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Recent Advances in Applied Bioinorganic Chemistry

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 1306

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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of the journal IJMS entitled “Recent Advances in Applied Bioinorganic Chemistry" will cover a selection of recent research and review articles in the field. Bioinorganic Chemistry has important applications in various areas, including catalysis, energy, and medicine. More specifically, the applications of Bioinorganic Chemistry include (i) drug design and development (cancer, Alzheimer's, HIV, etc.); (ii) catalysis (metalloenzymes, etc.); (iii) materials science (biomimetic materials, sensing, drug delivery, etc.); (iv) environmental science; (v) agriculture (fertilizers, pesticides, etc.); (vi) forensics (spectroscopic and analytical techniques); (vii) imaging: (MRI, XAS, etc.); (viii) biotechnology (biosensors, etc.); (ix) energy conversion.

The issue will feature original research articles, reviews, and perspectives. Moreover, the research in this field brings together stakeholders from different disciplines, such as chemists, biologists, pharmacists, etc. The readers of this Special Issue will gain an appreciation of the evolution of applications in bioinorganic chemistry.

Dr. Christina N. Banti
Prof. Dr. Sotiris K Hadjikakou
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • applied bioinorganic chemistry in drug design and development
  • applied bioinorganic chemistry in catalysis
  • applied bioinorganic chemistry in materials science
  • applied bioinorganic chemistry in environmental science
  • applied bioinorganic chemistry in forensics
  • applied bioinorganic chemistry in imaging
  • applied bioinorganic chemistry in biotechnology
  • applied bioinorganic chemistry in agriculture
  • applied bioinorganic chemistry in energy conversion

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Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Loaded to Micelles for the Modulation of Their Water Solubility
by Christina N. Banti, Angelos G. Kalampounias and Sotiris K. Hadjikakou
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(20), 15152; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242015152 - 13 Oct 2023
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The low water solubility of aspirin (ASPH) is well known, creating research challenges regarding both its composition and its delivery. Therefore, the development of new aspirin-based formulations that are water soluble is a research, technological, and financial issue. With the aim to improve [...] Read more.
The low water solubility of aspirin (ASPH) is well known, creating research challenges regarding both its composition and its delivery. Therefore, the development of new aspirin-based formulations that are water soluble is a research, technological, and financial issue. With the aim to improve the water solubility of ASPH, the micelle of formula SLS@ASPH (SLS = Sodium Lauryl Sulfate) was formed. The Critical Micelle Concentration (CMC) of SLS in the presence of ASPH was determined by ultrasonic velocity, complementary, and transient birefringence measurements. The SLS@ASPH was characterized by the melting point (m.p.), attenuated total reflection spectroscopy (FT-IR-ATR), and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) in a solid state and in a solution by ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) and 1H NMR spectroscopies. The SLS/ASPH molar ratio was determined to be 5/1 in SLS@ASPH. The inhibitory activity of SLS@ASPH towards lipoxygenase (LOX), an enzyme that takes part in the inflammation mechanism, was studied. The inhibitory activity of SLS@ASPH against LOX is 3.5-fold stronger than that of free SLS. The in vitro toxicity of the SLS@ASPH was tested on immortalized human keratinocyte (HaCaT) cells. Full article
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