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Research paper thumbnail of Antiprotozoal and cytotoxic naphthalene derivatives from Diospyros assimilis

Chemical investigation of the roots of Diospyros assimilis had led to the isolation and character... more Chemical investigation of the roots of Diospyros assimilis had led to the isolation and characterization of six naphthalene derivatives, two 2-naphthaldehyes, namely 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy-2-naphthaldehyde 1, 4-hydroxy-5-methoxy-2-naphthaldehye 2, its related isomer 5-hydroxy-4-methoxy-2-naphthaldehyde 3 and three commonly occurring naphthoquinones, diospyrin 4, 8 0 -hydroxyisodiospyrin 5 and the simple monomer, plumbagin 6. Their chemical structures were established by detailed NMR investigations including 1 H and 13 C NMR, HSQC, HMBC and NOESY experiments. In addition, the naphthalene derivatives 1-5 were evaluated for their in vitro antiprotozoal activity against protozoan parasites belonging to the genera Trypanosoma, Leishmania and Plasmodium. Among the tested compounds, naphthaldehyde 1 showed moderate inhibition of the growth of the parasites, T. brucei, T. cruzi, L. donovani with IC 50 values of 19.82, 12.28 and 38.78 lM and displayed cytotoxicity towards rat skeletal myoblasts (L-6 cells) with IC 50 of 174.94 lM, while 2 and 3 were found to be comparatively less active to 1. The dimeric quinones 4 and 5 exhibited good activity against T. brucei and L. donovani with IC 50 of 1.12 and 8.82 lM and 12.94 and 16.66 lM respectively.

Research paper thumbnail of Mono and dimeric naphthalene derivatives from the roots of Diospyros assimilis

Natural Product Research, 2006

Three 2-naphthaldehydes, including the novel 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy-2-naphthaldehyde, the simple... more Three 2-naphthaldehydes, including the novel 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy-2-naphthaldehyde, the simple naphthoquinone plumbagin and the dimeric naphthoquinones diospyrin and 8'-hydroxyisodiospyrin have been isolated from the roots of Diospyrosassimilis and their structures established by spectroscopic analysis.

Research paper thumbnail of The Future and Praxis of Decent Work

Global Labour Journal, May 2015

Two contributions based on keynote addresses to the ‘Future and Praxis of Decent Work’ Conference... more Two contributions based on keynote addresses to the ‘Future and Praxis of Decent Work’ Conference held at the University of Kassel, Germany, on 14 February 2013.

Research paper thumbnail of Crisis del movimiento laboral global/Crisis of the Global Labour Movement

Intro in English, three lectures in Spanish, resources in both languages. Lecture outlines: Discu... more Intro in English, three lectures in Spanish, resources in both languages. Lecture outlines: Discursos; Alternativas; Internacionalismos desde Mariategui. Course presented Lima, Peru, April 2015.

Research paper thumbnail of From Coldwar Communism to the Global Emancipatory Movement: Itinerary of a Long-Distance Internationalist

The title tells it all. Well ... maybe not. Along the way from the first to the second, I worked ... more The title tells it all. Well ... maybe not. Along the way from the first to the second, I worked twice for international Communist organisations, picked up a higher education, worked in the latter, broadened my internationalism from labour and unions to women and feminism ... and all the other alienated and their new(est) social movements. And my (understanding of the) means of emancipatory communication from print to ICT. All accompanied by personal/political (mis)adventures in faraway places with strange sounding names: Gbelce (sounds just like it was), Durban, Manila, Lima, (where my wife still lives) Seoul, Belgrade, Bombay/Mumbai, Porto Alegre, Berlin (first East then West, then ... Berlin), Moscow (1957, 1967, 1992ish, 2008), Prague (dreaming spires, Soviet tanks), The Hague (more than half my life), even Birmingham (UK). Oh, and along the way I abandoned the print for the online publication form, and the priced for the free. Enjoy. And let me know what you thought of it.

Research paper thumbnail of Can Trade Unionism get out of the Iron Cage?

There will be an evolution of an iron cage, which will be a technically ordered, rigid, dehumaniz... more There will be an evolution of an iron cage, which will be a technically ordered, rigid, dehumanized society…The iron cage is the one set of rules and laws that we are all subjected and must adhere to. Bureaucracy puts us in an iron cage, which limits individual human freedom and potential instead of a "technological utopia" that should set us free. It is the way of the institution, where we do not have a choice anymore. Once capitalism came about, it was like a machine that you were being pulled into without an alternative option; currently, whether we agree or disagree, if you want to survive you need to have a job and you need to make money.

Books by peter waterman

Research paper thumbnail of Social Movement Internationalism/s

Special Issue of 'Interface: A Journal for and about Social Movements', Vol. 6.2, 2014

Journals and periodicals by peter waterman

Research paper thumbnail of For the global emancipation of labour: new movements and struggles around work, workers and precarity

Interface: a journal for and about social movements, Nov 23, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Activist experiences of solidarity work

Interface vol. 6 no. 2: 216 - 223, Nov 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Movement internationalism(s)

Interface vol. 6 no. 2: 1 - 12, Nov 2014

Journal Articles by peter waterman

Research paper thumbnail of For the global emancipation of labour: new movements and struggles around work, workers and precarity.

CFP by peter waterman

Research paper thumbnail of Call for papers: Interface, 8(2) (Nov 2016): Social movement auto/biographies

New call for papers for Interface, volume eight, issue two (November 2016): Social movement auto/... more New call for papers for Interface, volume eight, issue two (November 2016): Social movement auto/biographies

The November 2016 issue of the open-access, online, copyleft academic/activist journal Interface: a journal for and about social movements will focus on the theme of social movement auto/biographies.

As always, contributions on other themes are also welcome.
The deadline for submissions is May 1st 2016.

