bioinorganic chemistry @UBB
Welcome to Prof. Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu's research group page at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University. We are an enthusiastic team focused on bioinorganic chemistry - and especially metalloproteins - at UBB since 2006.
We are interested especially in small molecule activation at bioinorganic systems containing transition metals (heme proteins, non-heme iron cobalamin, copper-containing proteins, model systems and others) as well as on oxidative/nitrosative stress especially when pertaining to bioinorganic centers and biologically-relevant free radical chemistry.
We typically employ methods such as UV-vis, EPR, stopped-flow, freeze-quench, molecular biology, protein overexpression and purification, as well as molecular modelling (DFT, semiempirical, molecular dynamics, docking and others).
Meet Our Team
Our main labs are in rooms 56 (stopped-flow, UV-vis, student office), 2 (EPR), and 80 (prof's office) at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, UBB, downtown Cluj-Napoca.
11, Arany Janos,RO-400024 Cluj-Napoca; Romania
e-mail: radu.silaghi@ubbcluj.ro
http://www.chem.ubbcluj.ro/~rsd/
Fax: +40-264590818; Skype: radu.silaghidumitrescu
Tel: +40-264593833 ext. 5675; Mob: +40-741810819
- Prof. Radu Silaghi-DumitrescuGroup leader
radu.silaghi@ubbcluj.ro
https://scholar.google.ro/citations?user=lJCkgfUAAAAJ&hl=ro
CV (EN) / CV (RO)Prof. Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu received his PhD degrees from the University of Georgia in Athens, GA, U.S.A. (2004, experimental bioinorganic chemistry) and from the Babeș-Bolyai University in Romania (2005, computational inorganic chemistry). After a postdoctoral stage at the University of Essex (Colchester, England), he returned to the Babeș-Bolyai University in 2007, where he teaches biochemistry, computational chemistry and related subjects, while also serving as president of the Scientific Council (2012-) and director of the Center for University Strategies (2020-). - dr. Adrian MV BrânzanicSenior Researcher
adrian.branzanic@ubbcluj.ro
https://scholar.google.ro/citations?user=nEo0zQ0AAAAJ&hl=ro&oi=aoDr. Adrian Brânzanic is a computational chemist with interest in cluster chemistry, bioinorganic centers and materials science. - Maria LeheneMaria studies reactions of cobalamin and of globins with small-molecule ligands, using UV-vis, stopped-flow, NMR, resonance Raman and fluorescence.
- Cezara Zăgrean-TuzaPhD student
cezara.zagrean@ubbcluj.ro
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IjP17qkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=aoCezara's research projects have a focus on EPR spectroscopy but also include UV-vis, stopped-flow, NMR and other methods. Her targets include plant globins, cytochrome P450 and others. - Rami DoukehRami is a lecturer at the Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiești and pursues a second PhD degree in our group, focused on small molecule activation with metal-based catalysts with industrial applications.
- Oleg RudencoPhD student
oleg.rudenco@stud.ubbcluj.roOleg has graduated his MSc studies working on the reactivity of thiourea dioxide versus biological centers, using UV-vis, NMR and DFT calculations. He is now working jointly with Prof. Alexandru Lupan on a PhD project involving computational chemistry approaches to cluster chemistry. - George VaidaPhD student
george.vaida@stud.ubbcluj.roGeorge follows up on undergraduate studies on biology and law, and on an MSc degree in forensic chemistry. - Alexandru SonicaMSc student
alexandru.sonica@stud.ubbcluj.ro - Theodor DănescuPhD student
theodor.danescu@stud.ubbcluj.roTheodor has been working with Prof. Alexandru Lupan for his BSc and MsC projectS involving computational chemistry approaches to cluster chemistry, and is starting his PhD this fall. - Szilárd PesekPhD student
szilard.pesek@ubbcluj.roSzilárd teaches chemistry and serves as Principal of the Leőwey Klára high-school in Sighetu Marmației, while also studying for his PhD on computational chemistry applications in biomolecules. - Dipa Rani MohajonMSc student
dipa.mohajon@stud.ubbcluj.roDipa ia a student in UBB's MSc programme on Molecular Modeling in Chemistry and Biochemistry and works on dental materials. - József SimonMSc student
jozsef.simon@stud.ubbcluj.roJózsef is wrote his undergraduate diploma paper on the interactions of blood substitute candidates with antioxidants, using spectroscopic methods. He is now pursuing this topic for his MSc dissertation. - Sergiu-Raul CosmaMSc student
sergiu.cosma@stud.ubbcluj.roRaul defended his diploma paper for his BSc studies with DFT computations on the chlorite dismutase mechanism. He is now pursuing his studies for an MSc degree with focus on QM/MM applications. - Other students
A number of other students do occasional internships in our group. We also welcome occasional visitors.
A few of our current research projects:
Blood Substitutes
The blood currently used in transfusions presents problems linked to stability (requiring refrigeration and becoming outdated after about a month), availability (especially under crisis situations, such as major accidents, military situations, or major outbreaks), antigens (blood group compatibility), contamination (AIDS, hepatitis, or agents yet to be identified) or ethics (e.g., Jehovah's witnesses). Blood substitutes are chemical or biochemical preparations aimed at being used in transfusions without the above-mentioned drawbacks and with the sole role of enhancing oxygen transport by the patient's blood (as opposed to the more complex functions that blood normally achieves, such as transport or defense).
There are three classes of blood substitutes currently being debated in the scientific literature. The first two classes represent purely synthetic approaches, while the third is semi synthetic, employing the hemoglobin already produced by living organisms. We have recently added a fourth class of blood substitutes, whose active ingredient is also a protein specialized in oxygen transport, but of non-heme nature: hemerythrin (Hr). Hr employs a binuclear non-heme diferrous center to bind oxygen; the resulting adduct is formally described as Fe(III)-Fe(III)-OOH, i.e. diferric peroxo. This mode of binding oxygen has the remarkable advantage of (1) not featuring a superoxide ligand (unlike Hb), which drastically reduces the reactivity towards NO, and (2) exhibiting stability towards peroxide (unlike Hb).
Anticancer Drugs
Cisplatin and related compounds are known to exert much of their useful therapeutic effects via binding to DNA. The need for more effective drugs as well as the wide range of side-effects (nausea, progressive peripheral sensory neuropathy, fatigue, vomiting, alopecia, hematological suppression, renal damage) have, for several decades now, fueled interest into understanding the complex mechanisms of interaction of cisplatin and related compounds with various biomolecules. One notable observation in this respect has been that platinum can bind to a range of proteins, as demonstrated by elemental analyses, chromatography and mass spectrometry. Our own research, with established as well as with experimental drugs, including natural extracts of various sources, is seeking to investigate the free-radical mechanisms involved in such drug-protein interactions, with purified proteins as well as with intact cells.
Small Molecule Activation at Biological Complexes (high-valent and super-reduced centers; linkage isomerism)
Reduction of nitrite to nitric oxide is essential in certain living species, and has recently been proposed to be an important secondary function of hemoglobin in humans. In vivo, nitrite reduction is accomplished by metalloenzymes, involving direct metal-nitrite coordination. We proposed that linkage nitro/nitrito isomerism is an essential part of the mechanism in copper and in heme d1-containing nitrite reductases. Recent experimental work has also shown involvement of linkage isomerism in catalytic reduction of nitrite by free hemes and related small complexes in solution. This mechanism reconciles the cd1NIR chemistry with the puzzling fact that Fe(III)-NO is kinetically inert and hence cannot possibly be a part of the cd1NIR catalytic cycle.
Proteins such as cytochrome P450 (P450), horseradish peroxidase (HRP), hemoglobin and catalase are all known to bind and/or ruduce (activate) dioxygen at their heme active sites, in the ferrous form. Our interest has been in defining the properties and reactivity of the transient adducts (nature of ferrous-dioxygen bonding, nature of ferric-peroxo interaction, electronic structure and protonation state of ferryl, i.e. Compounds I and II).
We are also pursuing the related reactions of heme systems with sulfide and sulfur oxyanions (e.g., sulfite reductase and sulfhemoglobin chemistry), as well as with halide oxyanions (relevant to myeloperoxidase, chlorite discutase and others). We have more recently extended this line towards other transition metal - containing macrocyclic complexes, such as cobalamin, porphyrazines and phthalocyanines. In such systems, unusual metal oxidation states (e.g., Fe(IV), Fe(I), Fe(0), Co(I)) under physiologically-relevant conditions are a common theme.
Laccase (p-diphenol:dioxygen oxidoreductase), one of the oldest discovered enzymes, contains four copper ions in two active sites and catalyzes a monoelectronic oxidation of substrates such as phenols and their derivatives, or aromatic amines, coupled to a four-electron reduction of dioxygen to water. The catalytic mechanism was studied for decades but is still not completely elucidated, especially in terms of the reduction of dioxygen to water. The high interest in laccases is explained by the large number of biotechnological applications. We have purified and characterized laccase-type enzymes, with interest in their applications as well as in further understanding their mechanisms of action.
Polyoxometalates (POMs) comprise a rich and diverse family of metal-oxygen clusters of the early transition metals in high oxidation states, most commonly V(V), Mo(VI) and W(VI), with unique versatility in terms of shape, polarity, redox potentials, surface charge distribution, acidity, and solubility. We are analyzing iron-substituted POMs in search of features common with/reminiscent of those seen in iron-based redox metalloenzymes.
Molecular Modelling of Biopolymers
We are investigating preferences for various types of secondary structure, and tools for predicting three-dimensional structures in peptides and in other biopolymers, such as polylactic acid and polymers relevant in dental materials.
Natural Extracts
We are examining plant extracts, fungi, food- or drug-related components, or other natural products, for their antioxidant and biological activity (anticancer, etc.), with emphasis on chemical mechanisms of their action.
Cultural Studies
We are also pursuing the application of chemical and biochemical concepts in social/cultural studies.
The blood currently used in transfusions presents problems linked to stability (requiring refrigeration and becoming outdated after about a month), availability (especially under crisis situations, such as major accidents, military situations, or major outbreaks), antigens (blood group compatibility), contamination (AIDS, hepatitis, or agents yet to be identified) or ethics (e.g., Jehovah's witnesses). Blood substitutes are chemical or biochemical preparations aimed at being used in transfusions without the above-mentioned drawbacks and with the sole role of enhancing oxygen transport by the patient's blood (as opposed to the more complex functions that blood normally achieves, such as transport or defense).
There are three classes of blood substitutes currently being debated in the scientific literature. The first two classes represent purely synthetic approaches, while the third is semi synthetic, employing the hemoglobin already produced by living organisms. We have recently added a fourth class of blood substitutes, whose active ingredient is also a protein specialized in oxygen transport, but of non-heme nature: hemerythrin (Hr). Hr employs a binuclear non-heme diferrous center to bind oxygen; the resulting adduct is formally described as Fe(III)-Fe(III)-OOH, i.e. diferric peroxo. This mode of binding oxygen has the remarkable advantage of (1) not featuring a superoxide ligand (unlike Hb), which drastically reduces the reactivity towards NO, and (2) exhibiting stability towards peroxide (unlike Hb).
Anticancer Drugs
Cisplatin and related compounds are known to exert much of their useful therapeutic effects via binding to DNA. The need for more effective drugs as well as the wide range of side-effects (nausea, progressive peripheral sensory neuropathy, fatigue, vomiting, alopecia, hematological suppression, renal damage) have, for several decades now, fueled interest into understanding the complex mechanisms of interaction of cisplatin and related compounds with various biomolecules. One notable observation in this respect has been that platinum can bind to a range of proteins, as demonstrated by elemental analyses, chromatography and mass spectrometry. Our own research, with established as well as with experimental drugs, including natural extracts of various sources, is seeking to investigate the free-radical mechanisms involved in such drug-protein interactions, with purified proteins as well as with intact cells.
Small Molecule Activation at Biological Complexes (high-valent and super-reduced centers; linkage isomerism)
Reduction of nitrite to nitric oxide is essential in certain living species, and has recently been proposed to be an important secondary function of hemoglobin in humans. In vivo, nitrite reduction is accomplished by metalloenzymes, involving direct metal-nitrite coordination. We proposed that linkage nitro/nitrito isomerism is an essential part of the mechanism in copper and in heme d1-containing nitrite reductases. Recent experimental work has also shown involvement of linkage isomerism in catalytic reduction of nitrite by free hemes and related small complexes in solution. This mechanism reconciles the cd1NIR chemistry with the puzzling fact that Fe(III)-NO is kinetically inert and hence cannot possibly be a part of the cd1NIR catalytic cycle.
Proteins such as cytochrome P450 (P450), horseradish peroxidase (HRP), hemoglobin and catalase are all known to bind and/or ruduce (activate) dioxygen at their heme active sites, in the ferrous form. Our interest has been in defining the properties and reactivity of the transient adducts (nature of ferrous-dioxygen bonding, nature of ferric-peroxo interaction, electronic structure and protonation state of ferryl, i.e. Compounds I and II).
We are also pursuing the related reactions of heme systems with sulfide and sulfur oxyanions (e.g., sulfite reductase and sulfhemoglobin chemistry), as well as with halide oxyanions (relevant to myeloperoxidase, chlorite discutase and others). We have more recently extended this line towards other transition metal - containing macrocyclic complexes, such as cobalamin, porphyrazines and phthalocyanines. In such systems, unusual metal oxidation states (e.g., Fe(IV), Fe(I), Fe(0), Co(I)) under physiologically-relevant conditions are a common theme.
Laccase (p-diphenol:dioxygen oxidoreductase), one of the oldest discovered enzymes, contains four copper ions in two active sites and catalyzes a monoelectronic oxidation of substrates such as phenols and their derivatives, or aromatic amines, coupled to a four-electron reduction of dioxygen to water. The catalytic mechanism was studied for decades but is still not completely elucidated, especially in terms of the reduction of dioxygen to water. The high interest in laccases is explained by the large number of biotechnological applications. We have purified and characterized laccase-type enzymes, with interest in their applications as well as in further understanding their mechanisms of action.
Polyoxometalates (POMs) comprise a rich and diverse family of metal-oxygen clusters of the early transition metals in high oxidation states, most commonly V(V), Mo(VI) and W(VI), with unique versatility in terms of shape, polarity, redox potentials, surface charge distribution, acidity, and solubility. We are analyzing iron-substituted POMs in search of features common with/reminiscent of those seen in iron-based redox metalloenzymes.
Molecular Modelling of Biopolymers
We are investigating preferences for various types of secondary structure, and tools for predicting three-dimensional structures in peptides and in other biopolymers, such as polylactic acid and polymers relevant in dental materials.
Natural Extracts
We are examining plant extracts, fungi, food- or drug-related components, or other natural products, for their antioxidant and biological activity (anticancer, etc.), with emphasis on chemical mechanisms of their action.
Cultural Studies
We are also pursuing the application of chemical and biochemical concepts in social/cultural studies.
Alumni
PhD students
Florina Deac (Scurtu)
Undergraduates and MSc
Diana Plesa
Victoria Cirjeu
Bianca Caba
Norbert Szabó
Flavia Oana
Iulia Bercea
Mara Lala
Maria Popa
Artiom Gaina-Gardiuta
Bogdan Timisag
Iulia Patrascu
Nicoleta Tomoioaga
Bianca Popus
Lavinia Ungureanu
Biborka Boga
Vicentiu Taciuc
Rebeca-Oana Grecu
Karina Malearciuc
Anca Anghel
Alexandra Serban
Alexandra-Domnica Magdici
Madalina Raiu
Diana-Dana Toth
Alina Mircea
Adriana Andonie
Patricia Miclea
Tünde Evelin Takács
Hilda Timea Pato
Kinga Szabo
Flavia-Luana Radu
Daniela Craciun
Oana Cristina Rus
Camelia Tusan
Flavia Rakoczi
Adela Marina Covaciu
Adrian Ionele
Alexandra Simon
Andreea-Ancuţa Bujdei
Sonia Diana Mahut
Cristina – Izabella Berci
Anetta Vaida
Diana Hotea
Claudia Pasc
Raluca Florina Mătieş
Ancuta Teodora Tomolea
Bianca Marcela Mureşan
Bernadett-Edina Vitek-Daroczi
Daliana-Camelia Şimon
Cristina Miron
Andreea Bob
Antonela Camelia Botiş
Anamaria Felicia Popa
Camelia Clenci
Ciprian Cosar
Bianca Alexandra Iacob
Anamaria Popa
Bianca Marcela Mureşan
Bernadett Porteka
Gabriela Daniela Contra
Ioana-Alexandra Suciu
Anita Papp
Anamaria Imre
Dorina Lup
Roxana-Viruca Ţolan
Oana Cristina Rus
Cristina Dobie
Oana Zolog
Ioana Andreea Todea
Ana-Maria Bolfa
Laszlo Ajtai
Liana Tamas
Our scientific publications in journals and conference proceedings:
295. Lehene, Maria; Zagrean-Tuza, Hadade, Niculina; Cezara; Aghion, Andreea; Septelean, Raluca; Iancu, Stefania; Brânzanic Adrian M.V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A complex of cobalamin with an organic peroxide. New Journal of Chemistry, 2023, . https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NJ03307D.
294. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Trends in the Texts of National Anthems: A Comparative Study. Heliyon, 2023 e19105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19105.
293. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Patrascu, Iulia; Lehene, Maria; Bercea, Iulia. Comorbidities of COVID-19 Patients. Medicina, 2023, 59(8), 1393. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59081393.
292. Doukeh, Rami; Craciun, Daniela; Lupan, Alexandru; Brânzanic Adrian M.V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Effect of the coordination environment on the ability of iron to bind/activate N2: a theoretical study with relevance to the nitrogenase mechanism. Polyhedron, 2023, 116571. DOI: 10.1016/J.POLY.2023.116571.
291. Lehene, Maria; Brânzanic Adrian M.V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. The adducts of cyano- and aquacobalamin with hypochlorite. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2023, doi: 10.1007/s00775-023-02015-z.
290. Plesa, Diana; Lehene, Maria; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. On the reaction of Co(II) cobalamin with hydrogen peroxide. Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-023-02441-9.
289. Irsai, Izabella; Pesek, Szilard, Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A critical review of computational efforts towards identifying secondary structure elements in polylactic acid (PLA). Revue Roumaine de Chimie, 2023, in press.
288. Gaina-Gardiuta, Artiom; Lupan, Alexandru; Branzanic, Adrian M. V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Study of cobalamin adducts with cysteine and its oxidized sulfenic, sulfinic and sulfonic derivatives. Revue Roumaine de Chimie, 2023, in press.
287. Branzanic, Adrian M. V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Quale Mechanics as a Metaphysical Weltanschauung of Quantum Mechanics. History of science and technology, 2023, 13(1), 10-33, DOI: 10.32703/2415-7422-2023-13-1-10-33.
286. Arkosi, Mariann-Kinga; Mot, Augustin C.; Lupan, Iulia; Ghinia Tegla, Miruna Georgiana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Selective attachment of polyethylene glycol to hemerythrin for potential use in blood substitutes. Protein Journal, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10930-023-10118-4.
