ABSTRACT
The thermodynamic property of the host-guest, inclusion complex formed between p-t-butyl calix(4)arene which is a supramolecule, and the antiseizure drug, carbamazepine was studied. p-t-Butyl calix(4)arene has been used as a host molecule and carbamazepine as a guest molecule. Optical absorption spectral studies were carried out to investigate the molecular recognition properties of p-t-butyl calix(4)arene with carbamazepine. The stochiometry of the host-guest complexes formed and the association constant were determined. An interesting 1:2 stochiometric host-guest complex was formed. Job's continuous method of variation and Benesi-Hildebrand expression were used for the determination of binding constant and the stochiometry of the host-guest complex formed. Molecular dimension of the host molecule plays a vital role in the formation of the host-guest stochiometric complexes.
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Calixarenes/chemistry , Carbamazepine/chemistry , Phenols/chemistry , Anticonvulsants/chemistry , Calixarenes/metabolism , Carbamazepine/metabolism , Phenols/metabolism , Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet , ThermodynamicsABSTRACT
The thermodynamic property of the host-guest complexes formed between the curcumin, component of Indian Ayurvedic medicine turmeric, a drug molecule, with the supra molecule, p-t-butyl calix(8)arene was studied. p-t-Butyl calix(8)arene has been used as a host molecule and curcumin as a guest molecule. Optical absorption spectral studies were carried out to investigate the molecular recognition properties of p-t-butyl calix(8)arene with curcumin. The stochiometry of the host-guest complexes formed and the binding constant were determined. An interesting 1:1 and 4:1 stochiometric host-guest complexes were formed. Job's continuous method of variation and Benesi-Hildebrand expression were used for the determination of binding constant and the stochiometry of the host-guest complex formed.
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/chemistry , Calixarenes/chemistry , Curcumin/chemistry , Medicine, AyurvedicABSTRACT
The formation of inclusion complex of Carbamazepine, a antiseizure drug molecule, with the supra molecule, p-t-butyl calix(8)arene was studied. p-t-Butyl calix(8)arene was the host molecule and Carbamazepine was the guest molecule. Optical absorption spectral studies were carried out to study the molecular recognition properties of p-t-butyl calix(8)arene with Carbamazepine. The stochiometry of the host-guest complex and the binding constant were determined.
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Anticonvulsants/chemistry , Calixarenes/chemistry , Carbamazepine/chemistry , Binding Sites , Spectrophotometry , ThermodynamicsABSTRACT
The utility of confidence intervals in a wide variety of situations in the medical field is re-emphasized, with examples drawn from controlled clinical trials, disease control programmes, vaccine trials and laboratory studies. It is shown that the confidence interval approach is more informative than a mere test of statistical significance, and should therefore be employed as an useful adjuvant. Since proportions are widely quoted in medical literature and as the determination of the exact confidence limits for a binomial proportion is iterative and time-consuming, an assessment is made of 15 published methods which provide approximate confidence limits; the 'Square root transformation' method is recommended since it is accurate and the computation of limits is relatively easy. In the case of a difference between two proportions, the usual method may be employed if sample sizes exceed 75; for smaller sample sizes (even for sizes of 5), the Jeffreys-Perks method is very satisfactory and is therefore recommended.
