bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Composition and Consumer Acceptability of a Novel Extrusion‐Cooked Salmon Snack
Authors: Kong J. , Dougherty M.P. , Perkins L.B. , Camire M.E.
Published: February 2008

ABSTRACT:  The objectives of this study were to develop a value‐added jerky‐style snack from salmon flesh and to minimize loss of healthful lipids during processing. Three formulations were extruded in a laboratory‐scale twin‐screw extruder. The base formulation included Atlantic salmon (82%, w/w), sucrose (4%), pregelatinized starch (3%), modified tapioca starch (3%), salt (2%), and teriyaki flavoring (2%). Three oil binding agents (tapioca starch, high‐amylose cornstarch, oat fiber) were each studied at the 4% level. Barrel temperature, from feed to die, was 65, 155, 155, and 80 °C. Screw speed was 250 rpm. Feed rate was 220 g/min. Extrudates were convection‐dried at 93 °C for 40 min. A texture analyzer was used to evaluate textural properties. Sixty‐three consumers evaluated the hedonic attributes of the snacks. Extrusion cooking did not adversely affect content of omega‐3 fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) in Atlantic salmon. The oat fiber formulation had the highest lipid (17.49%) content. The other formulations had higher moisture content. A serving (28 g) of the oat formulation provides 0.6 g EPA + DHA. Snacks containing oat fiber had the highest CIE L* and b* values. Snacks containing oat fiber required greater force to bend, cut, and puncture. The oat fiber formulation had the lowest overall acceptability. This portable snack could appeal to consumers who are interested in the health benefits of fish and omega‐3 fatty acids and provide salmon processors with a value‐added solution for processing by‐products.
PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF 5‐FLUOROURACIL ANALOGUES, GLYCOSIDES AND POLY‐FU*
Authors: Fikus Magdalena , Wierzchowski K. L. , Shugar D.
Published: February 2008

Abstract— 1. The primary photoproduct of 1,3‐dimethyl‐5‐Ruorouracil (DMFu) in aqueous medium is the hydrate, 1,3‐dimethyl‐5‐hydro‐6‐hydroxyhydro‐5‐fluorouracil (DMFu.H2O).

2. When irradiated at wavelengths shorter than 270 mμ, DMFu.H2O in turn eliminates HF, the resulting photoproduct being principally 1,3‐dimethylbarbituric acid.

3. Hence irradiation of DMFu with mercury resonance lamps (254 mμ) leads initially to formation of DMFu.H2O, then to dimethylbarbituric acid, and finally to further products.

4. A similar sequence of reactions prevails on irradiation of DMFu in methanol, the primary photoproduct being DMFuCH3OH; this in turn is transformed by elimination of HF at 254 mμ to 1,3‐dimethyl‐6‐methoxyuracil.

5. At room temperature DMFu.H2O is remarkably stable at neutral and acid pH. At 100° in 1N HCI for 1 hr it is quantitatively converted to DMFu. In alkaline medium (pH˜ 10) about 5–10 per cent reverts to DMFu, the remainder undergoing ring opening. By contrast the methanol addition product eliminates CH3OH to regenerate DMFu in both acid and alkaline media.

6. Both the neutral and anionic forms of 5‐fluorouracil, its glycosides, and poly‐FU exhibit analogous photochemical behaviour. Quantum yields for these have been evaluated in both ordinary and heavy water.

7. It follows that u.v.‐inactivated viruses or infectious RNA, containing incorporated fluorouracil residues, should be susceptible to biological dark reactivation. The extent of such dark reactivation should be greater with increasing wavelengths of irradiation where initial photoproduct formation is limited to the hydrate. Some additional potential biological applications of the results are discussed.
Analysis and modelling of cohort life tables of jack pine seed cones
Authors: Groot Peter De , Fleming Richard A.
Published: February 2008

