a new series of alkylthio imidazole analogues of captopril, an ace inhibitor used in the treatment of hypertension, was designed and synthesized in order to obtain agents more active than captopril with less side effects. all the compounds thus prepared were purified and characterized by ir, nmr and mass analytical instruments.

objective: alpha-synuclein is a major component of protein plaques in synucleinopathies, particularly parkinson’s disease. the purpose of this study is to assess the inhibitory effects of cuminaldehyde on the fibrillation of alpha-synuclein. methods: alpha-synuclein was expressed in escherichia coli and subsequently purified. for the process of fibrillation, purified protein was incubated at 3...

factors such as oxidative stress and reduced acetylcholine level have been implicated in alzheimer’s disease (ad) pathology and recently there has been a trend towards natural product research to find potential sources of antioxidants and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in the plants kingdom. centaurea is a genus with about 500 species world wild, many of them have shown to possess biologic act...

inhibitor development is a lifelong challenge for patients with bleeding disorders who received replacement therapy. most commonly, inhibitor formation was observed in hemophilia a patients but patients with rare bleeding disorders (rbd) especially patients with deficiency of factor xiii (fxiii) and factor v (fv) can develop an inhibitor against exogenous factors. several factors considered as ...

the idea of smart corrosion inhibition is basis on either inhibitor consumption where it is needed or reducing harmful matrix interaction with it. in addition, applying corrosion inhibitor in a coating causes many problems such as loss of inhibition capability, coating degradation, or both. a useful technique to overcome this problem is applying of inert host systems of nanometer dimensions as ...

background: leukemia inhibitor factor (lif) is a very important pleiotropic cytokine which belongs to interleukin-6 (il-6) family. lif exerts multiple effects on different types of cells and tissues with numerous regulatory effects in vivo and in vitro. it is a lymphoid factor, which performs a number of activities including cholinergic neuron differentia­tion, control of stem cell pluripotency...