285. Rudenco, Oleg; Lehene, Maria; Lupan, Alexandru; Zagrean-Tuza, Cezara; Stoean, Bianca; Gaina-Gardiuta, Artiom; Ulici, Adelina Maria; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Versatility of thiourea dioxide as redox agent in globins: case study with myoglobin. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2023, 121474; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2023.121474.
284. Stoica, Anca D.; Toma, Vlad-Al.; Roman, Ioana; Sevastre, Bogdan; Scurtu, Florina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Glutaraldehyde-polymerized hemerythrin: evaluation of performance as an oxygen carrier in hemorrhage models. Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, 2022, 2209101; https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2209101.
283. Pesek, Szilard, Lehene, Maria; Branzanic, Adrian M. V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. On the origin of the blue color in the iodine / iodide / starch supramolecular complex. Molecules, 2022, 27(24), 8974; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27248974.
282. Pesek, Szilard, Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Polylactic acid inter-chain interactions. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2022, LXVII, 47-71 ; DOI:10.24193/subbchem.2022.4.04.
281. Stoean, Bianca; Gaina, Luiza; Cristea, Castelia; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Branzanic, Adrian M. V.; Focsan, Monica; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Tigu, Bogdan; Moldovan, Cristian; Cecan, Andra Diana; Achimas-Cadariu, Patriciu; Astilean, Simion; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Luminita. New methylene blue analogues with N-piperidinyl-carbinol units: Synthesis, optical properties and in vitro internalization in human ovarian cancer cells. Dyes and Pigments, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110460.
280. Osokin, Vladimir S.; Dereven’kov, Ilia A.; Makarov, Sergei V.; Gaina-Gardiuta, Artiom; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Effect of trans-ligand on properties of nitric oxide motif in nitrosylcobinamide.
Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 2022, DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2022.2079409.
279. Carrascoza, Francisco; Branzanic, Adrian M. V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. The dynamics of hemerythrin and hemerythrin derivatives. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2021, 64(4), 397-404.
278. Dănescu, Theodor; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Lupan, Alexandru; King R Bruce. Cyclopentadienylmetal group 6 carbonyl derivatives with 2-propanoneoximato and related ligands. New Journal of Chemistry, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ04379J.
277. Suciu, Ioana-Alexandra; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Peroxo-transition metal systems: examples of redox Isomerism in palladium structure. Revue Roumaine de Chimie 2021, 66(10-11), 811–820. 10.33224/rrch.2021.66.10-11.04.
276. Mazilu (Moldovan), Amalia; Popescu, Violeta; Sarosi, Codruta; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Chisnoiu, Andrea Maria; Moldovan, Marioara; Silaghi Dumitrescu, Laura; Prodan, Doina; Carpa, Rahela; Gheorghe, Georgiana Florentina; Chisnoiu, Radu Marcel. Preparation and in vitro characterization of gels based on bromelain, whey and quince extract. Gels, 2021, 7, 191. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels7040191.
275. Lehene, Maria; Plesa, Diana; Ionescu-Zinca, Stefania; Iancu, Stefania D.; Leopold, Nicolae; Makarov, Sergei V.; Brânzanic, Adrian M.V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Adduct of aquacobalamin with hydrogen peroxide. Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, 60(17), 12681-12684.
274. Irsai, Izabella; Branzanic, Adrian M. V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Polylactic acid interactions with bioceramic surfaces. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2021, 66(3), 107-121.
273. Carrascoza, Francisco; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. The dynamics of hemoglobin-haptoglobin complexes. Relevance for oxidative stress. Journal of Molecular Structure, 2022, 1250(1), 131703.
272. Cîrjeu, Victoria; Pușcaș, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Vincristine affects the redox reactivity of hemoglobin. Studia UBB Chemia, 2021, in press.
271. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Measuring pseudoscience in online media: a case study on Romanian websites. Journal of Romanian Studies, 2021, in press.
270. Dereven’kov, Ilia A.; Makarov, Sergei V; Branzanic, Adrian; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Molodtsov, Pavel A.; Pokrovskaya, Elizaveta A.. Formation of hydroxyl radical in aqueous solutions containing selenite and glutathione. Polyhedron, 2021, 115072.
269. Radu, Luana; Attia, Amr A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Lupan, Alexandru; King, R. Bruce. Binuclear ethylenedithiolate iron carbonyls: a density functional theory study. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2021, 120260.
268. Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. Topics in National Anthems. Journal of Language and Literature, 2020, 20(2), 288-306, http://dx.doi.org/10.24071/joll.v20i2.2541.
267. Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu; Gruian, Cristina; Puscas, Cristina; Simon, Alexandra; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Toma, Vlad Al.; Farcas, Anca D.; Roman, Ioana; Scurtu, Florina; Attia, Amr A.A.; Damian, Grigore. Spin labelled hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOC): preparation and evaluation of in vivo/in vitro stability. Studia UBB Chemia, 2020, 65(2), 121-132.
266. Lehene, Maria; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Scurtu, Florina; Hadade, Niculina; Mot, Augustin C.; Gal, Emese; Matei, Alina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. Excess ascorbate is a chemical stress agent against proteins and cells. Pharmaceuticals, 2020, 13(6): 107, doi.org/10.3390/ph13060107.
265. Farcas, Anca D.; Toma, Vlad Al.; Roman, Ioana; Sevastre, Bogdan; Scurtu, Florina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Glutaraldehyde-polymerized hemoglobin: in search of improved performance as oxygen carrier in hemorrhage models. Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, 2020, 1096573, doi.org/10.1155/2020/1096573.
264. Matei, Alina; Puscas, Cristina; Patrascu, Iulia; Lehene, Maria; Ziebro, Julia; Scurtu, Florina; Baia, Monica; Porumb, Dan; Totos, Robert; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. On the stability of glutaraldehyde in biocide compositions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020, 21(9): 3372.
263. Carrascoza, Francisco; Surducan, Mihai; Eriksson, Leif; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Interaction of cobalt and iron hydroperoxo bleomycin with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA): dynamic vs. electronic structure considerations. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2020, 119682.
262. Obasi, Titus Chukwuemeka; Benedec, Daniela; Hanganu, Daniela; Gheldiu, Anamaria; Vlase, Laurian; Oniga, Ilioara; Pușcaș, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Oprean, Radu. Free radical scavenging activity and total polyphenol content of Securidaca longipedunculata roots and leaves extracts. Farmacia, 2020, 68(1), 116-120.
261. Puscas, Cristina; Moldovan, Marioara; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Laura; Ungureanu, Lavinia; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. On the apparent redox reactivity of “oxygen-enriched water”. Biological Trace Element Research, 2020, 198, 350–358. doi.org/10.1007/s12011-020-02056-4.
260. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Redox reactivity in globins: modulation by covalent and non-covalent modifications with biomedical relevance. Journal of Experimental and Molecular Biology, 2019, XX(3), 1-2.
259. Attia, Amr A.; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; King, R. Bruce. Neutral rhenadicarbaboranes with Re(CO)2(NO) vrtices: a theoretical Study of building blocks for rhenacarborane-based drug delivery agents. Molecules, 2019, 25(1), E110.
258. Branzanic, Adrian; Ryde, Ulf; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Importance of the iron–sulfur component and of the siroheme modification in the resting state of sulfite reductase. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2019, 110928.
257. Mot, Augustin C.; Coman, Cristina; Hadade, Niculina; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Heering, Hendrik A. “Yellow” laccase from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a blue laccase that enhances its substrate affinity by forming a reversible tyrosyl-product adduct. PLoS One, 2019, 0225530.
256. Branzanic, Adrian; Ryde, Ulf; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Why does sulfite reductase employ siroheme? Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 14047-14049.
255. Hanganu, Daniela; Olah, Neli-Kinga; Pop, Carmen; Vlase, Laurian; Oniga, Ilioara; Ciocarlan, Nina; Matei, Alina; Puscas, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Benedec, Daniela. Evaluation of polyphenolic profile and antioxidant Activity for some Salvia species. Farmacia, 2019, 67(5), 801-805. https://doi.org/10.31925/farmacia.2019.5.8
254. Hannibal, Luciana; Molodtsov, Pavel; Branzanic, Adrian; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei. Kinetic, spectroscopic and in silico characterization of the first step of the reaction between glutathione and selenite. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2020, 499, 119215.
253. Moldovan, Mirela L.; Iurian, Sonia; Puscas, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Hanganu, Daniela; Bogdan, Catalina; Vlase, Laurian; Oniga, Ilioara; Benedec, Daniela. A design of experiments strategy to enhance the recovery of polyphenolic compounds from Vitis vinifera by-products through heat reflux extraction. Biomolecules, 2019, 9(10), 529; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom9100529.
252. Farcas, Anca Daniela; Mot, Augustin C.; Zagrean-Tuza, Cezara; Ticolea, Madalina; Sevastre, Bogdan; Kulak, Muhittin; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu, Parvu, Alina. Remarkable rutin-rich Hypericum capitatum extract exhibits anti-inflammatory effects on turpentine oil-induced inflammation in rats. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019, 19, 289.
251. Sacalis, Carmen; Morar, Cristina; Lameiras, Pedro; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Bende, Attila; Katona, Gabriel; Porumb, Dan; Harakat, Dominique; Gál, Emese; Darabantu, Mircea. Design, synthesis and structure of novel dendritic G-2 melamines comprising piperidine motifs as key linkers and 4-(n-octyloxy)aniline as a peripheral unit. Tetrahedron, 2019, 75, 130468, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2019.130468.
250. Radu, Luana; Attia, Amr A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Lupan, Alexandru; King, R. Bruce. The group 9 cyclopentadienylmetal cis ethylenedithiolates as metallodithiolene ligands in metal carbonyl chemistry: analogies to benzene metal carbonyl complexes. New Journal of Chemistry, 2019, 43(32), 12711-12718.
249. Puscas, Cristina; Mircea, Alina; Raiu, Madalina; Mic, Mihaela; Attia, Amr A. A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. Affinity and effect of anticancer drugs on the redox reactivity of hemoglobin. Chemical Research in Toxicology, 2019, 32(7), 1402-1411.
248. Mot, Augustin C.; Puscas, Cristina; Dorneanu, Sorin; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. Isolation, purification and characterization of ascorbate oxidase and peroxidase from Cucurbita pepo medullosa. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2019, 64(2), 49-60.
247. Scurtu, Florina; Tebrean, Bogdan; Árkosi, Mariann Kinga; Ionele, Adrian; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Hemoglobin-albumin co-polymers for blood substitutes: increasing the reproducibility of the polymerization reaction. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2019, 64(2), 421-434.
246. Mot, Augustin C; Puscas, Cristina; Dorneanu, Sorin; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. EPR detection of sulfanyl radical during sulfhemoglobin formation–Influence of catalase. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2019, 137, 110-115.
245. Radu, Luana; Attia, Amr A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Lupan, Alexandru; King, R. Bruce. Reversible complexation of ammonia by breaking a manganese-manganese bond in a manganese carbonyl ethylenedithiolate complex: a theoretical study of an unusual type of Lewis acid. Dalton Transactions, 2019, 48, 324-332.
244. Turcas, Ramona; Kripli, Balázs; Attia, Amr A. A.; Lakk-Bogáth, Dóra; Speier, Gábor; Giorgi, Michel; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Kaizer, József. Catalytic and stoichiometric flavanone oxidation mediated by nonheme oxoiron (IV) complexes as flavone synthase mimics: kinetic, mechanistic and computational studies. Dalton Transactions, 2018, 47, 14416-14420.
243. Puscas, Cristina; Radu, Luana; Carrascoza, Francisco; Mot, Augustin C; Amariei, Diana; Lungu, Oana; Scurtu, Florina; Podea, Paula; Septelean, Raluca; Matei, Alina; Mic, Mihaela; Attia, Amr A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. The high affinity of small-molecule antioxidants for hemoglobin. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2018, 124, 260-274.
242. Oniga, Ilioara; Pușcaș, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Olah, Neli-Kinga; Sevastre, Bogdan; Marica, Raluca; Marcus, Ioan; Sevastre-Berghian, Alexandra; Benedec, Daniela; Pop, Carmen; Hanganu Daniela. Origanum vulgare ssp. vulgare: Chemical Composition and Biological Studies. Molecules, 2018, 23(8), 2077.
241. Mot, Augustin C; Puscas, Cristina; Miclea, Patricia; Naumova-Letia, Galaba; Dorneanu, Sorin; Podar, Dorina; Dissmeyer, Nico; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. Redox control and autoxidation of class 1, 2 and 3 phytoglobins from Arabidopsis thaliana. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8(1), 13714.
240. Joy, Syed RU; Eszter, Trufan; Smith, Mark D.; Puscas, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Semeniuc, Radu F. An unexpected μ4-oxido-bridged tetranuclear Cu(II) inverse coordination complex of a heptadentate bis(pyrazolyl)methane-based ligand: Synthesis, structure, spectroscopic properties, and catecholase activity. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2018, 485, 190-199.
239. Benedec, Daniela; Oniga, Ilioara; Hanganu, Daniela; Gheldiu, Ana Maria; Pușcaș, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Duma, Mihaela; Tiperciuc, Brîndușa; Vârban, Rodica; Vlase, Laurian. Sources for developing new medicinal products: biochemical investigations on alcoholic extracts obtained from aerial parts of some Romanian Amaryllidaceae species. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2018, 18(1), 226.
238. Kostadinovic Velickovska, Sanja; Naumova Letia, Galaba; Cocevska, Maja; Bruhl, Ludger; Silaghi-Dumitresu, Radu; Mirhosseini, Hamed; Ilieva, Fidanka; Mihajlov, Ljupco; Dimovska, Violeta; Kovacevic, Biljana; Gulaboski, Rubin; Matthaus, Bertrand. Effect of bioactive compounds on antiradical and antimicrobial activity of extracts and cold-pressed edible oils from nutty fruits from Macedonia. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization, 2018, 12, 1-8. 10.1007/s11694-018-9871-8
237. Farcas, Anca Daniela; Mot, Augustin C.; Zagrean-Tuza, Cezara; Toma, Vlad; Cimpoiu, Claudia; Hosu, Anamaria; Parvu, Marcel; Roman, Ioana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Chemo-mapping and biochemical-modulatory and antioxidant/prooxidant effect of Galium verum extract during acute restraint stress in female rats. PLoS One, 2018, 13(7), e0200022.
236. Surducan, Mihai; Branzanic, Adrian; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Heme Fe-SO2- intermediates in sulfite reduction: contrasts with Fe-OO2- species from oxygen-oxygen bond activating systems. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 2018, 118(19), e25697.
235. Hathazi, Denisa; Scurtu, Florina; Bischin, Cristina; Mot, Augustin; Attia, Amr A. A.; Kongsted, Jacob; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. The reaction of oxy hemoglobin with nitrite: mechanism, antioxidant-modulated effect, and implications for blood substitute evaluation. Molecules, 2018, 23(2), E350. doi: 10.3390/molecules23020350.
234. Kostadinovic Velickovska, Sanja; Mot, Augustin C.; Mitrev, Sasa; Gulabovski, Rubin; Bruhl, Ludger; Mirhosseini, Hamed; Silaghi-Dumitresu, Radu; Matthaus, Bertrand. Bioactive compounds and ‘‘in vitro’’ antioxidant activity of some traditional and non-traditional cold-pressed edible oils from Macedonia. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2018, 55(5),1614–1623.
233. Silaghi-Dumitresu, Radu; Tomoioagă, Nicoleta; Jurco, Eugen. Variability in biochemical composition of milk among three representative breeds of dairy cows from Romania. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2018, LXIII, 55-62.
232. Irsai, Izabella; Lupan, Alexandru; Majdik, Cornelia; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Computational investigation of spectroscopic parameters in putative secondary structure elements for polylactic acid and comparison with experiment. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2017, LXII(4), 495-513.
231. Bischin, Cristina; Contra, Gabriela; Tusan, Camelia; Miclea, Patricia; Taciuc, Vicentiu; Parvu, Marcel; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Free-radical reactions: the fine line between the anti- and pro-oxidant reactivities. Oxidation Communications, 2018, 41(1), 130–140.
230. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. “Compulsory prison for all”: an ironically-proposed rite of passage in a post-communist country. Journal of Media Critiques 2017, 12(3), 51-58.
229. Attia, Amr A. A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Nickel-substituted iron dependent cysteine dioxygenase: implications for the dioxygenation activity of nickel model compounds. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 2018, 118(13), e25564.
228. Scurtu, Florina; Popa, Anamaria; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Periodate-oxidized alginate as polycondensation reagent for hemoglobin. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2017, LXII(4), 59-66.
227. Mot, Augustin; C.; Bischin, Cristina; Damian, Grigore; Attia, Amr A.A.; Gal, Emese; Dina, Nicoleta E.; Leopold, Nicolae; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Fe(III) – sulfide interaction in globins: characterization and quest for a putative Fe(IV)-sulfide species. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2018, 179, 32-39.
226. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Feudalism in Modern Eastern Europe. Balkanistic Forum, 2018, (1), 11-15.
225. Toma, Vlad Al.; Farcas, Anca D.; Roman, Ioana; Sevastre, Bogdan; Hathazi, Denisa; Scurtu, Florina; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. In vivo evaluation of hemerythrin-based oxygen carriers: similarities with hemoglobin-based counterparts. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2017, 107, 1422-1427.
224. Lupan, Alexandru; King, R. Bruce; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Tetracapped tetrahedral ruthenium-sulfur clusters related to iron-sulfur structural units in metalloenzymes. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2018, 475, 193-199.
223. Mot, Augustin; C. Parvu, Marcel; Parvu, Alina E.; Rosca-Casian, Oana; Dina, Nicoleta E.; Leopold, Nicolae; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Mircea, Cristina. Reversible naftifine-induced carotenoid depigmentation in Rhodotorula mucilaginosa (A. Jörg.) F.C. Harrison causing onychomycosis. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7(1), 11125.
222. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Luminita; Attia, Amr A. A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Blake, Alexander J.; Sowerby, D. Bryan. Supramolecular architecture of [AsPh2Br2]2[(Br3)-…(Br2)…(Br3)-] obtained by bromination of (AsPh2)2S. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2018, 475, 120-126.
221. Hanganu, Dadniela; Benedec, Daniela; Vlase, Laurian; Olah, Noemi; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu, Moț, Augustin; Toma, C. Polyphenolic profile and antioxidant and antibacterial activities from two trifolium species. Farmacia, 2017, 65(3), 449-453.
220. Dereven'kov, Ilia; Ivlev, Pavel; Bischin, Cristina; Salnikov, Denis; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei; Koifman, Oscar. Comparative studies of reaction of cobalamin (ii) and cobinamide (ii) with sulfur dioxide. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, 22(2), 969-975.
219. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Arguable precedence for the World Wars of the XXth century. Social Evolution & History, 2018, 17(2), 96-108.
218. Bischin, Cristina; Attia, Amr A. A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Chlorite reactivity with myoglobin: analogy with peroxide and nitrite chemistry? Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2017, 172, 122-128.