Life tables for jack pine (Pinusbanksiana Lamb.) seed cones were constructed for cohorts at three sites in northern Ontario from 1985–1987 to determine the causes and temporal sequence of mortality. Seed cone abortion and feeding by the red squirrel, Tamiasciurushudsonicus (Erxleben), accounted for 65–75% of mortality. Insects killed about 4% of the total cone crop. Losses from the jack pine budworm, Choristoneurapinuspinus Freeman, the webbing coneworm, Dioryctriadisclusa Heinrich, and the red pine cone borer, Eucosmamonitorana Heinrich, combined, accounted for about 1%, while the cone resin midge, Asynaptahopkinsi Felt, and the red pine cone beetle, Conophthorusresinosae Hopkins, each killed about 1%. Three models, linear-exponential, Gompertz, and Weibull, were examined to describe seed cone survivorship curves, of which the Weibull generally gave concise descriptions and fitted very well. Significantly different patterns of cone survival occurred at different sites during the same period, and at the same site over different periods. The age-specific mortality rate increased with age most slowly in the bottom third of the tree's crown. There were significant differences in the age-specific mortality rate among the north, south, east, and west aspects in the same cohort, but there was no consistent pattern among cohorts, or between trees within a cohort.
Differential Inhibitory Control of Semicircular Canal Nerve Afferent-Evoked Inputs in Second-Order Vestibular Neurons by Glycinergic and GABAergic Circuits
Authors: Biesdorf Stefan , Malinvaud David , Reichenberger Ingrid , Pfanzelt Sandra , Straka Hans
Published: February 2008

Labyrinthine nerve-evoked monosynaptic excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) in second-order vestibular neurons (2°VN) sum with disynaptic inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) that originate from the thickest afferent fibers of the same nerve branch and are mediated by neurons in the ipsilateral vestibular nucleus. Pharmacological properties of the inhibition and the interaction with the afferent excitation were studied by recording monosynaptic responses of phasic and tonic 2°VN in an isolated frog brain after electrical stimulation of individual semicircular canal nerves. Specific transmitter antagonists revealed glycine and GABAA receptor-mediated IPSPs with a disynaptic onset only in phasic but not in tonic 2°VN. Compared with GABAergic IPSPs, glycinergic responses in phasic 2°VN have larger amplitudes and a longer duration and reduce early and late components of the afferent nerve-evoked subthreshold activation and spike discharge. The difference in profile of the disynaptic glycinergic and GABAergic inhibition is compatible with the larger number of glycinergic as opposed to GABAergic terminal-like structures on 2°VN. The increase in monosynaptic excitation after a block of the disynaptic inhibition in phasic 2°VN is in part mediated by a N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor-activated component. Although inhibitory inputs were superimposed on monosynaptic EPSPs in tonic 2°VN as well, the much longer latency of these IPSPs excludes a control by short-latency inhibitory feed-forward side-loops as observed in phasic 2°VN. The differential synaptic organization of the inhibitory control of labyrinthine afferent signals in phasic and tonic 2°VN is consistent with the different intrinsic signal processing modes of the two neuronal types and suggests a co-adaptation of intrinsic membrane properties and emerging network properties.
Complex aetiology of an apparently Mendelian form of Mental Retardation
Authors: Beleza-Meireles Ana , Kockum Ingrid , Yuan Qiu-Ping , Picelli Simone , Wetterberg Lennart , Gustavson Karl-Henrik , Schalling Martin
Published: February 2008

Background

Mental Retardation is a common heterogeneous neurodevelopment condition, which causes are still largely elusive. It has been suggested that half of the phenotypic variation of intelligence is explained by genetic variation. And genetic or inherited factors indeed account for most of the cases of mental retardation with an identifiable cause. However, only a few autosomal genes have been mapped and identified to date. In this report, the genetic causes for an apparently recessive form of mental retardation, in a large nordern swedish pedigree, are investigated.

Methods

After extensive evaluation of the patients, which ruled out recognizable patterns of malformation and excluded known causes of MR, a comprehensive genome-wide linkage analysis, with 500 microsatellite markers, was performed in 24 members of this family. Additionally, a genome-wide copy number analysis, using an affimetrix 250 K SNP chip, was performed in this pedigree.

Results

No significant LOD score was found with either parametric and non-parametric linkage analysis. The highest scores are located at chromosomes 13, 15 and 17. Genome-wide copy number analysis identified no clear cause for the disorder; but rather, several variants were present in the family members, irrespective of their affected status.

