41497-45-4Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Design of Negative and Positive Allosteric Modulators of the Cannabinoid CB2Receptor Derived from the Natural Product Cannabidiol
Navarro, Gemma,Gonzalez, Angel,Sánchez-Morales, Adrià,Casajuana-Martin, Nil,Gómez-Ventura, Marc,Cordomí, Arnau,Busqué, Félix,Alibés, Ramon,Pardo, Leonardo,Franco, Rafael
, p. 9354 - 9364 (2021/07/19)
Cannabidiol (CBD), the second most abundant of the active compounds found in the Cannabis sativa plant, is of increasing interest because it is approved for human use and is neither euphorizing nor addictive. Here, we design and synthesize novel compounds taking into account that CBD is both a partial agonist, when it binds to the orthosteric site, and a negative allosteric modulator, when it binds to the allosteric site of the cannabinoid CB2 receptor. Molecular dynamic simulations and site-directed mutagenesis studies have identified the allosteric site near the receptor entrance. This knowledge has permitted to perform structure-guided design of negative and positive allosteric modulators of the CB2 receptor with potential therapeutic utility.
BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PHENOLIC METABOLITES OF A VERTICICLADIELLA SPECIES
Ayer, William A.,Browne, Lois M.,Lovell, Sarah H.
, p. 2267 - 2272 (2007/10/02)
The metabolites produced when a Verticicladiella species (Canadian Forestry Service strain C728), the causative agent of the black stain root disease of many conifers, is grown in liquid culture have been investigated.Orcinol, orcinol monomethyl ether, 1,3,6,8-tetrahydroxyanthraquinone, and the α-L-rhamnopyranosides of orcinol and orcinol methyl ether have been isolated and indentified.Orcinol methyl ether and its rhamnoside both show antibacterial activity and orcinol methyl ether also inhibits the growth of pine germlings.The general antibacterial activity of 5-alkylresorcinols and their monomethyl ethers is reported.-Key Word Index-Verticicladiella sp.; Deuteromycontina; blue-stain fungus; phytotoxin; phenols; methylorcinol rhamnoside; phenol monomethyl ethers; antiseptics.
