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Mechanochemical Synthesis of Thiolactams with Lawesson's Reagent
(Wheaton College. (Norton, Mass.), 2021-05-16)Thiolactams have proved to be an essential class of compounds in medicine, agriculture, and chemical synthesis. These compounds can be reliably synthesized with 2,4-bis(4- methoxyphenyl)-1,3,2,4-dithiadiphosphetane-2,4-dithione ... -
Chronic exposure to methylmercury adversely affects response to oxidative stress.
(Wheaton College (MA), 2019)Methylmercury (MeHg) is an environmental neurotoxicant that has been shown to lead to physiological inefficiencies. Environmental contamination is a major concern, due to the high amounts of mercury pollution that affects ... -
Comparison of two indigo dye derivatives in the spectrophotometric detection of copper in aqueous media.
(Wheaton College (MA), 2019)Copper is an essential element in the human body, playing a role in redox reactions and substrate activation reactions. Several diseases, including Menkes disease and Wilson’s disease, are associated with copper metabolism ... -
Detection and Quantification of Tetracycline using Energy-Efficient Synthesized Carbon Dots
(Wheaton College (Norton, MA)., 2020-05-10)The use of carbon dots as sensors has increased in popularity and they have been found to be efficient fluorescent probes with high sensitivity and selectivity. The carbon dot synthesis efficiency was improved in this ... -
The role of septin-2 in the progression of epithelial ovarian cancer.
(Wheaton College. (Norton, Mass.), 2020-05-10)Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer mortality in women and the second most common gynecological cancer. Epithelial ovarian cancer, the most lethal and most common form, has a five-year survival rate of 47% ...