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Scientia Pharmaceutica, Volume 83, Issue 1

March 2015 - 16 articles

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Articles (16)

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1 Citations
2,234 Views
18 Pages

Linking a Pharmaceutical Chemistry Workshop to Pharmacy Practice

  • Jordi MORRAL,
  • Margaret CULSHAW,
  • Kim MORRAL,
  • Barbara CONWAY,
  • Sylvia ADAMS and
  • Andrew ADAMS

15 December 2014

This paper describes the design and implementation of a workshop to enhance pharmacy students’ appreciation of the importance of chemistry for pharmacy practice. The workshop was designed to form part of the practical work of two modules taught in th...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,862 Views
18 Pages

30 November 2014

The monitoring of the plasmatic concentrations of cardiovascular drugs is crucial for understanding their pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. A simple, sensitive, specific, and high-throughput liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,030 Views
14 Pages

Synthesis and Antifungal Evaluation of Novel N-Alkyl Tetra- and Perhydroquinoline Derivatives

  • Jürgen KRAUß,
  • Michal HORNACEK,
  • Christoph MÜLLER,
  • Verena STAUDACHER,
  • Martina STADLER and
  • Franz BRACHER

22 November 2014

A series of novel N-alkyl tetra- and perhydroquinoline derivatives and their hydrochlorides were prepared from tetrahydro- or trans-perhydroquinoline by direct alkylation with alkyl halides and subsequent precipitation with HCl gas. The antimicrobial...

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  • Open Access
54 Citations
2,598 Views
17 Pages

Curcumin Attenuates Oxidative Stress and Activation of Redox-Sensitive Kinases in High Fructose- and High-Fat-Fed Male Wistar Rats

  • Nachimuthu MAITHILI KARPAGA SELVI,
  • Magadi Gopalakrishna SRIDHAR,
  • Rathinam Palamalai SWAMINATHAN and
  • Ramalingam SRIPRADHA

4 November 2014

The present study was carried out to investigate the effects of curcumin on oxidative stress and redox-sensitive kinases in high fructose- and high-fat-fed rats. Sixty rats were randomly divided into six groups with ten animals each. Rats were fed wi...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,555 Views
8 Pages

Synthesis and Antioxidant Activity of 7-Thio Derivatives of 6,7-Dihydro-1H-cyclopenta[d]pyrimidine-2,4(3H,5H)-dione

  • Yuriy M. KONONEVICH,
  • Ludmila S. BOBKOVA,
  • Alexander S. SMOLSKI and
  • Anatoly M. DEMCHENKO

29 October 2014

New 7-thio derivatives of 6,7-dihydro-1H-cyclopenta[d]pyrimidine-2,4(3H,5H)-dione have been synthesized by the reaction of 3-cyclohexyl-7-thio-6,7-dihydro-1H-cyclopenta[d]pyrimidine-2,4(3H,5H)-dione with alkylhalogenides. The synthesized compounds we...

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79 Citations
2,718 Views
13 Pages

24 October 2014

5-Amino-N-aryl-3-[(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamides 4a–c were synthesized by the reaction of N-(aryl)-2-cyano-3-[(4-methoxyphenyl)-amino]-3-(methylthio)acrylamides 3a–c with hydrazine hydrate in ethanol. The reaction of 5-amino-N-ary...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,922 Views
12 Pages

Identification, Isolation, and Characterization of a New Degradation Impurity in Nafcillin Sodium

  • Jagadeesh Kumar VUNDAVILLI,
  • Pavan Kumar S. R. KOTHAPALLI,
  • Badarinadh Gupta PERURI,
  • Prasada Rao V. V. KORRAPATI,
  • Hemant Kumar SHARMA and
  • Sreenivas NALLAPATI

15 October 2014

A new degradant of Nafcillin Sodium was found at a level of 1.8% w/w during the gradient reversed-phase HPLC analysis in stability storage samples. This impurity was identified by LC-MS and was characterized by 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, LC/MS/MS, elemental an...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,250 Views
14 Pages

Screening of Panamanian Plants for Cosmetic Properties, and HPLC-Based Identification of Constituents with Antioxidant and UV-B Protecting Activities

  • Niels GULDBRANDSEN,
  • Maria DE MIERI,
  • Mahabir GUPTA,
  • Eleni LIAKOU,
  • Harris PRATSINIS,
  • Dimitris KLETSAS,
  • Eliza CHAITA,
  • Nektarios ALIGIANNIS,
  • Alexios-Leandros SKALTSOUNIS and
  • Matthias HAMBURGER

15 October 2014

A library of 600 taxonomically diverse Panamanian plant extracts was screened for DPPH scavenging and UV-B protective activities, and the methanolic extracts of Mosquitoxylum jamaicense, Combretum cacoucia, and Casearia commersionia were submitted to...

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31 Citations
2,168 Views
16 Pages

Mitigation of Methimazole-Induced Hepatic Injury by Taurine in Mice

  • Reza HEIDARI,
  • Akram JAMSHIDZADEH,
  • Nahid KESHAVARZ and
  • Negar AZARPIRA

30 September 2014

Methimazole is the most widely prescribed antithyroid medication in humans. However, hepatotoxicity is a deleterious adverse effect associated with methimazole administration. No specific protective agent has been developed against this complication...

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2 Citations
1,672 Views
15 Pages

26 September 2014

In the present study, a series of organic and alkali metal salts of biphenylacetic acid (BPA) have been prepared and evaluated in vitro for percutaneous drug delivery. The physicochemical properties of BPA salts were determined using solubility measu...

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