Publications by authors named "Alina Shahzad"

From the last few years mode of interactions between drugs and DNA is an attractive research area as it bridges chemistry, molecular biology and medicinal science. Interactions between small heterocyclic molecules and human DNA is a noteworthy feature in pharmacology for investigation of drugs mechanism and designing of more effective and target specific drugs with fewer side effects. The present research work focuses on the theoretical investigations of 3-benzoyl-4-hydroxy-2-methyl-2H-1, 2-benzothiazine (SASA) by using Gaussian (16 W) software to predict optimized geometry, HOMO-LUMO gap, bond length, bond angle, dihedral angle, electronic and vibrational spectra.

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Colourless crystalline solid coumarin with a bitter taste and sweet vanilla-like odor mostly acts as chemical protection against predators in plants. Anticoagulants (blood thinners), anti-fungicidal, anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory properties of coumarin are all used to treat skin diseases. Because of internal charge transfer (ICT), coumarin molecules displayed a solvatochromic effect in various solvents of varying polarity.

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Furocoumarins are the useful derivatives of coumarin, and they act as skin photosensitizing material due to their exciting exciplex states. Dendrimers also form exciplexes when they contain coumarin as core and used for light harvesting. A number of ingredients in human nutrition contain coumarins.

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