Synthesis, biological evaluation and quantitative structure-active relationships of 1,3-thiazolidin-4-one derivatives. A promising chemical scaffold endowed with high antifungal potency and low cytotoxicity
hundred compounds characterized by a 1,3-thiazolidin-4-one nucleus derivatised at the C2 with a hydrazine bridge linked to (cyclo)aliphatic or hetero(aryl) moieties, and their N-benzylated derivatives. These molecules were assayed as potential anti-Candida agents and they were shown to possess comparable, and in some cases higher biological activity than well-established topical and systemic antimycotic drugs
New insights into the biological properties of Crocus sativus L.: chemical modifications, human monoamine oxidases inhibition and molecular modeling studies
作者:Celeste De Monte、Simone Carradori、Paola Chimenti、Daniela Secci、Luisa Mannina、Francesca Alcaro、Anél Petzer、Clarina I. N'Da、Maria Concetta Gidaro、Giosuè Costa、Stefano Alcaro、Jacobus P. Petzer
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.05.048
日期:2014.7
on the human monoamineoxidases (hMAO-A and hMAO-B), enzymes which are involved in mental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases, have not yet been investigated. We have thus examined the hMAO inhibitory activities of crocin and safranal (the most important active principles in saffron) and, subsequently, designed a series of safranal derivatives to evaluate which chemicalmodifications confer enhanced