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Molecules, Volume 21, Issue 2

February 2016 - 117 articles

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Articles (117)

  • Review
  • Open Access
143 Citations
31,912 Views
24 Pages

Chemistry and Pharmacology of Citrus sinensis

  • Juan Manuel J. Favela-Hernández,
  • Omar González-Santiago,
  • Mónica A. Ramírez-Cabrera,
  • Patricia C. Esquivel-Ferriño and
  • María Del Rayo Camacho-Corona

22 February 2016

Presently the search for new drugs from natural resources is of growing interest to the pharmaceutical industry. Natural products have been the source of new drugs since ancient times. Plants are a good source of secondary metabolites which have been...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,930 Views
11 Pages

Synthesis of Oxylipin Mimics and Their Antifungal Activity against the Citrus Postharvest Pathogens

  • Jimei Ma,
  • Yupeng Li,
  • Hangwei Chen,
  • Zhen Zeng,
  • Zi-Long Li and
  • Hong Jiang

22 February 2016

Nine oxylipin mimics were designed and synthesized starting from d-mannose. Their antifungal activity against three citrus postharvest pathogens was evaluated by spore germination assay. The results indicated that all the compounds significantly inhi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
9,445 Views
13 Pages

Multicomponent Synthesis and Evaluation of New 1,2,3-Triazole Derivatives of Dihydropyrimidinones as Acidic Corrosion Inhibitors for Steel

  • Rodrigo González-Olvera,
  • Viridiana Román-Rodríguez,
  • Guillermo E. Negrón-Silva,
  • Araceli Espinoza-Vázquez,
  • Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Gómez and
  • Rosa Santillan

22 February 2016

An efficient one-pot synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole derivatives of dihydropyrimidinones has been developed using two multicomponent reactions. The aldehyde-1,2,3-triazoles were obtained in good yields from in situ-generated organic azides and O-propargy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
9,124 Views
15 Pages

Phenolics from Garcinia mangostana Inhibit Advanced Glycation Endproducts Formation: Effect on Amadori Products, Cross-Linked Structures and Protein Thiols

  • Hossam M. Abdallah,
  • Hany El-Bassossy,
  • Gamal A. Mohamed,
  • Ali M. El-Halawany,
  • Khalid Z. Alshali and
  • Zainy M. Banjar

22 February 2016

Accumulation of Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGEs) in body tissues plays a major role in the development of diabetic complications. Here, the inhibitory effect of bioactive metabolites isolated from fruit hulls of Garcinia mangostana on AGE format...

  • Article
  • Open Access
98 Citations
9,613 Views
20 Pages

22 February 2016

Coumarins are naturally occurring oxygen heterocyclic compounds having multifarious medicinal properties, hence used as lead compounds for designing new potent analogs. The chromene butenoic acid 3 and the benzochromene butenoic acid 4 which are deri...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
11,511 Views
16 Pages

20 February 2016

In the field of cobalt(II) porphyrin-catalyzed metallo-radical reactions, organic azides have emerged as successful nitrene transfer reagents. In the pursuit of employing ortho-YH substituted (Y = O, NH) aryl azides in Co(II) porphyrin-catalyzed nitr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,536 Views
17 Pages

The Impact of Melatonin in Research

  • Elena Maria Varoni,
  • Clelia Soru,
  • Roberta Pluchino,
  • Chiara Intra and
  • Marcello Iriti

20 February 2016

Citation indexes represent helpful tools for evaluating the impact of articles on research. The aim of this study was to obtain the top-100 ranking of the most cited papers on melatonin, a relevant neurohormone mainly involved in phase-adjusting the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
6,469 Views
12 Pages

Catechin Hydrate Augments the Antibacterial Action of Selected Antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Strains

  • Maria Miklasińska,
  • Małgorzata Kępa,
  • Robert D. Wojtyczka,
  • Danuta Idzik,
  • Arkadiusz Dziedzic and
  • Tomasz J. Wąsik

20 February 2016

Synergistic effects between commonly used antibiotics and natural substances may be an alternative to conventional antibacterial therapies. The objective of the presented study was to assess the in vitro antibacterial activity of catechin hydrate (CH...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,134 Views
12 Pages

Leccinum molle (Bon) Bon and Leccinum vulpinum Watling: The First Study of Their Nutritional and Antioxidant Potential

  • Filipa S. Reis,
  • Lillian Barros,
  • Anabela Martins,
  • M. Helena Vasconcelos,
  • Patricia Morales and
  • Isabel C. F. R. Ferreira

20 February 2016

This work presents the chemical profile of two edible species of mushrooms from the genus Leccinum: Leccinum molle (Bon) Bon and Leccinum vulpinum Watling, both harvested on the outskirts of Bragança (Northeastern Portugal). Both species were prepare...

  • Review
  • Open Access
74 Citations
11,498 Views
22 Pages

19 February 2016

This review presents a concept, which assumes that thermal decomposition processes play a major role in defining the sensitivity of organic energetic materials to detonation initiation. As a science and engineering community we are still far away fro...

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