Conclusion

These results suggest that mental retardation in this family, unlikely what was expected, has a heterogeneous aetiology; and that several lower effect genes variants might be involved. To demonstrate such effects, our family may be too small. This study also indicates that the ascertainment of the cause of MR may be challenging, and that a complex aetiology may be present even within a pedigree, constituting an additional obstacle for genetic counselling. Variants in genes involved in molecular mechanisms of cellular plasticity, in genes involved in the development of underlying neural architectures, and in genes involved in neurodevelopment and in the ongoing function of terminally differentiated neurons may underlie the phenotypic variation of intelligence and explain instances of intellectual impairment.
Impaction grafting with a bone-graft substitute in a sheep model of revision hip replacement
Authors: Coathup M. , Smith N. , Kingsley C. , Buckland T. , Dattani R. , Ascroft G. P. , Blunn G.
Published: February 2008

An experimental sheep model was used for impaction allografting of 12 hemiarthroplasty femoral components placed into two equal-sized groups. In group 1, a 50:50 mixture of ApaPore hydroxyapatite bone-graft substitute and allograft was used. In group 2, ApaPore and allograft were mixed in a 90:10 ratio. Both groups were killed at six months. Ground reaction force results demonstrated no significant differences (p > 0.05) between the two groups at 8, 16 and 24 weeks post-operatively, and all animals remained active. The mean bone turnover rates were significantly greater in group 1, at 0.00206 mm/day, compared to group 2 at 0.0013 mm/day (p < 0.05). The results for the area of new bone formation demonstrated no significant differences (p > 0.05) between the two groups. No significant differences were found between the two groups in thickness of the cement mantle (p > 0.05) and percentage ApaPore-bone contact (p > 0.05).

The results of this animal study demonstrated that a mixture of ApaPore allograft in a 90:10 ratio was comparable to using a 50:50 mixture.
Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and their receptors: distribution and involvement in the secretion of Podarcis sicula adrenal gland
Authors: Valiante Salvatore , Prisco Marina , Sciarrillo Rosaria , De Falco Maria , Capaldo Anna , Gay Flaminia , Andreuccetti Piero , Laforgia Vincenza , Varano Lorenzo
Published: February 2008

Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) are regulatory neuropeptides of the hypothalamus–hypophyseal–adrenal axis, acting via the common receptors VPAC1 and VPAC2 and the selective PACAP receptor PAC1. In the adrenal glands of the Italian wall lizard, Podarcis sicula, the presence of VIP in chromaffin cells, and the VIP-stimulated release of catecholamine and aldosterone in vivo, was previously shown. To examine the localization of both peptides and receptors and their mRNAs in the adrenal gland of P. sicula, immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization were performed: PACAP and its mRNA were detected in chromaffin cells, VPAC1 was found associated with steroidogenic tissue, VPAC2 and PAC1 with chromaffin tissue. Using ‘far western blot’ technique, we showed the presence of specific binding sites for VIP/PACAP in the adrenal glands of the lizard. The effects of both VIP and PACAP on the adrenal cells of the lizard were examined in vitro in adrenal cell co-cultures: both VIP and PACAP enhanced catecholamine, corticosterone and aldosterone release from adrenal cell co-culture in a time- and dose-dependent manner. The catecholamine release was inhibited by PAC1 antagonist and in VPAC2 immunoneutralized adrenal cells. The effects of VIP and PACAP on aldosterone secretion were counteracted by VPAC1 antagonist administration in vitro. Corticosterone secretion elicited by VIP was not blocked by VPAC1 antagonist, while the PACAP-induced release of corticosterone was blocked by the antagonist. Overall, our investigations indicate that these neuropeptides of the secretin superfamily can act not only as neurotransmitters but also as autocrine and paracrine regulators on chromaffin and cortical cells, being important mediators of the non-cholinergic system in the lizard adrenal gland.
The activin receptor-like kinase 6 Booroola mutation enhances suppressive effects of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2), BMP4, BMP6 and growth and differentiation factor-9 on FSH release from ovine primary pituitary cell cultures
Authors: Young Julia M , Juengel Jennifer L , Dodds Kenneth G , Laird Mhairi , Dearden Peter K , McNeilly Alan S , McNatty Kenneth P , Wilson Theresa
Published: February 2008