217. Dereven’kov, Ilia A.; Ivlev, Pavel A.; Salnikov, Denis S.; Bischin, Cristina; Attia, Amr A. A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei V. Studies of reaction of tetramethylthiourea with hydrogen peroxide: evidence of formation of tetramethylthiourea monoxide as a key intermediate of the reaction. Journal of Sulfur Chemistry 2017, 38(5), 496-509.
216. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Mihály, Béla; Mihály, Timea; Attia, Amr A. A.; Sanz Miguel, Pablo J.; Lippert, Bernhard. The exocyclic amino group of adenine in Pt II and Pd II complexes: a critical comparison of the X-ray crystallographic structural data and gas phase calculations. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, 22(4), 567-579.
215. Toma, Vlad Al.; Farcas, Anca D.; Parvu, Marcel; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Roman, Ioana. CA3 hippocampal field: cellular changes and its relation with blood nitro-oxidative stress reveal a balancing function of CA3 area in rats exposed to repeated restraint stress. Brain Research Bulletin, 2017, 130, 10-17.
214. Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. Fatalism and inaction associations with the Romanian Ballad of the Little Ewe. Venets: The Belogradchik Journal for Local History, Cultural Heritage and Folk Studies, 2016, 7(3), 332-341.
213. Arkosi, Mariann; Scurtu, Florina; Vulpoi, Adriana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu; Kurtz, Donald M. Jr. Copolymerization of recombinant Phascolopsis gouldii hemerythrin with human serum albumin for use in blood substitutes. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology 2017, 45(2), 218-223.
212. Attia, Amr A. A.; Cioloboc, Daniela; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Multiconfigurational and DFT analyses of the electromeric formulation and UVVis absorption spectra of the superoxide adduct of ferrous superoxide reductase. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2016, 165, 49-53.
211. Benedec, Daniela; Hanganu, Daniela; Oniga, Ilioara; Filip, Lorena; Bischin, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Tiperciuc, Brînduşa; Vlase, Laurian. Achillea schurii flowers: chemical, antioxidant, and antimicrobial investigations. Molecules, 2016, 21(8), 1050.
210.Attia, Amr A. A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu . A mononuclear non-heme-iron dioxygen-carrying protein? Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 2016, 69, 103-110.
209. Szávuly, Miklós István; Surducan, Mihai; Nagy, Emőke; Surányi, Mátyás; Speier, Gábor; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Kaizer, József. Functional models of nonheme diiron enzymes: kinetic and computational evidence for the formation of oxoiron(IV) species from peroxo-diiron(III) complexes, and their reactivity towards phenols and H2O2. Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 14709-14718.
208. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Cioloboc, Daniela. Comparative computational characterization of ferric cytochrome P450 and superoxide reductase binding to cyanide. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2016, 61(3), 45-54.
207. Benedec, Daniela; Popica, Iulia-Elena; Oniga, Ilioara; Hanganu, Daniela; Duma, Mihaela; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Bischin, Cristina; Vlase, Laurian. Comparative HPLC-MS analysis of phenolics from Achillea distans and Achillea millefolium and their bioactivity. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia 2015, LX(4), 257-266.
206. Toma, Vlad Al.; Farcaș, Anca D.; Roman, Ioana; Sevastre, Bogdan; Hathazi, Denisa; Scurtu, Florina; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Comparative in vivo effects of hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOC) with varying prooxidant and physiological reactivity. PLoS One, 2016, 11(4): e0153909. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153909.
205. Lupan, Alexandru; Țolan, Roxana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Copper-porphyrins electronic structure with different axial ligands. Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 2016, 38(3), 405-414
204. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Editorial: Inorganic biochemistry – a brief scientometric perspective with focus on eastern Europe and Romania. Acta Metallomica, 2014, XI(2), 3-14
203. Mocan, Andrei; Vlase, Laurian; Arsene, Andreea; Vodnar, Dan; Bischin, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Crisan, Geanina. HPLC/MS analysis of caffeic and chlorogenic acids from three Romanian Veronica species and their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. Farmacia, 2015, 63(6), 890-896.
202. Tamaian, Radu; Moţ , Augustin C.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Ionuţ, Ioana; Stana, Anca; Oniga, Ovidiu; Nastasă, Cristina; Benedec, Daniela; Tiperciuc, Brîndușa. Study of the relationships between the structure, lipophilicity and biological activity of some thiazolyl-carbonyl-thiosemicarbazides and thiazolyl-azoles. Molecules, 2015, 22188–22201.
201. Benedec, Daniela; Hanganu, Daniela; Oniga, Ilioara; Tiperciuc, Brîndușa; Olah, Neli-Kinga; Raita, Oana; Bischin, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Vlase, Laurian. Assessment of rosmarinic acid content in six Lamiaceae species extracts and their antioxidant and antimicrobial potential. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Science, 2015, 28 (6(Suppl)), 2297-2303.
200. Dereven’kov, Ilia A.; Salnikov, Denis S.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei V.; Koiffman, Oscar I. Redox chemistry of cobalamin and its derivatives. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016, 309, 68–83. DOI 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.11.001
199. Kakes, Melinda; Cioloboc, Daniela; Tomsa, Adrian-Raul; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Damian Grigore. Redox and ligand binding reactivity in iron and chromium –substituted polyoxometalates. Revue Roumaine de Chimie, 2015, 60(7-8), 707-720.
198. Toma, Vlad; Farcas, Anca; Hathazi, Denisa; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Scurtu, Florina; Roman, Ioana; Sevastre, Bogdan; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Hemoglobin and hemerythrin based blood substitutes. Romanian Journal of Biochemistry, 2014, 51, Suppl., 90.
197. Bischin, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Hypochlorite activation at the heme iron center of hemoglobin. Romanian Journal of Biochemistry 2014, 51, Suppl., 49.
196. Bischin, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Hypochlorite activation at the heme iron center of hemoglobin. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry 2014, 19, S848-S848.
195. Scurtu, Florina; Hathazi, Denisa; Mot, Augustin; Vaida, Anetta; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Damian, Grigore ; Kurtz, Donald; Toma, Vlad; Farcas, Anca; Roman, Ioana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Hemoglobin and hemerythrin based blood substitutes. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry 2014, 19, S848-S849.
194. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A scientometrics-informed peer-review exercise. Revista de Politica Ştiinţei și Scientometrie 2015, 4(3), 234-237.
193. Porteka, Bernadett; Mot, Augustin C.; Cimpoiu, Claudia; Hosu, Anamaria; Bischin, Cristina; Damian, Grigore; Fisher-Fodor, Eva; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Selective protective effect of antioxidant-rich Rumex acetosa extracts. Revista de Chimie, 2016, 67(5), 833-837.
192. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Scurtu, Florina; Mason, Maria; Svistunenko, Dimitri A.; Wilson, Michael T.; Cooper, Chris E. The reaction of oxyhemoglobin with nitric oxide: EPR evidence for an iron(III)-nitrate intermediate. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2015, 436, 179–183.
191. Mot, Augustin C.; Bischin, Cristina; Muresan, Bianca; Parvu, Marcel; Damian, Grigore; Vlase, Laurian; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Antioxidant activity evaluation by physiologically relevant assays based on haemoglobin peroxidase activity and cytochrome c-induced oxidation of liposomes. Natural Product Research, 2016, 1315-1319. doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2015.1054824.
190. Mureșan, Bianca; Cimpoiu, Claudia; Hosu, Anamaria; Bischin, Cristina; Gal, Emese; Damian, Grigore; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Antioxidant content in romanian traditional distilled alcoholic beverages. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2015, LX(2), 355-370.
189. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Manifestul de la Leiden: un simptom și un îndemn (The Leiden manifesto: a symptom and an impulse). Revista de Politica Ştiinţei și Scientometrie, 2015, 4(2), 125-129.
188. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Is a mega-project the ELI in the room? Correspondence to Nature, 2015, 520, 295.
187. Attia, Amr A. A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Bacterial nitric oxide reductase: a mechanism revisited by an ONIOM (DFT:MM) study. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2015, 21, 130-142.
186. Attia, Amr A. A.; Dereven’kov, Ilia A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Ruthenium dinitrosyl complexes – computational characterization of structure and reactivity. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 2015, 68(14), 2409-2422. DOI:10.1080/00958972.2015.1041936
185. Saplonţai-Pop, Aniela; Moţ, Augustin; Moldovan, Marioara; Oprean, Radu; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Orășan, Olga; Pârvu, Marcel; Gal, Emese; Ionescu, Corina. Testing antiplatelet and antioxidant activity of the extract of seven varieties of Allium cepa L. Open Life Sciences, 2015, 10, 89–98.
184. Dezsi, Ștefan; Bădărău, Alexandru Sabin; Bischin, Cristina; Vodnar, Dan Cristian; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Gheldiu, Ana-Maria; Mocan, Andrei; Vlase, Laurian. Antimicrobial and Antioxidant activities and phenolic profile of Eucalytus globulus Labill. and Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S. Johnson leaves. Molecules, 2015, 20, 4720-4734; doi:10.3390/molecules20034720.
183. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Cioloboc, Daniela. Peroxide binding to Fe(IV) centers: involvement of Fe(III)-superoxide redox isomers. Studia UBB Physica, 2014, 59(2), 47-57.
182. Lakk-Bogáth, Dóra; Speier, Gábor; Surducan, Mihai; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Simaan, A. Jalila; Faure, Bruno; Kaizer, József. Comparison of heme and nonheme iron-based 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase mimics: kinetic, mechanistic and computational studies. RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 2075–2079.
181. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Carrascoza Mayen, Juan Francisco. A twist in the anomeric effect. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia 2014, LIX(3), 95-101.
180. Carrascoza, Francisco; Lupan, Alexandru; Cosar, Ciprian; Kun, Attila; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. On the roles of the alanine and serine in the <beta> sheet structure of fibroin. Biophysical Chemistry, 2015, 197, 10-17.
179. Mahut, Sonia; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. CO in bioinorganic chemistry. Acta Metallomica, 2014, XI(1), 59-64.
178. Attia, Amr; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Computational Investigation of the initial two-electron, two-proton steps in the reaction mechanism of hydroxylamine oxidoreductase. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2014, 118(42), 12140-5 .
177. Attia, Amr Ali; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. The Super-reduced mechanism of nitric oxide reduction in flavo-diiron NO reductases. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 6061–6065. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201402385.
176. Surducan, Mihai; Makarov, Sergei V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. O-S bond activation in structures isoelectronic to ferric-peroxide species known in O-O-activating enzymes: relevance for sulfide activation and sulfite reductase. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 34, 5827–5837 DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201402657.
175. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Svistunenko, Dimitri A.; Cioloboc, Daniela; Bischin, Cristina; Scurtu, Florina; Cooper, Chris E. Nitrite binding to globins: linkage isomerism, EPR silence and reductive chemistry. Nitric Oxide – Biology and Chemistry, 2014, 42C, 32-39.
174. Hathazi, Denisa; Mahuţ, Sonia Diana; Scurtu, Florina-Violeta; Bischin, Cristina; Stanciu, Corina; Attia, Amr Ali; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Involvement of ferryl in the reaction between nitrite and the oxy forms of globins. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 19, (7), 1233-1239. DOI: 10.1007/s00775-014-1181-y
173. Mocan, Andrei; Vlase, Laurian; Vodnar, Dan Cristian; Bischin, Cristina; Hanganu, Daniela; Gheldiu, Ana-Maria; Oprean, Radu; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Crișan, Gianina. Polyphenolic content, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Lycium barbarum L. and Lycium chinense Mill. leaves. Molecules, 2014, 19, 10056-10073; DOI:10.3390/molecules190710056.
172. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Simon, Simion; Filipescu, Sorin; Ploscariu, Augusta. Implementation of a scientometric-based evaluation system for research units at a Romanian University. Revista de Politica Ştiintei si Scientometrie, 2014, 3(2), 151-165.
171. Makarov, Sergei V.; Horváth, Attila K.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Gao, Qingyu. Recent developments in the chemistry of thiourea oxides. Chemistry – A European Journal, 2014, 20(44), 14164–14176. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403453 – featured online by the journal.
170. Benedec, Daniela; Oniga, Ilioara; Muresan, Bianca; Mot, Augustin C.; Damian, Grigore; Nistor, Adriana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Hanganu, Daniela; Duma, Mihaela; Vlase, Laurian. Contrast between water and ethanol based antioxidant assays. Aspen (Populus tremula) and black poplar (Populus nigra) extracts as a case study. Journal of Food Quality, 2014, 37(4), 259-267.
169. Parvu, Alina Elena; Parvu, Marcel; Vlase, Laurian; Miclea, Patricia; Mot, Augustin C.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Anti-inflammatory effects of Allium schoenoprasum l. leaves. Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 2014, 65, 2, 309-315.
168. Lupan, Alexandru; Attia, Amr; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei V.; Vanin, Anatoly F. Structural and electronic isomerism in Fe,S centers. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 19, S279.
167. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Nitrite and globins: linkage isomerism and redox processes. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 19, S277.
166. Vlase, Laurian; Benedec, Daniela; Hanganu, Daniela; Damian, Grigore; Csillag, Ioan; Sevastre, Bogdan; Mot, Augustin C.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Tilea, Ioan. Evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial activities and phenolic profile for Hyssopus officinalis, Ocimum basilicum and Teucrium chamaedrys from Romania. Molecules, 2014, 19(5), 5490-5507; Doi:10.3390/molecules19055490.
165. Attia, Amr Ali; Makarov, Sergei V., Vanin, Anatoly F., Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Asymmetry within the Fe(NO)2 moiety of dithiolate dinitrosyl complexes. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2014, 418, 42-50.
164. Hathazi, Denisa; Mot, Augustin C; Vaida, Anetta; Scurtu, Florina; Lupan, Iulia; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Damian, Grigore; Kurtz, Jr., Donald M.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Oxidative protection of hemoglobin and hemerythrin by cross-linking with a non-heme iron peroxidase: potentially improved oxygen carriers for use in blood substitutes. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15(5), 1920-1927.
163. Carrascoza, Francisco; Zaric, Snezana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Computational study of protein secondary structure elements: Ramachandran plots revisited. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 2014, 50, 125-133.
162. Surducan, Mihai; Makarov, Sergei V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Redox and linkage isomerism with ligands relevant to oxidative and nitrosative stress in cobalamin. Polyhedron, 2014, 78, 72-84.
161. Attia, Amr Ali; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A theoretical study on the reaction pathways of peroxynitrite formation and decay at non-heme iron centers. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 2014, 14(10), 652-665.
160. Gârban, Zeno; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Gârban, Gabriela; Avacovici, Adina; Hădărugă, Nicoleta; Baltă, C.; Ghibu, G.-D.; Bischin, Cristina; Rada, Olga-Alina. Metallomics related to gallium compounds: biochemical and xenobiochemical aspects. Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 2014, 33(1), 39-52.
159. Takacs, Istvan Mihaly; Mot, Augustin; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Damian, Grigore. EPR investigation of libration motion of spin labeled hemerythrin. Journal of Molecular Structure, 2014, 1073, 18-23. 10.1016/j.molstruc.2014.01.074.
158. Papp, Anita; Surducan, Mihai; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Dioxygen activation by copper-bleomycin: theoretical considerations. Croatica Chemica Acta, 2014, 87 (1), 75–78.
157. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Sabau, Augusta. Scientometric analysis of relative performance in a key university in Romania. Scientometrics, 2014, 99(2), 463-474. DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1232-8
156. Mot, Augustin C.; Bischin, Cristina; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu.Antioxidant activity evaluation involving hemoglobin-related free radical reactivity. Advanced Protocols in Oxidative Stress III, Methods in Molecular Biology, ed. Donald Armstrong, 2015, 1208, 247-255.
155. Bischin, Cristina; Tusan, Camelia; Bartok, Agota; Septelean, Raluca; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Evaluation of the biochemical effects of silyl-phosphaalkenes on oxidative and nitrosative stress pathways involving metallocenters. Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements, 2014, 189, 1-8.
154. Cirneci, Dragos; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Learning tasks as a possible treatment for DNA lesions induced by oxidative stress in hippocampal neurons. Neural Regeneration Research, 2013, 8(32), 3063-3070. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.32.010
153. Cioloboc, Daniela; Arkosi, Mariann; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A new protocol for purifying human serum albumin. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2013, LVIII (3), 27-32.
152. Gârban, Gabriela; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Ioniţă, Hortensia; Gârban, Zeno; Hădărugă, Nicoleta-Gabriela; Ghibu, George-Daniel; Baltă, Cornel; Simiz, Florin-Dan; Mitar, Carmen. Influence of novel gallium complexes on the homeostasis of some biochemical and hematological parameters in rats. Biological Trace Element Research, 2013, 155 (3), 387-395. DOI: 10.1007/s12011-013-9796-3
151. Gaina, Luiza Torje, Ioana; Gal, Emese; Cristea, Castelia; Lupan, Alexandru; Bischin, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Lonnecke, Peter; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Luminita. Microwave assisted synthesis photophysical and redox properties of phenothiazinil-vinil-piridynium dyes. Dyes and Pigments, 2014, 102C, 315-325. DOI:10.1016/j.dyepig.2013.10.044.
150. Attia, Amr Ali Ahmed Ali; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Spin state preference and bond formation/cleavage barriers in ferrous-dioxygen heme adducts: remarkable dependence on methodology. RSC Advances, 2013, 3 (48), 26194–26204. DOI:10.1039/C3RA45789C.
149. Podea, Paula; Prejmerean, Cristina; Surducan, Mihai; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Computational analysis of dental material monomer bisphenolglycidyldimethacrylate (BisGMA). Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 2013, 15(9-10), 1095-1100.
148. Mot, Augustin; Damian, Grigore; Coman, Cristina; Miron, Carmen; Sarbu, Costel; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. An assay for prooxidant reactivity based on phenoxyl radicals generated by laccase. Food Chemistry, 2014, 143, 214-222.
147. Takacs, Istvan Mihaly; Mot, Augustin; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu, Damian, Grigore. Site directed spin labeling of hemerythrin and hemoglobin. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2013, LVIII, 2, 61 – 69.
146. Benedec, Daniela Vlase, Laurian Oniga, Ilioara Mot, Augustin; Damian, Grigore Hanganu, Daniela; Duma, Mihaela; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. polyphenolic composition, antioxidant and antibacterial activities for two Romanian subspecies of Achillea distans Waldst. et Kit. ex Willd. Molecules, 2013, 18(8), 8725-39.
145. Takacs, Istvan M; Mot, Augustin C; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Damian, Grigore. Study of mobility hemoglobin side chains by spin labelled EPR spectroscopy. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Physica, 2013, 58(1), 49-58.
144. Scurtu, Violeta-Florina; Mot, Augustin C.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Protein-based blood substitutes: recent attempts at controlling pro-oxidant reactivity with and beyond hemoglobin. Pharmaceuticals, 2013, 6, 867-880; doi:10.3390/ph6070867.
