Polymers have been widely used in agriculture for applications including controlled release of pesticides and other active ingredients. The ability to predict their delivery helps avoid environmental hazards. Macromolecular matrices used as carriers in controlled release of agricultural active agents, especially pesticides, are reviewed. The review focuses on the advantages and mechanisms of controlled release. It includes biodegradable polymers in agriculture, their manufacturing methods, and their degradation mechanisms and kinetics. The article also presents a critical account of recent release studies and considers upcoming challenges.

No abstract

No abstract

Dihydropyridine (DHP) is among the most beneficial scaffolds that have revolutionised pharmaceutical research with unprecedented biological properties. Over the years, metamorphosis of easily accessible 1,2-and 1,4-dihydropyridine (1,4-DHP) intermediates by synthetic chemists has generated several drug molecules and natural products such as alkaloids. The 1,4-dihydropyridine (1,4-DHP) moiety itself is the main fulcrum of several approved drugs. The present review aims to collate the literature of 1,2-and the 1,4-DHPs relevant to synthetic and medicinal chemists. We will describe various methodologies that have been used for the synthesis of this class of compounds, including the strategies which can furnish enantiopure DHPs, either by asymmetric synthesis or by chiral resolution.We will also elaborate the significance of DHPs towards the synthesis of natural products of medicinal merit.

No abstract