{"title":"Glyphosate and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma","authors":"A. Boretti","doi":"10.14233/ajomc.2020.ajomc-p301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14233/ajomc.2020.ajomc-p301","url":null,"abstract":"The herbicide “glyphosate” known with the trade name of “Round-\u0000Up” has been using for 50 years and it is the world’s most widely\u0000used herbicide. It has helped to increase the agricultural yields of\u0000crops around the world, thus assisting to feed billions of peoples.\u0000After Round-Up was declared “probable carcinogen” in 2015 by the\u0000International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), there has been\u0000a growing number of claims that glyphosate is the cause of the types\u0000of cancer of the most poorly understood origin, such as non-Hodgkin\u0000lymphoma. From an analysis of the available literature, the link between\u0000non-Hodgkin lymphoma and “Round-Up” is shown to be extremely\u0000weak.","PeriodicalId":8846,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Organic & Medicinal Chemistry","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84083862","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}
GOPALASATHEESKUMAR K, Karthikeyen Lakshmanan, Anguraj Moulishankar, J. Suresh, D. K. Babu, V. Kalaichelvan
{"title":"Screening of Kabasura Kudineer Chooranam against COVID-19 through Targeting of Main Protease and RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase of SARS-CoV-2 by Molecular Docking Studies","authors":"GOPALASATHEESKUMAR K, Karthikeyen Lakshmanan, Anguraj Moulishankar, J. Suresh, D. K. Babu, V. Kalaichelvan","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3625653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3625653","url":null,"abstract":"COVID-19 is the infectious pandemic disease caused by the novel\u0000coronavirus. The COVID-19 is spread globally in a short span of\u0000time. The Ministry of AYUSH, India which promotes Siddha and\u0000other Indian system of medicine recommends the use of formulation\u0000like Nilavembu Kudineer and Kaba Sura Kudineer Chooranam\u0000(KSKC). The present work seeks to provide the evidence for the\u0000action of 74 different constituents of the KSKC formulation acting\u0000on two critical targets. That is main protease and SARS-CoV-2 RNAdependent\u0000RNA polymerase target through molecular docking studies.\u0000The molecular docking was done by using AutoDock Tools 1.5.6 of\u0000the 74 compounds, about 50 compounds yielded docking results against\u0000COVID-19 main protease while 42 compounds yielded against SARSCoV-\u00002 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. This research has concluded\u0000that the KSKC has the lead molecules that inhibits COVID-19’s target\u0000of main protease of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent\u0000RNA polymerase.","PeriodicalId":8846,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Organic & Medicinal Chemistry","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74549798","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}
{"title":"Selective Oxidation of Benzyl Halides to Benzaldehydes by Phase Transfer\u0000Catalyzed Monochromate Ions in Non-Polar Solvents","authors":"K. Bijudas, P. Bashpa","doi":"10.14233/ajomc.2020.ajomc-p287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14233/ajomc.2020.ajomc-p287","url":null,"abstract":"Benzyl chloride, benzyl bromide and their para substituted derivatives were selectively oxidized to corresponding benzaldehydes by acidified monochromate in toluene and ethyl acetate with the help of phase transfer catalysts like tetrabutylphosphonium bromide (TBPB), tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB), tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulphate (TBAHS), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTMAB) and tricaprylmethylammonium chloride (TCMC). The reaction was carried out by simple magnetic stirring for about 2 h at 60 ºC. The products were recrystallized and analyzed by infrared and UV-visible spectral techniques. Benzaldehyde and substituted benzaldehydes were formed in good yield (> 90%) on oxidation of benzyl chlorides and benzyl bromides. The reaction is proved to be highly selective due to the absence of acids or any other products during the reaction. All the phase transfer catalysts were highly effective in bringing out the reaction in both the solvents. This is highly significant as the oxidation reaction will not occur in non-polar solvents without the presence of phase transfer catalysts.","PeriodicalId":8846,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Organic & Medicinal Chemistry","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76399338","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}