14-O-methyl (14-O-Me) group in morphine-6-O-sulfate (M6SU) or oxymorphone has been reported to be essential for enhanced affinity, potency and antinociceptive effect of these opioids. Herein we report on the pharmacological ...

The site-specific basicities of imatinib (Gleevec, a new signal transduction inhibitor drug of chronic myeloid leukemia) and two of its fragment compounds were quantitated in terms of protonation macroconstants, microconstants, ...

The cholesterol-lowering pharmaceutical gemfibrozil is a relevant environmental contaminant because of its frequency of detection in U.S. wastewaters at concentrations which have been shown to disrupt endocrine function ...

Corylus colurna L. (Turkish hazel), a common hazel species in Europe, could be considered as a source of pharmacologically important natural compounds, since other members of the Corylus genus have been reported to contain ...

Bioisosteric replacements were accomplished by building the structural elements of piroxicam, an antiinflammatory drug, into the pentacyclic system of rutaecarpine, a quinazolinocarboline alkaloid, in order to modify ...