143. Benedec, Daniela; Vlase, Laurian; Oniga, Ilioara; Mot, Augustin C.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Hanganu, Daniela; Tiperciuc, Brînduşa; Crişan, Gianina. LC-MS analysis and antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds from two indigenous species of Mentha. Note I. Farmacia, 2013, 61(2), 262-267.
142. Coman, Cristina; Mot, Augustin; Gal, Emese; Parvu, Marcel; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Laccase is upregulated via stress pathways in the phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Fungal Biology, 2013, 17(7-8), 528-39.
141. Găină, Luiza I.; Mătărângă-Popa, Larisa N.; Gal, Emese; Boar, Paul; Lönnecke, Peter; Hey-Hawkins, Evamarie; Bischin, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Lupan, Iulia; Cristea, Castelia; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Luminita. Microwave-assisted catalytic amination of phenothiazine – reliable access to phenothiazine analogues of Tröger’s base. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013, 24, 5500-5508. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300480.
140. Bischin, Cristina; Ţălu, Ştefan; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Ţălu, M.; Giovanzana, S.; Lupaşcu, Carmen Alina. Computerized morphometric assessment of the human red blood cells treated with cisplatin. Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology 2012, XVII(2), 105-110.
139. Dereven’kov, Ilia A.; Salnikov, Denis S.; Makarov, Sergei V.; Surducan, Mihai; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Boss, Gerry R. Comparative study of reaction of cobalamin and cobinamide with thiocyanate. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2013, 125C:32-39. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2013.04.011.
138. Scurtu, Florina; Zolog, Oana; Iacob, Bianca; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Hemoglobin-albumin crosslinking with disuccinimidyl suberate (DSS) and/or glutaraldehyde for blood substitutes. Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology, 2014, 42(1), 13-17.
137. Tamokou, Jean de Dieu; Chouna, Jean Rodolphe; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Chereches, Gabriela; Barbos, Otilia; Damian, Grigore; Benedec, Daniela; Duma, Mihaela; Efouet, Alango Pépin Nkeng; Wabo, Hippolyte Kamdem; Kuiate, Jules Roger; Mot, Augustin; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Anticancer and antimicrobial activities of some antioxidant-rich Cameroonian medicinal plants. PloS ONE, 2013, 8(2):e55880. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055880.(fee paid)
136. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Lupan, Alexandru. Weak sulfur-sulfur interactions between chemically-identical atoms. Central European Journal of Chemistry, 2013, 11(3), 457-463. DOI: 10.2478/s11532-012-0178-z
135. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Ghinga, Radu. Electronic structure contributions towards the anomeric effect. Revista de Chimie, 2013, 64(3), 246-248.
134. Makarov, Sergei V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Sodium dithionite and its relatives: past and present. Journal of Sulfur Chemistry, 2013, 34, 444-449. DOI:10.1080/17415993.2012.749878
133. Tebrean, Bogdan; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Crisan, Titus Eduard. Modelling of a capsule for controlled slow delivery, monitored via a capacitive method. Acta Electrotehnica, 2012, 53(4), 323.
132. Tebrean, Bogdan; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Crisan, Titus Eduard. Modelling of coplanar capacitors for dermal or transdermal drug delivery system monitoring. Proceedings of the Romanian Academy Ser. A, 2013, 14(2), 134-143.
131. Attia, Amr Ali Ahmed Ali; Cioloboc, Daniela; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Fe-O versus O-O bond cleavage in reactive iron-peroxide intermediates of superoxide reductase. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 18(1), 95–101. DOI 10.1007/s00775-012-0954-4.
130. Stuzhin, Pavel A.; Ivanova, Svetlana S; Dereven’kov, Ilya; Makarov, Sergey V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Homborg, Heiner. First water-soluble μ-nitrido dimer of iron phthalocyanine. Macroheterocycles, 2012, 5(2), 175-177.
129. Valean, Ana-Maria; Gómez-Ruiz, Santiago; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Luminita; Hey-Hawkins, Evamarie. Phosphinoarylthiolato molybdenum and iron complexes [M{(SC6H4-2-PPh2)-j2S,P}2(CO)2] (M = Mo, Fe): Analogous composition – Different structure. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2013, 394, 289-294.
128. Xie, Yaoming; Schaefer III, Henry F; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Peng, Bin; Li, Qian-shu ; Stearns, Jaime A.; Rizzo, Thomas R. Conformational preferences of gas-phase helices: experiment and theory struggle to agree: the seven-residue peptide Ac-Phe-(Ala)(5) -Lys-H(+). Chemistry – A European Journal, 2012, 18(41), 12941-12944. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201202068
127. Surducan, Mihai; Lup, Dorina; Lupan, Alexandru; Makarov, Sergei V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Electromerism and linkage isomerism in biologically-relevant Fe-SO complexes. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2013, 118, 13–20.
126. Moţ, Augustin C.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Laccases: structures and mechanisms. Biochemistry (Moscow), 2012, 77(12), 1395-1407.
125. Lupan, Alexandru; Kun, Attila; Carrascoza, Francisco; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Performance of computational methods for modeling alpha helical structures. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2013, 19(1), 193-203. DOI: 10.1007/s00894-012-1531-z.
124. Prejmerean, Cristina, Moldovan, Marioara, Petrea, C.M., Prodan, Doina, Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Laura, Vasile, E., Furtos, Gabriel, Boboia, Stanca, Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Physico-chemical and mechanical characterization of some experimental dental nanocomposites. Materiale Plastice, 2011, 48, 279-284.
123. Imre, Anamaria; Moţ, Augustin C; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Exploring the possibility of high-valent copper in models of copper proteins with a three-histidine copper-binding motif. Central European Journal of Chemistry, 2012, 10(5). 1527-1533. Doi:10.2478/s11532-012-0069-3.
122. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Redox activation of small molecules at biological metal centers. Structure & Bonding, 2013, 150, 97-118.
121. Salnikov, Denis S.; Dereven’kov, Ilya A.; Makarov, Sergei V.; Ageeva, Elena S.; Lupan, Alexandru; Surducan, Mihai; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Kinetics of reduction of cobalamin by sulfoxylate in aqueous solutions. Revue Roumaine de Chimie, 2012, 57 (4-5), 353-359.
120. Moţ, Augustin C.; Pârvu, Marcel; Damian, Grigore; Irimie, Florin D.; Darula, Zsuzsanna; Medzihradszky, Katalin F.; Brem, Balazs; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A “yellow” laccase with “blue” spectroscopic features, from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Process Biochemistry, 2012, 47(6), 968–975.
119. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. DFT vibrational analysis of metal-hydroperoxo bleomycin complexes. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia, 2012, 57(1), 213-217
118. Cioloboc, Daniela; Tomsa, Adrian-Raul; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. High spin to low spin change induced by reductive chemistry with iron-substituted Dawson polyoxometalate. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2012, 20, 70-72. DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2012.02.019
117. Kozma, Ágnes; Ibáñez, Susana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Sanz Miguel, Pablo J.; Gupta, Deepali; Lippert, Bernhard. 7-Methylguanine: protonation, formation of linkage isomers with trans-(NH3)2PtII, and base pairing properties. Dalton Transactions, 2012, 41 (20), 6094 – 6103. (assigned as „hot article” by the journal)
116. Lupan, Alexandru; Matyas, Csongor; Mot, Augustin; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Can geometrical distortions make a laccase change color from blue to yellow? Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia, 2011, 56(3), 201-206.
115. Prodan, Doina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Laura; Prejmerean, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Bolojan, Laura; Damian, Grigore. Evaluation of free radical concentration in some new dental composite materials by ESR spectroscopy. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia, 2011, 56(3), 231-238.
114. Mot, Augustin C.; Syrbu, Sergei A.; Makarov, Sergei V.; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Axial ligation in water-soluble copper porphyrinates: contrasts between EPR and UV-vis. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2012, 18(4), 1-3.
113. Iacob, Bianca; Deac, Florina; Cioloboc, Daniela; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Hemoglobin-albumin crosslinked copolymers: reduced prooxidant reactivity. Artificial Cells Blood Substitutes And Biotechnology, 2011, 39(5), 293-297.
112. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Mich, Mihaela; Matyas, Csongor; Cooper, Chris E. Nitrite and nitrate reduction by molybdenum centers of the nitrate reductase type: computational predictions on the catalytic mechanism. Nitric Oxide, 2012, 26(1), 27-31
111. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Ghinga, Radu. A computational investigation of the decay mechanism of the reaction product of anthranilate dioxygenase (anthranilic acid diol). Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia, 2011, 56(4), 49-54.
110. Bischin, Cristina; Taciuc, Vicentiu; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Cisplatin effect on hemoglobin and myoglobin autooxidation. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia, 2010, 55(4), 313-318.
109. Irsai, Izabella ; Majdik, Cornelia; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Secondary structure elements in polylactic acid models. Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, 2011, 50(4), 703-733.
108. Salnikov, Denis S.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei V.; van Eldik R, Boss GR Cobalamin reduction by dithionite. Evidence for the formation of a six-coordinate cobalamin(II) complex. Dalton Transactions 2011 40(38), 9831-4
107. Prejmerean, Cristina; Moldovan, Marioara; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Laura; Prodan, Doina; Furtos, Gabriel; Trif, Marcela; Popescu, Violeta; Pascalau, Violeta; Petrea, Celina-Maria; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Composition versus physico-mechanical properties of some dental experimental polymers. Materiale Plastice, 2011, 48(1), 27-32.
106. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei V.; Uta, Matei-Maria Dereven’kov, Ilia A.; Stuzhin Pavel A. Redox non-innocence of a nitrido bridge in a methane-activating dimer of iron phthalocyanine. New Journal of Chemistry, 2011, 35(5), 1140-1145.
105. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. What causes iron-sulphur bonds in active sites of one-iron superoxide reductase and two-iron superoxide reductase to differ? Chemical Papers, 2011, 65 (4), 559–565.
104. Bischin, Cristina; Lupan, Alexandru; Taciuc, Vicentiu; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Interactions between proteins and platinum-containing anti-cancer drugs. Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, 2011, 11, 214-224.
103. Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Mot, Augustin; Deac, Florina; Arkosi, Mariann; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Towards hemerythrin-based blood substitutes: comparative performance to hemoglobin on human leukocytes and umbilical vein endothelial cells. Journal of Biosciences, 2011, 36(2), 215-221.
102. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei. Siroheme-containing sulfite reductase: a density functional investigation of the mechanism. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 2012, 112(3), 900-908.
101. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Assays for peroxidase activity: the HRP case, Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia, 2010, 55(3), 207-222.
100. Kun, Attila; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. PM6 modeling of alpha helical polypeptide structures, Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia, 2010, 55(1), 31-36.
99. Zolog, Oana; Mot, Augustin; Deac, Florina; Roman, Alina; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A new polyethyleneglycol-derivatized hemoglobin derivative with decreased oxygen affinity and limited toxicity. The Protein Journal, 2010, 30(1), 27–31.
295. Lehene, Maria; Zagrean-Tuza, Hadade, Niculina; Cezara; Aghion, Andreea; Septelean, Raluca; Iancu, Stefania; Brânzanic Adrian M.V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A complex of cobalamin with an organic peroxide. New Journal of Chemistry, 2023, . https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NJ03307D.
294. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Trends in the Texts of National Anthems: A Comparative Study. Heliyon, 2023 e19105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19105.
293. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Patrascu, Iulia; Lehene, Maria; Bercea, Iulia. Comorbidities of COVID-19 Patients. Medicina, 2023, 59(8), 1393. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59081393.
292. Doukeh, Rami; Craciun, Daniela; Lupan, Alexandru; Brânzanic Adrian M.V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Effect of the coordination environment on the ability of iron to bind/activate N2: a theoretical study with relevance to the nitrogenase mechanism. Polyhedron, 2023, 116571. DOI: 10.1016/J.POLY.2023.116571.
291. Lehene, Maria; Brânzanic Adrian M.V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. The adducts of cyano- and aquacobalamin with hypochlorite. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2023, doi: 10.1007/s00775-023-02015-z.
290. Plesa, Diana; Lehene, Maria; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. On the reaction of Co(II) cobalamin with hydrogen peroxide. Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-023-02441-9.
289. Irsai, Izabella; Pesek, Szilard, Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A critical review of computational efforts towards identifying secondary structure elements in polylactic acid (PLA). Revue Roumaine de Chimie, 2023, in press.
288. Gaina-Gardiuta, Artiom; Lupan, Alexandru; Branzanic, Adrian M. V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Study of cobalamin adducts with cysteine and its oxidized sulfenic, sulfinic and sulfonic derivatives. Revue Roumaine de Chimie, 2023, in press.
287. Branzanic, Adrian M. V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Quale Mechanics as a Metaphysical Weltanschauung of Quantum Mechanics. History of science and technology, 2023, 13(1), 10-33, DOI: 10.32703/2415-7422-2023-13-1-10-33.
286. Arkosi, Mariann-Kinga; Mot, Augustin C.; Lupan, Iulia; Ghinia Tegla, Miruna Georgiana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Selective attachment of polyethylene glycol to hemerythrin for potential use in blood substitutes. Protein Journal, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10930-023-10118-4.
285. Rudenco, Oleg; Lehene, Maria; Lupan, Alexandru; Zagrean-Tuza, Cezara; Stoean, Bianca; Gaina-Gardiuta, Artiom; Ulici, Adelina Maria; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Versatility of thiourea dioxide as redox agent in globins: case study with myoglobin. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2023, 121474; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2023.121474.
284. Stoica, Anca D.; Toma, Vlad-Al.; Roman, Ioana; Sevastre, Bogdan; Scurtu, Florina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Glutaraldehyde-polymerized hemerythrin: evaluation of performance as an oxygen carrier in hemorrhage models. Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, 2022, 2209101; https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2209101.
283. Pesek, Szilard, Lehene, Maria; Branzanic, Adrian M. V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. On the origin of the blue color in the iodine / iodide / starch supramolecular complex. Molecules, 2022, 27(24), 8974; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27248974.
282. Pesek, Szilard, Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Polylactic acid inter-chain interactions. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2022, LXVII, 47-71 ; DOI:10.24193/subbchem.2022.4.04.
281. Stoean, Bianca; Gaina, Luiza; Cristea, Castelia; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Branzanic, Adrian M. V.; Focsan, Monica; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Tigu, Bogdan; Moldovan, Cristian; Cecan, Andra Diana; Achimas-Cadariu, Patriciu; Astilean, Simion; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Luminita. New methylene blue analogues with N-piperidinyl-carbinol units: Synthesis, optical properties and in vitro internalization in human ovarian cancer cells. Dyes and Pigments, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110460.
280. Osokin, Vladimir S.; Dereven’kov, Ilia A.; Makarov, Sergei V.; Gaina-Gardiuta, Artiom; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Effect of trans-ligand on properties of nitric oxide motif in nitrosylcobinamide.
Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 2022, DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2022.2079409.
279. Carrascoza, Francisco; Branzanic, Adrian M. V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. The dynamics of hemerythrin and hemerythrin derivatives. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2021, 64(4), 397-404.
278. Dănescu, Theodor; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Lupan, Alexandru; King R Bruce. Cyclopentadienylmetal group 6 carbonyl derivatives with 2-propanoneoximato and related ligands. New Journal of Chemistry, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ04379J.
277. Suciu, Ioana-Alexandra; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Peroxo-transition metal systems: examples of redox Isomerism in palladium structure. Revue Roumaine de Chimie 2021, 66(10-11), 811–820. 10.33224/rrch.2021.66.10-11.04.
276. Mazilu (Moldovan), Amalia; Popescu, Violeta; Sarosi, Codruta; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Chisnoiu, Andrea Maria; Moldovan, Marioara; Silaghi Dumitrescu, Laura; Prodan, Doina; Carpa, Rahela; Gheorghe, Georgiana Florentina; Chisnoiu, Radu Marcel. Preparation and in vitro characterization of gels based on bromelain, whey and quince extract. Gels, 2021, 7, 191. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels7040191.
275. Lehene, Maria; Plesa, Diana; Ionescu-Zinca, Stefania; Iancu, Stefania D.; Leopold, Nicolae; Makarov, Sergei V.; Brânzanic, Adrian M.V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Adduct of aquacobalamin with hydrogen peroxide. Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, 60(17), 12681-12684.
274. Irsai, Izabella; Branzanic, Adrian M. V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Polylactic acid interactions with bioceramic surfaces. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2021, 66(3), 107-121.
273. Carrascoza, Francisco; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. The dynamics of hemoglobin-haptoglobin complexes. Relevance for oxidative stress. Journal of Molecular Structure, 2022, 1250(1), 131703.
272. Cîrjeu, Victoria; Pușcaș, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Vincristine affects the redox reactivity of hemoglobin. Studia UBB Chemia, 2021, in press.
271. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Measuring pseudoscience in online media: a case study on Romanian websites. Journal of Romanian Studies, 2021, in press.
270. Dereven’kov, Ilia A.; Makarov, Sergei V; Branzanic, Adrian; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Molodtsov, Pavel A.; Pokrovskaya, Elizaveta A.. Formation of hydroxyl radical in aqueous solutions containing selenite and glutathione. Polyhedron, 2021, 115072.
269. Radu, Luana; Attia, Amr A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Lupan, Alexandru; King, R. Bruce. Binuclear ethylenedithiolate iron carbonyls: a density functional theory study. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2021, 120260.
268. Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. Topics in National Anthems. Journal of Language and Literature, 2020, 20(2), 288-306, http://dx.doi.org/10.24071/joll.v20i2.2541.
267. Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu; Gruian, Cristina; Puscas, Cristina; Simon, Alexandra; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Toma, Vlad Al.; Farcas, Anca D.; Roman, Ioana; Scurtu, Florina; Attia, Amr A.A.; Damian, Grigore. Spin labelled hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOC): preparation and evaluation of in vivo/in vitro stability. Studia UBB Chemia, 2020, 65(2), 121-132.
266. Lehene, Maria; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Scurtu, Florina; Hadade, Niculina; Mot, Augustin C.; Gal, Emese; Matei, Alina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. Excess ascorbate is a chemical stress agent against proteins and cells. Pharmaceuticals, 2020, 13(6): 107, doi.org/10.3390/ph13060107.
265. Farcas, Anca D.; Toma, Vlad Al.; Roman, Ioana; Sevastre, Bogdan; Scurtu, Florina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Glutaraldehyde-polymerized hemoglobin: in search of improved performance as oxygen carrier in hemorrhage models. Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, 2020, 1096573, doi.org/10.1155/2020/1096573.
264. Matei, Alina; Puscas, Cristina; Patrascu, Iulia; Lehene, Maria; Ziebro, Julia; Scurtu, Florina; Baia, Monica; Porumb, Dan; Totos, Robert; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. On the stability of glutaraldehyde in biocide compositions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020, 21(9): 3372.
263. Carrascoza, Francisco; Surducan, Mihai; Eriksson, Leif; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Interaction of cobalt and iron hydroperoxo bleomycin with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA): dynamic vs. electronic structure considerations. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2020, 119682.
