Synthesis And Biological Activity Evaluation Of Polyfunctionalized Anthraquinonehydrazones

Author(s):  
Andrii Lozynskyi ◽  
Serhii Holota ◽  
Ihor Yushyn ◽  
Oksana Sabadakh ◽  
Olexandr Karpenko ◽  
...  

Background : Anthraquinone derivatives, frequently occurring motifs in many various natural compounds, have attracted a great deal of interest as compounds with a wide spectrum of biological activities. Introduction: The hybrid pharmacophore approach has become an object of considerable interest due to incorporation of a five- or sixmembered heterocyclic rings in the structure of various natural compounds, especially anthraquinone derivatives. Methods: A series of polyfunctionalized anthraquinonehydrazones have been synthesized via azo-coupling reaction between anthraquinone-based triazenes and methylene active compounds. The structures of synthesized compounds were confirmed by spectral data. Some of the synthesized compounds were screened for their in vitro anticancer activity according to US NCI protocols. The screening of antimicrobial and antifungal activities against Candida albicans and Lactobacillus sp. was carried out. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for their antioxidant (DPPH free radical scavenging assay) and herbicidal activity. Results and Discussion: The synthesized 1-[N'-(5-oxo-2-thioxoimidazolidin-4-ylidene)-hydrazino]-anthraquinone 1.5 displayed high level of antimitotic activity against tested human tumor cells with mean GI50/TGI values 4.06/78.52μM. The screening of antimicrobial and antifungal activities led to identification of 1.8 and 1.9 with moderate effect on Candida albicans and Lactobacillus sp. Antioxidant activity evaluation allowed identification of 1-[N'-(3-methyl-5-oxo-1-phenyl-1,5-dihydropyrazol-4-ylidene)-hydrazino]-anthraquinone 1.8 with IC50 value 3.715 mM. The herbicidal activity screening led to compound identification 1.8 with growth inhibition of Agrostis stolonifera at 25 %. Conclusion: The obtained anthraquinonehydrazones constitute an interesting template for the design of new synthetic agents with polypharmacological activities.

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 473-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abd El-Galil E. Amr ◽  
Ahmed M. Naglah ◽  
Nermien M. Sabry ◽  
Alhussein A. Ibrahim ◽  
Elsayed A. Elsayed ◽  
...  

AbstractInterest in the synthesis of heterocyclic organic molecules with peptide moieties has gained attention due to their potential biological activities. The current work aimed at synthesizing new macrocyclic tripeptide imides and evaluating their possible antimicrobial activities. A series of 11 derivatives were prepared from dimethyl 3,5-pyridinevalinyl ester either by NaOH or NH2NH2 treatment, followed by cyclization and further reaction with NaOH or NH2NH2. The majority of synthesized derivatives showed promising antibacterial and antifungal activities in comparison to standard known antibiotics. Compounds 5a and 7b showed the most potential antibacterial against Staphylococcus aureus and antifungal activities against Candida albicans, respectively.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Mohammed Messaoudi ◽  
Abdelkrim Rebiai ◽  
Barbara Sawicka ◽  
Maria Atanassova ◽  
Hamza Ouakouak ◽  
...  

Our study evaluated the in vitro antioxidant properties, antibacterial and antifungal activities, anti-inflammatory properties, and chemical composition of the essential oils (EOs), total phenol, and total flavonoid of wild Mentha pulegium L. This study also determined the mineral (nutritional and toxic) elements in the plant. The EOs were extracted using three techniques—hydro distillation (HD), steam distillation (SD), and microwave-assisted distillation (MAD)—and were analyzed using chromatography coupled with flame ionization (GC-FID) and gas chromatography attached with mass spectrometry detector (GC-MS). The antioxidant effects of the EOs were tested with 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and ABTS (2,2’-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), while the antibacterial and antifungal activities of the EO and methanolic extract were tested using Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans. Twenty-six compounds were identified in the essential oil, representing 97.73% of the total oil, with 0.202% yield. The major components were pulegone (74.81%), menthone (13.01%) and piperitone (3.82%). Twenty-one elements, including macro- and micro-elements (Ba, Br, Ca, Cl, Co, Cr, Cs, Eu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Rb, Sb, Sc, Sr, Th, U and Zn), were detected using neutron activation analysis (INAA) and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), with the concentration of mineral element close to the FAO recommendation. The results show that the EOs and extracts from Mentha pulegium L. had significant antimicrobial activities against the microorganisms, including five human pathogenic bacteria, one yeast (Candida albicans), and one phytopathogenic fungi. The in vivo anti-inflammatory activities of the leaf extracts were confirmed. The results indicate that the EOs and extracts from Mentha pulegium L. have promising applications in the pharmaceutical industries, clinical applications, and in medical research.


