The soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) is involved in the metabolism of endogenous chemical mediators that play an important role in blood pressure regulation and inflammation. 1,3-Disubstituted ureas are potent inhibitors of sEH that are active both in vitro and in vivo. However, their poor solubility in either water or lipid reduces their in vivo efficacy and makes them difficult to formulate. T...

Thus far, development of applications of fullerenes in biology has been hampered by the poor water solubility of fullerenes. In spite of such concerns, fullerenes have proved useful for a wide variety of biological applications. As derivatized and underivatized fullerenes continue to become increasingly available, additional applications and further development of those discussed in this articl...

Curcumin has been reported to be an effective and safe molecule for the treatment of a number cancers. But its utility was restricted due poor water solubility bio-availability degradation.

The solubility of naproxen in binary mixtures of polyethylene glycol 200 (PEG 200) + water at the temperature range from 298.0 K to 318.0 K were reported. The combinations of Jouyban-Acree model + van’t Hoff and Jouyban-Acree model + partial solubility parameters were used to predict the solubility of naproxen in PEG 200 + water mixtures at different temperatures. Combination of Jouyban-Acree m...

Varied pharmacological responses have been reported for mitragynine in the literature, but no supportive scientific explanations have been given for this. These studies have been undertaken without a sufficient understanding of the physicochemical properties of mitragynine. In this work a UV spectrophotometer approach and HPLC-UV method were employed to ascertain the physicochemical properties ...

Poor water solubility and low transfection efficiency of chitosan are major drawbacks for its use as a gene delivery carrier. PEGylation can increase its solubility, and folate conjugation may improve gene transfection efficiency due to promoted uptake of folate receptor-bearing tumor cells. The aim of this study was to synthesize and characterize folate-poly(ethylene glycol)-grafted chitosan (...

BACKGROUND Plants have been recognized as a good source of insecticidal agents, since they are able to produce their own defensives to insect attack. Moreover, there is a growing concern worldwide to develop pesticides with low impact to environment and non-target organisms. Hexane-soluble fraction from ethanolic crude extract from fruits of Manilkara subsericea and its triterpenes were conside...

Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is the main active ingredient of turmeric, a traditional herbal medicine and food of south Asia. Curcumin has been found to have a wide range of biological activities, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic activities. Curcumin is currently being tested in clinical trials for treatment of various types of cancers, including mu...

some drugs have low bioavailability due to their poor aqueous solubility and/or slowdissolution rate in biological fluids. stiripentol (stp) is a novel anticonvulsant drug that isstructurally unrelated to the currently available antiepileptics. it has poor aqueous solubilityand its solubility has to be enhanced accordingly. polyethyleneglycol 6000 (peg-6000) iscommonly utilized as a hydrophilic...

the solubility of naproxen in binary mixtures of polyethylene glycol 200 (peg 200) + water at the temperature range from 298.0 k to 318.0 k were reported. the combinations of jouyban-acree model + van’t hoff and jouyban-acree model + partial solubility parameters were used to predict the solubility of naproxen in peg 200 + water mixtures at different temperatures. combination of jouyban-acree m...