Searching of chemical structure data bases with parallel computer hardware

The use of two types of parallel computer hardware for increasing the efficiency of processing in chemical structure data bases is discussed. The distributed array processor can be used for the clustering of 2-D chemical structure data bases by using the Jarvis—Patrick clustering method and for the ranking of output in an experimental system for substructure searching in the 3-D macromolecules in the Protein Data Bank. The Inmos transputer can be used in the construction of PC-based systems for 2-D substructure searching and in the identification of the maximal substructures common to pairs of 3-D molecules.     

Determination of mitomycin C in plasma, serum and urine by high-performance liquid chromatography with ultra-violet and electrochemical detection

The performance of a number of normal phase and reversed-phase systems, with ultraviolet detection at 360 nm, has been investigated with respect to their applicability to pharmacokinetic studies of mitomycin C (MMC). The reversed-phase system developed was also combined with a polarographic detector in order to compare the sensitivity and selectivity of ultraviolet and electrochemical detection. A simple isolation procedure, based on the adsorption of MMC on a non-ionogenic resin, has been developed. The developed assay is applied to a pharmacokinetic study from which some examples are given.     

Preparation of α- and γ-(α-furyl)pyridines

Mixtures of isomeric alkyl-substituted (in the pyridine ring) - and -(-furyl)-pyridines were obtained in up to 40% yields by condensation of furfural and ammonia with several aliphatic ketones and aldehydes (at 370–380 °C with a cadmium calcium phosphate catalyst). The dependence of the yields and structures of the corresponding isomers on the structure of the starting carbonyl compound was examined. Data from the PMR and mass spectra were used to prove the structures of the pyridine bases obtained.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 383–387, March, 1981.     

Wechselwirkung zwischen entgegengesetzt geladenen Polypeptiden

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