Article history: Received 15 April 2014 Received in revised form 22 May 2014 Accepted 25 October 2014 Available online 10 November 2014

a new series of thiazolidinedione derivatives were synthesized. the structures of these compounds were established by means of ir, 1h-nmr and elemental analysis. all of the compounds were screened for antidiabetic activity on albino rats. most of the compounds showed significant antidiabetic activity when compared with the standard drug glibenclamide.

Reusable silica supported perchloric acid and potassium bisulphate have been prepared and explored as green catalysts for thiocyanation of aromatic compounds under conventional and solvent free microwave assisted conditions. The microwave assisted protocol exhibited remarkable rate accelerations and offered selective thiocyanation of aromatic and hetero aromatic compounds in good yields. Reacti...

Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) is one of the plants as source essential oils, which are widely used food and beverage flavors aromatherapy. This plant has great potential to be developed due low prices high planting power. The extraction oils from lemongrass generally still uses conventional methods water distillation or steam distillation, requires a long time (about 6 hours) get good qualit...