Cogent ChemistryPub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.1080/23312009.2017.1363342
D. Ahmed, Kamal Ahmed Qasim, C. M. Ashraf, H. Maab
{"title":"Verbena officinalis a herb with promising broad spectrum antimicrobial potential","authors":"D. Ahmed, Kamal Ahmed Qasim, C. M. Ashraf, H. Maab","doi":"10.1080/23312009.2017.1363342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23312009.2017.1363342","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The treatment of infectious diseases has increasingly become a serious problem as the pathogens are rapidly acquiring resistance against the current antibiotics. The herb Verbena officinalis has a great repute as ethnomedicine against infections. Keeping in view its immense medicinal scope, the present study was designed. Antimicrobial potential of its stems, leaves, and roots was evaluated against 24 strains of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Ethanolic extracts of stems, leaves, and roots of V. officinalis and their fractions in various solvents were assessed. The stems proved to be most potent against all the strains. Its activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa was higher than the antibiotic Amoxicillin. The leaves also showed considerable activity against P. aeruginosa, Citrobacter freundii, and S. aureus. The roots turned out to be highly effective against Bacillus subtilis, S. aureus, and P. aeruginosa. The study confirmed the efficacy of V. officinalis against infectious diseases. While all the three parts of the plant were active against the test micro-organisms, stems were most powerful. The plant has great potential to provide exploitable leads for new antimicrobial drugs.","PeriodicalId":10640,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23312009.2017.1363342","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42832061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cogent ChemistryPub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.1080/23312009.2017.1303909
A. Rai, V. Raj, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Amit K Keshari, U. Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, S. Saha
{"title":"Design and synthesis of 1,4-benzothiazine derivatives with promising effects against colorectal cancer cells","authors":"A. Rai, V. Raj, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Amit K Keshari, U. Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, S. Saha","doi":"10.1080/23312009.2017.1303909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23312009.2017.1303909","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this study, we designed and synthesized a series of 1,4-benzothiazine and evaluated them for anticancer activity toward HT-29 human colon cancer cells using SRB assay. Before the synthesis, docking studies were performed using various molecular targets of colon cancer including IL-2, IL-6, COX-2, caspase-3, and caspase-8. The molecular dynamic (MD) simulation was also executed to examine the stability of ligand-receptor complex of more stable dock conformation. Further computational study was carried out in order to predict the pharmacokinetic profile of titled compounds. Among 34 tested compounds, compounds AR13 and AR15 were found to be active against HT-29 cells (GI50 < 10 μM). Moreover, Compounds AR5, AR22, and AR34 showed the moderate activity with GI50 < 70 μM. The binding energy was found to be > −5 kcal/mol for AR13 and AR15 with all the molecular targets and the ligand-protein complex was found stable after its formation. Again, computational analysis revealed that both molecules AR13 and AR15 had good ADMET profiling. These encouraging outcomes allowed us to conclude that both AR13 and AR15 may emerge as lead compounds against colon cancer.","PeriodicalId":10640,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Chemistry","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23312009.2017.1303909","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41321849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cogent ChemistryPub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.1080/23312009.2017.1337293
M. Gul, Ilkay Ozturk Cali, A. Cansaran, Onder Idil, Irem Kulu, Umut Çelikoğlu
{"title":"Evaluation of phytochemical content, antioxidant, antimicrobial activity and DNA cleavage effect of endemic Linaria corifolia Desf. (Plantaginaceae)","authors":"M. Gul, Ilkay Ozturk Cali, A. Cansaran, Onder Idil, Irem Kulu, Umut Çelikoğlu","doi":"10.1080/23312009.2017.1337293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23312009.2017.1337293","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The aim of this study is to isolate Linaria corifolia Desf. (Plantaginaceae) and identify new apigenine derivatives 6,3′-dimethoxyapigenin-7-O-[(rhamnosyl)-(1–2)-6″-acetyl glucoside]. Moreover, we analyzed biological activity and flavonoids by using HPLC methods from extracts. The L. corifolia Desf. samples were collected in Black Sea Region of Turkey. Ethanol (EtOH), ethyl acetate (EtOAc) and dichloromethane (DCM) extracts in aerial and under solid parts of plant were evaluated for antioxidant, antimicrobial activity and effect of DNA cleavage. Quercetin, gallic acid and catechin as flavonoids were identified in EtOH, EtOAc, DCM extracts.","PeriodicalId":10640,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23312009.2017.1337293","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43340271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cogent ChemistryPub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.1080/23312009.2017.1405767
T. Borgwardt, D. Wells
