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5th International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry
1–30 Nov 2019
Drug Discovery and Development
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Welcome from the Chair
Proud of the success of the previous editions, it is our pleasure to invite you to contribute to the 5th International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry. The Conference, organized and sponsored by the peer-reviewed journal Pharmaceuticals, will be held online during the month of November 2019.
The aim of the Conference is to gather researchers from all over the world and encourage discussions on any scientific field related to drug discovery and development. Posting presentations, videos, or posters disclosing your recent outstanding results enables you to take advantage of the conference to promote your work among thousands of your peers. Participation, as an author or a visitor, is ABSOLUTELY FREE; simply register on the home page.
This year, as the conference sponsor, Pharmaceuticals will be giving an award for the Best Presentation as elected by the scientific committee, which consists of 500 Swiss Francs. We hope you will be able to join this exciting event and enjoy a stimulating exchange with your peers around the world. Also, we will launch a Special Issue covering the event.
On behalf of our dynamic editorial staff and active scientific committee, we warmly invite you to join us during this fifth edition and we look forward to posting your contributions.
Call for Papers
The members of the scientific committee are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 5th International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry and to invite each researcher working in that exciting field of science to share his/her recent results with his/her colleagues around the world.
The conference will cover a wide range of aspects involved in drug discovery and development. A non exhaustive list of topics that will be considered comprises:
- ADMET
- Animal experimentation
- Assay development
- Biomarkers
- Biomolecules
- Biosensors
- Biotechnology
- Chemical synthesis
- Clinical studies and side effects reports
- Combinatorial chemistry
- Drug delivery (including bioconjugates and prodrugs)
- High throughput screening
- Hit identification
- Imaging techniques
- In silico experiments
- In vitro studies
- Lead optimization
- Omics
- Pharmaceutical analysis
- Scale-up
- Structure–activity relationships
- Target selection
Participation at the 5th International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry is absolutely free of charge for contributors and visitors. Researchers are invited to provide a short abstract on line at https://www.sciforum.net/login from now until October 25, 2019. Acceptance will be notified within a week after submission of the abstract. Then the author(s) will be asked to present their work (in English) in the form of a slide show (or a video) using the template provided by the conference (see Instructions for Authors). Posters, realized following the template provided online, will also be considered. All accepted submissions will be displayed online, at https://sciforum.net/conference/ECMC2019, on November 1-30, 2019.
Authors of the most outstanding contributions, as selected by the Scientific Committee, will be invited to publish their work as a research article free of charge or at a discounted price, in a Special Issue of the journal Pharmaceuticals.
The Scientific Committee looks forward to receiving contributions in response to this call and will be glad to provide any further information to interested parties. Questions may be addressed to the chairman via e-mail at jean-jacques.vandeneynde@ex.umons.ac.be or to the Pharmaceuticals editorial office at ecmc@mdpi.com.
We thank you in advance for your attendance of this conference and look forward to a stimulating exchange.
Conference Organizers
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MDPI-Pharmaceuticals
MDPI
Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247) is an international scientific journal of medicinal chemistry and related drug sciences.