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) have been shown to influence the regulation of FSH synthesis and secretion at the level of the pituitary. Primary pituitary cells were harvested and cultured from Booroola ewes homozygous for a mutation in activin receptor-like kinase 6 (ALK6) also known as BMP receptor IB (BMPRIB), and from wild-type (WT) ewes to determine if the mutation caused alterations in FSH secretion in vitro. The cells were collected 24 h following induction of luteolysis and cultured for 72 h prior to being challenged for 24 h with BMP2, BMP4, BMP6, growth and differentiation factor-9 (GDF9), transforming growth factor-β 1, activin-A and GnRH. The levels of FSH and LH were measured by RIA and then compared with the untreated controls. Primary pituitary cell cultures from Booroola ewes secreted less FSH than WT cells in the presence of BMP2, BMP4 and BMP6. These BMPs did not affect the FSH stores within the cells, or the levels of LH released. GDF9 appeared to act in a BMP-like manner by suppressing FSH secretion. The ALK6 receptor however, was not found to co-localise with gonadotroph cells in either Booroola or WT pituitary tissues. These findings imply that the increased sensitivity of Booroola cells to BMP2, BMP4, BMP6 and GDF9 cannot be due to the direct action of the ALK6 mutant Booroola receptor in the cells that synthesise FSH.
Anti-inflammatory steroid signalling in the human peritoneum
Authors: Fegan K S , Rae M T , Critchley H O D , Hillier S G
Published: February 2008

Peritoneal surface epithelial (PSE) cells participate in adhesion formation following inflammatory injury yet adjacent ovarian SE (OSE) cells regenerate without scarification after ovulation. OSE cells show inflammation-associated expression of 11β hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11βHSD1) enzyme, enabling intracrine generation of anti-inflammatory cortisol to minimise tissue damage. We asked if human PSE cells show an 11βHSD1 response to pro-/anti-inflammatory stimulation and if so, how the 11-oxoreductase activity generated compares with OSE. PSE collected from premenopausal women undergoing surgery for benign gynaecological conditions were used to establish primary PSE cell cultures that were treated for 48 h with interleukin-1α (IL-1α) with/without anti-inflammatory steroid (cortisol or progesterone). mRNA levels corresponding to the genes of interest (11βHSD1, 11βHSD2, cyclooxygenase-2, COX-2) were measured by quantitative RT-PCR. IL-1α (0.5 ng/ml) stimulated 11βHSD1 and COX-2 mRNA levels in PSE cells but 11βHSD2 was unaffected. Cortisol (1 μM), not progesterone (1 μM), increased 11βHSD1 mRNA and synergistically enhanced IL-1α action. Cortisol suppressed IL-1α-stimulated COX-2 more effectively than progesterone. PSE cells had a significantly lower basal 11-oxoreductase enzyme activity than OSE cells; IL-1α did not significantly increase the 11-oxoreductase activity in PSE cells but did so in OSE cells. We conclude that PSE cells respond to IL-1α and anti-inflammatory steroids in qualitatively similar ways as OSE. However, the enzymatic activity of 11βHSD1 is lower in PSE and less responsive to IL-1α. This could help explain why peritoneal healing often leads to adhesion formation, whereas postovulatory ovarian healing is scar-free.
Symptoms of anxiety and depression and mother's marital status: An exploratory analysis of polygyny and psychosocial stress
Authors: Patil Crystal , Hadley Craig
Published: February 2008

Many biocultural studies have examined the fitness consequences of polygynous marriage for women in Africa. Few studies have examined the mental health correlates of polygynous marriage despite the emerging interest by human biologists in mental health outcomes. In this study, we tested for an association between measures of psychosocial stress and marital status in a representative sample of 408 mothers in two Tanzania communities. Results showed no association between measures of psychological distress and marital status. Our results suggest that despite the widely cited reproductive costs to polygynously married women, there do not appear to be accompanying costs to mental health. Am. J. Hum. Biol., 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Regional differences in the distribution of the sub‐Saharan, West Eurasian, and South Asian mtDNA lineages in Yemen
Authors: Černý Viktor , Mulligan Connie J. , Rídl Jakub , Žaloudková Martina , Edens Christopher M. , Hájek Martin , Pereira Luísa
Published: February 2008

