Antibacterial and anti-biofilm activity of the lipid extract from Mantidis ootheca on Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

The aim of this study is to assess the antibacterial and anti-biofilm properties of the lipid extract from Mantidis ootheca against the gentamycin resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The chemical composition of the lipid extract and its relative proportion were determined using the technique of gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Antibacterial susceptibility tests were performed using a disc diffusion assay and the minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) was determined by way of the agar dilution method.

Studies on molecular structure, vibrational spectra and molecular docking analysis of 3-Methyl-1,4-dioxo-1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl 4-aminobenzoate.

The molecular structure, vibrational analysis and molecular docking analysis of the 3-Methyl-1,4-dioxo-1,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl 4-aminobenzoate (MDDNAB) molecule have been carried out using FT-IR and FT-Raman spectroscopic techniques and DFT method. The equilibrium geometry, harmonic vibrational wave numbers, various bonding features have been computed using density functional method. The calculated molecular geometry has been compared with experimental data.

Simultaneous determination of contents of three active components in Jiejia tincture by HPLC method.

The objective of the study was to determine the contents of three active components in Jiejia tincture by establishing HPLC method. Test articles were prepared by ultrasonic extraction. Separation was performed using a Kromasil C18 (250 mm × 4.

Quercetin: a potential natural drug for adjuvant treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the rheumatism mainly manifested as disabling joint disease and mainly involves hands, wrists, feet and other small joints. Recurrent arthritis attacks, synovial cell hypertrophy and hyperplasia and bone and cartilage damages eventually lead to joint dysfunction and other complications, and there is no cure. Quercetin (QU) is a kind of natural flavonoids, with lipid-lowering, anti-inflammatory and other pharmacological activities, and minor toxic side effects.

Comparison of the protective effects of ferulic acid and its drug-containing plasma on primary cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes with hypoxia/reoxygenation injury.

Background: To simulate the ischemia-reperfusion injury in vivo, hypoxia/reoxygenation injury model was established in vitro and primary cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were underwent hypoxia with hydrosulfite (Na2S2O4) for 1 h followed by 1 h reoxygenation.

Materials And Methods: Determination the cell viability by MTT colorimetric assay. We use kit to detect the activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase and Ca(2+)-ATPase.

Structural conformations and density functional study on the intramolecular charge transfer based on vibrational spectra of 2,4-dihydroxy-N'-(4-methoxybenzylidene)benzohydrazide.

The NIR-FT Raman and FT-IR spectra of 2,4-dihydroxy-N'-(methoxybenzylidene) benzohydrazide (DMBBH) molecule have been recorded and analyzed. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level has been used to compute energies of different conformers of DMBBH to find out their stability, the optimized geometry of the most stable conformer and its vibrational spectrum. Information about the size, shape, charge density distribution and site of chemical reactivity of the molecules has been obtained by mapping electron density isosurface with electrostatic potential surfaces (ESP).

Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitory effect by dammarane-type triterpenes from hydrolyzate of total Gynostemma pentaphyllum saponins.

Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) is an important factor in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type-2 diabetes), and a promising target for treatment of diabetes and obesity. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the inhibitory activities of constituents (three new together with twelve known triterpenes compounds) isolated from the hydrolyzate of total saponins from Gynostemma pentaphyllum. Their structures were accomplished mainly base on the spectroscopic methods, and then were further confirmed by X-ray crystal diffraction.

Clinical research on the bio-debridement effect of maggot therapy for treatment of chronically infected lesions.

Objective: To evaluate the bio-debridement effect of maggot therapy for treating chronically infected lesions.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted of 25 patients with diabetic foot ulcers and 18 patients with pressure ulcers after spinal cord injury treated by maggot therapy or traditional dressing. Changes in the lesions were observed and bacterial cultures tested.

Simultaneous quantification of seven major bufadienolides in three traditional Chinese medicinal preparations of chansu by HPLC-DAD.

A high-performance liquid chromatographic method was applied to the determination of gamabufotalin, telocinobufagin, bufotalin, cinobufotalin, bufalin, cinobufagin and resibufogenin in three traditional Chinese medicinal preparations containing ChanSu. The compounds were separated on a YMC-C18 column (250 x 4.6 mm, 5 um) with a gradient of acetonitrile and 0.

A novel threefold-interpenetrating primitive cubic network based on a dinuclear Zn2 node.