yoyo.wu@mdpi.com
Conference Chairs
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Formerly head of the Department of Organic Chemistry (FS), University of Mons-UMONS, 7000 Mons, Belgium Website
Editor-in-Chief of Pharmaceuticals, Former Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Mons-UMONS, Belgium
Jean-Jacques.VANDENEYNDE@ex.umons.ac.be
Conference Committee
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Department of Molecular Biology, Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, (IPBLN-CSIC), PTS Granada, Av del Conocimiento 17, 18016 Granada, Spain
aberzalh@ipb.csic.es
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Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
ccaffrey@ucsd.edu
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Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Unit of Pharmaceutical, Pharmacological and Nutraceutical Sciences Via Ospedale 72, I-09124 Cagliari, Italy
vonnis@unica.it
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Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Cittadella Universitaria, SS 554, bivio per Sestu, 09042, Monserrato (CA), Italy
porcheddu@unica.it
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Laboratório de Química Orgânica e Farmacêutica, Departamento de Ciências, Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal,
Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR/CIMAR), Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, S/N 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal
esousa@ff.up.pt
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Formerly professor at the Haute Ecole Provinciale de Hainaut-Condorcet, 7330 Saint-Ghislain, Belgium
annie.mayence@alumni.umons.ac.be
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Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
mariasantos@ff.ulisboa.pt
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Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 05-552 Jastrzebiec, Poland,
Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Austria,
International Natural Product Sciences Taskforce (INPST)
atanas.atanasov@univie.ac.at
Keynote Speakers
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Chief Executive Medical Director, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics, PO Box 23462, 1683 Nicosia, Cyprus
Use of Aptamers to Deliver Therapeutic Genetic Sequences in Muscle
Leonidas Phylactou was born in Paphos, Cyprus on 2nd January 1970. He studied Medical Biochemistry at the University of Birmingham in the UK and then did a PhD in Molecular Genetics and Gene Therapy in the same University, although most of the time was spent at the University of Connecticut Health Centre in the USA. He then moved back to the UK, to the University of Oxford as a post-doctoral scientist, where he set up a team working on gene therapy for Myotonic Dystrophy. In 1998 he established a research group at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics working on the gene function and gene therapy. In 2005 he was appointed Head of the Department of Molecular Genetics, Function and Therapy in which, apart from the research activities, he is responsible for diagnostic services in Medical Genetics. His research interests focus on the gene therapy for muscular dystrophy, the identification of biomarkers in Myotonic Dystrophy and the investigation of molecular causes for inherited diseases. Since November 2015 he is the Chief Executive Medical Director of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING) and the Provost of the Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, the postgraduate school of the CING.
gene therapy, aptamers, oligonucleotides, muscle, muscular dystrophy, systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment.
laphylac@cing.ac.cy
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Assistant Professor at the Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Section of Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Urbino, Italy
Simone Lucarini studied Chemistry at the University of Bologna (Italy), where he graduated in 2000. He received his PhD in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Urbino (Italy) in 2005. In 2003, he spent a year at the University of Kansas (USA) working with Prof. Kristin Bowman-James in the field of “anion recognition”. In 2005 he moved to the University of Tokyo (Japan) as a winner of the JSPS long term fellowship to run a post-doc with Prof. Shu Kobayashi. During this period, he developed a new synthetic method, based on an enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-aziridines, which is plausibly applicable to the production of (-) - shikimic acid, a key intermediate for the synthesis of Tamiflu. In 2007 he came back to Urbino as a post-doc and in 2013 became assistant professor in Medicinal Chemistry. His research interests range from Medicinal, Supramolecular and Organic Chemistry in order to obtain new original methods for obtaining achiral and chiral molecules of pharmaceutical-biological interest, together with the development of new synthetic methods of potential industrial interest. In detail, he is developing new methodologies for the synthesis of natural products, containing the indole nucleus, with potential antitumor and antibacterial activities. Recently, he is playing with the chemistry of sugars designing and synthesizing new glycolipids as biocompatible antibacterial agents and as emulsifying agents for pharmaceutical applications. From 2008 is professor of drug analysis at the school of pharmacy at Urbino and from 2012 is a member of the organizing committee of the European School of Medicinal Chemistry.
medicinal chemistry; NMR; synthetic organic chemistry; anticancer drugs; melatonin; bisindoles; sugar-based surfactants; adenosine A2A receptor ligands; asymmentric synthesis; macrocycles; foldamers
simone.lucarini@uniurb.it
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Università degli Studi G. d'Annunzio Chieti e Pescara | UNICH · Department of Pharmacy
Pharma-toxicological and phytochemical investigations on Tanacetum parthenium and Salix alba extracts: Focus on potential application as anti-migraine agents
The pharmacological research activity of Prof. C. Ferrante is focused on the following main research fields: Role of endogenous peptides on food intake and energy expenditure control; Protective effects of medicinal plants and extracts, with particular regards to inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases; Pharmacology of central monoaminergic system; Optimization of preclinical pharmacological models for the study of the mechanism of action of drugs. Prof. C. Ferrante is co-author of 67 publications in international journals surveyed by ISI Science Citation Index.
