July 14, 2010: 10:02 pm: admin Drug Discovery

A compound library is a collection of real stored chemicals and/or virtual chemical compounds. The compound library or chemical library can contain stored chemicals each of them has associated data with information such as the chemical structure, purity, quantity, and physiochemical characteristics of the compound. The virtual compound libraries consist of 2D or 3D representations of chemical compounds that are used for diverse purposes using computational methods. Read more…

July 2, 2010: 1:47 am: admin Uncategorized

Although more than 250 amino acids have been found in nature but only twenty of these are required for human growth.
These twenty amino acids are classified into two groups: nonessential and essential.
Essential amino acids must be obtained from the diet. These include threonine, leucine, lysine, methionine, valine, isoleucine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine.
One of the amino acids – histidine is called semi-essential because it is necessary for proper growth in children. Read more…

June 30, 2010: 5:11 pm: admin Interesting Chemicals

Stavudine (trade name Zerit) is an anti-HIV treatment in the class of drugs called Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs).
Chemical IUPAC Name: 1-[(2R,5S)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2,5-dihydrofuran-2-yl]-5-methylpyrimidine-2,4-dione
Synonyms: D4T, DHT, Ddethd, Ddetyd, Estavudina, STV, Sanilvudine, Stavudine, Zerit
Chemical Formula: C10H12N2O4
Molecular Weight: 224.216 g/mol
CAS Registry Number: 3056-17-5 Read more…

June 29, 2010: 3:14 pm: admin Interesting Chemicals

CGK733 was discovered by screening a library of 20,000 synthetic molecules for their effects on aging cells. Tae Kook Kim and colleagues at Korea’s Advanced Institute of Science & Technology report that CGK733 can extend the lifetime of cultured cells by approximately 20 divisions, or roughly 25%.
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June 28, 2010: 1:48 am: admin Interesting Chemicals

Hydralazine hydrochloride is a direct-acting smooth muscle relaxant used to treat hypertension by acting as a vasodilator primarily in arteries and arterioles. By relaxing vascular smooth muscle, vasodilators act to decrease peripheral resistance, thereby lowering blood pressure.
Chemical IUPAC Name: 1(2H)-Phthalazinone hydrazone hydrochloride Read more…

June 27, 2010: 12:12 pm: admin Search For Chemicals

!!! Custom synthesis inquiry – Example only !!!!

Please use the following inquiry as an example of how to order custom synthesis of compounds that are not commercially available. Please note more complete information will help suppliers provide the best and most prompt quotation.
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