ABSTRACT
The aim: The aim of our study was to determine effect of whole body vibration on the bone tissue remodeling, determine the correlation between bone mineral density, markers of bone metabolism and level of vibration stimulus. 
Materials and methods: Four experimental groups Wistar rats were exposed to vertical whole body vibration during 28 days. Blood intake and QCT-scanning of the lumbar spine was performed on the 28th and 56th day of study. 
Results: The largest loss of trabecular bone was observed in experimental groups III (0.51g) and IV (1.15g), which was decreasing to 12% (p<0.05) and 14% (p<0.05), respectively, in comparison with the control group. After 56th day of the experiment, bone loss dynamics was the following: in the 1st
 group ≤ 10% (p <0.05), in the 2nd ≤ 12% (p <0.05), in the 3rd ≤ 17 % (p <0.05), and 4th  ≤ 22% (p <0.05) compared with the control group. Changes in the level of hydroxyproline in the first experimental group were not statistically significant (p>0.05), in the second group – increased by 19.3% compared with the control rates, in the third – by 65.3%, and in the fourth – the level doubled (p<0.05). Increase of free hydroxyproline indicates violations in the balance between destruction and compensatory acceleration of collagen biosynthesis, which gradually decreases up to the 56th  day. It has been determined that with the increase in vibration frequency, elevation of osteocalcin level in rats’ blood is observed. 
Conclusions: Acceleration 0.51g increases the rate of bone metabolism, causes collagen metabolism disorders, loss of bone mineral mass, which further leads to osteoporosis. 
  KEY WORDS: bone, whole body vibration, mineral density, bone remodelling

Following the interaction of 2-chloro-N-(5-aryl-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-yl) acetamides 1a-b with ammonium thiocyanate in dry acetone, the 5-unsubstituted 2-imino-4-thiazolidinones 4a-b have been synthesized. Compounds 4a-b were subsequently utilized in Knoevenagel condensation with aromatic aldehydes or isatin derivatives to synthesize the series of 5-arylidene/isatinylidene substituted 2-(1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)imino-4-thiazolidinones 5a-h and 6a-d. The structures of target compounds were confirmed by using 1H NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. Evaluation of anti-cancer activity in
vitro for the synthesized compounds was performed following the National Cancer Institute protocol against leukemia, melanoma, lung, colon, CNS, ovarian, renal, prostate, and breast cancer cell lines. As a result, the most active compound 5a, namely 2-[5-(4-chlorophenyl)-[1,3,4]oxadiazol-2-ylimino]-5-(4-methoxybenzylidene)thiazolidin-4-one was found to be a highly efficient anti-tumor candidate with average logGI50 and logTGI values of -5.19 and -4.09, respectively

УДК: 616–093+547.789

As a result of the furfural reaction with diazonium, salts 1a-h the arylfuran-2-carbaldehydes 3a-h were synthesized. In the reaction of Wilgerodt-Kindler, arylfuran-2-carbaldehydes with sulfur and aryl piperazines was prepared 1-aryl-4-[(5-aryl-2-furyl)carbonothioyl]piperazines. The structures of target compounds 5a-l were confirmed by using 1H NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The antimicrobial activity of the synthesized substances was evaluated by the value of the MIC and minimum fungicidal and bactericidal concentration. The findings exhibited that the compounds
possessed moderate antimicrobial potential. In vitro anticancer activity assessment on the full panel