Salix alba; Tanacetum parthenium; cortical spreading depression; apoptosis; serotonin; proteomic analysis; phytochemical analysis.
cferrante@unich.it
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Pharma-toxicological and phytochemical investigations on Harpagophytum procumbens DC. ex Meisn. water extract: potential application in colon inflammation
Harpagophytum procumbens; IBDs; Oxidative stress; Inflammation; Proteomic analysis; Phytochemicqal analysis.
giustino.orlando@unich.it
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Novel menthone derivatives with anticonvulsant effect
Mariia Nesterkina studied Chemistry at I.I. Mechnikov Odessa National University (Ukraine), where she graduated in 2014. Then she successfully defended her PhD thesis in Bioorganic Chemistry at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry (Kyiv, Ukraine) in 2017. Her research interests range from Bioorganic Chemistry – synthesis of natural occurring compounds with their further physico-chemical analysis – to Pharmacology – instigation of anticonvulsant, analgesic, anti-inflammatory activity of novel compounds. Additionally, she studies the influence of synthesized derivatives on phospholipids of artificial membranes and lipids isolated from the rat stratum corneum. Since 2019 she is Associate Professor at Odessa National Polytechnic University (Ukraine).
bioorganic chemistry; natural occurring compounds; terpenoids; synthetic organic chemistry; anticonvulsant activity; analgesic action; artificial membranes; stratum corneum lipids; TRP ion channels
mashaneutron@gmail.com
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Laboratório de Química Orgânica e Farmacêutica, Departamento de Ciências, Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal,
Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR/CIMAR), Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Mato
esousa@ff.up.pt
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Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
Tryptophanol-derived oxazoloisoindolinones: Novel small molecule p53 activators with promising antitumor activity
Maria M. M. Santos is Principal Researcher of the group of Medicinal Chemistry of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon, she is member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the medicinal chemistry division of Portuguese Society of Chemistry (SPQ), and she is the PORTUGUESE NAO LIAISON OFFICER of the European Federation of Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC). The ultimate goal of her research group is the development of general synthetic methods and strategies, and their application to the synthesis of bioactive molecules (e.g. NMDA receptor antagonists and p53 activators).
Cancer; MDMs; p53; tryptophanol; isoindolinone
mariasantos@ff.ulisboa.pt
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Mauricio Homem-de-Mello is a full time professor at Universidade de Brasília, in Brazil. His Ph.D. degree in Toxicology was obtained in 2009, at Universidade de São Paulo. He is an experimental toxicologist that has moved to the “in silico” research. Since his early studies the interest in action mechanisms of drugs was the main focus. The computational approach is now the tool that he is going deeper.
Mechanistic Toxicology, Therapeutic drugs toxicology, PK/PD, “in silico” toxicology/pharmacology, Tuberculosis therapeutics
mauriciohmello@gmail.com
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Department of Molecular Biology, Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, (IPBLN-CSIC), PTS Granada, Av del Conocimiento 17, 18016 Granada, Spain
The 3’UTR of the West Nile Virus genomic RNA is a potential antiviral target site
Genomic RNA; ncRNAs; WNV; antiviral; RNA as target
aberzalh@ipb.csic.es
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Chemical imaging in pharmaceutics for formulation analysis, quality control, and monitoring of formulation interactions with biological tissue
Dr. Ievgeniia Iermak is the research associate in the Laboratory of Biophotonics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Her research and teaching activities are dedicated to studying molecular mechanisms of cancer treatment, microbial control, and efficacy of pharmaceutical formulations. Ievgeniia has a life-long interest in advanced imaging techniques application in life sciences and pharmaceutics.
Microscopy; Raman microspectroscopy; quality control; method development; drug delivery; topical formulation
ievgeniia.iermak@gmail.com
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3D Printing for medicinal chemistry in space: Crafting our way to Mars
Christos Tsagkaris is studying Medicine in the University of Crete (Heraklion, Greece). He is affiliated to the Association of European Cancel Leagues (ECL) as a Youth Ambassador for Greece and he currently serves as Editor in Chief in NovelMeds, a health science magazine focusing on Sustainable Health and in the European Student Think Tank. He has participated in several scientific conferences and events as an organizer, ambassador or presenter. He is also involved in several EU focused students associations including the Bringing Europeans Together Association - Greece and the Students Association for International Affairs. He has a keen interest on Space Medicine and Medical Humanities. Andrea Camera is studying Medicine in the University of Brescia (Brescia, Italy). Ana Sofia Mota is studying Medicine in the University of Lisbon Faculty of Medicine (Lisbon, Portugal) and Maria Lydakaki is studying Law in the University of Athens, Faculty of Law. They have all conducted research in their fields and share a keen interest in Space Science and in mutual aspects of Technology, Medicine and Law.