Despite its key location for population movements out of and back into Africa, Yemen has not yet been sampled on a regional level for an investigation of sub‐Saharan, West Eurasian, and South Asian genetic contributions. In this study, we present mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) data for regionally distinct Yemeni populations that reveal different distributions of mtDNA lineages. An extensive database of mtDNA sequences from North and East African, Middle Eastern and Indian populations was analyzed to provide a context for the regional Yemeni mtDNA datasets. The groups of western Yemen appear to be most closely related to Middle Eastern and North African populations, while the eastern Yemeni population from Hadramawt is most closely related to East Africa. Furthermore, haplotype matches with Africa are almost exclusively confined to West Eurasian R0a haplogroup in southwestern Yemen, although more sub‐Saharan L‐type matches appear in more northern Yemeni populations. In fact, Yemeni populations have the highest frequency of R0a haplotypes detected to date, thus Yemen or southern Arabia may be the site of the initial expansion of this haplogroup. Whereas two variants of the sub‐Saharan haplogroup M1 were detected only in southwestern Yemen close to the Bab el‐Mandeb Strait, different non‐African M haplotypes were detected at low frequencies (∼2%) in western parts of the country and at a higher frequency (7.5%) in the Hadramawt. We conclude that the Yemeni gene pool is highly stratified both regionally and temporally and that it has received West Eurasian, Northeast African, and South Asian gene flow. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Non‐generalized and generalized conditioned reinforcers: establishment and validation
Authors: Moher Carly A. , Gould D. Daniel , Hegg Elisa , Mahoney Amanda M.
Published: February 2008

Conditioned reinforcers, or tokens, are frequently used in clinical settings; however, little applied research has focused on establishing and validating their effectiveness. Following pairing of a novel token with an edible reinforcer in the present study, preference and reinforcer assessments verified that the tokens functioned as conditioned reinforcers. Results indicated that the tokens were established as conditioned reinforcers that matched the reinforcer value of the primary reinforcers with which they had been paired. The effects of motivating operations (MOs) on the effectiveness of these conditioned reinforcers were then evaluated. Conditioned reinforcer effectiveness decreased during satiation conditions. Subsequently it was found that increasing the number of backup reinforcers with which the token was paired resulted in the effectiveness maintaining during satiation conditions. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Normalization of substance P levels in rectal mucosa of patients with faecal incontinence treated successfully by sacral nerve stimulation
Authors: Gooneratne M L , Facer P , Knowles C H , Chan C L , Lunniss P J , Scott S M , Anand P , Williams N S
Published: February 2008

Background

Sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) may improve faecal incontinence by modulating rectal sensation. This study measured changes in the peripheral expression of various neural epitopes in response to SNS.

Methods

Rectal mucosal biopsies were taken from 12 patients before and after temporary SNS, and from ten responders at 90 days after permanent stimulation. Sections were immunostained for substance P, transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) 1, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). Levels were compared with those in nine continent controls.

Results

Baseline levels of percentage area immunoreactivities of substance P (median 0·51 (95 per cent confidence interval 0·31 to 0·73) versus 0·13 (0·07 to 0·27) per cent; P < 0·001) and TRPV1 (0·76 (0·41 to 1·11) versus 0·09 (0·04 to 0·14) per cent; P < 0·001), but not of VIP (1·26 (0·37 to 2·15) versus 1·28 (0·39 to 2·17); P = 0·943), were significantly greater than in controls. Successful SNS resulted in a significant decrease in substance P immunostaining after temporary (0·15 (0·06 to 0·51) per cent; P = 0·051) and permanent (0·17 (0 to 0·46) per cent; P = 0·051) stimulation. Immunoreactivity of TRPV1, VIP, CGRP and neural markers showed no qualitative change.

