Quercetin protects cardiomyoblasts against hypertonic cytotoxicity by abolishing intracellular Ca elevations and mitochondrial depolarisation.

Background And Aim: Osmotic changes represent a burden for the body and their limitation would be beneficial. We hypothesized that ubiquitous natural compounds could guard against cytotoxic effects of osmotic stress. We evaluated the anti-hypertonic mechanism of quercetin and 2,3-dehydrosilybin in H9c2 cells in vitro.

Identification of Eukaryotic Translation Elongation Factor 1-α 1 Gamendazole-Binding Site for Binding of 3-Hydroxy-4(1 H)-quinolinones as Novel Ligands with Anticancer Activity.

Here, we have identified the interaction site of the contraceptive drug gamendazole using computational modeling. The drug was previously described as a ligand for eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1-α 1 (eEF1A1) and found to be a potential target site for derivatives of 2-phenyl-3-hydroxy-4(1 H)-quinolinones (3-HQs), which exhibit anticancer activity. The interaction of this class of derivatives of 3-HQs with eEF1A1 inside cancer cells was confirmed via pull-down assay.

Synthesis, characterization and antibacterial activity of new fluorescent chitosan derivatives.

The present work aims to the development of innovative new derivatives of chitosan that can be used for medical applications. This innovation is based on the synthesis and characterization of chitosan-g-aminoanthracene derivatives. Thus, N-(anthracen-9-yl)-4,6-dichloro-[1,3,5]-triazin-2-amine (AT) reacted with chitosan by the following steps: at first, cyanuric chloride reacted with 9-aminoanthracene to obtain N-(anthracen-9-yl)-4,6-dichloro-[1,3,5]-triazin-2-amine (AT), then the AT reacted with chitosan to obtain (CH-g-AT).

N-triazinyl derivatives of 1- and 9-aminoanthracene: synthesis and photo-physical properties.

New N-triazinyl derivatives were synthesized by reaction of cyanuric chloride with 1- and 9-aminoanthracenes and subsequent nucleophilic substitution of chlorine atoms on triazinyl ring with methoxy and/or phenylamino groups. The compounds were characterized by (1)H and (13)C NMR and mass spectra. The influence of the chemical structure and solvent polarity on the UV/Vis absorption and fluorescence spectra and fluorescence quantum yields were investigated.