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Isocoumarin derivative as well as preparation method and medical application thereof
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, (2020/03/17)
The invention belongs to the technical field of chemical medicines, and relates to an isocoumarin compound of general formula (I) and a preparation method and medical application, of the isocoumarin compound in preparation of medicines for treating and mo
Discovery, synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking study of (R)-5-methylmellein and its analogs as selective monoamine oxidase A inhibitors
Huang, Chao,Xiong, Juan,Guan, Hui-Da,Wang, Chang-Hong,Lei, Xinsheng,Hu, Jin-Feng
, p. 2027 - 2040 (2019/04/10)
(R)-5-Methylmellein (5-MM), the major ingredient in the fermented mycelia of the medicinal fungus Xylaria nigripes (called Wuling Shen in Chinese)? was found to be a selective inhibitor against monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) and might play an important role in the clinical usage of this edible fungus as an anti-depressive traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Based on the discovery and hypothesis, a variety of (R)-5-MM analogs were synthesized and evaluated in vitro against two monoamine oxidase isoforms (MAO-A and MAO-B). Most synthetic analogs showed selective inhibition of MAO-A with IC50 values ranging from 0.06 to 29 μM, and compound 13aR is the most potent analog with high selectivity (IC50, MAO-A: 0.06 μM; MAO-B: >50 μM). Interestingly, the enzyme kinetics study of 13aR indicated that this ligand seemed to bind in the MAO-A active site according to so-called “tight-binding inhibition” mode. The molecular docking study of 13aR was thereafter performed in order to rationalize the obtained biological results.