Conclusion

Patients with faecal incontinence demonstrate normalization of raised rectal mucosal substance P levels following successful SNS.
Quantification of myrislignan in rat plasma by solid‐phase extraction and reversed‐phase high‐performance liquid chromatography
Authors: Li Fei , Yang Xiuwei
Published: February 2008

A rapid and simple reversed‐phase high‐performance liquid chromatographic (RP‐HPLC) method has been developed for determination of myrislignan in rat plasma after intravenous administration. The analytes extracted from plasma samples by solid‐phase extraction were successfully carried out on a Diamonsil™ ODS C18 column (250 × 4.6 mm i.d., 5 µm) with an RP18 guard column (8 × 4.6 mm i.d., 5 µm) and a mobile phase of MeOH–H2O (4:1, v/v). The UV detector was set at a single wavelength of 270 nm. The linear ranges of the standard curves were 0.5–30.0 µg/mL with the correlation coefficients greater than 0.9992. The lower limits of detection and quantification were 0.1 and 0.3 µg/mL for myrislignan. Intra‐ and inter‐day precisions were 2.4–7.5 and 1.3–5.7%, respectively. The extraction recovery from plasma was more than 90%. This assay method has been successfully used to study the pharmacokinetics of myrislignan in rats. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Development and validation of a sensitive LC‐MS/MS method with electrospray ionization for quantitation of zafirlukast, a selective leukotriene antagonist in human plasma: application to a clinical pharmacokinetic study
Authors: Bharathi D. Vijaya , Naidu A. , Jagadeesh B. , Laxmi K. N. K. Maha , Laxmi P. Revathi Naga , Reddy Pandu Ranga , Mullangi Ramesh
Published: February 2008

