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Molecules, Volume 17, Issue 12

December 2012 - 96 articles

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Articles (96)

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
6,772 Views
9 Pages

Compounds from the Roots and Rhizomes of Valeriana amurensis Protect against Neurotoxicity in PC12 Cells

  • Qiuhong Wang,
  • Changfu Wang,
  • Yueming Zuo,
  • Zhibin Wang,
  • Bingyou Yang and
  • Haixue Kuang

18 December 2012

Three new germacrane-type sesquiterpenoids, heishuixiecaoline A–C (compounds 1–3), were isolated along with ten known compounds 4–13 from fraction of Valeriana amurensis roots and rhizomes effective against Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The structures of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,578 Views
17 Pages

QSPR Models for Predicting Log Pliver Values for Volatile Organic Compounds Combining Statistical Methods and Domain Knowledge

  • Damián Palomba,
  • María J. Martínez,
  • Ignacio Ponzoni,
  • Mónica F. Díaz,
  • Gustavo E. Vazquez and
  • Axel J. Soto

17 December 2012

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are contained in a variety of chemicals that can be found in household products and may have undesirable effects on health. Thereby, it is important to model blood-to-liver partition coefficients (log Pliver) for VOC...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
8,335 Views
14 Pages

Phenolic Profiles and Antioxidant Activity of Litchi (Litchi Chinensis Sonn.) Fruit Pericarp from Different Commercially Available Cultivars

  • Wu Li,
  • Hong Liang,
  • Ming-Wei Zhang,
  • Rui-Fen Zhang,
  • Yuan-Yuan Deng,
  • Zhen-Cheng Wei,
  • Yan Zhang and
  • Xiao-Jun Tang

17 December 2012

Litchi fruit pericarp (LFP) contains significant amounts of phenolics which have been found to exhibit diverse biological activities. The purpose of this work was to determine the varietal differences in phenolic profiles and antioxidant activity of...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,501 Views
7 Pages

17 December 2012

pH-Zone-refining counter-current chromatography (pH-zone-refining CCC) was successfully applied for the large-scale separation of alkaloids from Corydalis bungeana. The crude extract was separated by a two-phase solvent system composed of petroleum e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,004 Views
20 Pages

17 December 2012

Adult cardiomyocytes (CMs) have very limited capacity to regenerate. Therefore, there is a great interest in developing strategies to treat infarcted CMs that are able to regenerate cardiac tissue and promote revascularization of infarcted zones in t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
121 Citations
10,065 Views
18 Pages

Structural Changes of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (OPEFB) after Fungal and Phosphoric Acid Pretreatment

  • Isroi,
  • Mofoluwake M. Ishola,
  • Ria Millati,
  • Siti Syamsiah,
  • Muhammad N. Cahyanto,
  • Claes Niklasson and
  • Mohammad J. Taherzadeh

17 December 2012

Oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) was pretreated using white-rot fungus Pleurotus floridanus, phosphoric acid or their combination, and the results were evaluated based on the biomass components, and its structural and morphological changes. The car...

  • Article
  • Open Access
226 Citations
21,930 Views
9 Pages

Copper Nanoparticles Mediated by Chitosan: Synthesis and Characterization via Chemical Methods

  • Muhammad Sani Usman,
  • Nor Azowa Ibrahim,
  • Kamyar Shameli,
  • Norhazlin Zainuddin and
  • Wan Md Zin Wan Yunus

14 December 2012

Herein we report a synthesis of copper nanoparticles (Cu-NPs) in chitosan (Cts) media via a chemical reaction method. The nanoparticles were synthesized in an aqueous solution in the presence of Cts as stabilizer and CuSO4·5H2O precursor. The synthes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
285 Citations
14,493 Views
20 Pages

Rapid and Comprehensive Evaluation of (Poly)phenolic Compounds in Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) Juice by UHPLC-MSn

  • Pedro Mena,
  • Luca Calani,
  • Chiara Dall'Asta,
  • Gianni Galaverna,
  • Cristina García-Viguera,
  • Renato Bruni,
  • Alan Crozier and
  • Daniele Del Rio

13 December 2012

The comprehensive identification of phenolic compounds in food and beverages is a crucial starting point for assessing their biological, nutritional, and technological properties. Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) has been described as a rich source o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,487 Views
5 Pages

A General Synthesis of Bis-indolylpiperazine-2,5-diones

  • Stephen Crooke and
  • Christine Whitlock

13 December 2012

The one-pot synthesis of three dragmacidin derivatives is reported. Sarcosine anhydride (4) is brominated and immediately reacted with the corresponding indole to produce the products, namely 3,6-bis(5′-methoxy-3′-indolyl)-1,4-dimethylpiperazine-2,5-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,641 Views
12 Pages

1,3-Bisdiphenylethenyl-substituted Carbazolyl Derivatives as Charge Transporting Materials

  • Giedre Bubniene,
  • Maryte Daskeviciene,
  • Audrius Pukalskas,
  • Vygintas Jankauskas and
  • Vytautas Getautis

13 December 2012

Synthesis of 1,3-diphenylethenylcarbazolyl-based charge transporting materials involving electron donating hydrazone moieties and an electron withdrawing 1,3-indandione moiety is reported. The obtained materials were examined by various techniques, i...

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