Antiparasitic activity of synthetic curcumin monocarbonyl analogues against Trichomonas vaginalis
作者:Caroline Carapina da Silva、Bruna Silveira Pacheco、Raquel Nascimento das Neves、Mirna Samara Dié Alves、Ângela Sena-Lopes、Sidnei Moura、Sibele Borsuk、Claudio Martin Pereira de Pereira
DOI:10.1016/j.biopha.2018.12.058
日期:2019.3
herein we report the anti-T. vaginalis evaluation of 21 synthetic monocarbonyl analogues of curcumin, which itself has been reported to possess antiparasitic potential. From the in vitro analysis of the synthetic molecules, untreated trophozoites, and metronidazole at 100 μM, it was observed that three curcumin analogues (3a, 3e, and 5e) exhibited anti-T. vaginalis activity comparable to metronidazole
Regioselective synthetic approaches towards 1,2,8,9-tetraazadispiro[4.1.4.2]trideca-2,9-dien-6-ones of potential antimicrobial properties
作者:Adel S. Girgis、Flora F. Barsoum、Ahmed Samir
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2009.01.008
日期:2009.6
Reaction of 2,5-bis(arylmethylidene)cyclopentanones 1a–d with nitrilimines (generated in situ via triethylamine dehydrohalogenation of the corresponding hydrazonoylchlorides 2a,b) in 1:2 molar ratio proceeds in a high regioselective manner affording monocycloadducts 3 and dicycloadducts in the form of two isomers 4, 5. Single crystal X-ray diffraction studies of the isolated crystalline form of 3c
Efficient and environmentally friendly synthesis of chalcones and 2,6-bis(arylmethylidene)cycloalkanones was carried out by aldol condensation of ketones with aromatic aldehydes in water in the presence of polyethylene glycol 400.
Anti-melanogenesis screening of 47 synthesized curcumin-like diarylpentanoid analogues was performed to show that some had a potent inhibitory effect on the melanogenesis in B16 melanoma cells. Their actions were considered to be mostly due to tyrosinase inhibition, tyrosinase expression inhibition, and melanin pigment degradation. The structure–activity relationships of those curcumin-like diarylpentanoid analogues which inhibited the melanogenesis and tyrosinase activity were also discussed. Of those compounds assayed, (2E,6E)-2,6-bis(2,5-dimethoxybenzylidene)cyclohexanone showed the most potent anti-melanogenesis effect, the mechanism of which is considered to be the degradation of the melanin pigment in B16 melanoma cells, affecting neither the tyrosinase activity nor tyrosinase expression.
The planar chiral 2‐phospha[3]ferrocenophane I has been shown to be the first efficient nucleophilic organocatalyst for the enantioselective synthesis of cyclopentenylphosphonates, through [3+2] cyclizations between diethyl allenylphosphonate and α,β‐unsaturated ketones. The same catalyst has also been applied to the highly enantioselective [3+2] cyclizations of allenic esters with dibenzylideneacetone