Neolamarckines A and B, New Indole Alkaloids from Neolamarckia cadamba. by Qureshi, Ahmad Kaleem, Mukhtar, Mat Ropi, Hirasawa, Yusuke, Hosoya, Takahiro, Nugroho, Alfarius Eko, Morita, Hiroshi, Shirota, Osamu, Mohamad, Khalit, A. Hadi, A. Hamid, Litaudon, M., Awang, Khalijah

“…Structural elucidation of 1 and 2 was performed by combination of 2D-NMR and circular dichroism (CD) spectra, and chemical correlations. Neolamarckine A (1) showed inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) dose dependently.…”

Bisleucocurine A, a novel bisindole alkaloid from Leuconotis griffithii by Nugroho, A.E., Hirasawa, Y., Hosoya, T., Awang, K., Hadi, A.H.A., Morita, H.

“…A novel bisindole alkaloid, bisleucocurine A (1), consisting of two strychnan skeletons with an N-1-C-17' and a C-12-C-2' bridges, was isolated from the leaves of Leuconotis griffithii and the structure was elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data. Bisleucocurine A (1) showed cytotoxicity against various human cancer cell lines. …”

Bisleuconothine A, an eburnane-aspidosperma bisindole alkaloid from Leuconotis griffithii by Hirasawa, Y., Shoji, T., Arai, T., Nugroho, A.E., Deguchi, J., Hosoya, T., Uchiyama, N., Goda, Y., Awang, K., Hadi, A.H.A., Shiro, M., Morita, H.

“…The structure including absolute stereochemistry was elucidated on the basis of 2D NMR data and X-ray analysis. Bisleuconothine A(1) showed cell growth inhibitory activity against various human cancer cell lines. …”

On hopf hypersurfaces in a non-flat complex space form with eta-recurrent ricci tensor by Kon, Song-How, Loo, Tee-How

“…Baikoussis, Lyu and Suh [1] showed that a Hopf hypersurface M in a non-flat complex space form M-n(c) with constant mean curvature and with eta-recurrent Ricci tensor is locally congruent to one of real hypersurfaces of type A and B. …”

Meiotic chromosomes and sex determination mechanism in Thailand and Hawaii isolates of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae) by Eamsobhana, Praphathip, Yoolek, A., Yong, Hoi Sen

“…The chromosome constitution consists of 10 autosomes, with 2n = 12, XX in the female and 2n = 11, X0 in the male. Meiosis-I shows five bivalents and one univalent for the male worm, and six bivalents for the female worm. …”

(+)-Kunstlerone, a New Antioxidant Neolignan from the Leaves of Beilschmiedia kunstleri Gamble by Mollataghi, A., Hadi, A.H., Awang, K., Mohamad, J., Litaudon, M., Mukhtar, M.R.

“…The structures were established through various spectroscopic methods notably 1D- and 2D-NMR, UV, IR and LCMS-IT-TOF. (+)- Kunstlerone (1) showed a strong antioxidant activity, with an SC(50) of 20.0 µg/mL.…”

Naucline, a new indole alkaloid from the bark of nauclea officinalis by Liew, Sook Yee, Mukhtar, M.R., Hadi, A.H.A., Awang, Khalijah, Mustafa, Mohd Rais, Zaima, K., Morita, H., Litaudon, M.

“…In addition to that of alkaloid 1, the complete 13C-NMR data of naucletine (5) were also reported. Naucline (1) showed a moderate vasorelaxant activity (90 relaxation at 1 Ã� 10â��5 M) whereas, angustine (2), nauclefine (4), and naucletine (5) showed potent vasorelaxant activity (more than 90 relaxation at 1 Ã� 10â��5 M) on an isolated rat aorta.…”
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Triterpenes and steroids from the leaves of Aglaia exima (Meliaceae) by Leong, K.H.

“…The new cycloartane triterpenoid, 24(E)-cycloart-24-ene-26-ol-3-one 1, showed potent cytotoxic activity against colon (HT-29) cancer cell line (IC50 11.5 μM).…”
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The syntheses, characterizations, X-ray crystal structures and properties of Cu(I) complexes of a bis-bidentate schiff base ligand by Mukherjee, A., Chakrabarty, R., Ng, S.W., Patra, G.K.

“…Their reactivity, electrochemical and photophysical behavior have been studied. Complex 1 shows reversible Cu-II/I couple with potential 0.74 V versus Ag/AgCl in CH2Cl2. …”

Impact of Fine Sediment on TSS and Turbidity in Retention Structure by Tan, K.H., Lai, S.H., Ibrahim, S., Sulaiman, N.M.N., Sharifi, M., Abe, S.

“…Besides, results show TSS and turbidity were influenced by soil type for the same amount of fine sediment. Soil Siri Rasau 1 showed highest TSS and turbidity value followed by soil Siri Bungor and soil alluvium. …”

The Kinetic Study On The Effects Of Mixed Aqueous-Organic Solvents On The Rate Of O- And N- Cyclisation Of N-(4 '-Nitrophenyl)Phthalamic Acid by Ariffin, Azhar, Khan, M.N., Ahmad, W.H.W.