262. Obasi, Titus Chukwuemeka; Benedec, Daniela; Hanganu, Daniela; Gheldiu, Anamaria; Vlase, Laurian; Oniga, Ilioara; Pușcaș, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Oprean, Radu. Free radical scavenging activity and total polyphenol content of Securidaca longipedunculata roots and leaves extracts. Farmacia, 2020, 68(1), 116-120.
261. Puscas, Cristina; Moldovan, Marioara; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Laura; Ungureanu, Lavinia; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. On the apparent redox reactivity of “oxygen-enriched water”. Biological Trace Element Research, 2020, 198, 350–358. doi.org/10.1007/s12011-020-02056-4.
260. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Redox reactivity in globins: modulation by covalent and non-covalent modifications with biomedical relevance. Journal of Experimental and Molecular Biology, 2019, XX(3), 1-2.
259. Attia, Amr A.; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; King, R. Bruce. Neutral rhenadicarbaboranes with Re(CO)2(NO) vrtices: a theoretical Study of building blocks for rhenacarborane-based drug delivery agents. Molecules, 2019, 25(1), E110.
258. Branzanic, Adrian; Ryde, Ulf; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Importance of the iron–sulfur component and of the siroheme modification in the resting state of sulfite reductase. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2019, 110928.
257. Mot, Augustin C.; Coman, Cristina; Hadade, Niculina; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Heering, Hendrik A. “Yellow” laccase from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a blue laccase that enhances its substrate affinity by forming a reversible tyrosyl-product adduct. PLoS One, 2019, 0225530.
256. Branzanic, Adrian; Ryde, Ulf; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Why does sulfite reductase employ siroheme? Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 14047-14049.
255. Hanganu, Daniela; Olah, Neli-Kinga; Pop, Carmen; Vlase, Laurian; Oniga, Ilioara; Ciocarlan, Nina; Matei, Alina; Puscas, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Benedec, Daniela. Evaluation of polyphenolic profile and antioxidant Activity for some Salvia species. Farmacia, 2019, 67(5), 801-805. https://doi.org/10.31925/farmacia.2019.5.8
254. Hannibal, Luciana; Molodtsov, Pavel; Branzanic, Adrian; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei. Kinetic, spectroscopic and in silico characterization of the first step of the reaction between glutathione and selenite. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2020, 499, 119215.
253. Moldovan, Mirela L.; Iurian, Sonia; Puscas, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Hanganu, Daniela; Bogdan, Catalina; Vlase, Laurian; Oniga, Ilioara; Benedec, Daniela. A design of experiments strategy to enhance the recovery of polyphenolic compounds from Vitis vinifera by-products through heat reflux extraction. Biomolecules, 2019, 9(10), 529; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom9100529.
252. Farcas, Anca Daniela; Mot, Augustin C.; Zagrean-Tuza, Cezara; Ticolea, Madalina; Sevastre, Bogdan; Kulak, Muhittin; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu, Parvu, Alina. Remarkable rutin-rich Hypericum capitatum extract exhibits anti-inflammatory effects on turpentine oil-induced inflammation in rats. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019, 19, 289.
251. Sacalis, Carmen; Morar, Cristina; Lameiras, Pedro; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Bende, Attila; Katona, Gabriel; Porumb, Dan; Harakat, Dominique; Gál, Emese; Darabantu, Mircea. Design, synthesis and structure of novel dendritic G-2 melamines comprising piperidine motifs as key linkers and 4-(n-octyloxy)aniline as a peripheral unit. Tetrahedron, 2019, 75, 130468, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2019.130468.
250. Radu, Luana; Attia, Amr A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Lupan, Alexandru; King, R. Bruce. The group 9 cyclopentadienylmetal cis ethylenedithiolates as metallodithiolene ligands in metal carbonyl chemistry: analogies to benzene metal carbonyl complexes. New Journal of Chemistry, 2019, 43(32), 12711-12718.
249. Puscas, Cristina; Mircea, Alina; Raiu, Madalina; Mic, Mihaela; Attia, Amr A. A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. Affinity and effect of anticancer drugs on the redox reactivity of hemoglobin. Chemical Research in Toxicology, 2019, 32(7), 1402-1411.
248. Mot, Augustin C.; Puscas, Cristina; Dorneanu, Sorin; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. Isolation, purification and characterization of ascorbate oxidase and peroxidase from Cucurbita pepo medullosa. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2019, 64(2), 49-60.
247. Scurtu, Florina; Tebrean, Bogdan; Árkosi, Mariann Kinga; Ionele, Adrian; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Hemoglobin-albumin co-polymers for blood substitutes: increasing the reproducibility of the polymerization reaction. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2019, 64(2), 421-434.
246. Mot, Augustin C; Puscas, Cristina; Dorneanu, Sorin; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. EPR detection of sulfanyl radical during sulfhemoglobin formation–Influence of catalase. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2019, 137, 110-115.
245. Radu, Luana; Attia, Amr A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Lupan, Alexandru; King, R. Bruce. Reversible complexation of ammonia by breaking a manganese-manganese bond in a manganese carbonyl ethylenedithiolate complex: a theoretical study of an unusual type of Lewis acid. Dalton Transactions, 2019, 48, 324-332.
244. Turcas, Ramona; Kripli, Balázs; Attia, Amr A. A.; Lakk-Bogáth, Dóra; Speier, Gábor; Giorgi, Michel; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Kaizer, József. Catalytic and stoichiometric flavanone oxidation mediated by nonheme oxoiron (IV) complexes as flavone synthase mimics: kinetic, mechanistic and computational studies. Dalton Transactions, 2018, 47, 14416-14420.
243. Puscas, Cristina; Radu, Luana; Carrascoza, Francisco; Mot, Augustin C; Amariei, Diana; Lungu, Oana; Scurtu, Florina; Podea, Paula; Septelean, Raluca; Matei, Alina; Mic, Mihaela; Attia, Amr A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. The high affinity of small-molecule antioxidants for hemoglobin. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2018, 124, 260-274.
242. Oniga, Ilioara; Pușcaș, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Olah, Neli-Kinga; Sevastre, Bogdan; Marica, Raluca; Marcus, Ioan; Sevastre-Berghian, Alexandra; Benedec, Daniela; Pop, Carmen; Hanganu Daniela. Origanum vulgare ssp. vulgare: Chemical Composition and Biological Studies. Molecules, 2018, 23(8), 2077.
241. Mot, Augustin C; Puscas, Cristina; Miclea, Patricia; Naumova-Letia, Galaba; Dorneanu, Sorin; Podar, Dorina; Dissmeyer, Nico; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. Redox control and autoxidation of class 1, 2 and 3 phytoglobins from Arabidopsis thaliana. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8(1), 13714.
240. Joy, Syed RU; Eszter, Trufan; Smith, Mark D.; Puscas, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Semeniuc, Radu F. An unexpected μ4-oxido-bridged tetranuclear Cu(II) inverse coordination complex of a heptadentate bis(pyrazolyl)methane-based ligand: Synthesis, structure, spectroscopic properties, and catecholase activity. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2018, 485, 190-199.
239. Benedec, Daniela; Oniga, Ilioara; Hanganu, Daniela; Gheldiu, Ana Maria; Pușcaș, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Duma, Mihaela; Tiperciuc, Brîndușa; Vârban, Rodica; Vlase, Laurian. Sources for developing new medicinal products: biochemical investigations on alcoholic extracts obtained from aerial parts of some Romanian Amaryllidaceae species. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2018, 18(1), 226.
238. Kostadinovic Velickovska, Sanja; Naumova Letia, Galaba; Cocevska, Maja; Bruhl, Ludger; Silaghi-Dumitresu, Radu; Mirhosseini, Hamed; Ilieva, Fidanka; Mihajlov, Ljupco; Dimovska, Violeta; Kovacevic, Biljana; Gulaboski, Rubin; Matthaus, Bertrand. Effect of bioactive compounds on antiradical and antimicrobial activity of extracts and cold-pressed edible oils from nutty fruits from Macedonia. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization, 2018, 12, 1-8. 10.1007/s11694-018-9871-8
237. Farcas, Anca Daniela; Mot, Augustin C.; Zagrean-Tuza, Cezara; Toma, Vlad; Cimpoiu, Claudia; Hosu, Anamaria; Parvu, Marcel; Roman, Ioana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Chemo-mapping and biochemical-modulatory and antioxidant/prooxidant effect of Galium verum extract during acute restraint stress in female rats. PLoS One, 2018, 13(7), e0200022.
236. Surducan, Mihai; Branzanic, Adrian; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Heme Fe-SO2- intermediates in sulfite reduction: contrasts with Fe-OO2- species from oxygen-oxygen bond activating systems. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 2018, 118(19), e25697.
235. Hathazi, Denisa; Scurtu, Florina; Bischin, Cristina; Mot, Augustin; Attia, Amr A. A.; Kongsted, Jacob; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. The reaction of oxy hemoglobin with nitrite: mechanism, antioxidant-modulated effect, and implications for blood substitute evaluation. Molecules, 2018, 23(2), E350. doi: 10.3390/molecules23020350.
234. Kostadinovic Velickovska, Sanja; Mot, Augustin C.; Mitrev, Sasa; Gulabovski, Rubin; Bruhl, Ludger; Mirhosseini, Hamed; Silaghi-Dumitresu, Radu; Matthaus, Bertrand. Bioactive compounds and ‘‘in vitro’’ antioxidant activity of some traditional and non-traditional cold-pressed edible oils from Macedonia. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2018, 55(5),1614–1623.
233. Silaghi-Dumitresu, Radu; Tomoioagă, Nicoleta; Jurco, Eugen. Variability in biochemical composition of milk among three representative breeds of dairy cows from Romania. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2018, LXIII, 55-62.
232. Irsai, Izabella; Lupan, Alexandru; Majdik, Cornelia; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Computational investigation of spectroscopic parameters in putative secondary structure elements for polylactic acid and comparison with experiment. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2017, LXII(4), 495-513.
231. Bischin, Cristina; Contra, Gabriela; Tusan, Camelia; Miclea, Patricia; Taciuc, Vicentiu; Parvu, Marcel; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Free-radical reactions: the fine line between the anti- and pro-oxidant reactivities. Oxidation Communications, 2018, 41(1), 130–140.
230. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. “Compulsory prison for all”: an ironically-proposed rite of passage in a post-communist country. Journal of Media Critiques 2017, 12(3), 51-58.
229. Attia, Amr A. A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Nickel-substituted iron dependent cysteine dioxygenase: implications for the dioxygenation activity of nickel model compounds. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 2018, 118(13), e25564.
228. Scurtu, Florina; Popa, Anamaria; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Periodate-oxidized alginate as polycondensation reagent for hemoglobin. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2017, LXII(4), 59-66.
227. Mot, Augustin; C.; Bischin, Cristina; Damian, Grigore; Attia, Amr A.A.; Gal, Emese; Dina, Nicoleta E.; Leopold, Nicolae; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Fe(III) – sulfide interaction in globins: characterization and quest for a putative Fe(IV)-sulfide species. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2018, 179, 32-39.
226. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Feudalism in Modern Eastern Europe. Balkanistic Forum, 2018, (1), 11-15.
225. Toma, Vlad Al.; Farcas, Anca D.; Roman, Ioana; Sevastre, Bogdan; Hathazi, Denisa; Scurtu, Florina; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. In vivo evaluation of hemerythrin-based oxygen carriers: similarities with hemoglobin-based counterparts. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2017, 107, 1422-1427.
224. Lupan, Alexandru; King, R. Bruce; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Tetracapped tetrahedral ruthenium-sulfur clusters related to iron-sulfur structural units in metalloenzymes. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2018, 475, 193-199.
223. Mot, Augustin; C. Parvu, Marcel; Parvu, Alina E.; Rosca-Casian, Oana; Dina, Nicoleta E.; Leopold, Nicolae; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Mircea, Cristina. Reversible naftifine-induced carotenoid depigmentation in Rhodotorula mucilaginosa (A. Jörg.) F.C. Harrison causing onychomycosis. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7(1), 11125.
222. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Luminita; Attia, Amr A. A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Blake, Alexander J.; Sowerby, D. Bryan. Supramolecular architecture of [AsPh2Br2]2[(Br3)-…(Br2)…(Br3)-] obtained by bromination of (AsPh2)2S. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2018, 475, 120-126.
221. Hanganu, Dadniela; Benedec, Daniela; Vlase, Laurian; Olah, Noemi; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu, Moț, Augustin; Toma, C. Polyphenolic profile and antioxidant and antibacterial activities from two trifolium species. Farmacia, 2017, 65(3), 449-453.
220. Dereven'kov, Ilia; Ivlev, Pavel; Bischin, Cristina; Salnikov, Denis; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei; Koifman, Oscar. Comparative studies of reaction of cobalamin (ii) and cobinamide (ii) with sulfur dioxide. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, 22(2), 969-975.
219. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Arguable precedence for the World Wars of the XXth century. Social Evolution & History, 2018, 17(2), 96-108.
218. Bischin, Cristina; Attia, Amr A. A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Chlorite reactivity with myoglobin: analogy with peroxide and nitrite chemistry? Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2017, 172, 122-128.
217. Dereven’kov, Ilia A.; Ivlev, Pavel A.; Salnikov, Denis S.; Bischin, Cristina; Attia, Amr A. A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei V. Studies of reaction of tetramethylthiourea with hydrogen peroxide: evidence of formation of tetramethylthiourea monoxide as a key intermediate of the reaction. Journal of Sulfur Chemistry 2017, 38(5), 496-509.
216. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Mihály, Béla; Mihály, Timea; Attia, Amr A. A.; Sanz Miguel, Pablo J.; Lippert, Bernhard. The exocyclic amino group of adenine in Pt II and Pd II complexes: a critical comparison of the X-ray crystallographic structural data and gas phase calculations. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, 22(4), 567-579.
215. Toma, Vlad Al.; Farcas, Anca D.; Parvu, Marcel; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Roman, Ioana. CA3 hippocampal field: cellular changes and its relation with blood nitro-oxidative stress reveal a balancing function of CA3 area in rats exposed to repeated restraint stress. Brain Research Bulletin, 2017, 130, 10-17.
214. Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu. Fatalism and inaction associations with the Romanian Ballad of the Little Ewe. Venets: The Belogradchik Journal for Local History, Cultural Heritage and Folk Studies, 2016, 7(3), 332-341.
213. Arkosi, Mariann; Scurtu, Florina; Vulpoi, Adriana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu; Kurtz, Donald M. Jr. Copolymerization of recombinant Phascolopsis gouldii hemerythrin with human serum albumin for use in blood substitutes. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology 2017, 45(2), 218-223.
212. Attia, Amr A. A.; Cioloboc, Daniela; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Multiconfigurational and DFT analyses of the electromeric formulation and UVVis absorption spectra of the superoxide adduct of ferrous superoxide reductase. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2016, 165, 49-53.
211. Benedec, Daniela; Hanganu, Daniela; Oniga, Ilioara; Filip, Lorena; Bischin, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Tiperciuc, Brînduşa; Vlase, Laurian. Achillea schurii flowers: chemical, antioxidant, and antimicrobial investigations. Molecules, 2016, 21(8), 1050.
210.Attia, Amr A. A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu . A mononuclear non-heme-iron dioxygen-carrying protein? Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 2016, 69, 103-110.
209. Szávuly, Miklós István; Surducan, Mihai; Nagy, Emőke; Surányi, Mátyás; Speier, Gábor; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Kaizer, József. Functional models of nonheme diiron enzymes: kinetic and computational evidence for the formation of oxoiron(IV) species from peroxo-diiron(III) complexes, and their reactivity towards phenols and H2O2. Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 14709-14718.
208. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Cioloboc, Daniela. Comparative computational characterization of ferric cytochrome P450 and superoxide reductase binding to cyanide. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2016, 61(3), 45-54.
207. Benedec, Daniela; Popica, Iulia-Elena; Oniga, Ilioara; Hanganu, Daniela; Duma, Mihaela; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Bischin, Cristina; Vlase, Laurian. Comparative HPLC-MS analysis of phenolics from Achillea distans and Achillea millefolium and their bioactivity. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia 2015, LX(4), 257-266.
206. Toma, Vlad Al.; Farcaș, Anca D.; Roman, Ioana; Sevastre, Bogdan; Hathazi, Denisa; Scurtu, Florina; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Comparative in vivo effects of hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOC) with varying prooxidant and physiological reactivity. PLoS One, 2016, 11(4): e0153909. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153909.
205. Lupan, Alexandru; Țolan, Roxana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Copper-porphyrins electronic structure with different axial ligands. Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 2016, 38(3), 405-414
204. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Editorial: Inorganic biochemistry – a brief scientometric perspective with focus on eastern Europe and Romania. Acta Metallomica, 2014, XI(2), 3-14
203. Mocan, Andrei; Vlase, Laurian; Arsene, Andreea; Vodnar, Dan; Bischin, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Crisan, Geanina. HPLC/MS analysis of caffeic and chlorogenic acids from three Romanian Veronica species and their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. Farmacia, 2015, 63(6), 890-896.
202. Tamaian, Radu; Moţ , Augustin C.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Ionuţ, Ioana; Stana, Anca; Oniga, Ovidiu; Nastasă, Cristina; Benedec, Daniela; Tiperciuc, Brîndușa. Study of the relationships between the structure, lipophilicity and biological activity of some thiazolyl-carbonyl-thiosemicarbazides and thiazolyl-azoles. Molecules, 2015, 22188–22201.
201. Benedec, Daniela; Hanganu, Daniela; Oniga, Ilioara; Tiperciuc, Brîndușa; Olah, Neli-Kinga; Raita, Oana; Bischin, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Vlase, Laurian. Assessment of rosmarinic acid content in six Lamiaceae species extracts and their antioxidant and antimicrobial potential. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Science, 2015, 28 (6(Suppl)), 2297-2303.
200. Dereven’kov, Ilia A.; Salnikov, Denis S.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei V.; Koiffman, Oscar I. Redox chemistry of cobalamin and its derivatives. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016, 309, 68–83. DOI 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.11.001
199. Kakes, Melinda; Cioloboc, Daniela; Tomsa, Adrian-Raul; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Damian Grigore. Redox and ligand binding reactivity in iron and chromium –substituted polyoxometalates. Revue Roumaine de Chimie, 2015, 60(7-8), 707-720.
198. Toma, Vlad; Farcas, Anca; Hathazi, Denisa; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Scurtu, Florina; Roman, Ioana; Sevastre, Bogdan; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Hemoglobin and hemerythrin based blood substitutes. Romanian Journal of Biochemistry, 2014, 51, Suppl., 90.
197. Bischin, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Hypochlorite activation at the heme iron center of hemoglobin. Romanian Journal of Biochemistry 2014, 51, Suppl., 49.
196. Bischin, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Hypochlorite activation at the heme iron center of hemoglobin. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry 2014, 19, S848-S848.
195. Scurtu, Florina; Hathazi, Denisa; Mot, Augustin; Vaida, Anetta; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Damian, Grigore ; Kurtz, Donald; Toma, Vlad; Farcas, Anca; Roman, Ioana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Hemoglobin and hemerythrin based blood substitutes. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry 2014, 19, S848-S849.
194. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A scientometrics-informed peer-review exercise. Revista de Politica Ştiinţei și Scientometrie 2015, 4(3), 234-237.
193. Porteka, Bernadett; Mot, Augustin C.; Cimpoiu, Claudia; Hosu, Anamaria; Bischin, Cristina; Damian, Grigore; Fisher-Fodor, Eva; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Selective protective effect of antioxidant-rich Rumex acetosa extracts. Revista de Chimie, 2016, 67(5), 833-837.
192. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Scurtu, Florina; Mason, Maria; Svistunenko, Dimitri A.; Wilson, Michael T.; Cooper, Chris E. The reaction of oxyhemoglobin with nitric oxide: EPR evidence for an iron(III)-nitrate intermediate. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2015, 436, 179–183.
191. Mot, Augustin C.; Bischin, Cristina; Muresan, Bianca; Parvu, Marcel; Damian, Grigore; Vlase, Laurian; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Antioxidant activity evaluation by physiologically relevant assays based on haemoglobin peroxidase activity and cytochrome c-induced oxidation of liposomes. Natural Product Research, 2016, 1315-1319. doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2015.1054824.
190. Mureșan, Bianca; Cimpoiu, Claudia; Hosu, Anamaria; Bischin, Cristina; Gal, Emese; Damian, Grigore; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Antioxidant content in romanian traditional distilled alcoholic beverages. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2015, LX(2), 355-370.
189. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Manifestul de la Leiden: un simptom și un îndemn (The Leiden manifesto: a symptom and an impulse). Revista de Politica Ştiinţei și Scientometrie, 2015, 4(2), 125-129.
188. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Is a mega-project the ELI in the room? Correspondence to Nature, 2015, 520, 295.
187. Attia, Amr A. A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Bacterial nitric oxide reductase: a mechanism revisited by an ONIOM (DFT:MM) study. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2015, 21, 130-142.
186. Attia, Amr A. A.; Dereven’kov, Ilia A.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Ruthenium dinitrosyl complexes – computational characterization of structure and reactivity. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 2015, 68(14), 2409-2422. DOI:10.1080/00958972.2015.1041936
185. Saplonţai-Pop, Aniela; Moţ, Augustin; Moldovan, Marioara; Oprean, Radu; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Orășan, Olga; Pârvu, Marcel; Gal, Emese; Ionescu, Corina. Testing antiplatelet and antioxidant activity of the extract of seven varieties of Allium cepa L. Open Life Sciences, 2015, 10, 89–98.
184. Dezsi, Ștefan; Bădărău, Alexandru Sabin; Bischin, Cristina; Vodnar, Dan Cristian; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Gheldiu, Ana-Maria; Mocan, Andrei; Vlase, Laurian. Antimicrobial and Antioxidant activities and phenolic profile of Eucalytus globulus Labill. and Corymbia ficifolia (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S. Johnson leaves. Molecules, 2015, 20, 4720-4734; doi:10.3390/molecules20034720.
183. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Cioloboc, Daniela. Peroxide binding to Fe(IV) centers: involvement of Fe(III)-superoxide redox isomers. Studia UBB Physica, 2014, 59(2), 47-57.
182. Lakk-Bogáth, Dóra; Speier, Gábor; Surducan, Mihai; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Simaan, A. Jalila; Faure, Bruno; Kaizer, József. Comparison of heme and nonheme iron-based 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase mimics: kinetic, mechanistic and computational studies. RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 2075–2079.
181. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Carrascoza Mayen, Juan Francisco. A twist in the anomeric effect. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia 2014, LIX(3), 95-101.
180. Carrascoza, Francisco; Lupan, Alexandru; Cosar, Ciprian; Kun, Attila; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. On the roles of the alanine and serine in the <beta> sheet structure of fibroin. Biophysical Chemistry, 2015, 197, 10-17.
179. Mahut, Sonia; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. CO in bioinorganic chemistry. Acta Metallomica, 2014, XI(1), 59-64.
178. Attia, Amr; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Computational Investigation of the initial two-electron, two-proton steps in the reaction mechanism of hydroxylamine oxidoreductase. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2014, 118(42), 12140-5 .
177. Attia, Amr Ali; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. The Super-reduced mechanism of nitric oxide reduction in flavo-diiron NO reductases. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 6061–6065. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201402385.
176. Surducan, Mihai; Makarov, Sergei V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. O-S bond activation in structures isoelectronic to ferric-peroxide species known in O-O-activating enzymes: relevance for sulfide activation and sulfite reductase. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 34, 5827–5837 DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201402657.
175. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Svistunenko, Dimitri A.; Cioloboc, Daniela; Bischin, Cristina; Scurtu, Florina; Cooper, Chris E. Nitrite binding to globins: linkage isomerism, EPR silence and reductive chemistry. Nitric Oxide – Biology and Chemistry, 2014, 42C, 32-39.
174. Hathazi, Denisa; Mahuţ, Sonia Diana; Scurtu, Florina-Violeta; Bischin, Cristina; Stanciu, Corina; Attia, Amr Ali; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Involvement of ferryl in the reaction between nitrite and the oxy forms of globins. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 19, (7), 1233-1239. DOI: 10.1007/s00775-014-1181-y
173. Mocan, Andrei; Vlase, Laurian; Vodnar, Dan Cristian; Bischin, Cristina; Hanganu, Daniela; Gheldiu, Ana-Maria; Oprean, Radu; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Crișan, Gianina. Polyphenolic content, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Lycium barbarum L. and Lycium chinense Mill. leaves. Molecules, 2014, 19, 10056-10073; DOI:10.3390/molecules190710056.
172. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Simon, Simion; Filipescu, Sorin; Ploscariu, Augusta. Implementation of a scientometric-based evaluation system for research units at a Romanian University. Revista de Politica Ştiintei si Scientometrie, 2014, 3(2), 151-165.
171. Makarov, Sergei V.; Horváth, Attila K.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Gao, Qingyu. Recent developments in the chemistry of thiourea oxides. Chemistry – A European Journal, 2014, 20(44), 14164–14176. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403453 – featured online by the journal.
170. Benedec, Daniela; Oniga, Ilioara; Muresan, Bianca; Mot, Augustin C.; Damian, Grigore; Nistor, Adriana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Hanganu, Daniela; Duma, Mihaela; Vlase, Laurian. Contrast between water and ethanol based antioxidant assays. Aspen (Populus tremula) and black poplar (Populus nigra) extracts as a case study. Journal of Food Quality, 2014, 37(4), 259-267.
169. Parvu, Alina Elena; Parvu, Marcel; Vlase, Laurian; Miclea, Patricia; Mot, Augustin C.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Anti-inflammatory effects of Allium schoenoprasum l. leaves. Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 2014, 65, 2, 309-315.
168. Lupan, Alexandru; Attia, Amr; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei V.; Vanin, Anatoly F. Structural and electronic isomerism in Fe,S centers. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 19, S279.
167. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Nitrite and globins: linkage isomerism and redox processes. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 19, S277.
166. Vlase, Laurian; Benedec, Daniela; Hanganu, Daniela; Damian, Grigore; Csillag, Ioan; Sevastre, Bogdan; Mot, Augustin C.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Tilea, Ioan. Evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial activities and phenolic profile for Hyssopus officinalis, Ocimum basilicum and Teucrium chamaedrys from Romania. Molecules, 2014, 19(5), 5490-5507; Doi:10.3390/molecules19055490.
165. Attia, Amr Ali; Makarov, Sergei V., Vanin, Anatoly F., Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Asymmetry within the Fe(NO)2 moiety of dithiolate dinitrosyl complexes. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2014, 418, 42-50.
164. Hathazi, Denisa; Mot, Augustin C; Vaida, Anetta; Scurtu, Florina; Lupan, Iulia; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Damian, Grigore; Kurtz, Jr., Donald M.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Oxidative protection of hemoglobin and hemerythrin by cross-linking with a non-heme iron peroxidase: potentially improved oxygen carriers for use in blood substitutes. Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15(5), 1920-1927.
163. Carrascoza, Francisco; Zaric, Snezana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Computational study of protein secondary structure elements: Ramachandran plots revisited. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 2014, 50, 125-133.
162. Surducan, Mihai; Makarov, Sergei V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Redox and linkage isomerism with ligands relevant to oxidative and nitrosative stress in cobalamin. Polyhedron, 2014, 78, 72-84.
161. Attia, Amr Ali; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A theoretical study on the reaction pathways of peroxynitrite formation and decay at non-heme iron centers. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 2014, 14(10), 652-665.
160. Gârban, Zeno; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Gârban, Gabriela; Avacovici, Adina; Hădărugă, Nicoleta; Baltă, C.; Ghibu, G.-D.; Bischin, Cristina; Rada, Olga-Alina. Metallomics related to gallium compounds: biochemical and xenobiochemical aspects. Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 2014, 33(1), 39-52.
159. Takacs, Istvan Mihaly; Mot, Augustin; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Damian, Grigore. EPR investigation of libration motion of spin labeled hemerythrin. Journal of Molecular Structure, 2014, 1073, 18-23. 10.1016/j.molstruc.2014.01.074.
158. Papp, Anita; Surducan, Mihai; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Dioxygen activation by copper-bleomycin: theoretical considerations. Croatica Chemica Acta, 2014, 87 (1), 75–78.
157. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Sabau, Augusta. Scientometric analysis of relative performance in a key university in Romania. Scientometrics, 2014, 99(2), 463-474. DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1232-8
156. Mot, Augustin C.; Bischin, Cristina; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu.Antioxidant activity evaluation involving hemoglobin-related free radical reactivity. Advanced Protocols in Oxidative Stress III, Methods in Molecular Biology, ed. Donald Armstrong, 2015, 1208, 247-255.
155. Bischin, Cristina; Tusan, Camelia; Bartok, Agota; Septelean, Raluca; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Evaluation of the biochemical effects of silyl-phosphaalkenes on oxidative and nitrosative stress pathways involving metallocenters. Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements, 2014, 189, 1-8.
154. Cirneci, Dragos; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Learning tasks as a possible treatment for DNA lesions induced by oxidative stress in hippocampal neurons. Neural Regeneration Research, 2013, 8(32), 3063-3070. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.32.010
153. Cioloboc, Daniela; Arkosi, Mariann; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A new protocol for purifying human serum albumin. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2013, LVIII (3), 27-32.
152. Gârban, Gabriela; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Ioniţă, Hortensia; Gârban, Zeno; Hădărugă, Nicoleta-Gabriela; Ghibu, George-Daniel; Baltă, Cornel; Simiz, Florin-Dan; Mitar, Carmen. Influence of novel gallium complexes on the homeostasis of some biochemical and hematological parameters in rats. Biological Trace Element Research, 2013, 155 (3), 387-395. DOI: 10.1007/s12011-013-9796-3
151. Gaina, Luiza Torje, Ioana; Gal, Emese; Cristea, Castelia; Lupan, Alexandru; Bischin, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Lonnecke, Peter; Silaghi-Dumitrescu Luminita. Microwave assisted synthesis photophysical and redox properties of phenothiazinil-vinil-piridynium dyes. Dyes and Pigments, 2014, 102C, 315-325. DOI:10.1016/j.dyepig.2013.10.044.
150. Attia, Amr Ali Ahmed Ali; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Spin state preference and bond formation/cleavage barriers in ferrous-dioxygen heme adducts: remarkable dependence on methodology. RSC Advances, 2013, 3 (48), 26194–26204. DOI:10.1039/C3RA45789C.
149. Podea, Paula; Prejmerean, Cristina; Surducan, Mihai; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Computational analysis of dental material monomer bisphenolglycidyldimethacrylate (BisGMA). Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 2013, 15(9-10), 1095-1100.
148. Mot, Augustin; Damian, Grigore; Coman, Cristina; Miron, Carmen; Sarbu, Costel; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. An assay for prooxidant reactivity based on phenoxyl radicals generated by laccase. Food Chemistry, 2014, 143, 214-222.
147. Takacs, Istvan Mihaly; Mot, Augustin; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu, Damian, Grigore. Site directed spin labeling of hemerythrin and hemoglobin. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia, 2013, LVIII, 2, 61 – 69.
146. Benedec, Daniela Vlase, Laurian Oniga, Ilioara Mot, Augustin; Damian, Grigore Hanganu, Daniela; Duma, Mihaela; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. polyphenolic composition, antioxidant and antibacterial activities for two Romanian subspecies of Achillea distans Waldst. et Kit. ex Willd. Molecules, 2013, 18(8), 8725-39.
145. Takacs, Istvan M; Mot, Augustin C; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Damian, Grigore. Study of mobility hemoglobin side chains by spin labelled EPR spectroscopy. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Physica, 2013, 58(1), 49-58.
144. Scurtu, Violeta-Florina; Mot, Augustin C.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Protein-based blood substitutes: recent attempts at controlling pro-oxidant reactivity with and beyond hemoglobin. Pharmaceuticals, 2013, 6, 867-880; doi:10.3390/ph6070867.
143. Benedec, Daniela; Vlase, Laurian; Oniga, Ilioara; Mot, Augustin C.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Hanganu, Daniela; Tiperciuc, Brînduşa; Crişan, Gianina. LC-MS analysis and antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds from two indigenous species of Mentha. Note I. Farmacia, 2013, 61(2), 262-267.
142. Coman, Cristina; Mot, Augustin; Gal, Emese; Parvu, Marcel; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Laccase is upregulated via stress pathways in the phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Fungal Biology, 2013, 17(7-8), 528-39.
141. Găină, Luiza I.; Mătărângă-Popa, Larisa N.; Gal, Emese; Boar, Paul; Lönnecke, Peter; Hey-Hawkins, Evamarie; Bischin, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Lupan, Iulia; Cristea, Castelia; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Luminita. Microwave-assisted catalytic amination of phenothiazine – reliable access to phenothiazine analogues of Tröger’s base. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013, 24, 5500-5508. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300480.
140. Bischin, Cristina; Ţălu, Ştefan; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Ţălu, M.; Giovanzana, S.; Lupaşcu, Carmen Alina. Computerized morphometric assessment of the human red blood cells treated with cisplatin. Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology 2012, XVII(2), 105-110.
139. Dereven’kov, Ilia A.; Salnikov, Denis S.; Makarov, Sergei V.; Surducan, Mihai; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Boss, Gerry R. Comparative study of reaction of cobalamin and cobinamide with thiocyanate. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2013, 125C:32-39. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2013.04.011.
138. Scurtu, Florina; Zolog, Oana; Iacob, Bianca; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Hemoglobin-albumin crosslinking with disuccinimidyl suberate (DSS) and/or glutaraldehyde for blood substitutes. Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology, 2014, 42(1), 13-17.
137. Tamokou, Jean de Dieu; Chouna, Jean Rodolphe; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Chereches, Gabriela; Barbos, Otilia; Damian, Grigore; Benedec, Daniela; Duma, Mihaela; Efouet, Alango Pépin Nkeng; Wabo, Hippolyte Kamdem; Kuiate, Jules Roger; Mot, Augustin; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Anticancer and antimicrobial activities of some antioxidant-rich Cameroonian medicinal plants. PloS ONE, 2013, 8(2):e55880. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055880.(fee paid)
136. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Lupan, Alexandru. Weak sulfur-sulfur interactions between chemically-identical atoms. Central European Journal of Chemistry, 2013, 11(3), 457-463. DOI: 10.2478/s11532-012-0178-z
135. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Ghinga, Radu. Electronic structure contributions towards the anomeric effect. Revista de Chimie, 2013, 64(3), 246-248.
134. Makarov, Sergei V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Sodium dithionite and its relatives: past and present. Journal of Sulfur Chemistry, 2013, 34, 444-449. DOI:10.1080/17415993.2012.749878
133. Tebrean, Bogdan; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Crisan, Titus Eduard. Modelling of a capsule for controlled slow delivery, monitored via a capacitive method. Acta Electrotehnica, 2012, 53(4), 323.
132. Tebrean, Bogdan; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Crisan, Titus Eduard. Modelling of coplanar capacitors for dermal or transdermal drug delivery system monitoring. Proceedings of the Romanian Academy Ser. A, 2013, 14(2), 134-143.
131. Attia, Amr Ali Ahmed Ali; Cioloboc, Daniela; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Fe-O versus O-O bond cleavage in reactive iron-peroxide intermediates of superoxide reductase. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 18(1), 95–101. DOI 10.1007/s00775-012-0954-4.
130. Stuzhin, Pavel A.; Ivanova, Svetlana S; Dereven’kov, Ilya; Makarov, Sergey V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Homborg, Heiner. First water-soluble μ-nitrido dimer of iron phthalocyanine. Macroheterocycles, 2012, 5(2), 175-177.
129. Valean, Ana-Maria; Gómez-Ruiz, Santiago; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Luminita; Hey-Hawkins, Evamarie. Phosphinoarylthiolato molybdenum and iron complexes [M{(SC6H4-2-PPh2)-j2S,P}2(CO)2] (M = Mo, Fe): Analogous composition – Different structure. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2013, 394, 289-294.
128. Xie, Yaoming; Schaefer III, Henry F; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Peng, Bin; Li, Qian-shu ; Stearns, Jaime A.; Rizzo, Thomas R. Conformational preferences of gas-phase helices: experiment and theory struggle to agree: the seven-residue peptide Ac-Phe-(Ala)(5) -Lys-H(+). Chemistry – A European Journal, 2012, 18(41), 12941-12944. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201202068
127. Surducan, Mihai; Lup, Dorina; Lupan, Alexandru; Makarov, Sergei V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Electromerism and linkage isomerism in biologically-relevant Fe-SO complexes. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2013, 118, 13–20.
126. Moţ, Augustin C.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Laccases: structures and mechanisms. Biochemistry (Moscow), 2012, 77(12), 1395-1407.
125. Lupan, Alexandru; Kun, Attila; Carrascoza, Francisco; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Performance of computational methods for modeling alpha helical structures. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2013, 19(1), 193-203. DOI: 10.1007/s00894-012-1531-z.
124. Prejmerean, Cristina, Moldovan, Marioara, Petrea, C.M., Prodan, Doina, Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Laura, Vasile, E., Furtos, Gabriel, Boboia, Stanca, Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Physico-chemical and mechanical characterization of some experimental dental nanocomposites. Materiale Plastice, 2011, 48, 279-284.
123. Imre, Anamaria; Moţ, Augustin C; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Exploring the possibility of high-valent copper in models of copper proteins with a three-histidine copper-binding motif. Central European Journal of Chemistry, 2012, 10(5). 1527-1533. Doi:10.2478/s11532-012-0069-3.
122. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Redox activation of small molecules at biological metal centers. Structure & Bonding, 2013, 150, 97-118.
121. Salnikov, Denis S.; Dereven’kov, Ilya A.; Makarov, Sergei V.; Ageeva, Elena S.; Lupan, Alexandru; Surducan, Mihai; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Kinetics of reduction of cobalamin by sulfoxylate in aqueous solutions. Revue Roumaine de Chimie, 2012, 57 (4-5), 353-359.
