Fullerenes, the third carbon allotrope, have emerged as agents which could revolutionize the treatment of many diseases. Fullerenes possess different biological applications like neuroprotective agents, antioxidants, anti-HIV activity, enzyme inhibition, antiapoptotic activity and the list is ever increasing. Moreover, they are being utilized as drug carrier systems and also for many non-biological applications like superconductors, catalysis and so on. Their size has made them promising agents for nanotechnology. This article aims at outlining the chemistry, properties and non-biological applications of fullerenes and their evolution to biological applications, thereby traversing their evolution from simple carbon allotropes to present day nano-medicinal agents.
Some new boron complexes have been synthesized by the reaction of triisopropohxyborane with the mixed azines, prepared by the condensation of salicylaldehyde and hydrazine with aldehydes/ketones in a 1:1:1 mole ratio to give a new series of (OPr i ) 2 B(NO) type of complexes. Their structures were confirmed on the basis of elemental analyses, ultraviolet, infrared, 1 H-NMR and 11 B-NMR spectral studies. The ligands and their boron complexes were also screened for their antifungal activity. Several of these complexes were found to be quite active in this respect.
A series of 4-[5-(substitutedphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl]-pyridine) and 2-[5-substitutedphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl]-benzenamine derivatives were synthesized from substituted esters and hydrazine hydrate in the presence of ethanol to give isonicotinic acid hydrazide and 2-aminobenzohydrazide followed by reaction with phosphorus oxychloride and various aromatic acids. All the compounds were tested for their in vitro antioxidant activity by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH) method. Compounds containing aromatic group at 2nd position showed significant activity as compared to standard (ascorbic acid) which concludes that the presence of aromatic group increases the free radical scavenging activity.
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