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Cyclic dipeptides exhibit potency for scavenging radicals
Furukawa, Tadashi,Akutagawa, Takashi,Funatani, Hitomi,Uchida, Toshikazu,Hotta, Yoshihiro,Niwa, Masatake,Takaya, Yoshiaki
, p. 2002 - 2009 (2012/05/04)
Twenty kinds of cyclic dipeptides containing l-leucine were synthesized, and their antioxidant activity against .OH and O2·- was investigated. Compounds possessing polar amino acid residues, such as Asp, Cys, Glu, Lys, Pro, Ser, and Trp, exhibited higher antioxidant activity against .OH than vitamin E. However, only cyclo(l-Cys-l-Leu) scavenged O2·-.
Cyclo-((S)-leucyl-(S)-histidyl). A Catalyst for Asymmetric Addition of Hydrogen Cyanide to Aldehydes
Mori, Atsunori,Ikeda, Yoshitaka,Kinoshita, Koichi,Inoue, Shohei
, p. 2119 - 2122 (2007/10/02)
Asymmetric addition of hydrogen cyanide to various aldehydes in the presence of a catalytic amount of cyclo-((S)-leucyl-(S)-histidyl) affords the corresponding cyanohydrins in moderate to good optical yields.The reaction of benzaldehyde with hydrogen cyanide gives (S)-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetonitrile (85percent, 55percent ee) whose stereochemistry is found to be opposite to our previous result using cyclo-((S)-phenylalanyl-(S)-histidyl).
