Organic chemistry
Isolation and characterization of curcumin from powdered rhizomes of turmeric plant marketed in Maragheh city of Iran with soxhlet technique

Mehdi Nabati; Mehrdad Mahkam; Hassan Heidari

Volume 2, Issue 4, pp. 236-325, Serial No. 5 , October 2014, , Pages 236-243

Abstract
  Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is extensively used as a spice, food preservative and colouring material. It has been used in traditional medicine for various diseases. Curcumin, the main yellow bioactive component of turmeric has been shown to have a wide spectrum of biological actions. Heretofore, it has ...  Read More

Isolation and characterization of curcumin from powdered rhizomes of turmeric plant marketed in Maragheh city of Iran with soxhlet technique


Organic chemistry
One-pot and one-step novel N-methylation of 2,6-diaminopyridine

Mehdi Nabati; Mehrdad Mahkam

Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 162-231, Serial No. 4 , July 2014, , Pages 162-167

Abstract
  2,6-diaminopyridine is extensively used as a pharmaceutical intermediate and a hair dye coupler as oxidation formulations. It is soluble in protic solvents. Primary and secondary amines are N-methylated by various methods such as direct alkylation of amines with Hofmann mechanism, but in many of these ...  Read More

One-pot and one-step novel N-methylation of 2,6-diaminopyridine


Organic chemistry
Synthesis and characterization of novel silyl derivatives of curcumin

Mehdi Nabati; Mehrdad Mahkam

Volume 2, Issue 2, pp. 82-163, Serial No. 3 , April 2014, , Pages 129-136

Abstract
  Abstract:Turmeric is a member of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), which is extensively used as a spice, food preservative and colouring material. Curcumin is a main bioactive natural compound derived from the rhizome of this plant. Curcumin can exist in several tautomeric forms, keto and enol. The ...  Read More

Synthesis and characterization of novel silyl derivatives of curcumin


Organic chemistry
Isolation, identification and characterization of lawsone from henna leaves powder with soxhlet technique

Mehrdad Mahkam; Mehdi Nabati; Hadieh Rahbar Kafshboran

Volume 2, Issue 1, pp. 1-81, Serial No. 2 , January 2014, , Pages 34-38

Abstract
  Lawsone a natural pigment present in the henna leaves has been used as a skin and hair dye since 1400 BC. The concentration of this natural compound in leaves varies from place to place depending upon many of the environmental factors and the highest quantity reported so far is about 1% of the dry mass. ...  Read More

Isolation, identification and characterization of lawsone from henna leaves powder with soxhlet technique