- Synthesis of sorbicillinoid analogues with anti-inflammation activities
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Recently, we demonstrated potential anti-inflammatory effects of sorbicillinoids isolated from marine fungi. Here, we report the synthesis of a series of new sorbicillinoid analogues and assessed their anti-inflammatory activities. Our results reveal that side chain substitution with (E)-2-butenoyl, (E)-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-propenoyl, and (E)-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-2-propenoyl significantly enhanced the inhibitory effects of the derivatives on nitric oxide (NO) production and inducible NO synthesis (iNOS) expression stimulated by lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in mouse macrophage. Further chemical derivatization shows that the monomethylresorcinol skeleton worked better than the dimethylresorcinol skeleton in inhibiting LPS-induced inflammatory response in cultured cells. Among the 29 synthesized sorbicillinoid analogues, compounds 4b and 12b exhibited the strongest anti-inflammatory activities, holding the promise of being developed into lead compounds that can be explored as potent anti-inflammation agents.
- Zhang, Meng,Wang, Fangfang,Ding, Wenjuan,Xu, Zhipeng,Li, Xiaosan,Tian, Danmei,Zhang, Youwei,Tang, Jinshan
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- Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel carboline-cinnamic acid hybrids as multifunctional agents for treatment of Alzheimer's disease
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disease with multiple pathological features. Multifunctional compounds able to simultaneously interact with several pathological components have been considered as a solution to treat the complex pathologies of neurodegenerative diseases. β-carboline and cinnamic acid have been extensively studied for their widespread biological effects in treatment of AD, further application is limited due to its poor solubility and high toxicity. Herein, a series of carboline-cinnamic acid hybrids was designed and synthesized to obtain new multifunctional molecules with low toxicity and good physicochemical properties. In particular, e3 and e12 exhibited significant inhibition of Aβ aggregation (inhibitory rate at 25 μM: 65% and 72% respectively), moderate BuChE inhibition, excellent neuroprotective effects and low neurotoxicity. Furthermore, in the AD mice model, e3 and e12 could restore learning and memory function to a comparable level to that of the control and did not exhibit any acute toxicity in vivo at a relatively high dose of 600 mg/kg. Thus, these new compounds can be further studied as multifunctional molecules for AD.
- Feng, Feng,Jiang, Pan,Li, Qi,Liao, Qinghong,Liu, Wenyuan,Qu, Wei,Sun, Haopeng,Yan, Yuhui,Zhao, Yifan
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- Fragmentation pattern of amides by EI and HRESI: Study of protonation sites using DFT-3LYP data
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Amides are important natural products which occur in a few plant families. Piplartine and piperine, major amides in Piper tuberculatum and P. nigrum, respectively, have shown a typical N-CO cleavage when analyzed by EI-MS or HRESI-MS. In this study several synthetic analogs of piplartine and piperine were subjected to both types of mass spectrometric analysis in order to identify structural features influencing fragmentation. Most of the amides showed an intense signal of the protonated molecule [M + H]+ when subjected to both HRESI-MS and EI-MS conditions, with a common outcome being the cleavage of the amide bond (N-CO). This results in the loss of the neutral amine or lactam and the formation of aryl acylium cations. The mechanism of N-CO bond cleavage persists in α,β-unsaturated amides because of the stability caused by extended conjugation. Computational methods determined that the protonation of the piperamides and their derivatives takes place preferentially at the amide nitrogen supporting the dominant the N-CO bond cleavage.
- Fokoue,Marques,Correia,Yamaguchi,Qu,Aires-De-Sousa,Scotti,Lopes,Kato
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p. 21407 - 21413
(2018/06/26)
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- Stereocontrolled Synthesis of trans/ cis-2,3-Disubstituted Cyclopropane-1,1-diesters and Applications in the Syntheses of Furanolignans
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A new Michael addition/intramolecular alkylation sequence of (Z)-3-(2-bromo-3-arylacryloyl)oxazolidin-2-ones and malonates was developed. By a simple switch of the reaction conditions including the base promoter, solvent, and reaction temperature, both of the cis- and trans-isomers of a series of oxazolidinone-containing 2,3-disubstituted cyclopropane-1,1-diesters could be obtained in good-to-excellent yields and with an excellent diastereoselectivity. The utility of the cyclopropane products was demonstrated in the diastereoselective syntheses of (±)-urinaligran and a stereoisomer of (±)-virgatusin involving the AlCl3-promoted [3+2] annulation with veraldehyde or piperonal as the key step.
- Shen, Yue,Chai, Jun,Yang, Gaosheng,Chen, Wenlong,Chai, Zhuo
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supporting information
p. 12549 - 12558
(2018/10/09)
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- Bioactivity and structure-activity relationship of cinnamic acid esters and their derivatives as potential antifungal agents for plant protection
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A series of cinnamic acid esters and their derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for antifungal activities in vitro against four plant pathogenic fungi by using the mycelium growth rate method. Structure-activity relationship was derived also. Almost all of the compounds showed some inhibition activity on each of the fungi at 0.5 mM. Eight compounds showed the higher average activity with average EC50 values of 17.4-28.6 μg/mL for the fungi than kresoxim-methyl, a commercial fungicide standard, and ten compounds were much more active than commercial fungicide standards carbendazim against P. grisea or kresoxim-methyl against both P. grisea and Valsa Mali. Compounds C1 and C2 showed the higher activity with average EC50 values of 17.4 and 18.5 μg/mL and great potential for development of new plant antifungal agents. The structure-activity relationship analysis showed that both the substitution pattern of the phenyl ring and the alkyl group in the alcohol moiety significantly influences the activity. There exists complexly comprehensive effect between the substituents on the phenyl ring and the alkyl group in the alcohol moiety on the activity. Thus, cinnamic acid esters showed great potential the development of new antifungal agents for plant protection due to high activity, natural compounds or natural compound framework, simple structure, easy preparation, low-cost and environmentally friendly.
- Zhou, Kun,Chen, Dongdong,Li, Bin,Zhang, Bingyu,Miao, Fang,Zhou, Le
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- Design and synthesis of novel 2-phenylaminopyrimidine (PAP) derivatives and their antiproliferative effects in human chronic myeloid leukemia cells
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A series of novel 2-phenylaminopyrimidine (PAP) derivatives structurally related to STI-571 were designed and synthesized. The abilities of these compounds to inhibit proliferation were tested in human chronic myeloid leukemia K562 cells. (E)-3-(2-bromophenyl)-N-[4-methyl-3-(4-pyridin-3-yl-pyrimidin-2- ylamino)phenyl]acrylamide( 12d) was the most effective cell growth inhibitor and was 3-fold more potent than STI-571.
- Chang, Sheng,Yin, Shi-Liang,Wang, Jian,Jing, Yong-Kui,Dong, Jin-Hua
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experimental part
p. 4166 - 4179
(2009/12/28)
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- Dioxolobenzothienoquinolin-6(5H)-ones
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The reaction of 3,4-methylenedioxycinnamic acid (1) with thionyl chloride resulted in the formation of 7-chlorothieno-1,3-benzodioxole-6-carbonyl chloride (2) and cinnamoyl chloride (3).Subsequent reaction of the former with p-substituted anilines
- Gakhar, H. K.,Kaur, R.,Gupta, S. B.
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p. 1253 - 1256
(2007/10/03)
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