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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of (thio)alkyl hexopyranosides, nonionic glycolipid mimetics

A series of 19 synthetic alkyl and thioalkyl glycosides derived from D-mannose, D-glucose and D-galactose and having C10–C16 aglycone were investigated for cytotoxic activity against 7 human cancer and 2 non-tumor cell lines as well as for antimicrobial potential on 12 bacterial and yeast strains. The most potent compounds were found to be tetradecyl and hexadecyl β-D-galactopyranosides (18, 19), which showed the best cytotoxicity and therapeutic index against CCRF-CEM cancer cell line. Similar cytotoxic activity showed hexadecyl α-D-mannopyranoside (5) but it also inhibited non-tumor cell lines. Because these two galactosides (18, 19) were inactive against all tested bacteria and yeast strains, they could be a target-specific for eukaryotic cells. On the other hand, β-D-glucopyranosides with tetradecyl (11) and hexadecyl (12) aglycone inhibited only Gram-positive bacterial strain Enterococcus faecalis. The studied glycosides induce changes in the lipid bilayer thickness and lateral phase separation at high concentration, as derived from SAXS experiments on POPC model membranes. In general, glucosides and galactosides exhibit more specific properties. Those with longer aglycone show high cytotoxicity and therefore, they are more promising candidates for cancer cell line targeted inhibition.

Sweet surfactants: Packing parameter-invariant amphiphiles as emulsifiers and capping agents for morphology control of inorganic particles

Surfactants are not only pivotal constituents in any biological organism in the form of phospholipids, they are also essential for numerous applications benefiting from a large, internal surface, such as in detergents, for emulsification purposes, phase transfer catalysis or even nanoparticle stabilization. A particularly interesting, green class of surfactants contains glycoside head groups. Considering the variability of glycosides, a large number of surfactant isomers become accessible. According to established models in surfactant science such as the packing parameter or the hydrophilic lipophilic balance (HLB), they do not differ from each other and should, thus, have similar properties. Here, we present the preparation of a systematic set of glycoside surfactants and in particular isomers. We investigate to which extent they differ in several key features such as critical aggregation concentration, thermodynamic parameters, etc. Analytical methods like isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), tensiometry, dynamic light scattering (DLS), small angle-X-ray scattering (SAXS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and others were applied. It was found that glycosurfactant isomers vary in their emulsification properties by up to two orders of magnitude. Finally, we have investigated the role of the surfactants in a microemulsion-based technique for the generation of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles. We found that the choice of the carbohydrate head has a marked effect on the shape of the formed inorganic nanocrystals.

Synthesis and Properties of Alkyl β-d-Galactopyranoside

A series of alkyl β-d-galactopyranosides were prepared by the trichloroacetimidate method with d-galactose and alcohols with different chain lengths as raw materials. Their solubility, surface tension, emulsification, foaming, wettability, thermotropic liquid crystalline properties, and thermal stability were investigated. Alkyl β-d-galactopyranosides are soluble in water and ethanol, and the solubility decreases with increasing alkyl chain length. Decyl β-d-galactopyranoside was insoluble in water, but soluble in ethanol. Dissolution of alkyl β-d-galactopyranoside in water is an endothermic process with dissolution enthalpies greater than zero. Nonyl β-d-galactopyranoside had an excellent emulsifying?property, better foaming ability and the best foam stability. The CMC values of alkyl β-d-galactopyranosides decrease with increasing of alkyl chain length. Alkyl β-d-galactopyranosides are thermally stable up to 270?°C. Alkyl β-d-galactopyranosides show the distinctive optical texture of a thermotropic liquid crystal smectic A type phase. Decyl β-d-galactopyranoside showed the strongest wettability.

The anomeric mixture of some O-galactolipid derivatives is more toxic against cancer cells than either anomer alone

The anomeric mixture of a series of O-galactolipid derivatives is revealed to be more toxic against several cancer cell lines than their either single component with the pure α- or β-configuration. This interesting phenomenon has been confirmed on pairs of synthesized O-galactosyl anomers bearing length-varied alkyl chains at the lipid end. Furthermore, the most potent mixture was determined inoffensive to a normal cell line tested.

Synthesis of C7-C16-alkyl glycosides: Part III - Synthesis of alkyl D-galactopyranosides in the presence of tin(IV) chloride as a Lewis acid catalyst

The Lewis acid catalyzed glycosylation reaction of β-peracetylated sugar derivative (galactose) with fatty alkanols is used in a synthesis of C7-C16-alkyl galactopyranosides. The process occurs under the influence of tin(IV) chloride as a Lewis acid catalyst.

Effective transgalactosylation catalysed by a lipid-coated β-D-galactosidase in organic solvents

A lipid-coated β-D-galactosidase was prepared, which was soluble in most organic solvents such as diisopropyl ether, 2,2,4-trimethylpentane and benzene, but insoluble in aqueous solution. It could act as an efficient transgalactosylation catalyst for various hydrophobic alcohols with p-nitrophenyl β-D-galactopyranoside in dry diisopropyl ether. When a native β-D-galactosidase was used in aqueous solution containing acetonitrile for the same reaction, the yield of the transgalactosylation was low due to the predominant process of hydrolysis. The enzyme activity for the galactosylation depended on coating lipid molecules, the origin of the enzyme used, the reaction's organic solvents and the chemical structures of the acceptor alcohols. Copyright 1996 by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Enzymatic Synthesis of ω-Hydroxyalkyl and n-Alkyl β-D-Galactopyranosides by the Transglycosylation Reaction of β-Galactosidase

ω-Hydroxyalkyl and n-alkyl β-D-galactopyranosides were directly prepared in high yield from 1,8-octanediol, 1,10-decanediol, 1-octanol and 1-decanol by the transglycosylation reaction of o-nitrophenyl β-D-galactopyranoside (ONPG) or lactose using β-galactosidase.