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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 17, Issue 5

May 2016 - 180 articles

Cover Story: Ionic liquid crystals combine the properties of ionic liquids and liquid crystals. They are often composed of an anisotropic (rod-shaped) organic cation (dark blue rods) and small organic or inorganic anions (light blue). Studies of crossed polarizers reveal beautiful defect textures that are characteristic of the liquid crystalline phase, i.e., the type of order shown. The molecules in the schematic drawing and the texture in the background show the smectic A phase, a one-dimensionally ordered phase that is most commonly found in ionic liquid crystals. By Paul H. J. Kouwer. View this article.
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Articles (180)

  • Communication
  • Open Access
29 Citations
10,353 Views
12 Pages

A Novel Technique to Detect EGFR Mutations in Lung Cancer

  • Yuanbin Liu,
  • Ting Lei,
  • Zhiyu Liu,
  • Yanbin Kuang,
  • Jianxin Lyu and
  • Qi Wang

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations occur in multiple human cancers; therefore, the detection of EGFR mutations could lead to early cancer diagnosis. This study describes a novel EGFR mutation detection technique. Compared to direc...

  • Review
  • Open Access
54 Citations
11,293 Views
9 Pages

The phytohormone gibberellic acid (GA) has essential signaling functions in multiple processes during plant development. In the “Green Revolution”, breeders developed high-yield rice cultivars that exhibited both semi-dwarfism and altered GA response...

  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,418 Views
18 Pages

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is one of the main forages grown in the world. Alfalfa is a winter hardy, drought tolerant, N-fixing legume with a good longevity, high yield, high nutrient levels, high digestibility, unique structural to non-structural...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,849 Views
20 Pages

Agarwood is the fragrant resinous material mainly formed from species of Aquilaria. 2-(2-phenylethyl)chromones, especially the highly oxidized 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-(2-phenylethyl)chromones, are the main representative compounds from agarwood. It is i...

  • Review
  • Open Access
44 Citations
9,984 Views
24 Pages

Circulating MicroRNAs as Biomarkers in Biliary Tract Cancers

  • Pablo Letelier,
  • Ismael Riquelme,
  • Alfonso H. Hernández,
  • Neftalí Guzmán,
  • Jorge G. Farías and
  • Juan Carlos Roa

Biliary tract cancers (BTCs) are a group of highly aggressive malignant tumors with a poor prognosis. The current diagnosis is based mainly on imaging and intraoperative exploration due to brush cytology havinga low sensitivity and the standard marke...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,752 Views
14 Pages

Cold exposure or β3-adrenoceptor agonist treatment induces the adipose tissues remodeling, relevant for beige adipogenesis within white adipose tissue (WAT). It remains unclear whether this process influences inflammatory adipokines expression in adi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
81 Citations
14,615 Views
23 Pages

Prodrug Strategies for Paclitaxel

  • Ziyuan Meng,
  • Quanxia Lv,
  • Jun Lu,
  • Houzong Yao,
  • Xiaoqing Lv,
  • Feng Jiang,
  • Aiping Lu and
  • Ge Zhang

Paclitaxel is an anti-tumor agent with remarkable anti-tumor activity and wide clinical uses. However, it is also faced with various challenges especially for its poor water solubility and low selectivity for the target. To overcome these disadvantag...

  • Review
  • Open Access
125 Citations
12,407 Views
18 Pages

Marine Antimicrobial Peptides: Nature Provides Templates for the Design of Novel Compounds against Pathogenic Bacteria

  • Annarita Falanga,
  • Lucia Lombardi,
  • Gianluigi Franci,
  • Mariateresa Vitiello,
  • Maria Rosaria Iovene,
  • Giancarlo Morelli,
  • Massimiliano Galdiero and
  • Stefania Galdiero

The discovery of antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial infections brought the idea that bacteria would no longer endanger human health. However, bacterial diseases still represent a worldwide treat. The ability of microorganisms to develop resis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,531 Views
20 Pages

An Eco-Friendly Ultrasound-Assisted Synthesis of Novel Fluorinated Pyridinium Salts-Based Hydrazones and Antimicrobial and Antitumor Screening

  • Nadjet Rezki,
  • Salsabeel A. Al-Sodies,
  • Mohamed R. Aouad,
  • Sanaa Bardaweel,
  • Mouslim Messali and
  • El Sayed H. El Ashry

The present work reports an efficient synthesis of fluorinated pyridinium salts-based hydrazones under both conventional and eco-friendly ultrasound procedures. The synthetic approach first involves the preparation of halogenated pyridinium salts thr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
7,163 Views
15 Pages

Novel Zinc(II) Complexes [Zn(atc-Et)2] and [Zn(atc-Ph)2]: In Vitro and in Vivo Antiproliferative Studies

  • Erica De O. Lopes,
  • Carolina G. de Oliveira,
  • Patricia B. da Silva,
  • Carlos E. Eismann,
  • Carlos A. Suárez,
  • Amauri A. Menegário,
  • Clarice Q. F. Leite,
  • Victor M. Deflon and
  • Fernando R. Pavan

Cisplatin and its derivatives are the main metallodrugs used in cancer therapy. However, low selectivity, toxicity and drug resistance are associated with their use. The zinc(II) (ZnII) thiosemicarbazone complexes [Zn(atc-Et)2] (1) and [Zn(atc-Ph)2]...

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