05.04.2013 | Sakamoto, Ryota ; Kusaka, Shinpei ; Hayashi, Mikihiro ; Nishikawa, Michihiro ; Nishihara, Hiroshi, Molecules, 2013

Our recent achievements relating to photofunctional molecules are addressed. Section 1 discloses a new concept of photoisomerization. Pyridylpyrimidine-copper complexes undergo a ring inversion that can be modulated by the redox state of the copper center. In combination with an ...

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05.04.2013 | Zimmermann, Everton G.; Thurow, Samuel ; Freitas, Camilo S.; Mendes, Samuel R.; Perin, Gelson ; Alves, Diego ; Jacob ..., Molecules, 2013

The ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium methylselenite, [bmim][SeO2(OCH3)], was successfully used as solvent in the catalyst-free preparation of 3-arylselenylindoles by the reaction of indole with ArSeCl at room temperature. The products were obtained selectively in good yields without ...

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05.04.2013 | Zhao, Ming ; Gödecke, Tanja ; Gunn, Jordan ; Duan, Jin-Ao ; Che, Chun-Tao, Molecules, 2013

Protostane triterpenes belong to a group of tetracyclic triterpene that exhibit unique structural characteristics. Their natural distribution is primarily limited to the genus Alisma of the Alismataceae family, but they have also been occasionally found in other plant genera such as Lobelia, ...

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04.04.2013 | Murphy, Paul V.; André, Sabine ; Gabius, Hans-Joachim, Molecules, 2013

Coding of biological information is not confined to nucleic acids and proteins. Endowed with the highest level of structural versatility among biomolecules, the glycan chains of cellular glycoconjugates are well-suited to generate molecular messages/signals in a minimum of space. The sequence ...

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04.04.2013 | Le Lamer, Anne-Cécile ; Ibrahim, Nehal ; Manjary, Frédéric ; Mallet-Ladeira, Sonia ; Girardi, Cynthia ; Valentin, Al ..., Molecules, 2013

Three new spermidine alkaloids and two known compounds were isolated from the leaves of Androya decaryi. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of their spectroscopic data (NMR and mass spectrometry), by X-Ray diffraction and by comparison with literature values. Evaluation of the in ...

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04.04.2013 | Ačimovič, Jure ; Rozman, Damjana, Molecules, 2013

Cholesterol synthesis is a ubiquitous and housekeeping metabolic pathway that leads to cholesterol, an essential structural component of mammalian cell membranes, required for proper membrane permeability and fluidity. The last part of the pathway involves steroidal triterpenes with ...

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04.04.2013 | Kang, Suk-Nam ; Kim, Kui-Jin ; Park, Joung-Hyun ; Lee, Ok-Hwan, Molecules, 2013

Ozonated water has been used as a strong antimicrobial agent against foodborne pathogens. In this study, the combined effect of low level ozonated water and different added components, including 0.2% starch and metal ions (1 mM CuCl2·2H2O and 0.1 mM AgNO3), on inactivation of Escherichia coli ...

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04.04.2013 | Mella-Raipán, Jaime A.; Lagos, Carlos F.; Recabarren-Gajardo, Gonzalo ; Espinosa-Bustos, Christian ; Romero-Parra, J ..., Molecules, 2013

A series of novel 2-pyridylbenzimidazole derivatives was rationally designed and synthesized based on our previous studies on benzimidazole 14, a CB1 agonist used as a template for optimization. In the present series, 21 compounds displayed high affinities with Ki values in the nanomolar ...

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03.04.2013 | Xu, Aigong ; Xu, Zongqiu ; Ge, Maorong ; Xu, Xinchao ; Zhu, Huizhong ; Sui, Xin, Sensors, 2013

The GNSS derived Zenith Tropospheric Delay (ZTD) plays today a very critical role in meteorological study and weather forecasts, as ZTDs of thousands of GNSS stations are operationally assimilated into numerical weather prediction models. Recently, the Chinese BeiDou Navigation Satellite ...

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03.04.2013 | Monroy-Vázquez, Karla P.; Attanasio, Aldo ; Ceretti, Elisabetta ; Siller, Héctor R.; Hendrichs-Troeglen, Nicolás J.; ..., Materials, 2013

Miniaturization encourages the development of new manufacturing processes capable of fabricating features, like micro-channels, in order to use them for different applications, such as in fuel cells, heat exchangers, microfluidic devices and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). Many ...

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