North Eastern Hill University

About: North Eastern Hill University is a education organization based out in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Ruthenium. The organization has 2318 authors who have published 4476 publications receiving 48894 citations.

Novel coumarin derivatives as potent acetylcholinesterase inhibitors: insight into efficacy, mode and site of inhibition

Abstract: The inhibitory efficacy of two substituted coumarin derivatives on the activity of neurodegenerative enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) was assessed in aqueous buffer as well as in the presence of ...

Dark energy with a gradient coupling to the dark matter fluid: cosmological dynamics and structure formation

Abstract: We consider scalar field models of dark energy interacting with dark matter through a coupling proportional to the contraction of the four-derivative of the scalar field with the four-velocity of the dark matter fluid. The coupling is realized at the Lagrangian level employing the formalism of Scalar-Fluid theories, which use a consistent Lagrangian approach for relativistic fluid to describe dark matter. This framework produces fully covariant field equations, from which we can derive unequivocal cosmological equations at both background and linear perturbations levels. The background evolution is analyzed in detail applying dynamical systems techniques, which allow us to find the complete asymptotic behavior of the universe given any set of model parameters and initial conditions. Furthermore we study linear cosmological perturbations investigating the growth of cosmic structures within the quasi-static approximation. We find that these interacting dark energy models give rise to interesting phenomenological dynamics, including late-time transitions from dark matter to dark energy domination, matter and accelerated scaling solutions and dynamical crossing of the phantom barrier. Moreover we obtain possible deviations from standard ΛCDM behavior at the linear perturbations level, which have an impact on the dynamics of structure formation and might provide characteristic observational signatures.

A nano-organo catalyzed route towards the efficient synthesis of benzo[b]pyran derivatives under ultrasonic irradiation

Abstract: An efficient, one-pot synthesis of benzo[b]pyrans catalyzed by vitamin B1 functionalized Fe2O3@SiO2 NPs under ultrasonic conditions is reported herein. The nano-organocatalyst was synthesized and characterized by FT-IR, TEM, EDS, powder XRD, etc. Several benzo[b]pyran derivatives were prepared with satisfactory yields and the nanocatalyst was magnetically retrieved and recycled. The salient features of this protocol include convenient work-up procedure, mild reaction conditions, easy catalyst recovery, shorter reaction time and use of green solvents. Ultrasound energy has been meticulously exploited for the synthesis of a nano-organocatalyst as well as for the preparation of several benzo[b]pyran derivatives. The biological activity of the synthesized benzo[b]pyrans were investigated and one of the derivatives was found to demonstrate profound activity in suppressing the side-effects of chlorpyrifos, an insecticide on the morphology of the external gills of the Duttaphrynus melanostictus tadpoles.