- Occurrence of urea-based soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors from the plants in the order Brassicales
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Recently, dibenzylurea-based potent soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) inhibitors were identified in Pentadiplandra brazzeana, a plant in the order Brassicales. In an effort to generalize the concept, we hypothesized that plants that produce benzyl glucosinolates and corresponding isothiocyanates also produce these dibenzylurea derivatives. Our overall aim here was to examine the occurrence of urea derivatives in Brassicales, hoping to find biologically active urea derivatives from plants. First, plants in the order Brassicales were analyzed for the presence of 1, 3-dibenzylurea (compound 1), showing that three additional plants in the order Brassicales produce the urea derivatives. Based on the hypothesis, three dibenzylurea derivatives with sEH inhibitory activity were isolated from maca (Lepidium meyenii) roots. Topical application of one of the identified compounds (compound 3, human sEH IC50= 222 nM) effectively reduced pain in rat inflammatory pain model, and this compound was bioavailable after oral administration in mice. The biosynthetic pathway of these urea derivatives was investigated using papaya (Carica papaya) seed as a model system. Finally, a small collection of plants from the Brassicales order was grown, collected, extracted and screened for sEH inhibitory activity. Results show that several plants of the Brassicales order could be potential sources of urea-based sEH inhibitors.
- Kitamura, Seiya,Morisseau, Christophe,Harris, Todd R.,Inceoglu, Bora,Hammock, Bruce D.
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- Direct extraction of carbonyl from waste polycarbonate with amines under environmentally friendly conditions: Scope of waste polycarbonate as a carbonylating agent in organic synthesis
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An efficient green method for converting waste polycarbonate into urea derivatives by reacting with primary amines has been developed. Simple treatment of polycarbonate plastic with primary amines in a closed vial at 80 °C without using any catalyst and toxic solvents made this process environmentally friendly. Digestion of the waste polycarbonate obtained from CDs and DVDs with amines affords functionalized urea and 4,4′-(propane-2,2-diyl)diphenol (BPA, bisphenol-A). The procedure is optimized to get maximum conversion of polymer to urea and its derivatives as a major product. The purification procedure to isolate the urea derivatives in the presence of bisphenol-A has been tuned to avoid chromatographic procedures. This environmentally friendly method provides (i) an alternative for recycling BPA from polycarbonate, (ii) a method of obtaining useful product like urea derivatives, (iii) scope for new carbonylating agents in organic synthesis, (iv) an amine functionalized polycarbonate surface. This journal is
- Singh, Sukhdeep,Lei, Yong,Schober, Andreas
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p. 3454 - 3460
(2015/02/19)
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