Space, 3D Printing, Jurisdiction
chriss20x@gmail.com
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Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (RCPTM), Palacký University
Šárka Pospíšilová is a Ph.D student at Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (RCPTM), Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. She obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmDr.) at University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic. Dr. Pospíšilová deepened her professional knowledge at several research-fellowships abroad, such as the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), the Department of Biological Sciences of the Cork Institute of Technology (Ireland), the Center for Agricultural Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary), etc. Her research focuses on the investigation of antimicrobial activity of newly synthesized compounds, including (aza)naphthalenes, thiosemicarbazones, salicylamides, derivatives of carbamic acid and metal complexes. These types of compounds as antimicrobially multi-target agents tested against wide spectrum of microorganisms, such as staphylococci, enterococci, mycobacteria, and various plant pathogens, seem to be promising for overcoming resistance/multi-drug resistance of microorganisms. Her current research activities are mainly devoted to anti-biofilm active compounds and interaction with quorum-sensing. She is an author/co-author of 2 patent applications, 11 peer-reviewed scientific publications, and many contributions at international conferences and workshops.
antibacterial activity, antimycobacterial activity, biofilm, structure-activity relationships
sharka.pospisilova@gmail.com
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My scientific experience started during my BSc graduation at Biochemistry (Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto and in the Abel Salazar’s Biomedical Institute of the University of Porto), when in the final year (2017), I developed a research project, under the curricular unit “Projeto”. During this period I worked on a project related to the study of cannabinoid compounds as anti-cancer drugs in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer cells, in the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto, under the supervision of Doctor Cristina Amaral and Prof. Doctor Natércia Teixeira. This work allowed two poster presentations, one at the 12th YES – Young European Scientist Meeting and at the other on I International Congress about Cannabis and its Derivatives: Health, Education and Law. The abstract submitted to the 12th YES – Young European Scientist Meeting was further published at the Porto Biomedical Journal (see below). As my ambition was to improve my professional skills and my scientific knowledge, in the end of 2017 I started the Master degree in Biochemistry in the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto and in the Abel Salazar’s Biomedical Institute of the University of Porto. Currently, I am finishing my MSc thesis project, which was performed in the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto and in the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto, under the supervision of Doctor Cristina Amaral, Prof. Doctor Natércia Teixeira and Prof. Doctor Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes. The work presented at this conference is part of the project that I have been developing during my MSc thesis. The project aims to discover multi-target compounds for estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer treatment, as this represents a novel and promising therapeutic approach for this type of cancer.During the last year, and under this project, I presented two posters at the Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional e Estrutural (EJIBCE) and at the 14th YES – Young European Scientist Meeting, as well as, an oral presentation at the 12º Encont
cristina-almeida96@hotmail.com
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Patrícia Dias de Mendonça Rijo has a graduation in Chemistry by the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lisbon (FCUL), and Master and PhD degrees in Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Chemistry by the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Lisbon (FFUL). Currently, she is Assistant Professor at the School of Sciences and Health Technologies (ECTS) at the Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (ULHT, Lisbon, Portugal) since 2001, where she is responsible for the Coordination of several disciplines in related domains of Chemistry, namely, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy. Moreover, she is a member of the Scientific Council of ECTS (ULHT). She has focused her research in the medicinal chemistry, phytochemistry and pharmacognosy areas with particular emphasis in Natural Products Chemistry. She published more than seventy papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has over two hundred communications (oral and panel) presented at both national and international meetings and conferences. In addition, she has two international registered patents.
p1609@ulusofona.pt
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Drug (re-)design guided by biophysical characterization of interactions with biomimetic membranes
Eduarda Fernandes graduated in Biomedical Sciences by University of Beira Interior in 2014 and is a MSc in Biophysics and Bionanosystems from University of Minho (2017). From 2017 to 2018 she was promotor and founder of the project “EyeOnDrug”, that was based on developing nanotechnological solutions for drug and formulation profiling, for which she was awarded with an entrepreneur fellowship funded by IAPMEI, Portugal. In 2018 she continued developing this work as a research fellow in Centre of Physics of the Universities of Minho and Porto (CF-UM-UP), where she is currently a first year PhD student in Materials Engineering. The scientific research activity of Eduarda has been focused on the application of several biophysical and physical‐chemical techniques to characterize the interaction between bioactives, including newly-synthesized drugs, and biomimetic interfaces to establish a pharmacokinetic profiling to support drug design/development and formulation development. Among other activities, Eduarda has participated in several international and national conferences presenting 7 oral communications as first author (2 of which as invited speaker) and 5 posters, two of which was awarded as the Best Poster. Moreover, she has published 3 papers (first author of 2 papers) in journals of high impact and quartile 1 in the area of pharmaceutics, molecular sciences and analytical chemistry. She is also co-author of two book chapters (accepted for publication in “Functional lipid nanosystems in cancer” and “Nanoparticles for Brain Drug Delivery”).