Author(s):  
Hsuan Hsu ◽  
Chirag C. Sheth ◽  
Veronica Veses

Background: In the era of antimicrobial resistance, fungal pathogens are not an exception. Several strategies, including antimicrobial stewardship programs and high throughput screening of new drugs are being implemented. Several recent studies have demonstrated effectiveness of plant compounds with antifungal activity. Objective: In this systematic review we examine the use of natural compounds as a possible avenue to fight fungal infections produced by Candida albicans, the most common human fungal pathogen. Method: Electronic literature searches were conducted through PubMed/MEDLINE, Cochrane, and Science Direct limited to the 5 years. A total of 131 articles were included with 186 plants extracts evaluated. Results: Although the majority of the natural extracts exhibited antifungal activities against C. albicans (both in vivo and in vitro), the strongest antifungal activity was obtained from Lawsonia inermis, Pelargonium graveolens, Camellia sinensis, Mentha piperita, and Citrus latifolia. Conclusion: The main components with proven antifungal activities were phenolic compounds such as gallic acid, thymol, and flavonoids (specially catechin), polyphenols such as tannins, terpenoids and saponins. The incorporation of nanotechnology enhances greatly the antifungal properties of these natural compounds. Further research is needed to fully characterize the composition of all herbal extracts with antifungal activity as well as the mechanisms of action of the active compounds.


2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 526-532
Author(s):  
Si Liu ◽  
Li-Zhi Niu ◽  
Yan-Hua Shi ◽  
Fu-Xian Wan ◽  
Lin Jiang

Background: Oxime compounds, including oxime ethers and oxime esters, possess various biological activities. Many oxime ethers have been widely used in the fields of pesticides and medicines. However, oxime ethers are rarely used in the field of pesticides. Methods: We chose the excellent fungicide pyrifenox as the lead compound, integrated pyridinyl, adamantyl and benzoyl moieties into one molecule, while also designed and synthesized ten 1- (adamantan-1-yl)ethanone oxime esters containing pyridinyl moiety. Moreover, we also evaluated their preliminary antifungal activities against S. sclerotiorum and B. cinerea. Results: The target compounds were characterized by NMR, IR and HRMS. The preliminary bioactivity test showed that they exhibited some antifungal activity to S. sclerotiorum and B. cinerea, and EC50 values were in the range of 14.16-32.97 and 27.60-52.82 μg/mL, respectively. Conclusion: Some target compounds such as 3d, 3e, 3h and 3i, exhibited moderate activities against S. sclerotiorum, with EC50 values of 14.16-18.18 μg/mL.


1992 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 1134-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bohuslav Rittich ◽  
Marta Pirochtová ◽  
Jiří Hřib ◽  
Kamila Jurtíková ◽  
Petr Doležal

The present paper deals with the relationship between biological activities of some aliphatic and aromatic acids and their physico-chemical parameters expressing the influence of hydrophobic factors. The test strain in the biotest of growth inhibition was the fungus Fusarium moniliforme CCMF-180 and Penicillium expansum CCMF-576. Significant relationship between antifungal activities of un-ionized form of aliphatic acids and their capacity factors (log k'0) extrapolated to pure water, partition coefficients determined in 1-octanol-water system (log Poct) and the first order of molecular connectivity indices (1χ) were calculated. The ionized form of aliphatic acids were antifungally active too. For benzoic acids significant relationships between antifungal activities and capacity factors of anionic form (log k'ia) were calculated.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 488
Author(s):  
Afrah E. Mohammed ◽  
Zainab H. Abdul-Hameed ◽  
Modhi O. Alotaibi ◽  
Nahed O. Bawakid ◽  
Tariq R. Sobahi ◽  
...  

