July 2013

Dynamics of phytoplankton succession in Tungabhadra River near Harihar, Karnataka (India)

  There has been a serious concern about declining water quality in the rivers and streams since 1960. Wide varities of pollutants have been reported to cause deterioration of water quality in rivers. Tungabhadra River in Karnataka is an important tributary of Krishna. It has a drainage area of 71,417 sq. km out of which 57,671 sq. km area lies in the state of Karnataka. The river covers the distance of...

Author(s): B. Suresh, S. Manjappa and E. T. Puttaiah

July 2013

Synthesis of simple molecules prepared as arginase inhibitors and evaluated against Leishmania amazonensis

  In this work, we synthesized substances and evaluated the potential leishmanicidal activity. Thirty-four (34) compounds from different chemical classes were selected for a simple synthesis in overall good yields, eight of which are not described in the literature. From the 34 compounds evaluated for preliminary leishmanicidal activity, three can be considered as prototypes for the development of...

Author(s): Núbia Boechat, Adriana S. Lages, Osvaldo A. Santos-Filho, Marcelo Genestra†, Mônica M. Bastos and Warner B. Kover