Antibacterial Activity of Hexadecynoic Acid Isomers toward Clinical Isolates of Multidrug‐Resistant
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作者:David J. Sanabria‐Ríos、Christian Morales‐Guzmán、Joseph Mooney、Solymar Medina、Tomás Pereles‐De‐León、Ashley Rivera‐Román、Carlimar Ocasio‐Malavé、Damarith Díaz、Nataliya Chorna、Néstor M. Carballeira
DOI:10.1002/lipd.12213
日期:2020.3
In the present study, the structural characteristics that impart antibacterial activity to C16 alkynoic fatty acids (aFA) were further investigated. The syntheses of hexadecynoic acids (HDA) containing triple bonds at C‐3, C‐6, C‐8, C‐9, C‐10, and C‐12 were carried out in four steps and with an overall yield of 34–78%. In addition, HDA analogs containing a sulfur atom at either C‐4 or C‐5 were also
Five C16-alkynic fatty acids (2—6) were prepared and examined their inhibitory effects on cancer cell invasion. It has been found that hexadeca-6,8,10-triynoic acid (5) and hexadeca-8,10,12-triynoic acid (6) exhibit similar potent inhibitory activities with that of octadeca-8,10,12-triynoic acid (1) which was isolated from Scurrula atropurpurea (Loranthaceae).
作者:Walter Soares Leal、Shigefumi Kuwahara、Xiongwei Shi、Hiroya Higuchi、Claudia E. B. Marino、Mikio Ono、Jerrold Meinwald
DOI:10.1023/a:1022307600446
日期:——
Male-released semiochemicals of the stink bug Piezodorus hybneri (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) elicit attraction of male and female bugs and homosexual behavior in males. Three active components were isolated from the airborne volatiles of males by flash chromatography, with the activity monitored by GC-EAD and behavioral bioassay. The pheromone system was characterized as a mixture of beta-sesquiphellandrene, (R)-15-hexadecanolide, and methyl 8-(Z)-hexadecenoate (ratio: 10:4:1), and the activity of the semiochemicals was assessed with authentic samples. Enantiomerically pure samples of the R and S macrolactones were obtained by Yamaguchi's and Mitsunobu's macrolactonization of a key intermediate, (R)-15-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid. The nonnatural S stereoisomer was neither a beneficial nor a behavioral antagonist. Individual constituents or binary mixtures were active, but the optimal male response was elicited only by the full mixture. Behavioral observation and the fact that the onset of pheromone production is coincident with ovarian development strongly suggest that these semiochemicals are, in fact, sex pheromones.