By the end of the twentieth century, the interest in natural compounds as probable sources of drugs has declined and was replaced by other strategies such as molecular target-based drug discovery. However, in the recent times, natural compounds regained their position as extremely important source drug leads. Indole-containing compounds are under clinical use which includes vinblastine and vincristine (anticancer), atevirdine (anti-HIV), yohimbine (erectile dysfunction), reserpine (antihypertension), ajmalicine (vascular disorders), ajmaline (anti-arrhythmic), vincamine (vasodilator), etc. Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids (MIAs) deserve the curiosity and attention of researchers due to their chemical diversity and biological activities. These compounds were considered as an impending source of drug-lead. In this review 444 compounds, were identified from six genera belonging to the family Apocynaceae, will be discussed. These genera (Alstonia, Rauvolfia, Kopsia, Ervatamia, and Tabernaemontana, and Rhazya) consist of 400 members and represent 20% of Apocynaceae species. Only 30 (7.5%) species were investigated, whereas the rest are promising to be investigated. Eleven bioactivities, including antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant activities, were reported. Whereas cytotoxic effect represents 47% of the reported activities. Convincingly, the genera selected in this review are a wealthy source for future anticancer drug lead.


Marine Drugs ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Synthia Michon ◽  
Florine Cavelier ◽  
Xavier J. Salom-Roig

Aurilides are a class of depsipeptides occurring mainly in marine cyanobacteria. Members of the aurilide family have shown to exhibit strong cytotoxicity against various cancer cell lines. These compounds bear a pentapeptide, a polyketide, and an α-hydroxy ester subunit in their structure. A large number of remarkable studies on aurilides have emerged since 1996. This comprehensive account summarizes the biological activities and total syntheses of natural compounds of the aurilide family as well as their synthetic analogues.


Author(s):  
Makoto Ogata

Abstract Carbohydrates play important and diverse roles in the fundamental processes of life. We have established a method for accurately and a large scale synthesis of functional carbohydrates with diverse properties using a unique enzymatic method. Furthermore, various artificial glycan-conjugated molecules have been developed by adding these synthetic carbohydrates to macromolecules and to middle and low molecular weight molecules with different properties. These glycan-conjugated molecules have biological activities comparable to or higher than those of natural compounds, and present unique functions. In this review, several synthetic glycan-conjugated molecules are taken as examples to show design, synthesis and function.


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Yue Yang ◽  
Ping-Ya He ◽  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Ning Li

There are abundant sources of anticancer drugs in nature that have a broad prospect in anticancer drug discovery. Natural compounds, with biological activities extracted from plants and marine and microbial metabolites, have significant antitumor effects, but their mechanisms are various. In addition to providing energy to cells, mitochondria are involved in processes, such as cell differentiation, cell signaling, and cell apoptosis, and they have the ability to regulate cell growth and cell cycle. Summing up recent data on how natural products regulate mitochondria is valuable for the development of anticancer drugs. This review focuses on natural products that have shown antitumor effects via regulating mitochondria. The search was done in PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases, over a 5-year period, between 2015 and 2020, with a keyword search that focused on natural products, natural compounds, phytomedicine, Chinese medicine, antitumor, and mitochondria. Many natural products have been studied to have antitumor effects on different cells and can be further processed into useful drugs to treat cancer. In the process of searching for valuable new drugs, natural products such as terpenoids, flavonoids, saponins, alkaloids, coumarins, and quinones cover the broad space.


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