{"title":"What does non-destructive analysis mean?","authors":"T. Borgwardt, D. Wells","doi":"10.1080/23312009.2017.1405767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23312009.2017.1405767","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The idea of non-destructive elemental composition analysis is reviewed. The term non-destructive has many definitions in many different fields, as well as different definitions within a single field. The definition of non-destructive is discussed for several different fields: archeology, paleontology, forensics, space science, geochemistry. Activation analysis techniques, claimed to be used non-destructively in many fields, are used as a lens to provide a unique perspective on what non-destructive means. A list of criteria was created to create a broad, general definition of non-destructive. Finally, photon activation analysis is discussed as a potential non-destructive technique for bulk elemental composition analysis of large samples.","PeriodicalId":10640,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23312009.2017.1405767","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47566591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cogent ChemistryPub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.1080/23312009.2017.1344115
E. Akbas, F. Çelikezen, H. Turkez, O. Ozdemir, Adem Ruzgar, Erdem Ergan, E. Şahin
{"title":"Synthesis of the 3,5-diphenyl-1H-pyrazole and cytogenetic and oxidative alterations after exposure of cultured human whole blood cells","authors":"E. Akbas, F. Çelikezen, H. Turkez, O. Ozdemir, Adem Ruzgar, Erdem Ergan, E. Şahin","doi":"10.1080/23312009.2017.1344115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23312009.2017.1344115","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The 3,5-diphenyl-1H-pyrazole was obtained by condensation reaction of dibenzoylmethane and thiosemicarbazide in acetic acid under conventional heating and microwave irradiation method. The structure of the 3,5-diphenyl-1H-pyrazole confirmed by IR, 1H, and 13C NMR and X-ray diffraction and the geometry optimization was carried out using density functional theory (DFT) methods at B3LYP/6-31G, 6-31G(d), 6-31G(d, p), 6-311G(d, p), 6-311G(2d, 2p), 6-31+G(d, p), 6-311++G(d, p) levels. In addition, cytotoxic and oxidative effects were investigated in cultured human peripheral blood cells.","PeriodicalId":10640,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23312009.2017.1344115","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43072225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cogent ChemistryPub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.1080/23312009.2017.1339334
A. P. Gaikwad, V. Suryavanshi, M. Anuse
{"title":"Solvent extraction studies of rhodium(III) by using n-octylaniline from malonate media: Analysis of synthetic mixtures and alloys","authors":"A. P. Gaikwad, V. Suryavanshi, M. Anuse","doi":"10.1080/23312009.2017.1339334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23312009.2017.1339334","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Herein, we have developed the solvent extraction method for the selective separation of precious rhodium(III). Various physicochemical parameters like pH, malonate concentration, n-octylaniline concentration, equilibrium time, aq: org phase ratio, and loading capacity of n-octylaniline are optimized for the quantitative recovery of the rhodium(III). The composition of the extracted species was determined by plotting the log–log graph of Log D[Rh(III)] vs. Log C[n-octylaniline] and Log D[Rh(III)] vs. Log C[malonate]; the stoichiometry was found to be (metal: acid: extractant) 1:2:1. The proposed method was successfully applied for the separation of rhodium(III) from various binary and ternary mixtures of associated metal ions. The separation of the rhodium(III) from real samples was also carried out with the proposed method. The proposed method was applied for analysis of synthetic mixture corresponding to alloys such as pseudo-palladium, iron–rhodium alloy, platinum–rhodium alloy, and rhodium–platinum catalyst.","PeriodicalId":10640,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23312009.2017.1339334","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41440194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cogent ChemistryPub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.1080/23312009.2017.1292593
S. Teymouri, M. Calejo, M. Hiltunen, Anni Sorkio, K. Juuti-Uusitalo, H. Skottman, M. Kellomäki
{"title":"Collagen-immobilized polyimide membranes for retinal pigment epithelial cell adherence and proliferation","authors":"S. Teymouri, M. Calejo, M. Hiltunen, Anni Sorkio, K. Juuti-Uusitalo, H. Skottman, M. Kellomäki","doi":"10.1080/23312009.2017.1292593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23312009.2017.1292593","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Degenerative retinal diseases are a leading cause of visual loss and irreversible blindness, particularly in the developed world. Retinal pigment cell (RPE) transplantation is nowadays considered the most promising therapeutic approach for certain retinal diseases, and the presence of a supportive scaffold has been considered essential to ensure the success of the implant. In this work, collagen IV was covalently immobilized to the surface of polyimide membranes, with the purpose of developing scaffold materials for RPE cell culture. The covalent modification method involved four steps: argon-plasma treatment, acrylic acid graft polymerization, surface activation, and finally immobilization of collagen type IV. Collagen-modified membranes did not become more rough but became significantly more hydrophilic than the unmodified and dip-coated controls. ARPE-19 cell morphology and attachment were studied by immunofluorescence staining and confocal microscopy. Covalently modified surfaces showed cell attachment and cell properties comparable to the uncoated and dip-coated controls. This work demonstrated the potential of collagen IV-immobilized polyimide membranes as substrates for the growth of ARPE-19 cells.","PeriodicalId":10640,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23312009.2017.1292593","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48669036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cogent ChemistryPub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.1080/23312009.2017.1302312
