Four new 2,6-bis-(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenol derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their anti-inflammatory activity, in comparison with indomethacin and vitamin E, using the carrageenan paw oedema assay in rats. Among the tested compounds, the 4-(6,7-dichloro-4H-1,2,4-benzothiadiazine-3-yl)-2,6-bis-(1,1- dimethylethyl)-phenol-S,S-dioxide (4) was the most active compound markedly reducing oedema formation. Moreover compound 4 potentiated, particularly in the early phase of carrageenan paw swelling (2-4 h), the antiphlogistic effect of indomethacin. This compound, on the other hand, did not show ulcerogenic activity at therapeutic doses and did not potentiate the gastric damage induced by high doses of indomethacin. In vitro, the studied compounds (1-4) showed to be moderately active as scavengers of 2,2-diphenyl-1-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)hydrazil, 4 being the most active among them. Compound 4, on the contrary, was practically inactive on liposome peroxidation where compounds 1, 2, 3, which are modest anti-inflammatory agents, exerted a good or moderate effect.

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Effect of 2-methyltaurine and its enantiomers on arterial blood pressure.

Taurine has been shown to exert many biological effects. Among them, the ability of this amino acid to induce a reduction of arterial blood pressure, when administered intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) to mammals, has been established since a long time ago. To gain further information on the structure-activity requirements for taurine's hypotensive effect, the synthesis of 2-methyltaurine (2-aminopropanesulphonic acid) and the asymmetric synthesis of its enantiomers were performed; the enantiomeric purity of (R)- and (S)-2-methyltaurine was assayed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and HPLC. The findings here reported show that the hypotensive effect elicited by the i.c.v. administration of racemate is mainly due to the (S)-enantiomer. The specificity of this effect was proved by the ability of the taurine antagonist TAG (6-aminomethyl-4H-3-methyl-1,2,4-benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxide) to prevent it.

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Reactivity toward cysteine of antimicrobial carbamimidothioic acid phenylalkylesters salts.

The rates of reaction toward cysteine of a series of carbamimidothioic acid phenylmethylesters halides were investigated in phosphate buffer pH 7.4 at 37 degrees C under pseudo-first-order conditions. The reaction involves nucleophilic attack of cysteine on the C-S bond of isothiouronium mojety and corresponding benzenemethanethiols were detected as product of the reaction. Apparent first-order rate constants were determined.

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Follow-up of methylmercury concentration in brain areas of developing rats exposed during prenatal life using cold-vapor absorption spectrometry.

The concentration and the distribution of mercury in six different brain areas of developing rats (21 and 60 days of age) exposed to methylmercury (MMC) during prenatal life were determined by using pressure decomposition of the tissues and cold-vapor atomic absorption spectrometry. The distribution of mercury in brain samples showed that the metal distributes to all brain areas, but with different levels. The amount of mercury in the brain areas was about 10-100 times higher, depending on the tested area, in MMC exposed rats than in control, at day 21 of age, while it was practically equal to controls at 60 days of age. These data seem to be of importance in order to correlate the presence of mercury in the brain and its distribution to brain areas after a single exposure to MMC with transient or permanent changes in specific neurotransmitter system and altered behaviors.

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[Decrease of blood viscosity induced by buflomedil in healthy volunteers].

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