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Aryl thiosemicarbazones react rapidly in a facile procedure with dimethyl acetylene-dicarboxylate to give substituted (ylidene) hydrazono(4-oxothiazolidin-5-ylidene) acetates in high yields. The synthesised compounds were characterised by spectroscopic methods and the structures confirmed by single crystal X-ray crystallography. Several mechanistic options involving nucleophilic interaction are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A series of substituted ethylidenehydrazinylidene-1,3-thiazol-4-ones and dimethyl 2-{[4-1(-[5-(2-methoxy-2-oxoethylidene)- 4-oxo-3-phenyl-1,3-(thiazolidin-2-ylidene]hydrazonylidene}ethyl)phenyl]aminofumarate were synthesised by condensation of substituted ethylidene-N-phenylhydrazinecarbothioamides with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate. The synthesised compounds were characterised by spectroscopic methods and confirmed by single crystal X-ray crystallography. Some of the prepared compounds were screened for their in vitro antibacterial activity against different strains of microorganisms, compound 3b exhibited significant antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa compared to ciprofloxacin with MIC value of 1.12 μg mL-1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Curcumin exerts a hypoglycemic action and induces heme-oxygenase-1 (HO-1).We evaluated the effect of curcumin on isolated islets of Langerhans and studied whether its action on insulin secretion is mediated by inducible HO-1. Islets were isolated from rats and divided into control islets, islets incubated in different curcumin concentrations, islets incubated in hemin, islets incubated in curcumin and HO inhibitor, stannous mesoporphyrin (SnMP), islets incubated in hemin and SnMP, islets incubated in SnMP only, and islets incubated in 16.7 mmol/L glucose. Heme-oxygenase activity, HO-1 expression, and insulin estimation was assessed. Insulin secretion, HO-1 gene expression and HO activity were significantly increased in islets incubated in curcumin, hemin, and glucose compared with controls. This increase in insulin secretion was significantly decreased by incubation of islets in SnMP. The action of curcumin on insulin secretion from the isolated islets may be, in part, mediated through increased HO-1 gene expression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]