A highly sensitive and specific LC‐MS/MS method has been developed and validated for the estimation of zafirlukast (ZFK) with 500 µL human plasma using valdecoxib as an internal standard (IS). The API‐4000 LC‐MS/MS was operated under multiple reaction‐monitoring mode using the electrospray ionization technique. The assay procedure involved extraction of ZFK and IS from human plasma with ethyl acetate. The resolution of peaks was achieved with 10 mm ammonium acetate (pH 6.4):acetonitrile (20:80, v/v) on a Hypersil BDS C18 column. The total chromatographic run time was 2.0 min and the elution of ZFK and IS occurred at approximately 1.11 and 1.58 min, respectively. The MS/MS ion transitions monitored were 574.2 → 462.1 for ZFK and 313.3 → 118.1 for IS. The method was proved to be accurate and precise at a linearity range of 0.15–600 ng/mL with a correlation coefficient (r) of ≥0.999. The method was rugged with 0.15 ng/mL as lower limit of quantitation. The intra‐ and inter‐day precision and accuracy values were found to be within the assay variability limits as per the FDA guidelines. The developed assay method was applied to a pharmacokinetic study in human volunteers following oral administration of 20 mg ZFK tablet. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ChemInform Abstract: Structure of the Monoclinic‐Form Misfit‐Layer Compound, (Ca0.85OH)2αCoO2 (α ≈ 0.57822).
Authors: Isobe Masaaki , Onoda Mitsuko , Shizuya Mitsuyaki , Tanaka Masahiko , Takayama‐Muromachi Eiji
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Hydration of Sodium Cobalt Oxide.
Authors: Sakurai Hiroya , Osada Minoru , Takayama‐Muromachi Eiji
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: The Lithium Intercalation Compound Li2CoSiO4 and Its Behavior as a Positive Electrode for Lithium Batteries.
Authors: Lyness Christopher , Delobel Bruno , Armstrong A. Robert , Bruce Peter G.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Low Valent Phosphorus in the Molecular Anions [P5Se12]5‐ and β‐[P6Se12]4‐: Phase Change Behavior and Near Infrared Second Harmonic Generation.
Authors: Chung In , Jang Joon I. , Gave Matthew A. , Weliky David P. , Kanatzidis Mercouri G.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: One‐ and Two‐Dimensional Silver and Zinc Uranyl Phosphates Containing Bipyridyl Ligands.
Authors: Yu Yaqin , Zhan Wei , Albrecht‐Schmitt Thomas E.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Diastereoselective Cyanomethylation of Chiral N‐(tert‐Butylsulfinyl)imines Promoted by Lewis Bases.
Authors: Mukaiyama Teruaki , Michida Makoto
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Effect of Borane Source on the Enantioselectivity in the Enantiopure Oxazaborolidine‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Borane Reduction of Ketones.
Authors: Wang Xiao , Du Juanjuan , Liu Han , Du Da‐Ming , Xu Jiaxi
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: A Convenient and Selective Method for the para‐Bromination of Aromatic Compounds with Potassium Bromide in the Presence of Poly(4‐vinylpyridine)‐Supported Peroxodisulfate in Nonaqueous Solution.
Authors: Tajik H. , Mohammadpoor‐Baltork I. , Hassan‐zadeh P. , Rashtabadi H. Rafiee
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: DMF‐Catalyzed Thermal Dehydration of Aldoximes: A Convenient Access to Functionalized Aliphatic and Aromatic Nitriles.
Authors: Supsana Paraskevi , Liaskopoulos Theodoros , Tsoungas Petros G. , Varvounis George
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: One‐Pot Terminal Alkene Homologation Using a Tandem Olefin Cross‐Metathesis/Allylic Carbonate Reduction Sequence.
Authors: Comins Daniel L. , Dinsmore Jason M. , Marks Lucas R.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Novel Synthesis and Characterization of 1,3‐Bis(2‐dihydrothiazolyl)thiaalkoxy‐p‐tert‐butylcalix[4]arenes.
Authors: Zhao Bing , Feng Ya‐Qing , Zhang Sha‐Sha
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Highly Enantioselective Insertion of Carbenoids into O—H Bonds of Phenols: An Efficient Approach to Chiral α‐Aryloxycarboxylic Esters.
Authors: Chen Chao , Zhu Shou‐Fei , Liu Bin , Wang Li‐Xin , Zhou Qi‐Lin
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: An Efficient Novel Ligand for Copper‐Catalyzed Formation of Diaryl Ethers.
Authors: Yang Yinghua , Jiang Xiangrui , Ao Lei , Dong Shengyi , Wu Xiumei , Jiang Hualiang , Zhao Yu
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Design and Preparation of a Chiral Ligand Based on a Pseudorotaxane Skeleton: Application to Rhodium‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Enamides.
Authors: Hattori Gaku , Hori Tetsuharu , Miyake Yoshihiro , Nishibayashi Yoshiaki
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Microwave‐ and Polymer‐Assisted Synthesis of a Small Library of α,β‐Unsaturated Methyl Esters via the Wittig Reaction.
Authors: Collina S. , Rossi D. , Urbano M. , Baraglia A. Carnevale , Azzolina O.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Concise Synthesis of Novel 2,6‐Diazaspiro[3.3]heptan‐1‐ones and Their Conversion into 2,6‐Diazaspiro[3.3]heptanes.
Authors: Stocks Michael J. , Hamza Daniel , Pairaudeau Garry , Stonehouse Jeffrey P. , Thorne Philip V.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: General Synthesis of 1‐Substituted 2‐Methylbenzimidazoles from Ketones and 2‐Aminoacetanilide.
