scholarly journals Inhibition of prolyl oligopeptidase by flavonoids isolated from the roots of Allexis obanensis (Baker f.) Melch

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-44
Author(s):  
Olivier Ndogo Eteme ◽  
Nkwengoua Tchouboun Zondegoumba Ernestine ◽  
Soh Desire ◽  
Oladimeji Taiwo Babatunde ◽  
Barthelemy Nyasse

Background: Prolyl oligopeptidase is a cytosolic serine peptidase that hydrolyzes peptides containing proline at the carboxy terminus of proline residues. It has been associated with several neurodegenerative diseases. Therefore, it is a target in the management of these disease conditions. Methods: Allexis obanensis was taken through cold extraction, subjected to column chromatography and flavonoids isolated via high-performance liquid chromatographic technique. The flavonoids obtained were investigated for their in vitro prolyl oligopeptidase inhibitory activity. Results: The flavonoids isolated include: 4.4'''- dimethoxylophirone A [1] and 7-hydroxy-3-(3-hydroxy-4 méthoxyphenyl)-5- méthoxy-4H chromen-4-one [2]. They inhibited prolyl oligopeptidase at low IC50 concentrations of 7.201±3.021 µM and 6.223±2.002 µM respectively. Conclusion: The results obtained from this study proves the potential of these flavonoids as prolyl oligopeptidase inhibitors, by inference, their potentiality in the management of neuropsychiatric disorders.

Author(s):  
Zubaidur Rahman ◽  
Vijey Aanandhi M ◽  
Sumithra M

Objective: A simple, novel, sensitive, rapid high-performance liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) method has been developed and validated for quantitative determination of atomoxetine HCl (ATH) in bulk and formulations.Methods: The chromatographic development was carried out on RP-HPLC. The column used as Xterra RP 18 (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μ particle size), with mobile phase consisting of methanol: water 80:20 V/V. The flow rate was 1.0 mL/min and the effluents were monitored at 270 nm.Results: The retention time was found to be 5.350 min. The method was validated as per International Conference on Harmonization Guideline with respect to linearity, accuracy, precision, and robustness. The calibration curve was found to be linear over a range of 2–10 μg/mL with a regression coefficient of 0.9999. The method has proved high sensitivity and specificity.Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the proposed RP-HPLC method was simple, rapid, precise and accurate which is useful for the routine determination of ATH in bulk drug and in its pharmaceutical dosage form.


2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-129
Author(s):  
Sharifa Sultana ◽  
Md Shahadat Hossain ◽  
Md Samiul Islam ◽  
Abu Shara Shamsur Rouf

A novel reversed phase ultra-high performance liquid chromatographic (RP-UHPLC) method was developed for the estimation of sitagliptin in pharmaceutical dosage form. Separation was done by a X-bridge C18 column (4.6 i.d.× 150 mm, 5 μm particle size) with a flow rate of 1 ml/min using phosphate buffer (pH 6) and acetonitrile (70:30, v/v) as mobile phase at 268 nm using photodiode array plus (PDA+) detector. The retention time was found at 4.607 min. The developed method was validated as per the requirements of ICH-Q2B guidelines for specificity, system suitability, linearity, precision, accuracy, sensitivity and robustness. The linear regression analysis data for the linearity plot showed correlation coefficient values of 0.999 with LOD value of 0.06 μg/ml and LOQ of 0.225 μg/ml. The relative standard deviation (%RSD) for inter-day and intra- day precision was not more than 2.0%. The method was found to be accurate with percentages recovery of 98.50±0.03 to 99.70±0.05 and the % RSD was less than 2. The results showed that the proposed method is highly convenient for routine analysis of sitagliptin.Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. 17(1): 123-129, 2018 (June)


Author(s):  
Sara Casati ◽  
Ilaria Angeli ◽  
Alessandro Ravelli ◽  
Roberta F Bergamaschi ◽  
Andrea Guzzi ◽  
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Abstracrt Over the years, several studies have shown that many factors are likely to affect the results of forensic hair analyses and complicate their interpretation. Among these factors, one of the major drawbacks in hair analysis is the affectability of deposited xenobiotics by cosmetic treatments, which could be eventually used to adulterate the sample. It is well known that some cosmetic treatments containing hydrogen peroxide, such as permanent dyeing or bleaching, lead to the formation of 1-H-pyrrole-2,3,5-tricarboxylic acid (PTCA), a melanin degradation product. Considering that PTCA is also an endogenous compound, spontaneously formed by natural oxidation of melanin, its only detection in hair is not enough to confirm a cosmetic oxidative treatment. For this reason, the aim of the present work was to develop and validate a reliable liquid–liquid extraction method in ultra-high-performance liquid chromatographic–tandem mass spectrometry for the determination of endogenous PTCA in hair from a wide multi-ethnic population (African, Arab, Asian-Pacific, Caucasian, Hispanic and Indian). According to previous studies, untreated hair samples showed a PTCA content of 8.54 ± 5.72 ng/mg (mean ± standard deviation [SD]), ranging between 0.44 and 23.7 ng/mg; after in vitro cosmetic bleaching, PTCA increased to 16.8 ± 6.95 ng/mg (range: 4.16–32.3 ng/mg). Comparing baseline PTCA levels of each subgroup with the others, we could not observe any statistically significant difference, except for Caucasians (P < 0.05), wherein the concentrations were lower. Further studies and a wider sampling are necessary to elucidate the role of PTCA as diagnostic marker of cosmetic hair treatment in forensic field.


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