Abstract: Methods and compositions related to molecules and formulations comprising antibiofilm materials are provide, including new formulations of Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES) that are chemically related to choline geranate. Specifically, geranic acid (a component of choline geranate DES) is a molecule from the isoprenoid/terpene family of compounds. Other members of this family as DES components include isoprenoid acids and chemical derivatives thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one liposome and a therapeutic agent for treating depression or anxiety, with a therapeutic agent to lipid ratio equal to or higher than about 0.15. The pharmaceutical composition improves the pharmacokinetic profile and sustains the release of the therapeutic agent. Also provided is the method for treating depression or anxiety using the pharmaceutical composition disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel monomaleimide-functionalized platinum compounds of formula (I), including in particular novel monomaleimide-functionalized oxaliplatin and carboplatin derivatives, as well as their use as medicaments, particularly for the treatment or prevention of cancer.

Abstract: A solid particulate formulation comprising soluble ferric pyrophosphate and a sachet comprising the solid particulate formulation of soluble ferric pyrophosphate for adding to a dialysis solution are provided. Improved methods of administering soluble ferric pyrophosphate comprising the solid particulate formulations and kits comprising the solid particulate formulation and a dialysis concentrate formulation are also disclosed.

Abstract: An anti-myeloid-derived suppressor cells agent (“anti-MDSCs agent”) and a bacteriochlorophyll derivative (hereinafter “Bchl-D) for use in combination therapy for cancer, wherein the anti-MDSC agent and the Bchl-D are administered sequentially and the administration of the Bchl-D is followed by photodynamic therapy (PDT) or vascular targeted PDT (VTP).

Abstract: Methods for producing ferric maltol compositions, such as ferric trimaltol, are described in which maltolis reacted with a ligand modified ferric hydroxide and/or a ligand coated ferric hydroxide.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a scalp care composition comprising from about 1% to about 99% of an aqueous carrier; from about 0.05% to about 10% of a nonionic, water-soluble, cross-linked N-vinyl lactam homopolymers; and from about 0.001% to 10% of an insoluble zinc salt.

Abstract: A method of treating a condition associated with aberrant protein degradation is disclosed. The method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an agent, which reduces the amount of CSN Acidic Protein (CSNAP) which is incorporated into the COP9 signalosome complex (CSN) of the cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for maintaining normoglycemia in a mammal in need thereof, preferably a critically ill patient suffering from acute stress, and to a method for preventing or limiting renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) in a mammal, preferably in a critically ill patient suffering from acute stress.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel ACSS2 inhibitors having activity as anti-cancer therapy, treatment of alcoholism, and viral infection (e.g., CMV), composition and methods of preparation thereof, and uses thereof for treating viral infection, alcoholism, alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), obesity/weight gain, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, inflammatory/autoimmune conditions and cancer, including metastatic cancer, advanced cancer, and drug resistant cancer of various types.

Abstract: A method for treating a lymphoma selected from non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's lymphoma comprising administering an organoarsenic compound having a structure of the formula (I) wherein X is S or Se and R1 and R2 are independently C1-30alkyl (R3, R3?, R4, R5, W and “n” are as defined in claim 1) in particular where the compound is S-dimethylarsinoglutathione, N-(2-S-dimethylarsinothiopropionyl)glycine, 2-amino-3-(dimethylarsino)thio-3-methylbutanoic acid, S-dimethylarsino-thiosuccinic acid or S-dipropylarsino-1-thioglycerol.

Abstract: Provided is a plant disease control composition having a broad spectrum against various plant pathogens, and shows excellent controlling effects (synergistic controlling effects) which cannot be expected from a single component alone. The plant disease control composition comprises (Group a) at least one quinoline compound represented by the formula: (wherein R1, R2: an alkyl which may be substituted, an aryl which may be substituted, etc.; R3, R4: H, an alkyl which may be substituted, etc.; X: halogen, an alkyl which may be substituted, etc.; Y: halogen, alkyl, etc.; n: 0 to 4; m: 0 to 6) or a salt thereof, and at least one of fungicidal compounds selected from the group consisting of a Strobilurin series compound, a triazole series compound, etc., as effective ingredients.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel monomaleimide-functionalized platinum compounds of formula (I), including in particular novel monomaleimide-functionalized oxaliplatin and carboplatin derivatives, as well as their use as medicaments, particularly for the treatment or prevention of cancer.