Please circulate this to anyone you think may be interested.

Research paper thumbnail of Antiprotozoal and cytotoxic naphthalene derivatives from Diospyros assimilis

Chemical investigation of the roots of Diospyros assimilis had led to the isolation and character... more Chemical investigation of the roots of Diospyros assimilis had led to the isolation and characterization of six naphthalene derivatives, two 2-naphthaldehyes, namely 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy-2-naphthaldehyde 1, 4-hydroxy-5-methoxy-2-naphthaldehye 2, its related isomer 5-hydroxy-4-methoxy-2-naphthaldehyde 3 and three commonly occurring naphthoquinones, diospyrin 4, 8 0 -hydroxyisodiospyrin 5 and the simple monomer, plumbagin 6. Their chemical structures were established by detailed NMR investigations including 1 H and 13 C NMR, HSQC, HMBC and NOESY experiments. In addition, the naphthalene derivatives 1-5 were evaluated for their in vitro antiprotozoal activity against protozoan parasites belonging to the genera Trypanosoma, Leishmania and Plasmodium. Among the tested compounds, naphthaldehyde 1 showed moderate inhibition of the growth of the parasites, T. brucei, T. cruzi, L. donovani with IC 50 values of 19.82, 12.28 and 38.78 lM and displayed cytotoxicity towards rat skeletal myoblasts (L-6 cells) with IC 50 of 174.94 lM, while 2 and 3 were found to be comparatively less active to 1. The dimeric quinones 4 and 5 exhibited good activity against T. brucei and L. donovani with IC 50 of 1.12 and 8.82 lM and 12.94 and 16.66 lM respectively.

Research paper thumbnail of Mono and dimeric naphthalene derivatives from the roots of Diospyros assimilis

Natural Product Research, 2006

Three 2-naphthaldehydes, including the novel 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy-2-naphthaldehyde, the simple... more Three 2-naphthaldehydes, including the novel 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy-2-naphthaldehyde, the simple naphthoquinone plumbagin and the dimeric naphthoquinones diospyrin and 8'-hydroxyisodiospyrin have been isolated from the roots of Diospyrosassimilis and their structures established by spectroscopic analysis.

Research paper thumbnail of The Future and Praxis of Decent Work

Global Labour Journal, May 2015

Two contributions based on keynote addresses to the ‘Future and Praxis of Decent Work’ Conference... more Two contributions based on keynote addresses to the ‘Future and Praxis of Decent Work’ Conference held at the University of Kassel, Germany, on 14 February 2013.

Research paper thumbnail of Crisis del movimiento laboral global/Crisis of the Global Labour Movement

Intro in English, three lectures in Spanish, resources in both languages. Lecture outlines: Discu... more Intro in English, three lectures in Spanish, resources in both languages. Lecture outlines: Discursos; Alternativas; Internacionalismos desde Mariategui. Course presented Lima, Peru, April 2015.

Research paper thumbnail of From Coldwar Communism to the Global Emancipatory Movement: Itinerary of a Long-Distance Internationalist

The title tells it all. Well ... maybe not. Along the way from the first to the second, I worked ... more The title tells it all. Well ... maybe not. Along the way from the first to the second, I worked twice for international Communist organisations, picked up a higher education, worked in the latter, broadened my internationalism from labour and unions to women and feminism ... and all the other alienated and their new(est) social movements. And my (understanding of the) means of emancipatory communication from print to ICT. All accompanied by personal/political (mis)adventures in faraway places with strange sounding names: Gbelce (sounds just like it was), Durban, Manila, Lima, (where my wife still lives) Seoul, Belgrade, Bombay/Mumbai, Porto Alegre, Berlin (first East then West, then ... Berlin), Moscow (1957, 1967, 1992ish, 2008), Prague (dreaming spires, Soviet tanks), The Hague (more than half my life), even Birmingham (UK). Oh, and along the way I abandoned the print for the online publication form, and the priced for the free. Enjoy. And let me know what you thought of it.

Research paper thumbnail of Can Trade Unionism get out of the Iron Cage?

There will be an evolution of an iron cage, which will be a technically ordered, rigid, dehumaniz... more There will be an evolution of an iron cage, which will be a technically ordered, rigid, dehumanized society…The iron cage is the one set of rules and laws that we are all subjected and must adhere to. Bureaucracy puts us in an iron cage, which limits individual human freedom and potential instead of a "technological utopia" that should set us free. It is the way of the institution, where we do not have a choice anymore. Once capitalism came about, it was like a machine that you were being pulled into without an alternative option; currently, whether we agree or disagree, if you want to survive you need to have a job and you need to make money.

Research paper thumbnail of Social Movement Internationalism/s

Special Issue of 'Interface: A Journal for and about Social Movements', Vol. 6.2, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of For the global emancipation of labour: new movements and struggles around work, workers and precarity

Interface: a journal for and about social movements, Nov 23, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Activist experiences of solidarity work

Interface vol. 6 no. 2: 216 - 223, Nov 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Movement internationalism(s)

Interface vol. 6 no. 2: 1 - 12, Nov 2014

Research paper thumbnail of For the global emancipation of labour: new movements and struggles around work, workers and precarity.

Research paper thumbnail of Call for papers: Interface, 8(2) (Nov 2016): Social movement auto/biographies

New call for papers for Interface, volume eight, issue two (November 2016): Social movement auto/... more New call for papers for Interface, volume eight, issue two (November 2016): Social movement auto/biographies

The November 2016 issue of the open-access, online, copyleft academic/activist journal Interface: a journal for and about social movements will focus on the theme of social movement auto/biographies.

As always, contributions on other themes are also welcome.
The deadline for submissions is May 1st 2016.

Please circulate this to anyone you think may be interested.