Abhijit Sukul, Sanjana Haque, S. Poddar, M. Hossain, K. Niloy, S. Saha
{"title":"Comparative physicochemical, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic activity assay of synthesized chromium and nickel complexes of indomethacin","authors":"Abhijit Sukul, Sanjana Haque, S. Poddar, M. Hossain, K. Niloy, S. Saha","doi":"10.1080/23312009.2017.1302312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23312009.2017.1302312","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objectives: Complexation of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) with transition metals—chromium and nickel is a unique approach of masking the inherent side effect of gastrointestinal hemorrhage and ulceration of NSAID along with imparting beneficial pharmacological effects. Methods: Chromium and nickel complexes of indomethacin were synthesized followed by characterization of these complexes by FT-IR spectroscopy, UV–Visible spectroscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy, calorimetric DSC analysis, and melting point analysis. For screening of biological activities to uncover potentially interesting pharmacological properties, the metal complexes were assayed for peripheral analgesic, central analgesic, and anti-inflammatory activity. Results: Nickel-indomethacin complex at dose of 20 mg/kg showed peripheral analgesia of 67.03% by inhibiting writhing and at its dose of 20 mg/kg showed potent central analgesic action at 60 min (92% elongation of tail flicking time). In anti-inflammatory study, nickel-indomethacin and chromium indomethacin complex at its 15 mg/kg dose in the 2 h showed inhibition of paw edema of 78.35 and 73.23%, respectively, which is comparable to the standard indomethacin. Conclusion: Based upon the results, it can be predicted that chromium and nickel complex of indomethacin may show promising pharmacological effects which can be revealed by extensive analysis using pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic test model.","PeriodicalId":10640,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23312009.2017.1302312","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43784600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cogent ChemistryPub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.1080/23312009.2017.1296342
Nilesh. U. Jadhao, A. Naik
{"title":"Effect of electronegativity on structural, spectrophotometric and thermo-chemical properties of fluorine and chlorine substituted isoxazoles by DFT method","authors":"Nilesh. U. Jadhao, A. Naik","doi":"10.1080/23312009.2017.1296342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23312009.2017.1296342","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The effect of electronegativity (F and Cl atom) on structural, spectrophotometric, thermo-chemical properties, and solvent effect on electronic absorption spectra of {3-(3,5-dichloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-5-[(4-fluorophenyl)amino] isoxazol-4-yl}(phenyl)methanone (Ia) and {3-(3,5-dichloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-5-[(4-chlorophenyl)amino] isoxazol-4-yl}(phenyl) methanone (Ib) were studied by DFT method using PBE1PBE functional with 6-311++g (d, p) basis set. The results show that the electronegativity of halogen group affect the bond length, atomic charges, excited wavelength, molecular orbital energy gap, vibration frequency, thermo-chemical parameters, and stability of compounds.","PeriodicalId":10640,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23312009.2017.1296342","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44111846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cogent ChemistryPub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.1080/23312009.2017.1302311
M. Arslan
{"title":"Defining free amino acid contents of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) genotypes in Turkey","authors":"M. Arslan","doi":"10.1080/23312009.2017.1302311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23312009.2017.1302311","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Free amino acid contents, including Arginine (Arg), Aspartic acid (Asp), Glutamic acid (Glu), Proline (Pro), Methionine (Met), Tyrosine (Tyr), Leusine + Isoleucine (Leu + Ile) and Phenylalanine (Phe) of 173 different Lathyrus sativus (grass pea) genotypes were studied. Arg was the most fluctuated and at the same time it gave the highest and the lowest yielded free amino acids among the all genotypes, ranging from 0.10 to 506.85 mg g−1. However, regarding to the mean values, Glu is having the highest levels with 311.61 mg g−1 among the all. This study provides an additional data for this field of work and seems to be unique.","PeriodicalId":10640,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23312009.2017.1302311","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45491712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}