- Synthesis and biological evaluation of berberine-thiophenyl hybrids as multi-functional agents: Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase, butyrylcholinesterase, and Aβ aggregation and antioxidant activity
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A series of berberine-thiophenyl hybrids were designed, synthesised, and evaluated as inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) and β-amyloid (Aβ) aggregation and as antioxidants. Among these hybrids, compounds 4f and 4i, berberine linked with o-methylthiophenyl and o-chlorothiophenyl by a 2-carbon spacer, were observed to be potent inhibitors of AChE, with IC50 values of 0.077 and 0.042 μM, respectively. Of the tested compounds, 4i was also the most potent inhibitor of BuChE, with an IC50 value of 0.662 μM. Kinetic studies and molecular modelling simulations of the AChE-inhibitor complex indicated that a mixed-competitive binding mode existed for these berberine derivatives. The biological studies also demonstrated that these hybrids displayed interesting activities, including Aβ aggregation inhibition and antioxidant properties.
- Su, Tao,Xie, Shishun,Wei, Hui,Yan, Jun,Huang, Ling,Li, Xingshu
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p. 5830 - 5840
(2013/09/12)
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- Synthesis of Thiamacrocycles and Conformational Studies on Their Precursors
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1-(4-Nitrophenyl)-7-phenylthioheptane (1) and -9-phenylthiononane (2) have been synthesized and their conformations studied in solution and in the solid state. MMX calculations suggest that the global energy minimum structures are bent in the gas phase, probably owing to edge-to-face intramolecular attractive interaction between the electron rich and the electron poor terminal aryl groups. These conformations were confirmed in solution using 2D NOESY NMR. In the solid state, 1 and 2 exist in the staggered, linear conformation, stacked head-to-tail, with the plane of the nitro group being tilted above the plane of the benzene ring. It appears that the crystal lattice forces overcome the weak edge-to-face intramolecular aromatic interactions that dominate in the gas phase and in solution. The corresponding azides were treated with trifluoromethanesulfonic acid to generate the nitrenium ions, which underwent intramolecular ring-closure to give the corresponding 17- and 19-membered ring thiamacrocycles in modest yields. These results support the suggestion that MMX calculations on appropriate model compounds may be useful in predicting which precursors will lead to macrocycles and which will not.
- Abramovitch, Rudolph A.,Ye, Xiaocong,Pennington, William T.,Schimek, George,Bogdal, Dariuz
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p. 343 - 351
(2007/10/03)
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- BENZOIC ACID COMPOUNDS AND USE THEREOF AS MEDICAMENTS
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Benzoic acid compounds of the formula STR1 wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, optical isomers thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; pharmaceutical composition comprising this compound and pharmaceutically acceptable additive; and serotonin 4 receptor agonists, gastrointestinal prokinetic agents and therapeutic agents for various gastrointestinal diseases, which comprise this compound as active ingredient. The compounds of the present invention have high and selective affinity for serotonin 4 receptor, and show agonistic effects thereon. Accordingly, they are useful medications for the prophylaxis and treatment of various gastrointestinal diseases, central nervous disorders, cardiac function disorders, urinary diseases, and the like, as well as useful anti-nociceptors for analgesic use which increase threshold of pain.
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- BENZOIC ACID COMPOUNDS AND MEDICINAL USE THEREOF
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A benzoic acid compound of the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, an optical isomer thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A pharmaceutical composition comprising this compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable additive, a serotonin 4 receptor agonist comprising this compound as an active ingredient, a gastrointestinal prokinetic agent and a therapeutic agent for gastrointestinal diseases. The compound of the present invention shows selective and high affinity for serotonin 4 receptors, activates same, is useful as a pharmaceutical agent for the prophylaxis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases (e.g., reflux esophagitis; gastroesophageal reflux such as that accompanying cystic fibrosis; Barrett syndrome; intestinal pseudoileus; acute or chronic gastritis; gastric or duodenal ulcer; Crohn's disease; non-ulcer dyspepsia; ulcerative colitis; postgastrectomy syndrome; postoperative digestive function failure; delayed gastric emptying caused by gastric neurosis, gastroptosis, diabetes, and the like; gastrointestinal disorders such as indigestion, meteorism, abdominal indefinite complaint, and the like; constipation such as atonic constipation, chronic constipation, and that caused by spinal cord injury, pelvic diaphragm failure and the like; and irritable bowel syndrome), central nervous disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, disturbance of memory and dementia), cardiac function disorders (e.g., cardiac failure and myocardial ischemia), urinary diseases (e.g., dysuria caused by urinary obstruction, ureterolith, prostatomegaly, spinal cord injury, pelvic diaphragm failure, etc.), and shows superior absorption.
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- DIRECT CONVERSION OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND CARBOXYLIC ESTERS INTO S,S'-DIPHENYL ACETALS AND PHENYL SULFIDES WITH THEXYLPHENYLTHIOBORANE
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Reaction of carboxylic acids with thexylphenylthioborane in methylene chloride at room temperature gives S,S-diphenyl acetals in high yields and carboxylic esters are converted into phenyl sulfides in the presence of zinc iodide under similar conditions.
- Kim, Sunggak,Kim, Sung Soo
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p. 1913 - 1916
(2007/10/02)
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