Research at Kingston University

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Abdelkader, H., Wu, Z., Al-Kassas, R., Brown, J.E. and Alany, R.G. (2011) Preformulation characteristics of the opioid growth factor antagonist-naltrexone hydrochloride: Stability and lipophilicity studies. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 21(2), pp. 157-163. ISSN (print) 1773-2247

Abdelkader, Hamdy, Ismail, Sayed, Kamal, Amal and Alany, Raid G. (2011) Design and evaluation of controlled-release niosomes and discomes for naltrexone hydrochloride ocular delivery. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 100(5), pp. 1833-1846. ISSN (print) 0022-3549

Al-Kinani, Ali A., Calabrese, Gianpiero, Vangala, Anil, Naughton, Declan and Alany, Raid G. (2012) Nanotechnology in ophthalmic drug delivery. In: Souto, Eliana B., (ed.) Patenting nanomedicines: legal aspects, intellectual property and grant opportunities. Berlin, Germany : Springer. pp. 277-303. ISBN 9783642292644

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Bibi, Y., Nisa, S., Zia, M., Waheed, A., Ahmed, S. and Chaudhary, M.F. (2012) In vitro cytotoxic activity of Aesculus indica against breast adenocarcinoma cell line (MCF-7) and phytochemical analysis. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 25(1), pp. 183-187. ISSN (print) 1011-601X

Bibi, Yamin, Zia, Muhammad, Nisa, Sobia, Habib, Darima, Waheed, Abdul and Chaudhary, Fayyaz M (2011) Regeneration of 'Centella asiatica' plants from non-embryogenic cell lines and evaluation of antibacterial and antifungal properties of regenerated calli and plants. Journal of Biological Engineering, 5(1), ISSN (online) 1754-1611

Brawn, Peter, Tyrrell, Elizabeth, Carew, Mark, Tesfa, Kibur Hunie and Greenwood, Iain (2012) A highly diastereoselective series of Nicholas cyclisation reactions of N-Boc-protected propargylamines. Tetrahedron, 68(48), pp. 10040-10048. ISSN (print) 0040-4020

Breidi, Salah Eddine, Barker, James, Petroczi, Andrea and Naughton, Declan (2012) Enzymatic digestion and selective quantification of underivatised [delta]9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cocaine in human hair using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry, ISSN (print) 2090-8865

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Calabrese, Gianpiero, Nesnas, John J, Barbu, Eugen, Fatouros, Dimitris and Tsibouklis, John (2012) The formulation of polyhedral boranes for the boron neutron capture therapy of cancer. Drug Discovery Today, 17(3-4), pp. 153-159. ISSN (print) 1359-6446

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Fabbri-Arrigoni, Francesca I., Clarke, Lindsey, Wang, Guosu, Charakida, Marietta, Ellins, Elizabeth, Halliday, Neil, Brogan, Paul A., Deanfield, John E., Halcox, Julian P. and Klein, Nigel (2012) Levels of circulating endothelial cells and colony forming units are influenced by age and dyslipidaemia. Pediatric Research, 72(3), pp. 299-304. ISSN (print) 0031-3998

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Gresley, Adam le, Kenny, Jackie, Cassar, Claire, Kelly, Alison, Sinclair, Alex and Fielder, Mark D (2012) The application of high resolution diffusion NMR to the analysis of manuka honey. Food Chemistry, 135(4), pp. 2879-86. ISSN (print) 0308-8146

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Hoi, Chu Peng, Ho, Yee Ping, Baum, Larry and Chow, Albert H. L. (2010) Neuroprotective effect of honokiol and magnolol, compounds from 'Magnolia officinalis', on beta-amyloid-induced toxicity in PC12 cells. Phytotherapy Research, 24(10), pp. 1538-1542. ISSN (print) 0951-418X

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Jones, K. and Toutounji, T. (2001) A short protocol for the synthesis of spirocyclic tetrahydrofurans via intramolecular O-H insertion. Tetrahedron, 57(12), pp. 2427-2431. ISSN (print) 0040-4020

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Karatholuvhu, Maheswaran, Sinclair, Alex, Newton, Annabella, Alcaraz, Marie-Lyne, Stockman, Robert and Fuchs, Philip (2006) A Concise Total Synthesis of DL-Histrionicotoxin. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128(39), pp. 12656-12657. ISSN (print) 0002-7863

Kresinski, Roman A., Lees, Anthony M.J. and Platt, Andrew W.G. (2012) Structural variations in a series of lanthanide nitrate complexes with an unsymmetrical diphosphonate ligand (MeO)[sub]2P(O)C(CH[sub]2)CH2P(O)(OMe)[sub]2. Polyhedron, 33(1), pp. 341-346. ISSN (print) 0277-5387

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Le Gresley, Adam, Abdullah, Ammara, Chawla, Deepak, Desai, Pratchi, Ghosh, Uttam, Gollapalli, Uma , Kiran, Munazza, Lafon, Shehri and Sinclair, Alex (2011) Diacrylamides as selective G-quadruplex ligands in in vitro and in vivo assays. MedChemComm, 2(6), pp. 466-470. ISSN (print) 2040-2503