pharmacokinetics; ADME; biophysics; biomimetic membrane models
eduardabfer@gmail.com
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Design, synthesis and in vitro biological evaluation of acrylamide derivatives against Chikungunya virus
Edeildo Ferreira da Silva-Júnior studied Pharmacy at the Federal University of Alagoas, Maceió – Brazil. Subsequently, he received his Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences by the Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil, as well. Since his Master degree, he is working in the medicinal chemistry of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD’s), collecting valuable experiences on the researches addressed to the development of novel synthetic compounds with activity against Leishmania spp. and Trypanosoma cruzi, in association with collaborators from the University of Strasbourg – France. He has Ph.D. degree in Chemistry and Biotechnology, with focus on the Medicinal and Biological Chemistry, obtained at the Federal University of Alagoas. During his Ph.D., he developed part of his project and thesis at the Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. Current, he holds a post-doctoral position at the Federal University of Alagoas, where he acts as Project-Leader and Laboratory-Head at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Furthermore, he develops projects involving collaborators from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and Würtzburg University (Germany). He has several patents and high-qualified publications in organic and medicinal chemistry fields, such as Bioorganic Chemistry, Molecules, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, Current Drug Metabolism, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, and others.
Virtual screening; acrylamides; Chikungunya; molecular docking; E protein
edeildo.junior@esenfar.ufal.br
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Use of Aptamers to deliver therapeutic genetic sequences in muscle
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Abietane Diterpenoids from Plectranthus spp. as a potential new class of Protein Kinase C Modulators
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RNA aptamers: antiviral drugs of the future
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List of accepted submissions (113)
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sciforum-026644 | Preliminary phytochemical analysis and in vitro anti-cancer screening of ethanolic extract of roots of Bauhinia tomentosa L.against HUH-7 human liver cancer cell lines | N/A |
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The most effective way to reduce the worldwide burden of liver cancer is to prevent it from happening in the first place. The current treatment of liver cancer has significant side effects. Hence, there is a need to develop anti-liver cancer agents of plant origin, which are less toxic, more efficacious and cost-effective. The present study has been performed experimentally by in vitro to examine the anti-liver cancer activity of roots of Bauhinia tomentosa L (Fabaceae). The roots of B. tomentosa was tested for its anti-cancer activity against HUH-7 human liver cancer cell lines by MTT assay. The standard used in this assay was Camptothecin (CPT) at 25µG concentration. Plant extract was tested at 25μg/mL, 50 μg/mL,100μg/mL, 200 μg/mL and 400 μg/mL concentrations. The percent cell viability of standard drug was found to be 49.59% and plant extracts at 25 μg/mL, 50 μg/mL,100 μg/mL, 200 μg/mL and 400 μg/mL concentrations were found to be 93.82%, 86.21%, 74.48%, 63.04%, 45.71% respectively. The cell morphology was observed and recorded under a microscope. The results clearly indicated that B. tomentosa shows a dose-dependent activity and it was maximum at 400μg/mL concentration where it shows 45.71% of liver cancer cell viability and it was comparable to the standard drug where it shows 49.59% of viability. |
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sciforum-026659 | Effect of administration of aqueous extracts of Securidaca longepedunculata stem barks on enzymes of the small intestine alloxan-induced diabetic rats | , , | N/A |
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ABSTRACT The stem barks of Securidaca longepedunculata are used traditionally across Africa for the treatment of diabetes, cancer, metabolic diseases and asthma. This study was aimed at investigating the potential enzyme activities of the S. longepedunculata on the small intestine. Aqueous extracts of S. longepedunculata were tested in vivo on animal models: A total of 12 Wister rats were assigned into four (I–IV) groups of three animals each. Group I served as the control and was administered 0.5mL of distilled water. Groups II–IV were given 0.5, 1 and 2mg/kg body weight of S. longepedunculata stem bark extracts. The activities of the following enzymes, Alanine transaminase (ALT), Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), Alkaline phosphatase (ALP), Aspartate transaminase (AST), were assayed in the small intestine. The result revealed a significant reduction in ALP and LDH. This gives an indication that the administration of aqueous extract of securidaca longepedunculata can elicit detrimental effect in the small intestine of the albino rat. Also the result obtained in the qualitative analysis shows the presence of phytochemicals such as: saponin, flavonoid and terpernoid. |
