Metal Ions in Biological Systems

Compared to the current treatment modalities, the use of an injectable hydrogel system, loaded with antibiotic encapsulated nanoparticles for the purpose of treating Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) chronic wound infections have several advantages. These include adhesiveness to infection site, reduced frequency of dressings, sustained drug release, inhibition of bacterial growth, and increased healing. In the present work tigecycline nanoparticles were loaded into chitosan–platelet-rich plasma (PRP) hydrogel. The tigecycline nanoparticles (95 ± 13 nm) were synthesized through ionic cross-linking method using chitosan, tripolyphosphate, and tigecycline and characterized by dynamic light scattering (DLS), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The synthesized nanoparticles and activated PRP powder were mixed with chitosan hydrogel to form a homogeneous gel. Rheology studies have confirmed the shear thinning property, thermal stability, and injectability of ...

Anti-staphylococcal Activity of Injectable Nano Tigecycline/Chitosan-PRP Composite Hydrogel Using Drosophila melanogaster Model for Infectious Wounds

Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and antimicrobial activity evaluation of new tridentate Schiff bases and their Co(II) complexes

Iron(III) and copper(II) complexes bearing 8-quinolinol with amino-acids mixed ligands: Synthesis, characterization and antibacterial investigation

Recent advances (during the 2007-2014 period) in the coordination and organometallic chemistry of compounds containing natural and artificially prepared radionuclides (actinides and technetium), are reviewed. Radioactive isotopes of naturally stable elements are not included for discussion in this work. Actinide and technetium complexes with O-, N-, N,O, N,S-, P-containing ligands, as well π-organometallics are discussed from the view point of their synthesis, properties, and main applications. On the basis of their properties, several mono-, bi-, tri-, tetra- or polydentate ligands have been designed for specific recognition of some particular radionuclides, and can be used in the processes of nuclear waste remediation, i.e., recycling of nuclear fuel and the separation of actinides and fission products from waste solutions or for analytical determination of actinides in solutions; actinide metal complexes are also usefulas catalysts forcoupling gaseous carbon monoxide,as well as antimicrobial and anti-fungi agents due to their biological activity. Radioactive labeling based on the short-lived metastable nuclide technetium-99m ((99m)Tc) for biomedical use as heart, lung, kidney, bone, brain, liver or cancer imaging agents is also discussed. Finally, the promising applications of technetium labeling of nanomaterials, with potential applications as drug transport and delivery vehicles, radiotherapeutic agents or radiotracers for monitoring metabolic pathways, are also described.

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Metal complexes containing natural and and artificial radioactive elements and their applications.

Mixed ligand complexes of dioxouranium (VI) of the type [UO(2)(Q)(L)·2H(2)O] have been synthesized using 8-hydroxyquinoline (HQ) as a primary ligand and amino acids (HL) such as L-threonine, L-tryptophan, and L-isoleucine as secondary ligands. The metal complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, electrical conductance, magnetic susceptibility measurements, and spectral and thermal studies. The electrical conductance studies of the complexes indicate their nonelectrolytic nature. Magnetic susceptibility measurements revealed diamagnetic nature of the complexes. Electronic absorption spectra of the complexes show intraligand and charge transfer transitions, respectively. Bonding of the metal ion through N- and O-donor atoms of the ligands is revealed by IR studies, and the chemical environment of the protons is confirmed by NMR studies. The thermal analysis data of the complexes indicate the presence of coordinated water molecules. The agar cup and tube dilution methods have been used to study the antibacterial activity of the complexes against the pathogenic bacteria S. aureus, C. diphtheriae, S. typhi, and E. coli.

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Synthesis, characterization, and antibacterial studies of mixed ligand dioxouranium complexes with 8-hydroxyquinoline and some amino acids

Mixed ligand Th(IV) complexes of the type [M(Q)2LNO3.H2O] have been synthesized using 8-hydroxyquinoline (HQ) as a primary ligand and N- and/or O- donor amino acids (HL) such as L-alanine, L-phenylalanine, L-serine and L-tyrosine as secondary ligands. The metal complexes have been characterized on the basis of elemental analysis, electrical conductance, room temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements, spectral and thermal studies. The electrical conductance studies of the complexes in DMF at 10(-3) M concentration indicate their non-electrolytic nature. Room temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements revealed diamagnetic nature of the complexes. Electronic absorption spectra of the complexes show intra-ligand and charge transfer transitions, respectively. The thermal analysis data of the complexes indicate the presence of a coordinated water molecule. The tube dilution method has been used to study the antibacterial activity of the complexes against the pathogenic bacteria S. aureus and E. coli. The results have been compared against those of control tetracycline, which was screened simultaneously and indicate mild antibacterial activity of the complexes. The representative complex has been screened for cytotoxicity (IC50) studies against Ehrlich ascites cells and Daltons lymphoma ascites cells and shows low cytotoxic activity.