Leeder, Jonathan D.C., van Someran, Ken A., Gaze, Dave, Jewell, Andrew, Deshmukh, Nawed, Shah, Iltaf, Barker, James and Howatson, Glyn (2013) Recovery and adaptation from repeated intermittent sprint exercise. International journal of sports physiology and performance, (In Press)

Liu, Z.-M., Ho, S.C., Chen, Y.-M. and Ho, Y.P. (2012) The effects of isoflavones combined with soy protein on lipid profiles, C-reactive protein and cardiovascular risk among postmenopausal Chinese women. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease, 22(9), pp. 712-719. ISSN (print) 0939-4753

Liu, Zhao-min, Chen, Yu-ming, Ho, Suzanne C, Ho, Yee Ping and Woo, Jean (2010) Effects of soy protein and isoflavones on glycemic control and insulin sensitivity: a 6-mo double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in postmenopausal Chinese women with prediabetes or untreated early diabetes. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 91(5), pp. 1394-1401. ISSN (print) 0002-9165

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Perumal, Dhaya (2009) Motivation theories and implications for teaching and learning in the biosciences. Investigations in University Teaching and Learning , 5 (2), ISSN (print) 1740-5106

Perumal , D., Dangor, C.M., Alcock, R.S., Hurbans, N. and Moopanar, K.S. (1999) Effect of formulation variables on in-vitro drug release and micromeritic properties of modified release ibuprofen microspheres. Journal of Microencapsulation, 16(4), pp. 475-487. ISSN (print) 0265-2048

Petroczi, Andrea, Nepusz, Tamas, Cross, Paul, Taft, Helen, Shah, Syeda, Deshmukh, Nawed, Schaffer, Jay, Shane, Maryann, Adesanwo, Christiana, Barker, James and Naughton, Declan P (2011) New non-randomised model to assess the prevalence of discriminating behaviour: a pilot study on mephedrone. Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy, 6(1), p. 20. ISSN (online) 1747-597X

Polycarpou, Elena, Meira, Lisiane B, Carrington, Simon, Tyrrell, Elizabeth, Modjtahedi, Helmout and Carew, Mark A (2013) Resveratrol 3-O-d-glucuronide and resveratrol 4'-O-d-glucuronide inhibit colon cancer cell growth: Evidence for a role of A3 adenosine receptors, cyclin D1 depletion, and G1 cell cycle arrest. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, ISSN (print) 1613-4125 (Epub Ahead of Print)

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Robbins, Diane , Newton, Annabella F. , Gignoux, Camille , Legeay, Jean-Christophe , Sinclair, Alex, Rejzek, Martin , Laxon , Carly A., Yalamanchili, Sai K. , Lewis, William , O'Connell, Maria A. and Stockman, Robert A. (2011) Synthesis of natural-product-like scaffolds in unprecedented efficiency via a 12-fold branching pathway. Chemical Science, 2(11), pp. 2232-2235. ISSN (print) 2041-6520

Roudini, Danesh (2011) Electrochemically synthesised polypyrroles and their ion mobility characteristics. (MSc(R) thesis), Kingston University.

Rupenthal, Ilva D., Green, Colin R. and Alany, Raid G. (2011) Comparison of ion-activated in situ gelling systems for ocular drug delivery. Part 1: physicochemical characterisation and in vitro release. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 441(1-2), pp. 69-77. ISSN (print) 0378-5173

Rupenthal, Ilva D., Green, Colin R. and Alany, Raid G. (2011) Comparison of ion-activated in situ gelling systems for ocular drug delivery. Part 2: precorneal retention and in vivo pharmacodynamic study. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 411(1-2), pp. 78-85. ISSN (print) 0378-5173

Rupenthal, Ilva D., Alany, Raid G. and Green, Colin R. (2011) Ion-activated in situ gelling systems for antisense oligodeoxynucleotide delivery to the ocular surface. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 8(6), pp. 2282-2290. ISSN (print) 1543-8384

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Sim, Edith, Fakis, Giannoulis, Laurieri, Nicola and Boukouvala, Sotiria (2012) Arylamine N-acetyltransferases - from drug metabolism and pharmacogenetics to identification of novel targets for pharmacological intervention. Advances in Pharmacology, 63, pp. 169-205. ISSN (print) 1054-3589

Sinclair, Alex, Arini, Louise, Rejzek, Martin , Szeto, Peter and Stockman, Robert (2006) Combining Two-Directional Synthesis and Tandem Reactions, Part 8: A Novel Condensation/Michael Addition/Cycloaddition/Fragmentation/Lactamisation Cascade. Synlett, 2006(14), pp. 2321-2324. ISSN (print) 0936-5214

Stockman, Robert, Sinclair, Alex, Arini, Louise, Szeto, Peter and Hughes, David (2004) A Two-Directional Synthesis of (+/-)-Perhydrohistrionicotoxin. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 69(5), pp. 1598-1602. ISSN (print) 0022-3263