Abstract: Conjugates of porphyrin, chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll photosensitizers with RGD-containing peptides or RGD peptidomimetics are provided that are useful for photodynamic therapy (PDT), particularly vascular-targeted PDT (VTP), of tumors and nonneoplastic vascular diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, and for diagnosis of tumors by different techniques.

Abstract: The present invention concerns compositions for the increase in the humoral secretion comprising imidazole peptides or extracts containing them, as well as the use of said compositions for the prevention and/or treatment of secretarial dysfunctions of the body mucosa.

Abstract: The present invention relates to dosage forms of gallium complexes suitable for oral delivery and methods of preparation thereof. Such dosage forms are useful for the treatment of diseases, including, but not limited to, cancer.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating disorders of the nail and nail bed. Such compositions contain a vehicle in which all components of the composition are dissolved, suspended, dispersed, or emulsified, a non-volatile solvent, a wetting agent, and a pharmaceutically active ingredient that is soluble in the non-volatile solvent and/or a mixture of the vehicle and the non-volatile solvent, and which composition is effective in treating a disorder of the nail or nail bed.

Abstract: Methods for producing ferric maltol compositions, such as ferric trimaltol, from ferrous hydroxides, are described, as well as ferric maltol compositions produced by these methods and their uses.

Abstract: Gold(I)-carbene complexes having a selenium donor ligand with anti-cancer activity and a method of treating cancer. Methods of treating cancer comprising administering the complexes are also provided.

Abstract: The invention is directed to platinum(II) complexes comprising dithiocarbamates and methods for treating cancer using these complexes.

Abstract: A PSMA targeted nanobubble includes a membrane that defines at least one internal void, which includes at least one gas, and at least one PSMA ligand coupled or conjugated to the membrane. The membrane includes at least one lipid and at least one nonionic triblock copolymer that is effective to control the size of the nanobubble without compromising in vitro and in vivo echogenicity of the nanobubble.

Abstract: The invention described herein pertains to ligand-ionophore conjugates, that may also comprise a linked therapeutic agent or imaging agent, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the conjugates. Also described are methods of using the conjugates for increasing the endosomal accumulation and escape of a therapeutic agent, or an imaging agent.

Abstract: Compounds that are PSMA ligands, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods for treating and detecting cancers in a subject, methods for identifying cancer cells in a sample are described herein.

Abstract: Provided is a method for preventing or treating hepatitis C by administrating a composition including, as an active ingredient, a Vitidis Vinferae Radix extract or a fraction thereof and, more specifically, to a Vitidis Vinferae Radix extract which is extracted with water and alcohol or a mixed solvent thereof, or a fraction thereof, which have remarkably low hepatotoxicity and exhibit an excellent effect of selectively inhibiting genome replication of a hepatitis C virus, and thus can be useful for preventing or treating hepatitis C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dosage regimen of ST10 (ferric trimaltol) for the treatment of patients suffering from iron deficiency with or without anaemia. Specifically the invention relates to the treatment of patients with 30 mg ST10 twice daily.

Abstract: Produced water, for example from a steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) or cyclic steam stimulation (CSS) heavy oil recovery operation, is treated to recover water that is re-used to create steam. The produced water is treated in one or more thermal treatment devices such as an evaporator and a crystallizer. The thermal treatment produces a slurry comprising dispersed or dissolved salts and organic compounds. A water-miscible solvent for one or more of the organic compounds, for example methanol, is added to the slurry. The solids precipitate and are separated from the slurry. The solvent may be recovered for re-use in treating more slurry.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hygienic products such as sanitary pads and tampons, patient/adult diapers and baby diapers which are made antimicrobial. In the present invention, a mixture of glucopon, chlorhexidine gluconate and triclosan is obtained from the boron compounds called sodium borate, zinc borate, sodium perborate tetrahydrate, borax pentahydrate and disodium octaborate tetrahydrate; and this mixture provides antifungal, anticandidal, antibacterial and antiviral properties to the woven or non-woven textile products and hygienic products. Additionally, the said hygienic products are made hydrophilic by means of the invention.

Abstract: Compositions of the invention include glycoproteins, such as transferrin, and metal-based coordination complexes, which are preferably chemotherapeutic compounds and more preferably tunable photodynamic compounds. The compositions are useful as in vivo diagnostic agents, and as therapeutic agents for treating or preventing diseases including those that involve hyperproliferating cells in their etiology, such as cancer. Compositions of the invention are further capable of destroying microbial cells, such as bacteria, fungi, and protozoa, and destroying viruses. Treatment methods of the invention can treat conditions throughout the body, including conditions located across the blood-brain barrier, the retina-blood barrier and the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I and the N-oxides and the salts thereof for combating phytopathogenic fungi, and to the use and methods for combating phytopathogenic fungi and to seeds coated with at least one such compound. The invention also relates to processes for preparing these compounds, intermediates, processes for preparing such intermediates, and to compositions comprising at least one compound I.

Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying gene- and/or protein-related data with respect to chromosome maps at locations identifying relevant positioning of the genes with which the gene- and/or protein related data are associated. Multiple experiments may be plotted onto the display adjacent one or more chromosome maps. Automatic extraction of genomic location, based on accession numbers or other unique identifiers and cross connection with expression data is provided. Statistical assessments of correlations between expression and genome localization may be performed. Zooming capabilities, thumbnail/fullview toggling, browsability and linked data may be included as features of the visualization systems described.

Abstract: Compounds that are PSMA ligands, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods for treating and detecting cancers in a subject, methods for identifying cancer cells in a sample are described herein. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a 120 kDa protein expressed in prostate tissues and was originally identified by reactivity with a monoclonal antibody designated 7EII-C5 (Horoszewicz et al., 1987, Anticancer Res. 7:927-935; U.S. Pat. No. 5,162,504). PSMA is characterized as a type II transmembrane protein sharing sequence identity with the transferrin receptor (Israeli et al., 1994, Cancer Res. 54:1807-1811).

Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for use in therapy, and in particular for treating cancer, preferably drug-resistant cancer, and/or radiation resistant cancer. The compounds may be used for reducing tumor size in a mammalian subject and for inducing apoptosis in a tumor cell. The methods are effective on tumor cells that are resistant to drugs such as temozolomide, doxorubicin, and geldanamycin, as well as non-resistant tumor cells. Further provided are barbiturate and thiobarbiturates diene compounds for use in treating cancer, and uses, methods and compositions relating to these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a 4,5-diarylimidazole derivative of formulae (I), (II) or (III): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the 4,5-diarylimidazole derivative has a hydroxamic acid residue at a first aryl ring and a residue R1 at a second aryl ring; and wherein R1 is hydrogen, a halogen atom or an unsubstituted or substituted alkoxy group; R2 is independently selected from an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, alkoxy or alkene group; M is a metal atom; L is a halogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted phosphane, sulfane, arene or alkene group or a 4,5-diarylimidazole-derivative of formula (I); and n is an integer of from 1 to 5.

Abstract: Methods for producing a substrate for semiconductor element mounts are provided. A base substrate can be prepared having on a first metal layer, a second metal layer through which a metal layer for instrumentation is hardly diffusible. A patterned resist mask layer on the second metal layer can be formed. A surface of the second metal layer under reprocessing treatment can form a reprocessed surface which can be provided with an organic film that controls adhesion between the metal layer for instrumentation and the reprocessed surface by a liquid agent containing a component that shows the nature of amphoteric surfactant. The metal layer for instrumentation can be formed on the reprocessed surface via the organic film. A semiconductor element mount portion and an electrode terminal portion can be electroformed on the metal layer for instrumentation. The resist mask from the second metal layer of the base substrate may be removed.

Abstract: Provided is a nitric oxide-releasing wound treatment film containing S-nitroglutathione, which is a nitric oxide donor to be spontaneously formed in the human body, has mechanical characteristics enabled to be applied to the human body, slowly releases nitric oxide and inhibits a pathogen, which is the main cause of wound infection, and can quickly heal a wound, and thus the film can be useful for treating a wound.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition for improving skin condition comprising chlorophyll a or pheophorbide a as an active ingredient. According to the present disclosure, chlorophyll a or pheophorbide a exhibits an effect of improving skin wrinkles and inflammatory reaction due to ultraviolet lights. The composition of the present disclosure is characterized by oral administration and can be provided as a cosmetic composition, a pharmaceutical composition or a food composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing aqueous preparations of complexes of platinum group metals (PGM) Pt, Pd, Rh and Ir having the general formula [MA/MB/MC(L)a(H2O)b(O2—)c(OH?)d](OH—)e(H+)f, wherein MA=PtII or PdII, MB=PtIV, MC=Rh or Ir, L is a neutral monodentate or bidentate donor ligand, and a is an integer between 1 and 4 (or 2) and/or between 1 and 6 (or 3), b is an integer between 0 and 3 (or 5), c is an integer between 0 and 3 (or 4), d is an integer between 0 and 3 (or 5), e is an integer between 0 and 2 (or 3 or 4) and f is an integer between 0 and 4 (or 5). In the method according to the invention, the hydroxo complexes H2Pd(OH)4 (in the case of MA=PdII), H2Pt(OH)6 (in the case of MA=PtII and MB=PtIV) or H3MC(OH)6 (for MC=RhIIIIrIII) are converted in the presence of the donor ligands, wherein at least one hydroxo group of the hydro complex is exchanged. Preferably, the reaction occurs at temperatures in the range of 40 to 110° C.