“…The pseudo-first-order rate constants (k(obs)) for the intramolecular carboxylic group-assisted cleavage of N-(4'-nitrophenyl)phthalamic acid (1) show nonlinear decrease of similar to 17-fold and similar to 117-fold with the increase in the respective contents of CH3CN (10-80% v/v) and 1,4-dioxan (9.5-79.4% v/v) in mixed aqueous solvents. …”

Phylogeographic Evidence for 2 Genetically Distinct ZoonoticPlasmodium knowlesiParasites, Malaysia by Yusof, R., Ahmed, M.A., Jelip, J., Ngian, H.U., Mustakim, S., Hussin, H.M., Fong, M.Y., Mahmud, R., Sitam, F.A.T., Japning, J.R.R., Snounou, G., Escalante, A.A., Lau, Y.L.

“…Haplotype network analyses of sequences from 2 P. knowlesi genes, type A small subunit ribosomal 18S RNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, showed 2 genetically distinct divergent clusters, 1 from each of the 2 regions of Malaysia. …”

Reliability and Validity of the Short Falls Efficacy Scale International in English, Mandarin, and Bahasa Malaysia in Malaysia by Tan, Maw Pin, Nalathamby, Nemala, Mat, Sumaiyah, Tan, Pey June, Kamaruzzaman, Shahrul Bahyah, Morgan, Karen

“…The 7-item short FES-I showed good internal reliability and test–retest reliability for English, Mandarin, and BM versions for Malaysia.…”

A Cytotoxic Indole Characterized by Incorporation of a Unique Carbon–Nitrogen Skeleton and Two Pentacyclic Corynanthean Alkaloids Incorporating a Substituted Tetrahydrofuranone Rin... by Wong, Soon Kit, Wong, Suet Pick, Sim, Kae Shin, Lim, Siew Huah, Low, Yun Yee, Kam, Toh Seok

“…A reasonable biosynthetic route to arbophyllidine (1) from a pericine precursor is presented. Arbophyllidine (1) showed pronounced in vitro growth inhibitory activity against the HT-29 human cancer cell line with IC50 6.2 μM. © 2019 American Chemical Society and American Society of Pharmacognosy.…”

Proteomic analysis of whole human saliva detects enhanced expression of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, thioredoxin and lipocalin-1 in cigarette smokers compared to non-smokers. by Jessie, Kala, Pang, Wei Wei, Rahim, Zubaidah Haji Abdul, Hashim, Onn Haji

“…When the 2-DE profiles were compared to those obtained from subjects considered to be heavy cigarette smokers, three saliva proteins, including interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, thioredoxin and lipocalin-1, showed significant enhanced expression. The distribution patterns of lipocalin-1 isoforms were also different between cigarette smokers and non-smokers. …”

Improved ionic conductivity in guar gum succinate–based polymer electrolyte membrane by Azzahari, Ahmad Danial, Abdul Mutalib, Nur Fazilah, Rizwan, Muhammad, Naceur Abouloula, Cheyma, Selvanathan, Vidhya, Sonsudin, Faridah, Yahya, Rosiyah

“…SPE system for GGS:EC (1.0:0.6) with 30 wt% LiTf showed highest conductivity of 6.29 × 10 −5 S cm −1 and GGS:CMC:EC (0.5:0.5:0.6) with 25 wt% LiI showed highest conductivity of 2.10 × 10 −4 S cm −1 . …”

Effect of lithium iodide on the performance of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC) using poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) based gel polymer electrolytes by Teo, Lay Lian, Tiong, T.S., Buraidah, Mohd Hamdi, Arof, Abdul Kariem

“…Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has been carried out to study the interaction of LiI with the GPEs. The GPE without LiI showed the highest conductivity of 5.50 mS cm−1 at room temperature. …”

Amoebiasis: a 10 year retrospective study at the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur by Jamaiah, I., Shekhar, K.C.

“…Of the 20 (39) ALA cases, only one showed parasites in the stool and biopsy. Majority of the patients with dysentery were Malays while Chinese comprised 40 with ALA. …”
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Usability and performance of secure mobile messaging: M-PKI by Anuar, N.B., Kuen, L.N., Zakaria, O., Gani, Abdullah, Wahab, A.W.A.

“…The recent report carried out by Mobile Data Association (MDA) 1 shows that the yearly growth of SMS and MMS achieves 30 percent from year 2007 to 2008. …”
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Chemicals Constituents Isolated from Cultivate Alpinia conchigera Griff. and Antimicrobial Activity by Mohamad Taib, Mohamad Nurul Azmi, Anuar, Nursyazwani, Mohd Hanafiah, Khayriyyah, Al-Shammary, Aeman Ali Kudayr, Saaid, Mardiana, Awang, Khalijah

“…Among the compounds tested, Compound 1 showed good antimicrobial activity against the strain of MRSA with minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) value of 0.5 mg/mL. …”