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Molecules, Volume 19, Issue 9

September 2014 - 145 articles

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Articles (145)

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
9,762 Views
16 Pages

24 September 2014

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of tripod-shaped trithiols, consisting of an adamantane core with three CH2SH legs and a bithiophene group, were prepared on a Au(111) surface. Adsorption in a tripod-like fashion was supported by polarization modulat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
12,787 Views
10 Pages

Organic Nitrates: Past, Present and Future

  • Maria S. França-Silva,
  • Camille M. Balarini,
  • Josiane C. Cruz,
  • Barkat A. Khan,
  • Pabulo H. Rampelotto and
  • Valdir A. Braga

24 September 2014

Nitric oxide (NO) is one of the most important vasodilator molecules produced by the endothelium. It has already been established that NO/cGMP signaling pathway deficiencies are involved in the pathophysiological mechanisms of many cardiovascular dis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
9,357 Views
15 Pages

Hydrogenations without Hydrogen: Titania Photocatalyzed Reductions of Maleimides and Aldehydes

  • David W. Manley,
  • Luca Buzzetti,
  • Andrew MacKessack-Leitch and
  • John C. Walton

24 September 2014

A mild procedure for the reduction of electron-deficient alkenes and carbonyl compounds is described. UVA irradiations of substituted maleimides with dispersions of titania (Aeroxide P25) in methanol/acetonitrile (1:9) solvent under dry anoxic condit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
11,256 Views
22 Pages

24 September 2014

Single semiconductors such as KTaO3, CdS MoS2 or their precursor solutions were combined to form novel binary and ternary semiconductor nanocomposites by the calcination or by the hydro/solvothermal mixed solutions methods, respectively. The aim of t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
87 Citations
17,109 Views
17 Pages

23 September 2014

The human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is a member of the erbB class of tyrosine kinase receptors. These proteins are normally expressed at the surface of healthy cells and play critical roles in the signal transduction cascade in a myri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,685 Views
11 Pages

23 September 2014

This study involved the determination of the peroxide value (POV) as a measure of the resistance of the oxidation of edible oil with grape vine cane additives to assess their antioxidation potential. The study demonstrated that grape extracts of cane...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
7,887 Views
13 Pages

Regulatory Effect of Astragalus Polysaccharides on Intestinal Intraepithelial γδT Cells of Tumor Bearing Mice

  • Shuyu Sun,
  • Kang Zheng,
  • Hongyan Zhao,
  • Cheng Lu,
  • Biao Liu,
  • Changyuan Yu,
  • Ge Zhang,
  • Zhaoxiang Bian,
  • Aiping Lu and
  • Xiaojuan He

23 September 2014

Astragalus polysaccharides (APS) possess multiple immunomodulatory activities. Due to its high molecular weight, orally administration of APS is not easily absorbed into the blood stream, and how APS exerts its capacity in vivo is still not well eluc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
8,930 Views
21 Pages

Several Human Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors, Structurally Related to Roscovitine, As New Anti-Malarial Agents

  • Sandrine Houzé,
  • Nha-Thu Hoang,
  • Olivier Lozach,
  • Jacques Le Bras,
  • Laurent Meijer,
  • Hervé Galons and
  • Luc Demange

23 September 2014

In Africa, malaria kills one child each minute. It is also responsible for about one million deaths worldwide each year. Plasmodium falciparum, is the protozoan responsible for the most lethal form of the disease, with resistance developing against...

  • Review
  • Open Access
168 Citations
21,692 Views
40 Pages

Current and Potential Applications of Bismuth-Based Drugs

  • Donal M. Keogan and
  • Darren M. Griffith

23 September 2014

: Bismuth compounds have been used extensively as medicines and in particular for the treatment of gastrointestinal ailments. In addition to bismuth’s well known gastroprotective effects and efficacy in treating H. pylori infection it also has broad...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,836 Views
13 Pages

22 September 2014

Plantainoside D (PD) is a potential anti-hypertensive active ingredient newly isolated from the dried plants of Chirita longgangensis var. hongyao. A sensitive and specific LC-ESI-MS/MS method was first developed and validated for the analysis of PD...

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