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Synthesis, characterization, antibacterial and cytotoxicity studies on some mixed ligand Th(IV) complexes.

Mixed ligand Cu(II) complexes of the type [M(Q)(L)]-2H2O have been synthesized using 8-hydroxyquinoline (HQ) as a primary ligand and N- and/or O-donor amino acids (HL) such as L-threonine, L-proline, L-hydroxyproline, L-isoleucine and L-serine as secondary ligands. The metal complexes have been characterized on the basis of elemental analysis, electrical conductance, room temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements, spectral and thermal studies. The electrical conductance studies of the complexes in DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide) in 10(-3) M concentration indicate their non-electrolytic nature. Room temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements revealed paramagnetic nature of the complexes. Electronic absorption spectra of the complexes show intra-ligand, charge transfer transitions and d-d transitions. The thermal analysis data of the complexes indicate the presence of crystallized water molecules. The agar cup method and tube dilution method have been used to study the antibacterial activity of the complexes against the pathogenic bacteria S. aureus, C. diphtheriae, P. aeruginosa and E. coli. The results have been compared with those of tetracycline, which was screened simultaneously and indicated mild antibacterial activity of the complexes.

Synthesis, characterization and antibacterial studies on mixed ligand copper complexes with polydentate ligands

Mixed ligand complexes of dioxouranium(VI) of the type [UO2(Q)(L)-2H2O] have been synthesized using 8-hydroxyquinoline (HQ) as a primary ligand and N- and/or O- donor amino acids (HL) such as L-lysine, L-aspartic acid and L-cysteine as secondary ligands. The metal complexes have been characterized on the basis of elemental analysis, electrical conductance, room temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements, spectral and thermal studies. The electrical conductance studies of the complexes in DMF in 10(-3) M concentration indicate their non-electrolytic nature. Room temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements revealed diamagnetic nature of the complexes. Electronic absorption spectra of the complexes show intra-ligand and charge transfer transitions, respectively. Bonding of the metal ion through N- and O- donor atoms of the ligands is revealed by IR studies and the chemical environment of the protons is also confirmed by NMR studies. The thermal analysis data of the complexes indicate the presence of coordinated water molecules. The agar cup and tube dilution methods have been used to study the antibacterial activity of the complexes against the pathogenic bacteria S. aureus, C. diphtherinae, S. typhi and E. coli.

Synthesis, characterization and antibacterial activity of mixed ligand dioxouranium complexes of 8-hydroxyquinoline and some amino acids.

Mixed ligand Th(IV) complexes of the type (M(Q)(L)(NO3)2) ◊ 2 H2O have been synthesized using 8-hydroxyquinoline (HQ) as a primary ligand and N- and/or O- donor amino acids (HL) such as L-lysine, L- aspartic acid and L-cysteine as secondary ligands. The metal complexes have been characterized on the basis of elemental analysis, electrical conductance, room temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements, spectral and thermal studies. The electrical conductance studies of the complexes in DMF in 10 -3 M concentration indi- cate their non-electrolytic nature. Room temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements revealed diamag- netic nature of the complexes. Electronic absorption spectra of the complexes show intra-ligand and charge transfer transitions, respectively. Bonding of the metal ion through N- and O- donor atoms of the ligands revealed by IR studies and the chemical environment of the protons is also confirmed by NMR studies. The thermal analysis data of the complexes indicate the presence of crystallized water molecules. The agar cup and tube dilution method have been used to study the antibacterial activity of the complexes against the pathogen- ic bacteria S. aureus, C. diphtheriae, S. typhi and E. coli.

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Synthesis, spectral, thermal and antibacterial investigations of mixed ligand complexes of thorium(IV) derived from 8-hydroxyquinoline and some amino acids.

Manzoor M Shaikh

Papers

Synthesis, characterization, and antibacterial studies of mixed ligand dioxouranium complexes with 8-hydroxyquinoline and some amino acids

Synthesis, characterization, antibacterial and cytotoxicity studies on some mixed ligand Th(IV) complexes.

Synthesis, characterization and antibacterial studies on mixed ligand copper complexes with polydentate ligands

Synthesis, characterization and antibacterial activity of mixed ligand dioxouranium complexes of 8-hydroxyquinoline and some amino acids.

Synthesis, spectral, thermal and antibacterial investigations of mixed ligand complexes of thorium(IV) derived from 8-hydroxyquinoline and some amino acids.