Mahdavi, M.; Asghari, S.; Rahnamay, M.; Dehghan, G.; Feizi, M.A.H.; Balalaie, S.; Cytotoxicity, oxidative stress, and apoptosis in K562 leukemia cells induced by an active compound from pyrano-pyridine derivatives, Human Exp. Toxicol. 2018, 37, 1105-1116.

Golmohammadi,; Balalaie, S.; Hamdan, F.; Maghari, S.; Efficient synthesis of novel conjugated 1,3,4-oxadiazole-peptides, New J. Chem. 2018, 42, 4344-4351.

Ghalehshahi, H.G.; Balalaie, S.; Aliahmadi, A.; Peptides N-connected to hydroxycoumarin and cinnamic acid derivatives: synthesis and fluorescence spectroscopic, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, New J. Chem. 2018, 42, 8831-8842.

Balalaie, S.; Vaezghaemi, A.; Zarezadeh, N.; Rominger, F.; Bijanzadeh, H. R.; Catalyst-free synthesis of fused triazolo-diazepino[5,6-b]quinoline derivatives via a sequential Ugi-4CR–nucleophilic substitution–intramolecular Click reaction, Synlett 2018, 29, 1095-1101.

Balalaie, S.; Derakhshan-Panah, F.; Zolfigol, M. A.; Rominger, F.; A convenient method for the synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines with a new approach, Synlett 2018, 29, 89-93.

Balalaie, S.; Esmaeilabadi, H.; Mehrparvar, S.; Rominger, F.; Hamdan, F.; Bijanzadeh, H. R.; Synthesis of functionalized dihydropyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines in aqueous medium, SynOpen 2018, 2, 1–5.

Mohammadi Ziarani, G.; Fathi Vavsari, V.; Badiei, A.; Afshani, A.; Gholamzadeh, P.; Balalaie, S.; Faridbod, F.; Ganjali, M. R.; A highly sensitive fluorescent bulk sensor based on isonicotinic acid hydrazide–immobilized nano-fumed silica (fumed-Si–INAH) for detection of Hg²⁺ and Cr³⁺ ions in aqueous media, Iran. Chem. Soc. 2018, 15, 211-221.

Moosavi-Zare, R.; Zolfigol, M. A., Derakhshan-Panah, F.; Balalaie, S.; Synthesis and characterization of 4,4′-bipyridinium sulfonic acid chloride as a new and efficient catalyst for the preparation of amidoalkyl phenols and bis amidoalkyl phenols, Mol. Catal. 2018, 449, 142-151.

Sharifi, N.; Khajeh, K.; Mahernia, S.; Balalaie, S.; Ataie, G.; Jahanbani, R.; Amanlou, M.; Probing angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) domain-dependent inhibition of onopordia, isolated from onopordon acanthium, using a continuous fluorescent assay, Pharm. Sci. 2018, 24, 31-37.

Barbari, R.; Dorkoosh, F.; Amini, M.; Bahari Javan, N.; Sharifzadeh, M.; Atyabi, F.; Balalaie, S.; Rafiee Tehrani, N.; Rafiee Tehrani, M.; Synthesis and characterization of a novel peptide-grafted Cs and evaluation of its nanoparticles for the oral delivery of insulin, in vitro, and in vivo study, Int. J. Nanomed. 2018, 13, 5127–5138.

Balalaie, S.; Bakhshaei Ghoroghaghaei, H.; Alavijeh, N. S.; Darvish, F.; Rominger, F.; Bijanzadeh, H. R.; Synthesis of fully functionalized 3bromoazaspiro[4.5]trienones through Ugi four-component reaction (Ugi-4CR) followed by ipso-bromocyclization, SynOpen 2018; 2(3): 222-228.

Bijari, N.; Balalaie, S.; Akbari^, ; Golmohammadi, F.; Moradi, S.; Adibi, H.; Khodarahmi, R.; Effective suppression of the modified PHF6 peptide/1N4R Tau amyloid aggregation by intact curcumin, not its degradation products: Another evidence for the pigment as preventive/therapeutic “functional food”, Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 2018, 120, 1009-1022.

Nikbakht, A.; Balalaie, S.; Baghestani, F.; Rominger, F.; Efficient synthesis of indole derivatives containing the tetrazole moeity utilizing an Ugi-azide post-transformation strategy, Synlett 2018, 29(14), 1892-1896.

Ghalehshahi, H. G.; Balalaie, S.; Aliahmadi, A.; Moghimi, R.; Synthesis of 4-N–α-coumaryl amino acids and investigation of their antioxidant, antimicrobial activities and fluorescence spectra, Amino Acids 2018, 50, 1461–1470.

Hamdan, F.; Tahoori, F.; Balalaie, S.; Synthesis of novel cyclopeptides containing heterocyclic skeletons, RSC Adv. 2018, 8, 33893-33926.

Balalaie, S.; Shakeri, P.; Post-Ugi transformation of N-substituted-2-alkyneamides for the construction of diverse heterocyclic scaffolds, Targets Heterocycl. System 2018, 22, 468-489 (Book chapter).