120. Moţ, Augustin C.; Pârvu, Marcel; Damian, Grigore; Irimie, Florin D.; Darula, Zsuzsanna; Medzihradszky, Katalin F.; Brem, Balazs; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A “yellow” laccase with “blue” spectroscopic features, from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Process Biochemistry, 2012, 47(6), 968–975.
119. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. DFT vibrational analysis of metal-hydroperoxo bleomycin complexes. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia, 2012, 57(1), 213-217
118. Cioloboc, Daniela; Tomsa, Adrian-Raul; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. High spin to low spin change induced by reductive chemistry with iron-substituted Dawson polyoxometalate. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2012, 20, 70-72. DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2012.02.019
117. Kozma, Ágnes; Ibáñez, Susana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Sanz Miguel, Pablo J.; Gupta, Deepali; Lippert, Bernhard. 7-Methylguanine: protonation, formation of linkage isomers with trans-(NH3)2PtII, and base pairing properties. Dalton Transactions, 2012, 41 (20), 6094 – 6103. (assigned as „hot article” by the journal)
116. Lupan, Alexandru; Matyas, Csongor; Mot, Augustin; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Can geometrical distortions make a laccase change color from blue to yellow? Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia, 2011, 56(3), 201-206.
115. Prodan, Doina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Laura; Prejmerean, Cristina; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Bolojan, Laura; Damian, Grigore. Evaluation of free radical concentration in some new dental composite materials by ESR spectroscopy. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia, 2011, 56(3), 231-238.
114. Mot, Augustin C.; Syrbu, Sergei A.; Makarov, Sergei V.; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Axial ligation in water-soluble copper porphyrinates: contrasts between EPR and UV-vis. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2012, 18(4), 1-3.
113. Iacob, Bianca; Deac, Florina; Cioloboc, Daniela; Damian, Grigore; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Hemoglobin-albumin crosslinked copolymers: reduced prooxidant reactivity. Artificial Cells Blood Substitutes And Biotechnology, 2011, 39(5), 293-297.
112. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Mich, Mihaela; Matyas, Csongor; Cooper, Chris E. Nitrite and nitrate reduction by molybdenum centers of the nitrate reductase type: computational predictions on the catalytic mechanism. Nitric Oxide, 2012, 26(1), 27-31
111. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Ghinga, Radu. A computational investigation of the decay mechanism of the reaction product of anthranilate dioxygenase (anthranilic acid diol). Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia, 2011, 56(4), 49-54.
110. Bischin, Cristina; Taciuc, Vicentiu; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Cisplatin effect on hemoglobin and myoglobin autooxidation. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia, 2010, 55(4), 313-318.
109. Irsai, Izabella ; Majdik, Cornelia; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Secondary structure elements in polylactic acid models. Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, 2011, 50(4), 703-733.
108. Salnikov, Denis S.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei V.; van Eldik R, Boss GR Cobalamin reduction by dithionite. Evidence for the formation of a six-coordinate cobalamin(II) complex. Dalton Transactions 2011 40(38), 9831-4
107. Prejmerean, Cristina; Moldovan, Marioara; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Laura; Prodan, Doina; Furtos, Gabriel; Trif, Marcela; Popescu, Violeta; Pascalau, Violeta; Petrea, Celina-Maria; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Composition versus physico-mechanical properties of some dental experimental polymers. Materiale Plastice, 2011, 48(1), 27-32.
106. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei V.; Uta, Matei-Maria Dereven’kov, Ilia A.; Stuzhin Pavel A. Redox non-innocence of a nitrido bridge in a methane-activating dimer of iron phthalocyanine. New Journal of Chemistry, 2011, 35(5), 1140-1145.
105. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. What causes iron-sulphur bonds in active sites of one-iron superoxide reductase and two-iron superoxide reductase to differ? Chemical Papers, 2011, 65 (4), 559–565.
104. Bischin, Cristina; Lupan, Alexandru; Taciuc, Vicentiu; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Interactions between proteins and platinum-containing anti-cancer drugs. Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, 2011, 11, 214-224.
103. Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Mot, Augustin; Deac, Florina; Arkosi, Mariann; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Towards hemerythrin-based blood substitutes: comparative performance to hemoglobin on human leukocytes and umbilical vein endothelial cells. Journal of Biosciences, 2011, 36(2), 215-221.
102. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Makarov, Sergei. Siroheme-containing sulfite reductase: a density functional investigation of the mechanism. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 2012, 112(3), 900-908.
101. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Assays for peroxidase activity: the HRP case, Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia, 2010, 55(3), 207-222.
100. Kun, Attila; Lupan, Alexandru; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. PM6 modeling of alpha helical polypeptide structures, Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia, 2010, 55(1), 31-36.
99. Zolog, Oana; Mot, Augustin; Deac, Florina; Roman, Alina; Fischer-Fodor, Eva; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A new polyethyleneglycol-derivatized hemoglobin derivative with decreased oxygen affinity and limited toxicity. The Protein Journal, 2010, 30(1), 27–31.
Scientific books, chapters:
Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Horseradish peroxidase – a versatile catalyst. 2006, Research Signpost, India
Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Metalele in sistemele vii, 2011, Presa Universitara Clujeana, Cluj-Napoca.
Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Luminita Silaghi-Dumitrescu, On binary logic in Chemistry and beyond, in “On psychology and beyond”, Ed. Enikö Batiz, 2012, Presa Universitara Clujeana, Cluj-Napoca
Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Cristina Bischin, Interactions Between Proteins and Platinum-Containing Anticancer Drugs, in V.N. Uversky, R.H. Kretsinger, E.A. Permyakov (eds.), Encyclopedia of Metalloproteins, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012. DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1533-6
Sergei V. Makarov, Anna S. Makarova, Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Sulfoxylates, in 'The Chemistry of Peroxides' - Patai's Chemistry of Functional Groups, Eds. Alexander Greer and Joel Liebman, John Wiley &Sons Ltd, Chichester, England, 2014, pp 265-306. DOI: 10.1002/9780470682531.pat0829
Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Mariann Kinga Árkosi, Fémek az elő rendszerekben. 2014, Presa Universitara Clujeana, Cluj-Napoca.
Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Daniela Cioloboc. An introduction to bioinorganic chemistry, 2015, Presa Universitara Clujeana, Cluj-Napoca.
Cristina Bischin, Violeta-Florina Scurtu, Radu Ghinga, Daniela Cioloboc, Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu. O scurtă introducere in biochimie, 2015, Presa Universitara Clujeana, Cluj-Napoca.
Sergei V Makarov, Attila K Horvath, Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Qingyu Gao. Sodium Dithionite, Rongalite and Thiourea Oxides, World Scientific, London, 2016, 244 pp, ISBN: 978-1-78634-095-5.
Patents
1. Prejmerean Cristina, Mușat Olga, Moldovan Marioara, Prodan Doina, Silaghi-Dumitrescu Laura, Furtos Gabriel, Trif Marcela, Iovu Horia, Damian Celina Maria, Sarosi LianaCodruta, Boboia Stanca, Colceriu-Burtea Adela Loredana, Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu Lucian. COMPOZITIE STOMATOLOGICA PENTRU RESTAURAREA ȘI PROFILAXIA CARIEI, RO 127617 B1, 30.03.2016.
2. Prejmerean Cristina, Moldovan Marioara, Prodan Doina, Silaghi-Dumitrescu Laura, Furtos Gabriel, Iovu Horia, Damian Celina Maria, Popescu Violeta, Pascalau Violeta, Sarosi Liana-Codruta, Boboia Stanca, Filip Miuta, Colceriu-Burtea Adela Loredana, Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu Lucian. MATRICE ORGANICA SI COMPOZIT DE RESTAURARE INDIRECTA PENTRU UTILIZAREA IN STOMATOLOGIE, RO 128800 B1, 30.06.2017.
Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Horseradish peroxidase – a versatile catalyst. 2006, Research Signpost, India
Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Metalele in sistemele vii, 2011, Presa Universitara Clujeana, Cluj-Napoca.
Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Luminita Silaghi-Dumitrescu, On binary logic in Chemistry and beyond, in “On psychology and beyond”, Ed. Enikö Batiz, 2012, Presa Universitara Clujeana, Cluj-Napoca
Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Cristina Bischin, Interactions Between Proteins and Platinum-Containing Anticancer Drugs, in V.N. Uversky, R.H. Kretsinger, E.A. Permyakov (eds.), Encyclopedia of Metalloproteins, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012. DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1533-6
Sergei V. Makarov, Anna S. Makarova, Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Sulfoxylates, in 'The Chemistry of Peroxides' - Patai's Chemistry of Functional Groups, Eds. Alexander Greer and Joel Liebman, John Wiley &Sons Ltd, Chichester, England, 2014, pp 265-306. DOI: 10.1002/9780470682531.pat0829
Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Mariann Kinga Árkosi, Fémek az elő rendszerekben. 2014, Presa Universitara Clujeana, Cluj-Napoca.
Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Daniela Cioloboc. An introduction to bioinorganic chemistry, 2015, Presa Universitara Clujeana, Cluj-Napoca.
Cristina Bischin, Violeta-Florina Scurtu, Radu Ghinga, Daniela Cioloboc, Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu. O scurtă introducere in biochimie, 2015, Presa Universitara Clujeana, Cluj-Napoca.
Sergei V Makarov, Attila K Horvath, Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Qingyu Gao. Sodium Dithionite, Rongalite and Thiourea Oxides, World Scientific, London, 2016, 244 pp, ISBN: 978-1-78634-095-5.
Patents
1. Prejmerean Cristina, Mușat Olga, Moldovan Marioara, Prodan Doina, Silaghi-Dumitrescu Laura, Furtos Gabriel, Trif Marcela, Iovu Horia, Damian Celina Maria, Sarosi LianaCodruta, Boboia Stanca, Colceriu-Burtea Adela Loredana, Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu Lucian. COMPOZITIE STOMATOLOGICA PENTRU RESTAURAREA ȘI PROFILAXIA CARIEI, RO 127617 B1, 30.03.2016.
2. Prejmerean Cristina, Moldovan Marioara, Prodan Doina, Silaghi-Dumitrescu Laura, Furtos Gabriel, Iovu Horia, Damian Celina Maria, Popescu Violeta, Pascalau Violeta, Sarosi Liana-Codruta, Boboia Stanca, Filip Miuta, Colceriu-Burtea Adela Loredana, Silaghi-Dumitrescu Radu Lucian. MATRICE ORGANICA SI COMPOZIT DE RESTAURARE INDIRECTA PENTRU UTILIZAREA IN STOMATOLOGIE, RO 128800 B1, 30.06.2017.
Vacancies and internships. Join us!
We always welcome students interested in studying and conducting scientific research. The steps below refer to unpaid internships, undergraduate diploma and MSc papers. Paid positions and scholarships are occasionally available (and will be advertised here) – though one should note that they are relatively rare and usually come on a very competitive basis.
1. If possible: talk to somebody already in the group and/or ask people from other groups about what you can expect. Look up the groups web page. Note that membership to the group entails as minimum requirements (1) attendance of weekly group meetings (where you would also have to participate in the discussions, discuss your progress over the past week, and occasionally give presentations), (2) attending, within reasonable limits, the scientific events (conferences, seminars) indicated/recommended in group meetings or in other communications within the group, (3) observe any other rules laid out in the group’s handbook.
2. Schedule a preliminary interview with prof. Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu – either by stopping by room 80 or by messaging radu.silaghi@ubbcluj.ro
3. Prepare a motivation letter (at least one A4 page, Times New Roman 12, spaced at 1.5) describing your motivations and expectations regarding your research activity within the group, as well as further context (e.g., future plans)
4. Prepare a short essay (not shorter than 2 pages) expressing your opinions (including any possible criticisms) about the relevance and contributions of science (be they good or bad, small or large) in an event/topic of significant public interest – such as the COVID crisis, pollution, globalization, immigration, global warming, deforestation, vaccination, online culture (e.g., online teaching, social media etc), development of medical drugs, or any other topics (they can also be much narrower than the examples given above). Submit the letter and the essay to radu.silaghi@ubbcluj.ro and schedule an interview based on these, where decision on acceptance will be made.
1. If possible: talk to somebody already in the group and/or ask people from other groups about what you can expect. Look up the groups web page. Note that membership to the group entails as minimum requirements (1) attendance of weekly group meetings (where you would also have to participate in the discussions, discuss your progress over the past week, and occasionally give presentations), (2) attending, within reasonable limits, the scientific events (conferences, seminars) indicated/recommended in group meetings or in other communications within the group, (3) observe any other rules laid out in the group’s handbook.
2. Schedule a preliminary interview with prof. Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu – either by stopping by room 80 or by messaging radu.silaghi@ubbcluj.ro
3. Prepare a motivation letter (at least one A4 page, Times New Roman 12, spaced at 1.5) describing your motivations and expectations regarding your research activity within the group, as well as further context (e.g., future plans)
4. Prepare a short essay (not shorter than 2 pages) expressing your opinions (including any possible criticisms) about the relevance and contributions of science (be they good or bad, small or large) in an event/topic of significant public interest – such as the COVID crisis, pollution, globalization, immigration, global warming, deforestation, vaccination, online culture (e.g., online teaching, social media etc), development of medical drugs, or any other topics (they can also be much narrower than the examples given above). Submit the letter and the essay to radu.silaghi@ubbcluj.ro and schedule an interview based on these, where decision on acceptance will be made.
The stopped-flow UV-vis facility
A stopped-flow UV-vis with diode array detector as well as monochromator, with freeze-quench capability, and with three-syringe sequential mixing capability (BioLogic, France), is available for use by interested researchers. The instrument is located in room 56 at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering @UBB, as part of the Center for Fundamental and Applied Heterochemistry.
Details
The manager of the stopped-flow facility is Prof Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu. The team of authorized operating personnel includes researchers specialized in analytical chemistry, biochemistry and bioinorganic chemistry: assist. prof. Augustin Moț and PhD students Maria Lehene and Cezara Zăgrean-Tuza.
The main activities of the facility are research-related. Contract-based services are also welcome. Any interested parts are welcome to approach the laboratory director in order to discuss either line of collaboration. Prices for renting the facility, and/or for providing services, will be subjects of negotiation.
All BBU personnel may enjoy access to the facility, free of charge – pending a schedule approved by the laboratory director and with the actual measurements being performed by the core personnel. For more extensive collaborations, as well as for contracts/collaborations with third parties, protocols will be negotiated regarding the operator of the instrument, types of experiments and their length, costs, and other aspects.
Contact: .
Tel. + 40 264 593833, radu.silaghi@ubbcluj.ro
The main activities of the facility are research-related. Contract-based services are also welcome. Any interested parts are welcome to approach the laboratory director in order to discuss either line of collaboration. Prices for renting the facility, and/or for providing services, will be subjects of negotiation.
All BBU personnel may enjoy access to the facility, free of charge – pending a schedule approved by the laboratory director and with the actual measurements being performed by the core personnel. For more extensive collaborations, as well as for contracts/collaborations with third parties, protocols will be negotiated regarding the operator of the instrument, types of experiments and their length, costs, and other aspects.
Contact: .
Tel. + 40 264 593833, radu.silaghi@ubbcluj.ro
Read more about stopped-flow instruments
Laboratory of EPR spectroscopy
The laboratory’s main objective is research in the field of electron spin resonance/electron paramagnetic resonance. The target is advanced research with applications in materials science, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, environment – using electron spin resonance / electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR, ESR), including pulsed procedures such as Electron Spin Echo Envelope Modulation (ESEEM), 2D HYperfine Sub-level CORrElation (HYSCORE), ENDOR, PELDOR as well as experiments at variable temperature (liquid nitrogen and helium).
Our team:
Prof. Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu (chemistry/biochemistry)
Prof. Grigore Damian (physics/biophysics)
Prof. Vasile Miclăuș (chemistry)
Assist. Prof. Augustin Moț (chemistry/biochemistry)
PhD student Cezara Zăgrean-Tuza (biochemistry)
Our team:
Prof. Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu (chemistry/biochemistry)
Prof. Grigore Damian (physics/biophysics)
Prof. Vasile Miclăuș (chemistry)
Assist. Prof. Augustin Moț (chemistry/biochemistry)
PhD student Cezara Zăgrean-Tuza (biochemistry)
Details
The main activities of the Center are research-related. Contract-based services are also expected. Any interested parts are welcome to approach the laboratory director in order to discuss either line of collaboration.
All UBB personnel may enjoy access to the facility (ELEXSYS 580 and/or EMXmicro) free of charge with the measurements being performed by the core personnel. For more extensive collaborations, as well as for contracts/collaborations with third parties, protocols will be negotiated regarding the operator of the instrument, types of experiments and their length, costs, and other aspects.
Contact:
Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu radu.silaghi@ubbcluj.ro
Grigore Damian, grigore.damian@ubbcluj.ro
Vasile Miclăuș, vasile.miclaus@ubbcluj.ro
Dr. Augustin Moṭ, augustin.mot@ubbcluj.ro
All UBB personnel may enjoy access to the facility (ELEXSYS 580 and/or EMXmicro) free of charge with the measurements being performed by the core personnel. For more extensive collaborations, as well as for contracts/collaborations with third parties, protocols will be negotiated regarding the operator of the instrument, types of experiments and their length, costs, and other aspects.
Contact:
Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu radu.silaghi@ubbcluj.ro
Grigore Damian, grigore.damian@ubbcluj.ro
Vasile Miclăuș, vasile.miclaus@ubbcluj.ro
Dr. Augustin Moṭ, augustin.mot@ubbcluj.ro
Read more about EPR spectroscopy
Outreach
Community/public outreach is something we care about. Here are some of the things we have done about it.