Abstract: Compositions of the invention include glycoproteins, such as transferrin, and metal-based coordination complexes, which are preferably chemotherapeutic compounds and more preferably tunable photodynamic compounds. The compositions are useful as in vivo diagnostic agents, and as therapeutic agents for treating or preventing diseases including those that involve hyperproliferating cells in their etiology, such as cancer. Compositions of the invention are further capable of destroying microbial cells, such as bacteria, fungi, and protozoa, and destroying viruses.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to hydroxy compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein the other substituents HetAr, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined in claim 1, and their use in compositions and methods for the control and/or prevention of microbial infection, particularly fungal infection, in plants and to processes for the preparation of these compounds.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein the other substituents MBG, HetAr, R1, R2, R and R4 are as defined in claim 1, and their use in compositions and methods for the control and/or prevention of microbial infection, particularly fungal infection, in plants and to processes for the preparation of these compounds.

Abstract: The described invention provides organometallic complexes capable of spin transfer, comprising at least three different metals and the use of pharmaceutical compositions comprising such complexes in detoxification of reactive oxygen species in inflammatory conditions.

Abstract: Platinum(II) complexes having mixed ligands as anticancer agents. The central platinum atom is coordinated by two phosphine ligands and two heterocyclic thione ligands. Each heterocyclic thione ligand has a five-, six- or seven-membered heterocyclic ring with two nitrogen atoms at positions 1 and 3 of the ring and a thiocarbonyl group at position 2. Pharmaceutical compositions incorporated the platinum(II) complexes, methods of synthesizing the complexes and methods of treating cancers with the complexes or pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also described.

Abstract: A composition and method for treating excess cyanide and hydrogen sulfide comprising administering a cobinamide. Further a method for determining extent of binding by an agent to an extracellular matrix.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for detecting infections in a clinical sample are provided. Small-volume clinical samples obtained at a point-of-service (POS) location and may be tested at the POS location for multiple markers for multiple diseases, including upper and lower respiratory diseases. Samples may be tested for cytokines, or for inflammation indicators. Dilution of samples, or levels of detection, may be determined by the condition or past history of a subject. Test results may be obtained within a short amount of time after sample placement in a testing device, or within a short amount of time after being obtained from the subject. A prescription for treatment of a detected disorder may be provided, and may be filled, at the POS location. A bill may be automatically generated for the testing, or for the prescription, may be automatically sent to an insurance provider, and payment may be automatically obtained.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an oral composition useful for promoting collagen synthesis and the like. The present invention can provide an oral composition containing collagen or gelatin or a degradation product thereof, and hydroxyproline or a salt thereof. The weight ratio of alanine and hydroxyproline contained in the amino acids obtained by hydrolyzing the oral composition is preferably 1:1.5-150.

Abstract: The invention relates to iron(III) complex compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them for the use as medicaments, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of iron deficiency symptoms and iron deficiency anemias.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations containing a pharmaceutically acceptable gallium salt (such as gallium nitrate), a delivery agent, and optionally, one or more chemotherapeutic agents and/or adjunctive chemotherapeutic agents.

Abstract: Methods for regulating the formation of a sulfilimine crosslink in a subject by administering a sulfilimine crosslink modulator are disclosed The sulfilimine modulator may inhibit or create a sulfilimine crosslink and maybe useful for treating a disease, such as cancer The sulfilimine crosslink may be between two or more peptides.

Abstract: Nanosilver coated bacterial cellulose nanofiber and a method of producing the nanosilver coated bacterial cellulose nanofiber. The nanosilver coated bacterial cellulose nanofiber is produced by preparing a suspension of bacterial cellulose fibers, oxidizing bacterial cellulose fibers; adding the thio-group to the polymer backbone; reacting the resulting product with silver proteinate and enhancing the nanosilver particle size. The nanosilver coated bacterial cellulose nanofibers exhibit antimicrobial properties.