scholarly journals Enantiomeric Amino Acid Schiff Base Copper(II) Complexes as a New Class of RNA-Targeted Metallo-Intercalators: Single X-ray Crystal Structural Details, Comparative in Vitro DNA/RNA Binding Profile, Cleavage, and Cytotoxicity

ACS Omega ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 7691-7705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siffeen Zehra ◽  
Thierry Roisnel ◽  
Farukh Arjmand
Keyword(s):  
Schiff Base ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Rna Binding ◽  
Binding Profile ◽  
X Ray ◽  
New Class ◽  
Structural Details ◽  
Crystal Structural ◽  
Amino Acid Schiff Base

Synthesis, Characterization and X-Ray Crystal Structure of the New Schiff Base and Anticandidal Evaluation

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1090-1090
Author(s):  
Mehmet Poyraz Mehmet Poyraz ◽  
Musa Sari Musa Sari ◽  
Halil Berber Halil Berber ◽  
Nursenem Karaca and Fatih Demirci Nursenem Karaca and Fatih Demirci
Keyword(s):  
Schiff Base ◽  
Spectroscopic Techniques ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Microdilution Method ◽  
Broth Microdilution Method ◽  
Ft Ir ◽  
Anticandidal Activity ◽  
Crystal Structural

A new Schiff base, namely 2-methoxy-6-((2-(4 nitrophenyl) hydrazineylidene) methyl)phenol was synthesized and characterized by melting points, elemental analysis, thermogravimetric analysis and spectroscopic techniques (FT-IR, 1H-NMR and UV-VIS spectra). The chemical structure of compound was further confirmed by single crystal structural X-ray diffraction. The Schiff base is crystallized in the triclinic space group P-1. In the crystal, molecules are linked by O-H…O hydrogen bonds between the hydroxy “-O-” atom and the methoxy “-O-” atom. Furthermore, the synthesized Schiff base was tested for the in vitro anticandidal activities using CLSI broth microdilution method against human pathogenic Candida albicans, C. parapsilosis and C. krusei standard strains. In the anticandidal activity test results, the new Schiff base was found to be effective at 1 mg/mL - 0.25 mg/mL concentrations. (The last line omitted) (The sentence marked in red will be deleted)

Electron probe x-ray microanalysis and electron microscopy of amino acid absorption and transport by the small intestine: inhibition by chemical poisons and correlation to the elemental composition of the epithelial cells

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 134-135
Author(s):  
A. J. Tousimis
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Elemental Composition ◽  
Isotope Labeling ◽  
Structural Components ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Human Small Intestine ◽  
Transport Studies

The elemental composition of amino acids is similar to that of the major structural components of the epithelial cells of the small intestine and other tissues. Therefore, their subcellular localization and concentration measurements are not possible by x-ray microanalysis. Radioactive isotope labeling: I131-tyrosine, Se75-methionine and S35-methionine have been successfully employed in numerous absorption and transport studies. The latter two have been utilized both in vitro and vivo, with similar results in the hamster and human small intestine. Non-radioactive Selenomethionine, since its absorption/transport behavior is assumed to be the same as that of Se75- methionine and S75-methionine could serve as a compound tracer for this amino acid.

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