Abstract: Provided herein are alpha2-selective Na,K-ATPase inhibitors and prodrugs thereof, characterized by having a cyclic moiety attached to a digoxin or digitoxin derivative, as well as uses thereof in lowering intraocular pressure and in treating glaucoma and heart conditions.

Abstract: A steroid compound of the Formula (1): [wherein R1 represents a group selected from the group consisting of H, CH3, C2H5, C3H7 and CH (CH3)2, R2 represents a group selected from NH2, NHAc and OCOR1, R3 represents a group selected from the group consisting of CH3, COOCH3 and CH2OCOR1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a crystalline form of 1?-(1-methylethyl)-4?-[(2-fluoro-4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]-5?-methyl-1H-pyrazol-3?-O-?-D-glucopyranoside, to a method for the preparation thereof, as well as to the use thereof for preparing medicaments.

Abstract: This invention provides for labeling reagents, labeled targets and processes for preparing labeling reagents. The labeling reagents can take the form of cyanine dyes, xanthene dyes, porphyrin dyes, coumarin dyes or composite dyes. These labeling reagents are useful for labeling probes or targets, including nucleic acids and proteins. These reagents can be usefully applied to protein and nucleic acid probe based assays. They are also applicable to real-time detection processes.

Abstract: This invention provides for labeling reagents, labeled targets and processes for preparing labeling reagents. The labeling reagents can take the form of cyanine dyes, xanthene dyes, porphyrin dyes, coumarin dyes or composite dyes. These labeling reagents are useful for labeling probes or targets, including nucleic acids and proteins. These reagents can be usefully applied to protein and nucleic acid probe based assays. They are also applicable to real-time detection processes.

Abstract: This invention provides for labeling reagents, labeled targets and processes for preparing labeling reagents. The labeling reagents can take the form of cyanine dyes, xanthene dyes, porphyrin dyes, coumarin dyes or composite dyes. These labeling reagents are useful for labeling probes or targets, including nucleic acids and proteins. These reagents can be usefully applied to protein and nucleic acid probe based assays. They are also applicable to real-time detection processes.

Abstract: A nucleic acid based method is provided for the detection of methanogens in human, animal, plant and in environmental samples of soil, sediment or water that are terrestrial or subterranean in origin. The method is effected by (a) obtaining a biological sample; and (b) analyzing the sample for a nucleic acid sequence/s unique to methanogens, wherein a detectable level of the nucleic acid sequence unique to methanogens is indicative of the presence of methanogens in the sample. Further, a scheme for inferring the identity of the different types of methanogens is provided, wherein, the DNA sequences of the methyl reductase genes detected in that sample are compared to methyl reductase sequences of known methanogens. With this technology, methanogens in samples containing less than {fraction (1/1000)}th of a gram of biomass can be detected.

Abstract: A method and composition for treating a host infected with flavivirus or pestivirus comprising administering an effective flavivirus or pestivirus treatment amount of a described 1′, 2′ or 3′-modified nucleoside or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, is provided.