- Novel anthraquinones and process for the preparation and method of use thereof
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A process for the preparation of hydroxyl substituted anthraquinones is described. The process couples a phthalic anhydride (substituted or unsubstituted) to benzene ring moiety substituted with at least two hydroxyl groups. Remaining hydroxy groups were converted to methoxy groups in some anthraquinones. The compounds are particularly useful for the treatment of parasitic diseases. Also, a method of treating or preventing malaria, filariasis schistosomiasis and other parasitic diseases using anthraquinones.
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- Synthesis and activity of substituted anthraquinones against a human filarial parasite, Brugia malayi
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Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) is a global public health problem caused by the parasitic nematodes Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi. We have previously reported anthraquinones from daylily roots with potent activity against pathogenic trematode Schistosoma mansoni. Here we report the synthesis of novel anthraquinones A-S and their antifilrarial activity. Anthraquinones A-S were synthesized by a single-step Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction between phthalic anhydrides and substituted benzenes. The antifilarial properties of these synthetic anthraquinones were tested against microfilaria as well as adult male and female worms of B. malayi. The most active anthraquinone was K, which showed 100% mortality within 1, 5, and 3 days, respectively, against microfilaria and adult male and female worms at 5 ppm concentration. Albendazole, an oral drug currently used to treat parasitic infections, was used as a positive control. Methylated products of anthraquinones did not affect the microfilaria. Histological examination of treated adult female parasites showed most of the anthraquinones caused marked effects on intrauterine embryos.
- Dhananjeyan, Mugunthu R.,Milev, Youli P.,Kron, Michael A.,Nair, Muraleedharan G.
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- The Formal Oxidative Addition of Electron-Rich Transoid Dienes to Bromonaphthoquinones
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This work established the idea that a halogen atom, such as bromine, will act as a control element in the regiospecific formation of a new carbon-carbon bond.The addition of the electron-rich end of a transoid diene to a bromojuglone dervative occurred exclusively at the unsubstituted carbon of the quinone.Thus, 2,2-dimethyl-4-methoxy-6-methylene-1,3-dioxa-2-sila-4-cyclohexene (3) and either 2- or 3-bromo-5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (1 or 2) afforded the adducts 19 or 20 in 57percent or 71percent yield.Similarly, 2,2-dimethyl-6-methylene-4-(trimethylsiloxy)-1,3-diox-4-ene (4) and 1 gave 21 in 77percent yield.
- Grunwell, John R.,Karipides, Anastas,Wigal, Carl T.,Heinzman, Stephen W.,Parlow, John,et al.
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