Stressmann, Franziska A., Rogers, Geraint B., Marsh, Peter, Lilley, Andrew K., Daniels, Thomas W.V., Carroll, Mary P., Hoffman, Lucas R., Jones, Graeme, Allen, Collette E., Patel, Nilesh, Forbes, Benjamin, Tuck, Andrew and Bruce, Kenneth D. (2011) Does bacterial density in cystic fibrosis sputum increase prior to pulmonary exacerbation? Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 10(5), pp. 357-365. ISSN (print) 1569-1993

Stressmann, Franziska Anne, Rogers, Geraint B., van der Gast, Christopher J., Marsh, Peter, Vermeer, Louic S., Carroll, Mary P., Hoffman, Lucas, Daniels, Thomas W. V., Patel, Nilesh, Forbes, Benjamin and Bruce, Kenneth Deans (2012) Long-term cultivation-independent microbial diversity analysis demonstrates that bacterial communities infecting the adult cystic fibrosis lung show stability and resilience. Thorax, 67(10), pp. 867-873. ISSN (print) 0040-6376

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Thrimawithana, T. R., Young, S., Dunstan, D. E. and Alany, R. G. (2010) Texture and rheological characterization of kappa and iota carrageenan in the presence of counter ions. Carbohydrate Polymers, 82(1), pp. 69-77. ISSN (print) 0144-8617

Thrimawithana, T.R., Young, S.A., Bunt, C.R., Green, C.R. and Alany, R.G. (2011) In-vitro and in-vivo evaluation of carrageenan/methylcellulose polymeric systems for transscleral delivery of macromolecules. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 44(3), pp. 399-409. ISSN (print) 0928-0987

Tyrrell, Elizabeth, Mazloumi, Khatebeh, Banti, Donatella, Sajdak, Paulina, Sinclair, Alex and Le Gresley, Adam (2012) The enantiospecific synthesis of chromanes and isochromanes using a variant of an intramolecular Nicholas reaction. Tetrahedron Letters, 53(33), pp. 4280-4282. ISSN (print) 0040-4039

Tyrrell, Elizabeth, Archer, Roland, Tucknott, Matt, Colston, Kay, Pirianov, Grisha, Ramanthan, Dharahana, Dhillon, Rajdeep, Sinclair, Alex and Skinner, G.A. (2012) The synthesis and anticancer effects of a range of natural and unnatural hop [beta]-acids on breast cancer cells. Phytochemistry Letters, 5(1), pp. 144-149. ISSN (print) 1874-3900

Tyrrell, Elizabeth, Whiteman, Leon and Williams, Neil (2011) The synthesis and characterisation of immobilised palladium carbene complexes and their application to heterogeneous catalysis. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 696(22), pp. 3465-3472. ISSN (print) 0022-328X

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Waheed, A., Barker, J., Barton, S. and Carew, M. (2009) In vitro evaluation of anti-proliferative activity of human breast cancer MCF-7 cells from ethno-pharmacological healing plants. In: St George's Research Day, University of London; 2 Dec 2009, London, UK. (Unpublished)

Waheed, A., Cartledge, T., Owen, C.P. and Ahmed, S. (2008) Novel inhibitors of oestrone sulphatase based on the derivatives of 4-aminophenol. In: British Pharmaceutical Conference; 7-9 Sept 2008, Manchester, UK. (Unpublished)

Waheed, Abdul, Barton, Stephen, Carew, Mark and Barker, James (2010) Isolation and structure elucidation of novel acylated pregnane glycosides from Caralluma tuberculata against human breast cancer cells MCF-7 cells. In: Structure 2010: Advances in structure elucidation; 24 - 25 Feb 2010, Leicester U.K..

Waheed, Abdul, Barker, James, Barton, Stephen J., Khan, Gul-Majid, Najm-Us-Saqib, Qazi, Hussain, Manzoor, Ahmed, Sabbir, Owen, Caroline and Carew, Mark A. (2011) Novel acylated steroidal glycosides from Caralluma tuberculata induce caspase-dependent apoptosis in cancer cells. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 137(3), pp. 1189-1196. ISSN (print) 0378-8741

Waheed, Abdul (2001) Pharmacognostic and phytopharmacological studies of 'Caralluma tuberculata' and 'Fagonia indica'. (MPhil thesis), Gomal University, Dera Ismail, N.W.F.P. Pakistan.

Waheed, Abdul, Barker, James, Barton, Stephen J, Owen, Caroline P, Ahmed, Sabbir and Carew, Mark A (2012) A novel steroidal saponin glycoside from Fagonia indica induces cell-selective apoptosis or necrosis in cancer cells. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 47(2), pp. 464-473. ISSN (print) 0928-0987

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Young, John, Matharu, Rajinder, Carew, Mark and Fry, Christopher (2012) Inhibition of stretching-evoked ATP release from bladder mucosa by anticholinergic agents. BJU International, 110(8b), E397-E401. ISSN (print) 1464-4096

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Zughaid, Huda, Forbes, Ben, Martin, Gary P. and Patel, Nilesh (2012) Bile salt composition is secondary to bile salt concentration in determining hydrocortisone and progesterone solubility in intestinal mimetic fluids. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 422(1-2), pp. 295-301. ISSN (print) 0378-5173