Chemical fractionation of a terrestrial humic acid upon sorption on alumina by high resolution mass spectrometry

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (89) ◽  
pp. 73058-73067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Galindo ◽  
Mirella Del Nero

Using mass spectrometry provided molecular-level insights into the chemical fractionation, and identity of adsorbed compounds, for a terrestrial humic acid rich in condensed aromatics, in alumina-solution systems.

Fuel ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 297 ◽  
pp. 120792
Author(s):  
Dong Guan ◽  
Zhengyu Chen ◽  
Xiu Chen ◽  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Qiuyan Qi ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 661-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutz F. Tietze ◽  
Birgit Krewer ◽  
Holm Frauendorf

Treating cancer without harming healthy tissue is an important goal in modern medicine. Our research group has developed a series of novel, relatively non-toxic glycosidic prodrugs that are activated to give the corresponding highly cytotoxic drugs selectively in the tumour tissue. Our first investigations have shown a high duplex DNA alkylation efficiency of the drugs, whereas the prodrugs showed almost no tendency for alkylation of duplex DNA. Herein we report on novel investigations of the mode of action of the anti-cancer drugs on a molecular level. Using high-resolution mass spectrometry, we determined the reactivity of these drugs as well as of other drugs of similar structure against different nucleophiles such as RNA and the tripeptide glutathione. In addition, the new drugs were also tested for their interaction with duplex DNA. All compounds show a high reactivity against duplex DNA, whereas the alkylation efficiency regarding RNA and glutathione is only poor. Furthermore, the alkylation of duplex DNA correlates qualitatively but not quantitatively with the cytotoxicity of the drugs. Consequently, other factors besides the alkylation efficiency such as the stability of the drugs seem to influence their biological activity. Altogether the results show that high-resolution mass spectrometry constitutes a powerful method for studying the mode of action of drugs on a molecular level.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 2940-2950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vatsala Sugumaran ◽  
Hillol Biswas ◽  
Anil Yadav ◽  
Jayaraj Christopher ◽  
Vivekanand Kagdiyal ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Cheng ◽  
Yuchen Tang ◽  
Baoquan Bao ◽  
Ping Zhang

<p><a></a><a></a><a></a><a><b>Objective</b></a>: To screen all compounds of Agsirga based on the HPLC-Q-Exactive high-resolution mass spectrometry and find potential inhibitors that can respond to 2019-nCoV from active compounds of Agsirga by molecular docking technology.</p> <p><b>Methods</b>: HPLC-Q-Exactive high-resolution mass spectrometry was adopted to identify the complex components of Mongolian medicine Agsirga, and separated by the high-resolution mass spectrometry Q-Exactive detector. Then the Orbitrap detector was used in tandem high-resolution mass spectrometry, and the related molecular and structural formula were found by using the chemsipider database and related literature, combined with precise molecular formulas (errors ≤ 5 × 10<sup>−6</sup>) , retention time, primary mass spectra, and secondary mass spectra information, The fragmentation regularities of mass spectra of these compounds were deduced. Taking ACE2 as the receptor and deduced compounds as the ligand, all of them were pretreated by discover studio, autodock and Chem3D. The molecular docking between the active ingredients and the target protein was studied by using AutoDock molecular docking software. The interaction between ligand and receptor is applied to provide a choice for screening anti-2019-nCoV drugs.</p> <p><b>Result</b>: Based on the fragmentation patterns of the reference compounds and consulting literature, a total of 96 major alkaloids and stilbenes were screened and identified in Agsirga by the HPLC-Q-Exactive-MS/MS method. Combining with molecular docking, a conclusion was got that there are potential active substances in Mongolian medicine Agsirga which can block the binding of ACE2 and 2019-nCoV at the molecular level.</p>


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