Authors: Burova Svetlana A. , Davis Roman , Fitzgerald Russ N. , Johnson Byron S. , Matsuoka Richard T.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Tosic Acid‐on‐Silica Gel: A Cheap and Eco‐Friendly Catalyst for a Convenient One‐Pot Synthesis of Substituted Benzimidazoles.
Authors: Chakrabarty Manas , Mukherjee Ratna , Karmakar Sulakshana , Harigaya Yoshihiro
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Hydrazide‐Catalyzed 1,3‐Dipolar Nitrone Cycloadditions.
Authors: Lemay Mathieu , Trant John , Ogilvie William W.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Regioselectivity of the Monohalogenation of 4‐Allyl‐3‐allylamino‐1,2,4‐triazole‐5‐thione.
Authors: Khripak S. M. , Slivka M. V. , Vilkov R. V. , Usenko R. N. , Lendel V. G.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Regioselective Reaction Between Maltol and Vinyltriphenylphosphonium Salts: An Efficient One‐Pot Synthesis of a Novel Class of Dihydrofuran and Cyclobutene Derivatives.
Authors: Baharfar Robabeh , Asghari Sakineh , Hamedaninejad Azam , Abbasi Atieh , Ostadzadeh Azita , Bijanzadeh Hamid Reza
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: L‐Proline Catalyzed Solvent‐Free Knoevenagel Condensation for the Synthesis of 3‐Substituted Coumarins.
Authors: Karade Nandkishor N. , Gampawar Sumit V. , Shinde Sandeep V. , Jadhav Wamanrao N.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Clinofen — A User‐Friendly Oxidizing Agent for Very Fast Oxidation of Hantzsch 1,4‐Dihydropyridines.
Authors: Heravi M. M. , Bakhtiari Kh. , Oskooie H. A. , Hekmatshoar R.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: An Efficient and Green Preparation of 9‐Arylacridine‐1,8‐dione Derivatives.
Authors: Fan Xuesen , Li Yanzhen , Zhang Xinying , Qu Guirong , Wang Jianji
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of N′‐Cyclohexenecarbonyl‐Substituted Hydrazides of 2‐Aminobenzoic Acids and Preparation of 3‐Cyclohexenylamido‐1,2‐dihydroquinazolin‐4‐ones Based on Them.
Authors: Zicane D. , Ravina I. , Tetere Z. , Petrova M.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Ring‐Closing Metathesis for the Synthesis of Phenylene‐Bridged Silamacrocycles.
Authors: Phan Son Thanh , Setaka Wataru , Kira Mitsuo
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of Photochromic Dihetarylethenes with a Cyclopentenedione Bridge Fragment.
Authors: Krayushkin Mikhail M. , Pashchenko Denis V. , Lichitsky Boris V. , Irie Masahiro , Vorontsova Ludmila G. , Starikova Zoya A.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Androstene‐3,5‐dienes as ER‐β Selective SERMs.
Authors: Blizzard Timothy A. , et al. et al.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: New Biologically Active Epidioxysterols from Stereum hirsutum.
Authors: Cateni Francesca , Doljak Bojan , Zacchigna Marina , Anderluh Marko , Piltaver Andrej , Scialino Giuditta , Banfi Elena
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: A Highly Stereocontrolled Total Synthesis of Dysiherbaine.
Authors: Takahashi Keisuke , Matsumura Takashi , Ishihara Jun , Hatakeyama Susumi
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Scope and Mechanism of Direct Indole and Pyrrole Couplings Adjacent to Carbonyl Compounds: Total Synthesis of Acremoauxin A and Oxazinin 3.
Authors: Richter Jeremy M. , Whitefield Brandon W. , Maimone Thomas J. , Lin David W. , Castroviejo M. Pilar , Baran Phil S.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Enantioselective Synthesis of (‐)‐Platensimycin Oxatetracyclic Core by Using an Intramolecular Diels—Alder Reaction.
Authors: Ghosh Arun K. , Xi Kai
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Rapid Access to Polyprenylated Phloroglucinols via Alkylative Dearomatization—Annulation: Total Synthesis of (.+‐.)‐Clusianone.
Authors: Qi Ji , Porco John A. Jr.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: 7‐(3‐Benzyloxypropyl)apigenin (I), a Novel Cytotoxic Flavone Derivative
Authors: Park Kwang‐su , Kim Jinyoung , Lee Chae Woon , Park Jisook , Park Hyung Soon , Chong Youhoon
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Preparation, Reactivity, and Thermal Stability of Nanoscaled Group III‐V Semiconductors
Authors: Xie Yi , Guo Qixun
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Organometallic Electrochemistry: Origins, Development, and Future
Authors: Geiger William E.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Aldehyde N,N‐Dialkylhydrazones as Neutral Acyl Anion Equivalents: Umpolung of the Imine Reactivity
Authors: Brehme Rainer , Enders Dieter , Fernandez Rosario , Lassaletta Jose M.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Probing Glycans with the Copper(I)‐Catalyzed [3 + 2] Azide—Alkyne Cycloaddition
Authors: Hanson Sarah R. , Greenberg William A. , Wong Chi‐Huey
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Alkaloids
Authors: Dalton David R. , Mascavage Linda M. , Wilson Michael
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: The Remarkable Metal‐Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis Reaction
Authors: Hoveyda Amir H. , Zhugralin Adil R.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: IUPAC‐NIST Solubility Data Series. Part 83. Acetonitrile: Ternary and Quaternary Systems
Authors: Sazonov Valerii P. , Shaw David G. , Skrzecz Adam , Lisov Nikolai I. , Sazonov Nikolai V.
Published: February 2008

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ChemInform Abstract: Crystal Engineering: A Holistic View
Authors: Desiraju Gautam R.
Published: February 2008

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