scholarly journals Neuroprotective Metabolites from Vietnamese Marine Derived Fungi of Aspergillus and Penicillium Genera

Marine Drugs ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 608
Author(s):  
Elena V. Girich ◽  
Anton N. Yurchenko ◽  
Olga F. Smetanina ◽  
Phan Thi Hoai Trinh ◽  
Ngo Thi Duy Ngoc ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Cell Viability ◽  
Chemical Structure ◽  
Aspergillus Terreus ◽  
Marine Fungi ◽  
2D Nmr ◽  
Natural Source ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
First Time

Low molecular weight secondary metabolites of marine fungi Aspergillus flocculosus, Aspergillus terreus and Penicillium sp. from Van Phong and Nha Trang Bays (Vietnam) were studied and a number of polyketides, bis-indole quinones and terpenoids were isolated. The structures of the isolated compounds were determined by 1D and 2D NMR and HR-ESI-MS techniques. Stereochemistry of some compounds was established based on ECD data. A chemical structure of asterriquinone F (6) was thoroughly described for the first time. Anthraquinone (13) was firstly obtained from a natural source. Neuroprotective influences of the isolated compounds against 6-OHDA, paraquat and rotenone toxicity were investigated. 4-Hydroxyscytalone (1), 4-hydroxy-6-dehydroxyscytalone (2) and demethylcitreoviranol (3) have shown significant increasing of paraquat- and rotenone-treated Neuro-2a cell viability and anti-ROS activity.

Detection of cellulase inhibitor in the wheat bran culture of Aspergillus terreus

1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 1334-1340 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Sinha ◽  
B. L. Ghosh ◽  
S. N. Ghose
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Wheat Bran ◽  
Filter Paper ◽  
Aspergillus Terreus ◽  
Defined Medium ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Chemically Defined Medium ◽  
Plant Origin ◽  
First Time ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The presence of a cellulase inhibitor in the wheat bran culture of a fungus is reported for the first time. The inhibitor has a low molecular weight and is relatively stable to heat. It is absent from wheat bran and is not produced in a chemically defined medium. Unlike cellulase inhibitors of plant origin, this inhibitor is not a polyphenol. It inhibits the hydrolysis of cotton to a greater degree than that of filter paper or carboxymethylcellulose. In addition to inhibiting Aspergillus terreus cellulase, it also inhibits a variety of commercial cellulases.

scholarly journals Characterisation of Sequential Solvent Fractionation and Base-catalysed Depolymerisation of Treated Alkali Lignin

BioResources ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 4137-4151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aikfei Ang ◽  
Zaidon Ashaari ◽  
Edi Suhaimi Bakar ◽  
Nor Azowa Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Chemical Structure ◽  
Average Molecular Weight ◽  
Gel Permeation Chromatography ◽  
Solubility Parameters ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Sequential Fractionation ◽  
Weight Average Molecular Weight ◽  
Solvent Fractionation ◽  
Alkali Lignin

An alkali lignin (OL) with a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 11646 g/mol was used to prepare low-molecular weight lignin for resin synthesis. The low-molecular weight lignin feedstock was obtained via base-catalysed depolymerisation (BCD) treatments at different combined severity factors. Sequential fractionation of the OL and BCD-treated lignins using organic solvents with different Hildebrand solubility parameters were used to alter the homogeneity of the OL. The yield and properties of OL itself and OL and BCD-treated OL dissolved in propan-1-ol (F1), ethanol (F2), and methanol (F3) were determined. Regardless of the treatment applied, a small amount of OL was dissolved in F1 and F2. The BCD treatment did not increase the yield of F1 but did increase the yields of F2 and F3. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) showed that the repolymerization reaction occurred in F3 for all BCD-treated OL, so these lignins were not suitable for use as feedstocks for resin production. The GPC, 13Carbon-nuclear magnetic resonance, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analyses confirmed that the F3 in OL exhibited the optimum yield, molecular weight distribution, and chemical structure suitable for use as feedstocks for resin synthesis.

scholarly journals Studies on the Chemical Diversities of Secondary Metabolites Produced by Neosartorya fischeri via the OSMAC Method

Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 2772 ◽  
Author(s):  
You-Min Ying ◽  
Lu Huang ◽  
Ting Tian ◽  
Cui-Yu Li ◽  
Shi-Lei Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Cancer Cell Line ◽  
2D Nmr ◽  
Natural Occurrence ◽  
Fungal Metabolites ◽  
Isolation And Identification ◽  
Late Step ◽  
Neosartorya Fischeri ◽  
The One ◽  
First Time

The One Strain Many Compounds (OSMAC) method was applied to explore the chemical diversities of secondary metabolites produced by Neosartorya fischeri NRRL 181. Four pyripyropenes 1–4, eight steroids 5–11, and four prenylated indole alkaloids 12–15, were obtained from the fungus cultured in petri dishes containing potato dextrose agar (PDA). 1,7,11-trideacetylpyripyropene A (1) and 1,11-dideacetyl pyripyropene A (2) were obtained and spectroscopically characterized (1D, 2D NMR, and HR-ESI-MS) from a natural source for the first time. It offered a sustainable source of these two compounds, which were usually used as starting materials in preparing pyripyropene derivatives. In addition, as compared with all the other naturally occurring pyripyropenes, 1 and 2 possessed unique acetylation patterns that did not follow the established late-step biosynthetic rules of pyripyropenes. The natural occurrence of 1 and 2 in the fungus implied that the timing and order of hydroxylation and acetylation in the late-step biosynthetic pathway of pyripyropenes remained to be revealed. The isolation and identification of 1–15 indicated that the OSMAC method could remarkably alter the metabolic profile and enrich the chemical diversities of fungal metabolites. Compounds 1–4 exhibited no obvious cytotoxicity against the triple-negative breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 as compared with taxol.

scholarly journals Extraction of the same novel homoglycan mixture from two different strains of Bifidobacterium animalis and three strains of Bifidobacterium breve

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 663-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Alhudhud ◽  
S. Sadiq ◽  
H.N. Ngo ◽  
C. Hidalgo-Cantabrana ◽  
P. Ruas-Madiedo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Aqueous Sodium Hydroxide ◽  
2D Nmr ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Cell Wall Polysaccharides ◽  
2D Nmr Spectroscopy ◽  
Selective Precipitation ◽  
Bifidobacterium Breve ◽  
Bifidobacterium Animalis ◽  
Cell Biomass

Three strains of Bifidobacterium breve (JCM 7017, JCM 7019 and JCM 2258) and two strains of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (AD011 and A1dOxR) were grown in broth cultures or on plates, and a standard exopolysaccharide extraction method was used in an attempt to recover exocellular polysaccharides. When the extracted materials were analysed by NMR it was clear that mixtures of polysaccharides were being isolated including exopolysaccharides (EPS) cell wall polysaccharides and intracellular polysaccharides. Treatment of the cell biomass from the B. breve strains, or the B. animalis subsp. lactis AD011 strain, with aqueous sodium hydroxide provided a very similar mixture of polysaccharides but without the EPS. The different polysaccharides were partially fractionated by selective precipitation from an aqueous solution upon the addition of increasing percentages of ethanol. The polysaccharides extracted from B. breve JCM 7017 grown in HBM media supplemented with glucose (or isotopically labelled D-glucose-1-13C) were characterised using 1D and 2D-NMR spectroscopy. Addition of one volume of ethanol generated a medium molecular weight glycogen (Mw=1×105 Da, yield 200 mg/l). The addition of two volumes of ethanol precipitated an intimate mixture of a low molecular weight β-(1→6)-glucan and a low molecular weight β-(1→6)-galactofuranan which could not be separated (combined yield 46 mg/l). When labelled D-glucose-1-13C was used as a carbon supplement, the label was incorporated into >95% of the anomeric carbons of each polysaccharide confirming they were being synthesised in situ. Similar 1H NMR profiles were obtained for polysaccharides recovered from the cells of B. animalis subsp. lactis AD011and A1dOxR (in combination with an EPS), B. breve JCM 7017, B. breve JCM 7019, B. breve JCM 2258 and from an EPS (-ve) mutant of B. breve 7017 (a non-EPS producer).

scholarly journals Benzyl Furanones and Pyrones from the Marine-Derived Fungus Aspergillus terreus Induced by Chemical Epigenetic Modification

