DSM Joins the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute(R)'s Pharmaceutical Roundtable.
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- DSM Pharmaceutical Products today announced that they will join the Green Chemistry Institute(R) Pharmaceutical Roundtable (Roundtable) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) as an associate member. The Pharmaceutical Roundtable is a partnership between the ACS Green Chemistry Institute(R) and pharmaceutical companies. The roundtable...

Jan Ake Gustafsson, M.D., Ph.D., Joins Bionovo's Scientific Advisory Board.
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bionovo, Inc. announced today the appointment of Jan Ake Gustafsson, M.D., Ph.D., to the company's Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Gustafsson has extensive experience in academic research as well as with pharmaceutical and biotech companies. "We are very excited to have Dr....

BUSINESS PEOPLE.
COLUMN: BUSINESS PEOPLE Marlborough Savings Bank has announced three promotions. Sebi Ovesian of Lunenburg has been named assistant vice president of loan operations. Mrs. Ovesian is responsible for overseeing all aspects of servicing consumer loans and residential mortgages. She previously was director of loan servicing...

Outsourcing Pharmaceutical Chemistry Exposition to Feature Top Service Providers on September 24-25 in Philadelphia, PA.
PHILADELPHIA, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The world pharmaceutical and fine chemical communities will be convening in Philadelphia on September 24-25 to attend the conference and exposition, "Outsourcing Pharmaceutical Chemistry," announces Strategic Research Institute. Lead sponsors are ChemBridge Corporation, Array BioPharma, and Magellan Labs, and they...

Pharmaceutical Chemistry Outsourcing & Fine Chemicals Exposition to Feature Top Service Providers on September 24-25 in Philadelphia, PA.
PHILADELPHIA, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The world pharmaceutical company chemical and fine chemical service communities will be convening in Philadelphia on September 24-25 to attend the conference and exposition, "Outsourcing Pharmaceutical Chemistry," announces Strategic Research Institute. The now annual conference, twice offered in 2000, is...

Pharmaceutical Chemistry Outsourcing & Fine Chemicals Exposition to Feature 25 Top Service Providers on September 24-25 in Philadelphia, PA.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The world pharmaceutical company chemical and fine chemical service communities will be convening in Philadelphia on September 24-25 to attend the conference and exposition, "Outsourcing Pharmaceutical Chemistry," announces Strategic Research Institute. The now annual conference, twice offered in 2000, is...

Sale of LUSCAP forms closed.
LUCKNOW: The sale of application forms for the following courses under Lucknow University Specialised Courses Admission Programme (LUSCAP) 2007 was closed on Saturday - MBA agri-business, MBA petroleum technology and management, MSc microbiology, MA community medicine & public health, MA electronic media & film production, master of hospital &...

Identification of targets and molecular modes of action of boswellic acids.
The anti-inflammatory properties of frankincense, the gum resin derived from Boswellia species, are generally well-recognized, and frankincense extracts are frequently and increasingly used in folk medicine to cure chronic inflammatory diseases. The pentacyclic triterpenes boswellic acids are assumed to be the active principles of frankincense. Numerous animal studies and...

Systemic availability of boswellic acids following oral administration.
In vitro studies revealed, that boswellic acids (BAs), the active ingredients of Boswellia serrata extract, may represent promising alternative/adjuvant agents for the treatment of inflammatory diseases and cerebral oedema. 11-Keto-[beta] boswellic acid (KBA) and 3-acetyl-11-keto-[beta]-boswellic acid (AKBA) are the most potent inhibitors of 5-lipoxygenase with IC values of 2.8...