Introduction: Boiss. (Asteraceae) is an endemic plant to Iran. No reports have studied the cytotoxicity of the plant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMill. (Fabaceae) is an important medicinal plant distributed worldwide. (), the officinal species of the genus, is one of the most well-known herbal medicines traditionally used to treat constipation and digestive diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter in the nervous system. Excessive glutamate transmission can lead to increased calcium ion expression, related to increased neurotoxicity. Memantine is used for treating patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to its protective action on the neurons against toxicity caused by over activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFast and selective analytical methods help to ensure the chemical identity and desired purity of the prepared complexes before their medical application, and play an indispensable role in clinical practice. Mass spectrometry, despite some limitations, is an integral part of these methods. In the context of mass spectrometry, specific problems arise with the low ionization efficiency of particular analytes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnconjugated bilirubin (UCB) is the end-product of heme catabolism in the intravascular compartment. Although beneficial for human health when mildly elevated in the body, when present at greater than a critical threshold concentration, UCB exerts toxic effects that are related to its physico-chemical properties, particularly affecting the central nervous system. The aim of the present study was to characterize bilirubin-10-sulfonate (ranarubin), a naturally occurring bile pigment, including determination of its mixed acidity constants (pK).
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