On the role of science in society
An interview on the experience of coming back from the diaspora: PressOne, 2015: http://pressone.ro/trenul-de-sarajevo-si-repatrierea-academica-din-diaspora/
Opinion piece on the public debate regarding nonconform biocides in hospitals from
Hexi Pharma: Romania Curata, 2017: http://www.romaniacurata.ro/fara-dovezi-materiale-pentru-diluarea-de-zece-ori-a-dezinfectantilor-hexi-pharma/
Take SARS-CoV2 seriously: Adevărul 2020 https://adevarul.ro/locale/cluj-napoca/cercetator-celebru-ubb-cei-spun-virusul-exagerare-fac-propaganda-crima-1_5ef70cc75163ec42715f690a/index.html
Political correctness:
contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/corectitudinea-politica-cand-esti-nemernic-si-mandru-de-asta/
On the undue silence of the Romanian science institutions on scientific topics - COVID and otherwise:
contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/sa-ascultam-institutiile-de-stiinta-din-romania-spunand-ce/
An analysis of the scientific grounds of the COVID restrictions in Romania:
contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/masurile-anti-covid-din-romania-ce-ne-permite-stiinta-sa-criticam-sau-despre-romania-educata/
On the dismal profile of science in Romanian society:
contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/orfani-de-stiinta/
On the magnitude of unreported COVID cases in Romania: contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/imunizarea-inainte-de-valul-4-optimismul-n-ar-trebui-interzis/
On the strategy of the anti-COVID vaccination campaign in Romania:
contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/vaccinarea-restrictii-recompense-sau-altceva/
On the undue silence of Romanian universities regarding COVID vaccinationŁ
contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/cum-tac-universitatile-din-romania-despre-vaccinare/
A case where chemistry is relevant for foreign politics - Afghanistan: contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/chimia-afganistanului-cand-alegerea-e-intre-doua-crime/
Romania at the end of COVID restrictions - what have we done and could we have done more? contributors.ro 2022, https://www.contributors.ro/legatura-dintre-romania-educata-si-sfarsitul-dictaturii-medicale/
Sign of the times: rising tide of extreme discourse in (and on) Romanian academia on the topic of plagiarism. Whistleblowers under siege: contributors.ro 2022, https://www.contributors.ro/razboiul-din-ucraina-e-in-primul-rand-unul-impotriva-decentei-cu-un-ecou-in-mediul-academic/
Ignoring plagiarism for high officials: Russia has long set the standards. Romania should stop following: contributors.ro 2022, https://www.contributors.ro/musamalizarea-plagiatelor-la-nivel-inalt-nu-intareste-romania-in-contextul-agresiunii-rusiei-ci-transforma-romania-in-rusia/
Can Artificial Intelligence really write scientific papers yet? Not really: contributors.ro 2023, https://www.contributors.ro/universitatile-amenintate-de-inteligenta-artificiala/
Public lectures
Two TEDx talks on blood substitute development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS4PZuyuWiY&t=26s&ab_channel=TEDxTalks and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9MNWUTcteY&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
Measuring the science - on bibliometrics and the Leiden Manifesto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUimXIqjlEw&ab_channel=Enformation.ro
Metals in living systems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x1N5gmNiHs&ab_channel=UniversitateaBabe%C5%9F-Bolyai
The uniMIND journal club at Cluj-Napoca
The MIND Foundation is a European non-profit science and education organization that promotes psychedelic research and therapy. Related to this, Prof. Silaghi-Dumitrescu has co-tutored the uniMIND student journal club at Cluj-Napoca; you may watch their meetings online https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=unimind+cluj-napoca
On pseudoscience
How vaccination campaigns gone wrong can now fuel COVID conspiracy theories: contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/pandemia-care-n-a-fost-si-vaccinurile-care-nu-trebuiau-1976-plus-vaccinurile-pentru-sterilizare/
On some not-so-scientifically-grounded myths regarding healthy living: contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/ce-sa-faci-zilnic-pentru-o-viata-sanatoasa/
UBB's manifesto against pseudo-therapies and pseudoscience: https://cercetare.ubbcluj.ro/ro/manifest-asupra-pseudo-terapiilor/
Do Romanians really have an unusual history of killing their leaders? Matricea Românească, 2018, https://matricea.ro/mitul-freneziei-regicide-printre-valahi-o-replica-la-afirmatia-lui-georg-reicherstorffer-despre-romani-si-asasinate-politice/
Measuring pseudoscience in Romanian mass-media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK_mb2iAl-M&t=32s&ab_channel=TVRCluj
What to do about overhyped advertisements regarding food and vityamin/mineral supplements?
https://www.contributors.ro/ar-trebui-interzise-reclamele-exagerate-la-suplimente-alimentare-si-produse-naturiste/
Our research in the news
Our blood substitute project has received some attention in the news - though most such reports were arguably in extensive breach of professional ethics by the respective journalists. Here is a somewhat more accurate report: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/a-romanian-scientist-claims-to-have-developed-artificial-blood-180947565/
Our report on the cobalamin reaction with hydrogen peroxide: https://news.doctorat.ubbcluj.ro/2021/08/20/vitamin-b12-and-hydrogen-peroxide-secret-unveiled-by-ubb-researchers/
Our report on the Dyes and Pigments paper:
https://news.doctorat.ubbcluj.ro/2022/08/08/vibrating-blue-at-ubb-new-derivatives-and-new-near-infrared-light-on-150-year-old-pigment-with-medical-relevance/
Our report on the iodine-starch reaction:
https://news.doctorat.ubbcluj.ro/2022/12/20/why-so-blue-new-explanation-for-the-well-known-iodine-starch-reaction-in-chemistry/
On the role of science in society
An interview on the experience of coming back from the diaspora: PressOne, 2015: http://pressone.ro/trenul-de-sarajevo-si-repatrierea-academica-din-diaspora/
Opinion piece on the public debate regarding nonconform biocides in hospitals from
Hexi Pharma: Romania Curata, 2017: http://www.romaniacurata.ro/fara-dovezi-materiale-pentru-diluarea-de-zece-ori-a-dezinfectantilor-hexi-pharma/
Take SARS-CoV2 seriously: Adevărul 2020 https://adevarul.ro/locale/cluj-napoca/cercetator-celebru-ubb-cei-spun-virusul-exagerare-fac-propaganda-crima-1_5ef70cc75163ec42715f690a/index.html
Political correctness:
contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/corectitudinea-politica-cand-esti-nemernic-si-mandru-de-asta/
On the undue silence of the Romanian science institutions on scientific topics - COVID and otherwise:
contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/sa-ascultam-institutiile-de-stiinta-din-romania-spunand-ce/
An analysis of the scientific grounds of the COVID restrictions in Romania:
contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/masurile-anti-covid-din-romania-ce-ne-permite-stiinta-sa-criticam-sau-despre-romania-educata/
On the dismal profile of science in Romanian society:
contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/orfani-de-stiinta/
On the magnitude of unreported COVID cases in Romania: contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/imunizarea-inainte-de-valul-4-optimismul-n-ar-trebui-interzis/
On the strategy of the anti-COVID vaccination campaign in Romania:
contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/vaccinarea-restrictii-recompense-sau-altceva/
On the undue silence of Romanian universities regarding COVID vaccinationŁ
contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/cum-tac-universitatile-din-romania-despre-vaccinare/
A case where chemistry is relevant for foreign politics - Afghanistan: contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/chimia-afganistanului-cand-alegerea-e-intre-doua-crime/
Romania at the end of COVID restrictions - what have we done and could we have done more? contributors.ro 2022, https://www.contributors.ro/legatura-dintre-romania-educata-si-sfarsitul-dictaturii-medicale/
Sign of the times: rising tide of extreme discourse in (and on) Romanian academia on the topic of plagiarism. Whistleblowers under siege: contributors.ro 2022, https://www.contributors.ro/razboiul-din-ucraina-e-in-primul-rand-unul-impotriva-decentei-cu-un-ecou-in-mediul-academic/
Ignoring plagiarism for high officials: Russia has long set the standards. Romania should stop following: contributors.ro 2022, https://www.contributors.ro/musamalizarea-plagiatelor-la-nivel-inalt-nu-intareste-romania-in-contextul-agresiunii-rusiei-ci-transforma-romania-in-rusia/
Can Artificial Intelligence really write scientific papers yet? Not really: contributors.ro 2023, https://www.contributors.ro/universitatile-amenintate-de-inteligenta-artificiala/
Public lectures
Two TEDx talks on blood substitute development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS4PZuyuWiY&t=26s&ab_channel=TEDxTalks and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9MNWUTcteY&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
Measuring the science - on bibliometrics and the Leiden Manifesto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUimXIqjlEw&ab_channel=Enformation.ro
Metals in living systems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x1N5gmNiHs&ab_channel=UniversitateaBabe%C5%9F-Bolyai
The uniMIND journal club at Cluj-Napoca
The MIND Foundation is a European non-profit science and education organization that promotes psychedelic research and therapy. Related to this, Prof. Silaghi-Dumitrescu has co-tutored the uniMIND student journal club at Cluj-Napoca; you may watch their meetings online https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=unimind+cluj-napoca
On pseudoscience
How vaccination campaigns gone wrong can now fuel COVID conspiracy theories: contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/pandemia-care-n-a-fost-si-vaccinurile-care-nu-trebuiau-1976-plus-vaccinurile-pentru-sterilizare/
On some not-so-scientifically-grounded myths regarding healthy living: contributors.ro 2021, https://www.contributors.ro/ce-sa-faci-zilnic-pentru-o-viata-sanatoasa/
UBB's manifesto against pseudo-therapies and pseudoscience: https://cercetare.ubbcluj.ro/ro/manifest-asupra-pseudo-terapiilor/
Do Romanians really have an unusual history of killing their leaders? Matricea Românească, 2018, https://matricea.ro/mitul-freneziei-regicide-printre-valahi-o-replica-la-afirmatia-lui-georg-reicherstorffer-despre-romani-si-asasinate-politice/
Measuring pseudoscience in Romanian mass-media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK_mb2iAl-M&t=32s&ab_channel=TVRCluj
What to do about overhyped advertisements regarding food and vityamin/mineral supplements?
https://www.contributors.ro/ar-trebui-interzise-reclamele-exagerate-la-suplimente-alimentare-si-produse-naturiste/
Our research in the news
Our blood substitute project has received some attention in the news - though most such reports were arguably in extensive breach of professional ethics by the respective journalists. Here is a somewhat more accurate report: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/a-romanian-scientist-claims-to-have-developed-artificial-blood-180947565/
Our report on the cobalamin reaction with hydrogen peroxide: https://news.doctorat.ubbcluj.ro/2021/08/20/vitamin-b12-and-hydrogen-peroxide-secret-unveiled-by-ubb-researchers/
Our report on the Dyes and Pigments paper:
https://news.doctorat.ubbcluj.ro/2022/08/08/vibrating-blue-at-ubb-new-derivatives-and-new-near-infrared-light-on-150-year-old-pigment-with-medical-relevance/
Our report on the iodine-starch reaction:
https://news.doctorat.ubbcluj.ro/2022/12/20/why-so-blue-new-explanation-for-the-well-known-iodine-starch-reaction-in-chemistry/
News
21.09.23 - lecture by prof. Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu at the conference New Trends in Chemistry Research - 2023 edition, September 21-22, 2023, Timișoara, România https://www.newtrends-timisoara.ro/ ; poster by Maria Lehene at the annual international conference of Romanian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology https://biogeo.ubbcluj.ro/RSBMB/ ; Adrian Branzanic on a research visit to the Srnec group at the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry in Prague; Cezara Zagrean-Tuza starts a Fulbright fellowship with the Green group at the University of California, Irvine; new people in the group - MSc student Alex Sonica, PhD students Theodor Danescu and George Vaida
07.09.23 - new paper from us: Lehene, Maria; Zagrean-Tuza, Hadade, Niculina; Cezara; Aghion, Andreea; Septelean, Raluca; Iancu, Stefania; Brânzanic Adrian M.V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A complex of cobalamin with an organic peroxide. New Journal of Chemistry, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NJ03307D
27-31.08.23 - group trip to the 14th EuChemS CompChem conference - with prof. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Adrian Branzanic and Theodor Danescu.
11.08.23 - new paper from us: Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Trends in the Texts of National Anthems: A Comparative Study. Heliyon, 2023 e19105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19105
30.07.23 - a few more papers from us: Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Patrascu, Iulia; Lehene, Maria; Bercea, Iulia. Comorbidities of COVID-19 Patients. Medicina, 2023, 59(8), 1393. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59081393. Doukeh, Rami; Craciun, Daniela; Lupan, Alexandru; Brânzanic Adrian M.V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Effect of the coordination environment on the ability of iron to bind/activate N2: a theoretical study with relevance to the nitrogenase mechanism. Polyhedron, 2023, 116571. DOI: 10.1016/J.POLY.2023.116571. Lehene, Maria; Brânzanic Adrian M.V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. The adducts of cyano- and aquacobalamin with hypochlorite. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2023, doi: 10.1007/s00775-023-02015-z.
16-21.07.23 - prof. Silaghi-Dumitrescu and dr. Branzanic gave presentations at ICBIC20 - The Twentieth International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry in Adelaide, Australia
04.07.23 - a few papers our from us: Plesa, Diana; Lehene, Maria; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. On the reaction of Co(II) cobalamin with hydrogen peroxide. Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-023-02441-9, Branzanic, Adrian M. V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Quale Mechanics as a Metaphysical Weltanschauung of Quantum Mechanics. History of science and technology, 2023, 13(1), 10-33, DOI: 10.32703/2415-7422-2023-13-1-10-33, Arkosi, Mariann-Kinga; Mot, Augustin C.; Lupan, Iulia; Ghinia Tegla, Miruna Georgiana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Selective attachment of polyethylene glycol to hemerythrin for potential use in blood substitutes. Protein Journal, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10930-023-10118-4
04.07.2023 - graduation week @UBB for our MSc students Diana Plesa and Victoria Cirjeu - wishing them all the best as they leave the group
26.06.-01.07.2023 - Adrian Branzanic attending ICQC 2023 in Bratislava
30.06.2023 - prof. Silaghi-Dumitrescu delivering an invited presentation at Consiliul Național de Statistică și Prognoză a Învațământului Superior (CNSPIS), Workshop “Rankinguri Internaționale Utilizate în Metarankinguri”, Oradea, Romania - on the topic of international university rankings
19.06-23.06.2023 - Prof. Silaghi-Dumitrescu teaching and delivering a presentation at the EUTOPIA Doctoral Summer School held in Lison (Nova University), Portugal - http://eutopiadoctoralsummerschool.unl.pt/edss.html
01.06-03.06.2023 - Szilard Pesek attending the 4th Young Researchers' International Conference
on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (YRICCCE IV) in Debrecen
26.04-30.04.2023 - Lavinia Padurean and Sergiu-Raul Cosma attending the International Conference ”Students for Students” in ClujNapoca; prof. Silaghi-Dumitrescu delivering an invited lecture
10.03.2023 - Can AI really write scientific papers yet? Not really - comment from prof. Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu: https://www.contributors.ro/universitatile-amenintate-de-inteligenta-artificiala/
10.03.2023 - Four new papers from our group - Versatility of thiourea dioxide as redox agent in globins: case study with myoglobin @ Inorganica Chimica Acta, Glutaraldehyde-polymerized hemerythrin: evaluation of performance as an oxygen carrier in hemorrhage models @ Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, On the origin of the blue color in the iodine / iodide / starch supramolecular complex @ Molecules, Polylactic acid inter-chain interactions @ Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia.
1.03.2023 - Cezara Zăgrean-Tuza starts a 4-month Erasmus research stage at the University of Osnabrück
07.09.23 - new paper from us: Lehene, Maria; Zagrean-Tuza, Hadade, Niculina; Cezara; Aghion, Andreea; Septelean, Raluca; Iancu, Stefania; Brânzanic Adrian M.V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. A complex of cobalamin with an organic peroxide. New Journal of Chemistry, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NJ03307D
27-31.08.23 - group trip to the 14th EuChemS CompChem conference - with prof. Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Adrian Branzanic and Theodor Danescu.
11.08.23 - new paper from us: Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Trends in the Texts of National Anthems: A Comparative Study. Heliyon, 2023 e19105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19105
30.07.23 - a few more papers from us: Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu; Patrascu, Iulia; Lehene, Maria; Bercea, Iulia. Comorbidities of COVID-19 Patients. Medicina, 2023, 59(8), 1393. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59081393. Doukeh, Rami; Craciun, Daniela; Lupan, Alexandru; Brânzanic Adrian M.V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Effect of the coordination environment on the ability of iron to bind/activate N2: a theoretical study with relevance to the nitrogenase mechanism. Polyhedron, 2023, 116571. DOI: 10.1016/J.POLY.2023.116571. Lehene, Maria; Brânzanic Adrian M.V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. The adducts of cyano- and aquacobalamin with hypochlorite. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2023, doi: 10.1007/s00775-023-02015-z.
16-21.07.23 - prof. Silaghi-Dumitrescu and dr. Branzanic gave presentations at ICBIC20 - The Twentieth International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry in Adelaide, Australia
04.07.23 - a few papers our from us: Plesa, Diana; Lehene, Maria; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. On the reaction of Co(II) cobalamin with hydrogen peroxide. Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-023-02441-9, Branzanic, Adrian M. V.; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Quale Mechanics as a Metaphysical Weltanschauung of Quantum Mechanics. History of science and technology, 2023, 13(1), 10-33, DOI: 10.32703/2415-7422-2023-13-1-10-33, Arkosi, Mariann-Kinga; Mot, Augustin C.; Lupan, Iulia; Ghinia Tegla, Miruna Georgiana; Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu. Selective attachment of polyethylene glycol to hemerythrin for potential use in blood substitutes. Protein Journal, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10930-023-10118-4
04.07.2023 - graduation week @UBB for our MSc students Diana Plesa and Victoria Cirjeu - wishing them all the best as they leave the group
26.06.-01.07.2023 - Adrian Branzanic attending ICQC 2023 in Bratislava
30.06.2023 - prof. Silaghi-Dumitrescu delivering an invited presentation at Consiliul Național de Statistică și Prognoză a Învațământului Superior (CNSPIS), Workshop “Rankinguri Internaționale Utilizate în Metarankinguri”, Oradea, Romania - on the topic of international university rankings
19.06-23.06.2023 - Prof. Silaghi-Dumitrescu teaching and delivering a presentation at the EUTOPIA Doctoral Summer School held in Lison (Nova University), Portugal - http://eutopiadoctoralsummerschool.unl.pt/edss.html
01.06-03.06.2023 - Szilard Pesek attending the 4th Young Researchers' International Conference
on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (YRICCCE IV) in Debrecen
26.04-30.04.2023 - Lavinia Padurean and Sergiu-Raul Cosma attending the International Conference ”Students for Students” in ClujNapoca; prof. Silaghi-Dumitrescu delivering an invited lecture
10.03.2023 - Can AI really write scientific papers yet? Not really - comment from prof. Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu: https://www.contributors.ro/universitatile-amenintate-de-inteligenta-artificiala/
10.03.2023 - Four new papers from our group - Versatility of thiourea dioxide as redox agent in globins: case study with myoglobin @ Inorganica Chimica Acta, Glutaraldehyde-polymerized hemerythrin: evaluation of performance as an oxygen carrier in hemorrhage models @ Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, On the origin of the blue color in the iodine / iodide / starch supramolecular complex @ Molecules, Polylactic acid inter-chain interactions @ Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Seria Chemia.
1.03.2023 - Cezara Zăgrean-Tuza starts a 4-month Erasmus research stage at the University of Osnabrück
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The MolMod lectures
The MolMod Lectures are a series of research-informed on-line and/or hybrid tutorials initiated in 2022 and focused on topics related to Molecular Modeling in Chemistry and Biochemistry. This series of lectures is an extension of the homonymous conference series and MSc programme hosted by the Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB) via its Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering since 2007. The expected target will be the students registered for the MolMod MSc programme at UBB, as well as the general audience typically found at the MolMod conference series.
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Beginner's hints for preparing your scientific report (Romanian)
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Molecular Modeling in Chemistry and Biochemistry Conference
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Division of Computational and Theoretical Chemistry (DCTC) @ the European Chemical Society (EuChemS)