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sciforum-026688 | Screening for PKS-I gene cluster from endophytic actinomycetes residing in Ocmium tenuiflorum (Tulsi) and Azadirachta indica (Neem) | , , , | N/A |
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Polyketide synthases type I (PKS-I) gene cluster is responsible for the synthesis of highly assorted group of secondary metabolites such as antimicrobial and anticancer agents. In our study, screening was carried out using degenerate primers to determine the presence of PKS-I gene cluster in endophytic actinomycetes isolated from two medicinal plants Ocmium teniflorum (Tulsi) and Azadirachta indica (Neem). A total of 28 endophytes that were isolated and identified from our previous study were further confirmed through 16S rRNA gene sequencing to exhibit a 99% similarity with Streptomyces sp. The molecular screening using PCR revealed the presence of PKS- I gene with a product size of 750bps in the isolates, FHK-1, FHK-2, FHK-3, FHK-4, FHK-5, FHK-6, FHK-7, FHK-8, FHK-9, FHK-11, FHK-13, FHK-16, FHK-18, FHK-20, FHK-21, FHK-23, FHK,25 and FHK-28. These isolates were further checked for their antimicrobial potential using their crude extracts. They displayed prominent bioactivity against ATCC pathogens, Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris, Rhodococcus equi, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Enterococcus faecalis, and Acinetobacter baumanii. Our study revealed that the endophytes from O. tenuiflorum and A. indica are bioactive and versatile harboring the PKS-I gene cluster. |
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sciforum-026789 | Phytochemicals and in vitro antioxidant studies of Daucus carota L. seed extracts | , , | N/A |
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Daucus carota seeds are important in the treatment of a broad spectrum of ailments. This study evaluated the phytochemicals status and in vitro antioxidant effects of aqueous and diethyl ether extracts of D. carota seed. 50 g of D. carota seeds were pulverized and dissolved in 200 ml distilled water for 24 hours, the crude aqueous extract obtained (AQE, 11.05g, 22.1% yield) was partition in water/diethyl ether (2:1) to yield the diethyl ether fraction (DEE, 0.45g, 0.90% yield). The extracts were evaluated for quantitative phytochemicals, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), total antioxidant capacity and ferric ion reducing effect at 0.4 to 2.0 mg/ml. AQE and DEE contain alkaloids (7.28%, 5.22%), flavonoids (5.56%, 4.03%), saponins (4.68%, 1.52%), steroids (3.23%, 2.71%), tannins (0.40%, 0.27%) and phenol (0.37%, 0.22%) respectively. The DPPH scavenging effect of the extracts was superior to the reference compound butylated hydroxytolune (BHT) with IC50 of 2.84 mg/ml compared to AQE with 2.00 mg/ml and DEE with 1.39 mg/ml respectively. AQE extract when compared with BHT had similar total antioxidant capacity while BHT was significantly (p<0.05) higher than DEE. However, both AQE and DEE express better ferric ion reducing effect compared to BHT at the concentrations range. The results shows that aqueous and diethyl ether extracts of D. carota seed possess good in vitro radical scavenging activities with presence of higher phytochemical content in the aqueous extract. |
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In current scenario, several surgical braces are available for different body parts like knee, elbow, back etc. for several clinical conditions, especially pain in that part of the body. All these supportive treatments are aided by some medication through oral route, which produces several side effects on prolonged use. Present work endeavors to combine these different treatments: supportive and medicated treatments by incorporating sustained release medicated topical patch into the inner side of surgical braces through specially designed patch holder mechanism for easy incorporation and removal of patch. It not only eliminates need of oral medication but also gives localized administration of medication, thus resulting in more patient compliant treatment with improving overall safety profile. For developing model prototype of the same, combination of surgical knee brace and oral NSAID (diclofenac) was selected. In order to execute the working prototype, a pocket mechanism to incorporate a sustained release patch of 7 cm X 7 cm size was designed. Patch formulation was randomly selected based on trial batches for sustaining drug release up to 12 h, considering put on- put off phases of brace of 12 h each. The pocket was designed in such a way that in case of any discomfort or other unfavorable conditions, it can be easily removed from the brace. Flexibility in terms of size, shape and drug release profiles proves its versatility for other supportive braces and medications. Thus this innovation can be easily extended for other braces like elbow braces, shoulder braces, back braces etc. It not only enhances efficacy of the current treatments but also improves patient compliance significantly. |
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Event Awards
Pharmaceuticals and the Organizing Committee of ECMC-5 gladly announce the winners of the ECMC-5 Best Presentation Award, Keynote Speaker Award, and Best Poster Award in 2019.
