1034-01-1Relevant articles and documents
Antifungal activity of octyl gallate: Structural criteria and mode of action
Kubo, Isao,Xiao, Ping,Fujita, Ken'ichi
, p. 347 - 350 (2001)
Octyl gallate (3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate) was found to possess antifungal activity against Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Zygosaccharomyces bailii, in addition to its potent antioxidant activity. Catechol moiety is essential to elicit this activity. The primary fungicidal activity of octyl gallate comes from its ability to act as a nonionic surface-active agent (surfactant). The length of the alkyl chain is not a major contributor but plays an important role in eliciting the activity.
Molecular design of antibrowning agents
Kubo, Isao,Kinst-Hori, Ikuyo,Kubo, Yumi,Yamagiwa, Yoshiro,Kamikawa, Tadao,Haraguchi, Hiroyuki
, p. 1393 - 1399 (2000)
Tyrosinase inhibitory and antioxidant activity of gallic acid and its series of alkyl chain esters were investigated. All inhibited the oxidation of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) catalyzed by mushroom tyrosinase. However, gallic acid and its short alkyl chain esters were oxidized as substrates yielding the colored oxidation products. In contrast, the long alkyl chain esters inhibited the enzyme activity without being oxidized. This indicates that the carbon chain length is associated with their tyrosinase inhibitory activity, presumably by interacting with the hydrophobic protein pocket in the enzyme. On the other hand, the esters, regardless their carbon chain length, showed potent scavenging activity on the autoxidation of linoleic acid and 1,1-diphenyl-2-p-picryhydrazyl (DPPH) radical, suggesting that the alkyl chain length is not related to the activity. The effects of side-chain length of gallates in relation to their antibrowning activity are studied.
A preparation method of electronic grade gallic octyl ester
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, (2019/03/31)
The present invention provides a kind of electronic grade gallic octyl ester of preparation method, which belongs to the technical field of organic synthesis. The gallic acid dissolved in alcohol, then drop adds the chlorination [...], then adding aromatic hydrocarbon solvent, a catalytic amount of B (C6F5) 3 and octanol, moiety will be distillation after the exchange, getting the gallic octyl ester. This method avoids the use of heavy metal catalyst, high yield, low cost, and is suitable for industrial scale production, the ester exchange after the end of the added metal ion adsorbent after the metal ion adsorption, distillation electronic level of gallic octyl ester.
Disconnecting the Estrogen Receptor Binding Properties and Antimicrobial Properties of Parabens through 3,5-Substitution
Bergquist, Bridget L.,Jefferson, Kaelyn G.,Kintz, Hailey N.,Barber, Amorette E.,Yeagley, Andrew A.
supporting information, p. 51 - 55 (2018/05/04)
Commercially utilized parabens are employed for their antimicrobial properties, but a weak binding to the estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) may lead to breast cancer in some applications. Modification of the paraben scaffold should allow for a disconnection of these observed properties. Toward this goal, various 3,5-substituted parabens were synthesized and assessed for antimicrobial properties against S. aureus as well as competitive binding to the ERα. The minimum inhibitory concentration assay confirmed retention of antimicrobial activity in many of these derivatives, while all compounds exhibited decreased xenoestrogen activity as determined by a combination of competitive enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), proliferation, and estrogen receptor binding assay. Thus, these changes to the paraben scaffold have led to a multitude of paraben derivatives with antimicrobial properties up to 16 times more active than the parent paraben and that are devoid or significantly diminished of potential breast cancer causing properties.