Effect of heavy metals on the carbon and nitrogen ratio in Avicennia marina from polluted and unpolluted regions.

The accumulation of heavy metals and its impact on the C/N ratio of Avicennia marina of the Patalganga and Amba estuaries were studied. Vadinar was selected as a relatively uncontaminated location for comparison. Cd was accumulated in leaves of the Patalganga and Amba estuarine mangroves; however, at Vadinar it was accumulated and arrested only in roots and stems.

A preliminary study of recombinant human interferon-α-2a activity against rabies virus in murine model.

Rabies remains an important public health problem in the world due to uncontrolled enzootic rabies. Although rabies associated fatalities may be prevented with timely immunoprophylaxis, but till date a therapeutic molecule has remained elusive. We investigated the role of rhuIFN α-2a in murine model challenged with rabies virus.

A chemoenzymatic synthesis of hept-6-ene-2,5-diol stereomers: application to asymmetric synthesis of decarestrictine L, pyrenophorol, and stagonolide E.

The stereomers of hept-6-ene-2,5-diol derivatives were conceived as useful chiral intermediates and were synthesized starting from sulcatol using two lipase-catalyzed acylation reactions as the key steps. The versatility of the intermediates was demonstrated by converting them to the titled tetrahydropyran, macrolide, and macrodiolide compounds using standard synthetic protocols.