Total synthesis of (±)-antroquinonol D, which is isolated from very expensive and rarely found Antrodia camphorata and which has potential anticancer properties, was achieved from 4-methoxyphenol. In addition, a Michael addition to dimethoxy cyclohexadienones was studied. The main step involved chelation and substrate-controlled diastereoselective reduction of cyclohexenone and lactonization. L...

Novel unsymmetrical ligands, 1-thiophosphoryloxy-3-thiophosphorylbenzenes 3a-d, bearing phosphine sulfide and thiophosphoryloxy moieties as coordinating sites, were found to undergo cyclometalation at the C-2 position of the central benzene ring in a reaction with bis(benzonitrile)palladium dichloride affording rare examples of nonsymmetrical pincer complexes, namely [2-{(thiophosphoryl)oxy}-6-...

The mechanism of uptake of nitrosoureas by L5178Y cells in vitro was investigated. A time course of the uptake of radioactivity on incubation of L5178Y lymphoblast with [14C]-1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea was linear for 30 min and then entered a plateau phase; it was markedly temperature dependent. A similar time course for cells incubated with [14C]ethylene-labeled 1-(2-chlorethyl)-3-cy...

Investigations of pharmacodynamic parameters (postantibiotic effect [PAE], sub-MIC effects [SMEs], etc.) have been progressively employed for the design of dosing schedules of antimicrobial agents. However, there are fewer in vivo than in vitro data, probably because of the simplicity of the in vitro procedures. In this study, we have investigated the in vitro PAE, SME, and previously treated (...

In the title compound, C(11)H(12)N(2)S(2), the dithio-carbazate group adopts an EE configuration with respect to the C=C and C=N bonds of the propenyl-idene group. The atoms of the propenyl-idene and dithio-carbazate unit are essentially co-planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.058 (1) Å; the phenyl ring forms a dihedral angle of 18.3 (1)° with this fragment. In the crystal, mol-ecules form inv...

One of the sources of evidence for the somatic mutation hypothesis of cancer is in studies of cor relation between mutagenic and carcinogenic ca pacities of physical and chemical agents. Tests in this laboratory have suggested a positive correla tion within the limits of three mustard compounds. Both the nitrogen mustard, methylbis (2-chloroethyl)amine hydrochloride, and sulfur mustard, bis(2-c...

The pollution status and characteristics of PAEs (phthalate esters) were investigated in indoor air of offices, and PAEs of both gas-phase and particulate-phase were detected in all the samples. The concentration (sum of the gas phase and the particulate phase) was 4748.24 ng/m3, ranging between 3070.09 and 6700.14 ng/m3. Diethyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, and di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate were...

Correspondence to: Edson Hilgert Rua Francisco Paes, 31, apto. 22 Centro São José dos Campos CEP 12210-100 São Paulo Brazil Phone: +055 012 39227621 E-mail:[email protected] Abstract This study evaluates the marginal adaptation of ceramic copings front of two finish lines and addition of ceramic. Hence, two master steel dies were milled with all-ceramic crowns preparation, one with a round sho...