Best Presentation Award - " Novel radiolabeled silicon rhodamine dyes for bimodal scintigraphic and optical imaging " (Authors: Thines Kanagasundaram *, Carsten Sven Kramer, Eszter Boros, Klaus Kopka)
"Thines Kanagasundaram studied chemistry at the Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg, Germany and received his Master’s degree in 2017. Currently he is a second year Ph.D. student in the German Cancer Research Center (Research Field: Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry, supervisor: Prof. Klaus Kopka) in Heidelberg. His doctoral thesis is focused on the synthesis of novel radiolabeled organic fluorophores for bimodal scintigraphic- and optical imaging which are of clinical interest for precise fluorescence-guided resection of tumors and their lymph node metastases."
Keynote Speaker Award - " Design, synthesis and in vitro biological evaluation of acrylamide derivatives against Chikungunya virus " (Authors: Edeildo Ferreira da Silva-Júnior *, Gabriel Felipe Silva Passos, Matheus Gabriel Moura Gomes, Thiago Mendonça de Aquino, Stephannie Janaina Maia de Souza, João Pedro Monteiro Cavalcante, Elane Conceição dos Santos, Ênio José Bassi, João Xavier de Araújo-Júnior)
" Edeildo Ferreira da Silva-Júnior studied Pharmacy at the Federal University of Alagoas, Maceió – Brazil. Subsequently, he received his Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences by the Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil, as well. Since his Master degree, he is working in the medicinal chemistry of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD’s), collecting valuable experiences on the researches addressed to the development of novel synthetic compounds with activity against Leishmania spp. and Trypanosoma cruzi, in association with collaborators from the University of Strasbourg – France. He has Ph.D. degree in Chemistry and Biotechnology, with focus on the Medicinal and Biological Chemistry, obtained at the Federal University of Alagoas. During his Ph.D., he developed part of his project and thesis at the Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. Current, he is Professor at the Chemistry and Biotechnology Institute from the Federal University of Alagoas, where he acts as Project-Leader and Laboratory-Head. Furthermore, he develops projects involving collaborators from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and Würtzburg University (Germany). He has several patents and high-qualified publications in organic and medicinal chemistry fields, such as Bioorganic Chemistry, Molecules, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, Current Drug Metabolism, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, and others. "
Best Poster Award - " Biological evaluation of Cetrarioid clade as cholinesterase inhibitors" (Authors: Noelia Fraga Matías, Isabel Maria Ureña Vacas, Elena González-Burgos *, M. Pilar Gómez-Serranillos)
" Noelia Fraga Matías is a collaboration scholarship student, Isabel Ureña Vacas is a second-year PhD student, Dr. Elena González Burgos is Assistant Professor and Dr. M. Pilar Gómez-Serranillos is Professor and Director of the research group. They belong to the Research Group Pharmacology of Natural Products of the Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy and Botany of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University Complutense of Madrid (Spain). Our consolidated research group has a long history studying phytochemical constituents and pharmacological activities of natural products. Particularly, one of our research lines, is to evaluate the neuroprotective activity of natural products from medicinal plants and lichens, deepening our understanding of its mechanisms of action. In parallel, we evaluate the ability of these natural compounds to cross the blood-brain barrier."
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 1
This year, as a sponsor, Pharmaceuticals would like to award the best presentation as elected by the members of the scientific committee. The Award will consist of 500 Swiss Francs. We look forward to posting your contributions.Number of Awards Available: 1
This year, as a sponsor, Pharmaceuticals would like to award the best Keynote Speaker as elected by the members of the scientific committee. The Award will consist of 300 Swiss Francs. We look forward to your contributions.Number of Awards Available: 1
This year, as a sponsor, Pharmaceuticals would like to award the best poster as elected by the members of the scientific committee. The Award will consist of 200 Swiss Francs. We look forward to your contributions.Terms and Conditions:
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