- ENHANCING AUTOPHAGY OR INCREASING LONGEVITY BY ADMINISTRATION OF UROLITHINS OR PRECURSORS THEREOF
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Disclosed are methods, compounds, and compositions useful for increasing autophagy and promoting longevity. The methods, compounds, and compositions relate to urolithins and urolithin precursors and use thereof. Certain urolithins are represented by Formula I, while certain urolithin precursors are represented by Formula IV. The urolithin may be urolithin A, urolithin B, urolithin C, or urolithin D. The urolithin precursor may be ellagic acid or an ellagitannin. The methods include in vivo, ex vivo, and in vitro uses of the compounds and compositions.
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- Functional annotation and characterization of 3-hydroxybenzoate 6-hydroxylase from Rhodococcus jostii RHA1
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The genome of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 contains an unusually large number of oxygenase encoding genes. Many of these genes have yet an unknown function, implying that a notable part of the biochemical and catabolic biodiversity of this Gram-positive soil actinomycete is still elusive. Here we present a multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis of putative R. jostii RHA1 flavoprotein hydroxylases. Out of 18 candidate sequences, three hydroxylases are absent in other available Rhodococcus genomes. In addition, we report the biochemical characterization of 3-hydroxybenzoate 6-hydroxylase (3HB6H), a gentisate-producing enzyme originally mis-annotated as salicylate hydroxylase. R. jostii RHA1 3HB6H expressed in Escherichia coli is a homodimer with each 47 kDa subunit containing a non-covalently bound FAD cofactor. The enzyme has a pH optimum around pH 8.3 and prefers NADH as external electron donor. 3HB6H is active with a series of 3-hydroxybenzoate analogues, bearing substituents in ortho- or meta-position of the aromatic ring. Gentisate, the physiological product, is a non-substrate effector of 3HB6H. This compound is not hydroxylated but strongly stimulates the NADH oxidase activity of the enzyme.
- Montersino, Stefania,Van Berkel, Willem J.H.
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experimental part
p. 433 - 442
(2012/07/14)
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- Synthesis of mangiferin, isomangiferin, and homomangiferin
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Mangiferin, isomangiferin, and homomangiferin, the xanthone C-glycosides with a wide spectrum of pharmacological effects, were synthesized concisely, featuring a C-glycosylation of a xanthene derivative with perbenzylglucopyranosyl N-phenyltrifluoroacetimidate.
- Wu, Zhongtao,Wei, Guo,Lian, Gaoyan,Yu, Biao
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scheme or table
p. 5725 - 5728
(2010/10/03)
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- Composition based on N-cholesteryloxycarbonyl-4-para-aminophenol and hydroquinone or one of its derivatives
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Compositions comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, N-cholesteryloxycarbonyl-4-para-aminophenol and hydroquinone or one of its derivatives may be used for depigmenting and/or lightening the skin, the body hair, and/or the head hair by applying such a composition to the skin, the body hair, and/or the head hair.
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- Utilization of derivatives of 2,5-dihydroxyphenyl-carboxylic acids, their homologs, and their salts in preparation of a cosmetic or dermatological composition with a depigmenting action
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A cosmetic or dermatological composition with a depigmenting action comprises derivatives of 2,5-dihydroxyphenylcarboxylic acids, their homologs, and their salts, with the derivatives having the following structural formula: STR1 wherein: R1 re
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- Diels-Alder Approaches to Model Compounds Related to Fredericamycin A
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A series of model compounds related to the antitumor and antibiotic compound fredericamycin A has been prepared.Spiro-2,5-dione (2) has been prepared and established as a novel spiro dienophile in the Diels-Alder reaction with 1,3-butadiene, Danishefsky's diene, a triacetoxy-substituted o-quinodimethane, and two isobenzofuran intermediates.Thus, the cycloaddition of 3-cyano-4,5,7-trimethoxy-1(3H)-isobenzofuranone (35) and 2 afforded 4,9-dihydroxy-5,6,8-trimethoxyspiroindene-2,1'-indan>-1,3-dione (38) in 62percent yield.This methodology provides a viable synthetic route to the quinone portion of fredericamycin A that contains the seven requisite oxygens.
- Evans, Jonathan C.,Klix, Russell C.,Bach, Robert D.
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p. 5519 - 5527
(2007/10/02)
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