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (17) ◽  
pp. 3927
Author(s):  
Jing-Shuai Wu ◽  
Xiao-Hui Shi ◽  
Ya-Hui Zhang ◽  
Chang-Lun Shao ◽  
Xiu-Mei Fu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aspergillus Terreus ◽  
Epigenetic Modification ◽  
2D Nmr ◽  
Etoac Extract ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Deacetylase Inhibitor ◽  
Ic50 Values ◽  
First Time ◽  
Mic Value

Chemical epigenetic modification on a marine-derived fungus Aspergillus terreus RA2905 using a histone deacetylase inhibitor, suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA), resulted in a significantly changed metabolic profile. A chemical investigation of its ethyl acetate (EtOAc) extract led to the isolation of a racemate of benzyl furanone racemate (±)-1, which further separated chirally as a pair of new enantiomers, (+)- and (−)-asperfuranone (1), together with two new benzyl pyrones, asperpyranones A (2) and B (3). Their structures were elucidated by analysis of the comprehensive spectroscopic data, including one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) NMR, and HRESIMS. The absolute configurations were determined by electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculation and single-crystal X-ray crystallographic experiment. The structures with benzyl furanone or benzyl pyrone skeletons were discovered from natural products for the first time. Compounds (±)-1, (+)-1, (−)-1, and 2 displayed the antifungal activities against Candida albicans with MIC values of 32, 16, 64, and 64 μg/mL and PTP1B inhibitory activities with the IC50 values of 45.79, 17.32, 35.50, and 42.32 μM, respectively. Compound 2 exhibited antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa with the MIC value of 32 μg/mL.

scholarly journals Cabozantinib and apixaban: an hitherto unreported interaction

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Santini ◽  
Fabrizio Citarella ◽  
Bruno Vincenzi ◽  
Marco Russano ◽  
Giuseppe Tonini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Renal Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Oral Anticoagulant ◽  
Low Molecular Weight Heparin ◽  
New Drugs ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Direct Oral Anticoagulant ◽  
Anticancer Treatment ◽  
Pharmaceutical Agents ◽  
First Time

Abstract The use of direct oral anticoagulant in cancer patients is an emerging issue, which seems to be an alternative to low molecular weight heparin. Every year several new drugs are approved as anticancer treatment with possible drug-drug interaction with other drugs such as oral anticoagulant. We describe, for the first time, a case of neutropenia and thrombocytopenia in a patient in treatment with cabozantinib, a novel anticancer treatment used in metastatic renal cell carcinoma, and apixaban with promptly resumption of the toxicity after the interruption of cabozantinib. This case suggest a possible interaction between these two pharmaceutical agents, which merit caution considering the spreading of the two drugs.

Low molecular weight gels: potential in remediation of crude oil spillage and recovery

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (58) ◽  
pp. 53415-53420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ch. Siva Kesava Raju ◽  
Bhaskar Pramanik ◽  
Tanmoy Kar ◽  
Peddy V. C. Rao ◽  
Nettem V. Choudary ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Potential Application ◽  
Crude Oils ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Oil Spillage ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
First Time

A molecular gelator which has strong gelation ability for different crude oils (light to heavy crudes), and a wide range of refinery products is reported for the first time for its potential application in oil spillage/recovery.

Coupling Agents for Certain Types of Fluoroelastomers

1978 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 897-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Martin ◽  
T. V. Braswell ◽  
H. E. Green
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Coupling Agent ◽  
Coupling Agents ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Mechanical And Thermal Properties ◽  
Effective Performance ◽  
Base Polymer ◽  
Service Conditions ◽  
Carbon Fillers ◽  
First Time

Abstract From the data presented in this paper, it is concluded that fillers can be coupled with certain types of fluoroelastomer base polymers. A useful coupling agent must have mechanical and thermal properties at least equivalent to the base polymer in order to provide an improvement in properties for the compound under extreme service conditions. For the particular case of peroxide-curable fluoroelastomers and carbon fillers, hydroxy-terminated low-molecular-weight polybutadienes with high 1,2-microstructure appear to be good coupling agents. Care must be exercised in selecting the peroxide level to obtain a high crosslink density of the coupling agent while retaining rubberlike properties of the compound. This type of polybutadienediol has a relatively high number of reactive vinyl groups (approximately 20 per molecule) and relatively high molecular weight. Based upon the hypotheses presented in this paper, that coupling between carbon black and fluoroelastomers has been demonstrated for the first time, both higher molecular weight and multifunctionality of the polybutadienediol are viewed as important characteristics for effective performance.

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