Publications by authors named "Mehreen Jabeen"

Multiple studies in the literature have demonstrated that synthetic compounds containing heterocyclic rings possess a reparative potential against acute and chronic inflammation. In the present study, two novel thiosemicarbazone derivatives based on l-ethyl-6-(thiophen-2-yl)indoline-2,3-dione with different phenyl substituted thiosemicarbazides were synthesized by condensation reaction and the structures of proposed target compounds (KP-2 and KP-5) were confirmed by UV-VIS, FTIR, H-NMR and C-NMR. In-vitro anti-inflammatory behavior of KP-2 and KP-5 was confirmed by bovine serum albumin (BSA) and ovine serum albumin (OSA) analysis.

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Plants are always better choice for treatment of disease in contrast to synthetic agents due to their less toxicity, and free availability with minor limitations of identifications, purity and potency which should be addressed. The objective of current study was to explore the anti-inflammatory effect of methanol extract of Yucca elephantipes roots by using oxidative burst assay and carrageen an induced rat paw edema. GC-MS analysis was carried for the determination of ani-inflammatory potential of fatty acids and other phytochemicals present in Yucca elephantipes roots.

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Purpose: Doxorubicin (Dox) being a hydrophobic drug needs a unique carrier for the effective encapsulation with uniformity in the aqueous dispersion, cell culture media and the biological-fluids that may efficiently target its release at the tumor site.

Methods: Circular DNA-nanotechnology was employed to synthesize DNA Nano-threads (DNA-NTs) by polymerization of triangular DNA-tiles. It involved circularizing a linear single-stranded scaffold strand to make sturdier and rigid triangles.

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DNA based nano-carriers synthesized from short circular scaffolds (circular DNA nanotechnology) attains stiffer topology for ligand functionalization (neuregulin-1/NRG-1 ligand) and biological applications (targeted drug delivery). Daunorubicin (DR) is a hydrophobic chemical that requires robust vectors to efficiently encapsulate and avoid its free dispersion in water, biological media and cell culture. Here we design DNA nanospindels (DNA-NS) to efficiently load DR and target the (highly expressed) HER2/neu receptors on the plasma membrane of drug-resistant MCF-7 (breast cancer) cells.

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