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Molecules, Volume 21, Issue 5

May 2016 - 139 articles

Cover Story: Carbohydrates form the third alphabet of life, and their oligomers (glycans) are integral components of cellular glycoconjugates. By acting as counterreceptors for tissue lectins, they are increasingly delineated to affect diverse aspects of cell physiology. In addition to the glycans’ structure, the topology of their presentation is a factor for affinity to lectins. The importance of this is currently not properly understood but can be unraveled by designing chemical tools to help characterize structure–activity relationships, spanning the range from monovalent derivatives to glycoclusters and glycodendrimers, as well as biomimetic surfaces. Taking adhesion/growth-regulatory galectins as an instructive example, the concept and experimental proofs are presented on this functional pairing. View the paper
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Articles (139)

  • Communication
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,230 Views
5 Pages

Cytotoxicity of Different Excipients on RPMI 2650 Human Nasal Epithelial Cells

  • Tamás Horváth,
  • Csilla Bartos,
  • Alexandra Bocsik,
  • Lóránd Kiss,
  • Szilvia Veszelka,
  • Mária A. Deli,
  • Gabriella Újhelyi,
  • Piroska Szabó-Révész and
  • Rita Ambrus

The nasal route receives a great deal of attention as a non-invasive method for the systemic administration of drugs. For nasal delivery, specific formulations containing excipients are used. Because of the sensitive respiratory mucosa, not only the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
9,448 Views
19 Pages

The acetalization of six different types of glycerol including pure, wet, and crude-like grade compounds of compositions simulating those of crude glycerols produced by the biodiesel manufacture, was carried out with two model ketones such as acetone...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,069 Views
13 Pages

To solve the problem of transfection efficiency vs. cytotoxicity and tumor-targeting ability when polyethylenimine (PEI) was used as a nonviral gene delivery vector, new degradable PEI polymers were synthesized via cross-linking low-molecular-weight...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,596 Views
12 Pages

Synthesis and Antioxidant Activity of Alkyl Nitroderivatives of Hydroxytyrosol

  • Elena Gallardo,
  • Rocío Palma-Valdés,
  • Beatriz Sarriá,
  • Irene Gallardo,
  • José P. De la Cruz,
  • Laura Bravo,
  • Raquel Mateos and
  • José L. Espartero

A series of alkyl nitrohydroxytyrosyl ether derivatives has been synthesized from free hydroxytyrosol (HT), the natural olive oil phenol, in order to increase the assortment of compounds with potential neuroprotective activity in Parkinson’s disease....

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,292 Views
14 Pages

YiQiFuMai injection (YQFM) is a modern lyophilized powder preparation derived from the traditional Chinese medicine Sheng-mai san (SMS) used for treating cardiovascular diseases, such as chronic heart failure. However, its chemical composition has no...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,182 Views
20 Pages

Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparations (TCMPs) contain massive numbers of ingredients responsible for their multiple efficacies. An absorption–based quality control method for complicated TCMPs using Hu–gan–kang–yuan Capsule (HGKYC) as an example...

  • Review
  • Open Access
37 Citations
10,318 Views
16 Pages

MRI Reporter Genes for Noninvasive Molecular Imaging

  • Caixia Yang,
  • Rui Tian,
  • Ting Liu and
  • Gang Liu

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of the most important imaging technologies used in clinical diagnosis. Reporter genes for MRI can be applied to accurately track the delivery of cell in cell therapy, evaluate the therapy effect of gene deliver...

  • Article
  • Open Access
57 Citations
9,890 Views
12 Pages

Effects of Resveratrol Supplementation and Exercise Training on Exercise Performance in Middle-Aged Mice

  • Nai-Wen Kan,
  • Chin-Shan Ho,
  • Yen-Shuo Chiu,
  • Wen-Ching Huang,
  • Pei-Yu Chen,
  • Yu-Tang Tung and
  • Chi-Chang Huang

Resveratrol (RES) has antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antidiabetic, antiasthmatic, antalgic, and anti-fatigue activities. Exercise training (ET) improves frailty resulting from aging. This study evaluated the effects of a combination of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
58 Citations
11,666 Views
25 Pages

The totality of chemical space is so immense that only a small fraction can ever be explored. Computational searching has indicated that bioactivity is associated with a comparatively small number of ring-containing structures. Pyrrole, indole, pyrid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,641 Views
15 Pages

MASM, a Matrine Derivative, Offers Radioprotection by Modulating Lethal Total-Body Irradiation-Induced Multiple Signaling Pathways in Wistar Rats

  • Jianzhong Li,
  • Jing Xu,
  • Yiming Lu,
  • Lei Qiu,
  • Weiheng Xu,
  • Bin Lu,
  • Zhenlin Hu,
  • Zhiyong Chu,
  • Yifeng Chai and
  • Junping Zhang

Matrine is an alkaloid extracted from Sophora flavescens Ait and has many biological activities, such as anti-inflammatory, antitumor, anti-fibrosis, and immunosuppressive properties. In our previous studies, the matrine derivative MASM was synthesiz...

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