In the mixed-ligand metal-organic polymeric compound poly[[mu(2)-1,4-bis(imidazol-1-yl)benzene](mu(2)-terephthalato)dizinc(II)], [Zn(2)(C(8)H(4)O(4))(2)(C(12)H(10)N(4))](n) or [Zn(2)(bdc)(2)(bib)](n) [H(2)bdc is terephthalic acid and bib is 1,4-bis(imidazol-1-yl)benzene], the asymmetric unit contains one Zn(II) ion, with two half bdc anions and one half bib molecule lying around inversion centers. The Zn(II) ion is in a slightly distorted tetrahedral environment, coordinated by three carboxylate O atoms from three different bdc anions and by one bib N atom. The crystal structure is constructed from the secondary building unit (SBU) [Zn(2)(CO(2))(2)N(2)O(2)], in which the two metal centers are held together by two bdc linkers with bis(syn,syn-bridging bidentate) bonding modes.

(E)-N'-(2,5-Dimethoxy-benzyl-idene)-2-(8-quinol-yloxy)acetohydrazide methanol solvate.

The two mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(20)H(19)N(3)O(4)·CH(4)O, are paired via O-H⋯(O,N), N-H⋯O, and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The mol-ecular skeleton of the acetohydrazide mol-ecule is close to planar; the benzene and quinoline mean planes form a dihedral angle of 3.9 (3)°.

(E)-4-Bromo-N'-(2-chloro-benzyl-idene)benzohydrazide.

In the title compound, C(14)H(10)BrClN(2)O, the dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 11.4 (2)°. In the crystal structure, mol-ecules are connected via inter-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into one-dimensional chains running parallel to the c axis.

(E)-N'-(5-Chloro-2-hydroxy-benzyl-idene)-3,5-dihydroxy-benzohydrazide mono-hydrate.

In the title compound, C(14)H(11)ClN(2)O(4)·H(2)O, the dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 8.5 (2)° and an intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond is observed in the Schiff base mol-ecule. In the crystal structure, the water mol-ecule accepts an N-H⋯O hydrogen bond and makes O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds to two further Schiff base mol-ecules.

(E)-4-Bromo-N'-(2-hydr-oxy-1-naphthyl-methyl-ene)benzohydrazide.

The title compound, C(18)H(13)BrN(2)O(2), was synthesized by the reaction of 2-hydr-oxy-1-naphthaldehyde with 4-bromo-benzohydrazide. This Schiff base mol-ecule has an E configuration about the C=N bond and is almost planar, the dihedral angle between the mean planes through the substituted benzene ring and the naphthyl system being 6.6 (2)°.

N'-(2-Hydr-oxy-5-chloro-benzyl-idene)-4-nitro-benzohydrazide methanol solvate.

The title compound, C(14)H(10)ClN(3)O(4)·CH(4)O, was synthesized from the reaction of 5-chloro-salicylaldehyde with 4-nitro-benzohydrazide in methanol. The Schiff base mol-ecule is nearly planar, with a dihedral angle of 9.1 (3)° between the two benzene rings.

N'-(4-Methoxy-benzyl-idene)-4-nitro-benzo-hydrazide methanol solvate.

The title compound, C(15)H(13)N(3)O(4)·CH(4)O, was synthesized from the reaction of 4-methoxy-benzaldehyde with 4-nitro-benzohydrazide in methanol. The benzene rings of the Schiff base mol-ecule are nearly coplanar, making a dihedral angle of 7.0 (3)°.

2,4-Dihydr-oxy-N'-(4-methoxy-benzyl-idene)benzohydrazide.

The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(15)H(14)N(2)O(4), displays a trans configuration with respect to the hydrazide C=N bond. The dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 15.0 (2)°.

3,4-Dihydr-oxy-N'-(2-hydroxy-benzyl-idene)benzohydrazide-methanol-water (2/1/3).

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(14)H(12)N(2)O(4)·0.5CH(4)O·1.5H(2)O, consists of two Schiff base mol-ecules, three water mol-ecules and one methanol mol-ecule.

3,5-Dihydr-oxy-N'-[(2-hydr-oxy-1-naph-thyl)methyl-ene]benzohydrazide.

In the title compound, C(18)H(14)N(2)O(4), the dihedral angle between the benzene ring and the naphthyl ring system is 10.1 (2)°. The mol-ecule is nearly planar, with a mean deviation from the plane of 0.