Delayed sowing and its ramifications: biophysical, yield and quality analysis of wheat cultivars in the northwest Indo-Gangetic plains.

Background: The continuous cultivation of rice-wheat in the same field is a key element of double-cropping systems in the Indo-Gangetic plains. Yields of such cropping systems are increasingly challenged as climate change drives increases in temperature, terminal stress and uneven rainfall, delaying rice harvesting and subsequently delaying sowing of wheat. In this paper, we evaluate the optimum sowing dates to achieve high grain yield and quality of wheat cultivars in northwest India.

Effectiveness of pharmacological interventions for Sjogren syndrome - A systematic review.

Background: Sjogren's Syndrome (SS) is characterized by xeropthalmia and/or xerostomia. Treating the associated salivary gland hypofunction has been challenging to the clinicians. A variety of topical and systemic therapies have been tried to restore/stimulate the gland function or replace saliva reducing the symptoms of xerostomia and to avoid the problems of diminished salivary flow.

Design and synthesis of pyridazinone-substituted benzenesulphonylurea derivatives as anti-hyperglycaemic agents and inhibitors of aldose reductase - an enzyme embroiled in diabetic complications.

Thirty new aryl-pyridazinone-substituted benzenesulphonylurea derivatives (I-XXX) were synthesized and evaluated for their anti-hyperglycaemic activity in glucose-fed hyperglycaemic normal rats. Twenty-three compounds (III-XI, XIV-XVII, XIX-XXIV, XXVI and XXVIII-XXX) showed more or comparable area under the curve (AUC) reduction percentage (ranging from 21.9% to 35.

Pyridazinone substituted benzenesulfonamides as potent carbonic anhydrase inhibitors.

A series of sulfonamide derivatives (2a-l) incorporating substituted pyridazinone moieties were investigated for the inhibition of two human cytosolic carbonic anhydrase isoforms, hCA I and hCA II. All these compounds, together with the clinically used sulfonamide acetazolamide were investigated as inhibitors of the physiologically relevant isozymes I and II. These sulfonamides showed very strong inhibition against all these isoforms with K(I)'s in the range of 0.

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of New Phthalazinone Derivatives as Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Proliferative Agents.

The chemistry of phthalazine derivatives has been of increasing interest since many of these compounds have found many chemotherapeutic applications. So this study aims to synthesize a library of phthalazine derivatives and to investigate their anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative activities. Sixteen new phthalazinone derivatives (2a-p) were synthesized and tested for their in vitro antiproliferative and in vivo anti-inflammatory activities.

Synthesis and biological evaluation of some new pyrazoline substituted benzenesulfonylurea/thiourea derivatives as anti-hyperglycaemic agents and aldose reductase inhibitors.

Seventeen new pyrazoline substituted benzenesulfonylurea/thiourea derivatives (2a-q) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis and various spectroscopic techniques viz; IR, (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR, and MS data. Thirteen compounds showed moderate to good anti-hyperglycaemic activity in glucose fed hyperglycaemic normal rats at the dose of 0.05 mM/kg b.

Synthesis and evaluation of some new pyrazoline substituted benzenesulfonylureas as potential antiproliferative agents.

Twenty six new pyrazoline substituted benzenesulfonylureas (2a-z) were synthesized and tested for in vitro anticancer activity. Fourteen derivatives (2i, 2k-2p, 2r, 2s-2x) were screened for their antiproliferative activity towards 60 human cancer cell lines by the National Cancer Institute (USA). Among them four compounds (2i, 2n, 2v and 2x) exhibited significant growth inhibition and further screened at 10-fold dilutions of five different concentrations (0.

Synthesis, antiproliferative and anti-inflammatory activities of some novel 6-aryl-2-(p-(methanesulfonyl)phenyl)-4,5-dihydropyridazi-3(2H)-ones.

Sixteen new 6-aryl-2-(p-(methanesulfonyl)phenyl)-4,5-dihydropyridazi-3(2H)-ones (2a-p) were synthesized and tested for in vitro anticancer and in vivo anti-inflammatory activities. Eleven (2b, 2d, 2e-j and 2m-p) of the obtained compounds were screened for their antiproliferative activity towards 60 human cancer cell lines by the National Cancer Institute (USA). Compound 2f showed remarkable activity with GI50 less than 1 μM on 36 human tumor cell lines and has been referred to Biological Evaluation Committee (NCI) for advance study.

Synthesis and biological evaluation of 4-arylphthalazones bearing benzenesulfonamide as anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer agents.

Nine 4-arylphthalazones bearing benzenesulfonamide (2a-i) were synthesized by the condensation of the appropriate 2-aroylbenzoic acid (1a-i) and 4-hydrazinobenzenesulfonamide in ethanol. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by elemental analysis, IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, and MS spectroscopy. Two compounds, 2b and 2i, showed significant anti-inflammatory activity comparable to that of the standard drug celecoxib in the carrageenan-induced rat paw edema model.

Synthesis and blood glucose lowering activity of some novel benzenesulfonylthiourea derivatives substituted with 4-aryl-1-oxophthalazin-2(1H)yl-ones.

Some new benzenesulfonylthiourea derivatives substituted with phthalazones (2a-q) were synthesized by refluxing the appropriate 4-aryl-1-oxophthalazin-2(1H)yl benzenesulfonamides with isothiocyanate in dry acetone over anhydrous K₂CO₃. All the synthesized compounds were characterized on the basis of IR, (1)H NMR, MS data and elemental analysis. These synthesized compounds (2a-q) at the dose of 20 mg/kg were tested for antihyperglycemic activity in the glucose-fed hyperglycemic normal rat model and among these compounds 2f and 2m showed modest antihyperglycemic activity.

6-chloro-7-methyl-3', 4'-dimethoxyflavone - a potent selective COX-2 inhibitor.

Some unnatural chalcones (1a-q) and flavones (2a-d) have been synthesized and evaluated for their antiinflammatory activity using carrageenan-induced rat paw edema assay. The flavone 2c (6-Chloro-7-methyl-3', 4'- dimethoxyflavone) had higher anti-inflammatory activity and superior gastrointestinal safety profiles than the reference drug celecoxib. Compound 2c showed almost two times better selective inhibitory activity towards COX-2 enzyme than celecoxib.

Synthesis and anti-inflammatory activity of celecoxib like compounds.

Nine novel 4-[3-(4-Dimethylamino-phenyl)-5-aryl-4,5-dihydro-pyrazol-1-yl]-benzenesulfonamides (2a-i) were synthesized and evaluated for their anti-inflammatory and antiproliferative activities. These compounds (2a-i) showed moderate to strong anti-inflammatory activity in carrageenan rat paw oedema test. Compounds 2b, 2d and 2g showing comparable anti-inflammatory activity to that of reference drug celecoxib were evaluated for their ulcerogenic and analgesic activities.