influenced its macronutrient uptake through leaf. the data revealed that maximum nitrogen (484.12 kg /ha) , phosphorus (59.83 kg /ha) and potassium (244.61 kg/ha) uptake through leaf has taken place due to co-inoculation treatments as compared to the un inoculated t...

conclusions therefore the non-infectious dlps were became infectious if introduced into the cytoplasm of permissive and cancerous cells, without passing attachment and entry process. results we attempt to avoid the attachment and entry of the rotavirus by using lipofectamine to mediate the delivery of viral particles directly into the cytoplasm. dlp was endocytosed into the cytoplasm following ...

background and objectives: datura innoxiamilleris one of the two species of datura (solanaceae) which grow in iran. there are many reports of the biological activities of datura and in the present study the ability of datura innoxia for inhibiting angiogenesis was evaluated. methods: the methanol extract and petroleum ether, chloroform and methanol fractions of datura innoxia flowers were obtai...

prostate cancer is a devastating disease for which current therapies are inadequate. various lines of evidences have suggested the 5-lipoxygenase (5-lox) pathway and the leukotriene receptor pathway are potential targets for prevention or treatment of prostate cancer. thus, search for new anti-cancer drugs targeting 5-lox and leukotriene is very essential and important. the objective of the pre...

In a sustained search for novel ?-amylase inhibitors the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), we report herein synthesis series nineteen rhodanine-fused spiro[pyrrolidine-2,3?-oxindoles]. They were obtained by one-pot three component [3 + 2] cycloaddition stabilized azomethine ylides, generated in situ condensation glycine methyl ester and cyclic ketones 1H-indole-2,3-dione (isatin), w...