Studies of Antimicrobial Activities of some 4-Thiazolidinone Fused Pyrimidines, [1,5]-Benzodiazepines and their Oxygen Substituted Hydroxylamine Derivatives.

Thiazolidin-4-one fused pyrimidines, [1,5]-benzodiazepines and their oxygen substituted hydroxylamine derivatives have been screened for antibacterial, antifungal and antimalarial activity. Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis and Salmonella typhi were used for antibacterial screening. Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans were used for antifungal screening and Plasmodium species were used for antimalarial screening.

Synthesis and characterization of biologically significant 5,5'-(1,4-phenylene)bis(1-N-alkoxyphthalimido-3-aryl-2-pyrazoline) derivatives.

A facile synthesis of 5,5'-(1,4-phenylene)bis(3-aryl-2-pyrazolines) 4a-g has been achieved by the cyclo-addition reaction of hydrazine hydrate with bis-substituted chalcones 3a-g, which in turn were prepared by the Clasien-Schmidt condensation of p-substituted acetophenones 1a-g with terephthaldehyde. Condensation of 4a-g with omega-bromoalkoxyphthalimides 5a-b afforded the titled compounds 6a-n, some of which exhibited significant antimalarial as well as antimicrobial activity.

A combined histochemical and biochemical study of myofibrillar ATPase in pectoral, leg and cardiac muscle of several species of bird.

Frozen sections of the pectoral, gastrocnemius and cardiac muscles from seven different species of birds were stained for myofibrillar ATPase and for succinic dehydrogenase. Several methods of myofibrillar ATPase were used including different pre-incubation treatments. Myofibrillar ATPases were also measured biochemically and the pH profile of the activity was compared with the histochemical staining following pre-incubation at different pH.