SOLUTION PROPERTIES OF ANTITUMOR CARBOXYMETHYLATED DERIVATIVES OF α-(1→3)-D-GLUCAN FROM GANODERMA LUCIDUM

Fractions of a water insoluble α-(1→3)-D-glucan (GL) extracted from Ganoderma lucidum were carboxy-methylated (CM) to obtain water-soluble carboxymethylated derivatives (CM-GL) having a degree of substitution (DS) of0.38～0.51. Weight-average molecular weight M_w and intrinsic viscosity [η] of the samples CM-GL were measured by gelpermeation chromatography combined with laser light scattering (GPC-LLS) and viscometry. The CM-GL exhibits a stifferchain in aqueous solution at 25℃ than the original glucan, The antitumor activities against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC,5×10~6) of the carboxymethylated derivatives from the α-glucan and curdlan, a β-glucan, are significantly higher than thoseof the original glucans. The effects of the relatively low molecular weight, expanded chains and better water-solubility of theCM-GL on the enhancement of antitumor activity could not be neglected. The chain stiffness decreased speedily withincrease of temperature from 40 to 60℃ or NaOH concentration from 0.1 to 0.4 in the solution, respectively, and the changeof the chain stiffness is reversible.     

STRUCTURE, MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND BIOACTIVITIES OF （1→3）-β-D-GLUCANS AND ITS SULFATED DERIVATIVES FROM FOUR KINDS OF LENTINUS EDODES

Abstract Lentinan samples, (1→3)-β-D-glucans containing 4.6-15.2 wt% proteins, coded as L-I1. L-I2. L-I3 and L-I4 (L-I)were isolated from four kinds of Lentinus edodes. These glucans were treated with acetone to remove the protein in order to obtain free protein glucans coded as LNP-I1. LNP-I2, LNP-I3 and LNP-I4 (LNP-I). The free-protein polysaccharides were sulfated to give derivatives (S-LNP-I) with degree of substitution (DS) from 0.4-0.8. The structural features and weight- average molecular weight (Mw) of the samples were investigated by using infrared spectroscopy, elemental analysis,^13C-NMR, size exclusion chromatography combined with laser light scattering (SEC-LLS) and viscometry. The effects of structure and conformation of the polysaccharides on antitumor activities were assayed in vivo (Sarcoma 180 solid tumors)and in vitro (Sarcoma 180, HL-60, MCF-7 and Vero tumors). The results indicated that the predominant species of the samples L-I and LNP-I in 0.2 mol/L NaCl aqueous solution existed as triple-helical chains with high rigidity and in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as single-flexible chains. Interestingly, the antitumor activities of LNP-I are lower than those of the native glucans (L-I), whereas their sulfated derivatives have higher inhibition ratio against Sarcoma 180 than LNP-I. The results reveal that the binding of protein, sulfated modification and the triple helix conformation are important factors in the enhancement of the antitumor activities of polysaccharides on the whole.     

Synthesis and Primary Research on Antitumor Activity of Three New Panaxadiol Fatty Acid Esters

For making use of Ginseng resources that exhibit an antitumor activity and for finding new anticancer drugs,three new fatty acid ester compounds: 3β-acetoxy panaxadiol ( Ⅰ ), 3β-palmitic acid aceloxy panaxadiol ( Ⅱ ), and 3β-octadecanoic acid aceloxy panaxadiol( Ⅰ , Ⅱ , and Ⅲ ) were synthesized with panaxadiol, diacetyl oxide, palmityl chloride and stearyl chloride, and their structures were determined via MS, 13C NMR, IR, TLC, and so on. The molar yields of the three compounds are 75.14%, 79. 08%, and 72. 57%, respectively. Meanwhile, the antitumor activity of the three new panaxadiol fatty acid ester derivatives and panaxadiol was compared by using the method of MTT. Tumor cell used was Vero cell line. Positive control was 5-FU, blank was an RPMI1640 culture medium, negative control was an RPMI1640 culture medium and the solvent for drugs to be tested. Compound Ⅰ has the strongest antitumor activity followed by panaxadiol; compounds Ⅱ and Ⅲ have similar and weakest antitumor activities.Furthermore, the antitumor activities of the panaxadiol fatty acid ester derivatives show positive correlation with the concentration of the test group, but show no relationship with the molecular weight of fatty acid. The methods that are used to synthesize the three compounds with high yields and strong antitumor activities are simple and show a great potential for meeting the needs of industrial manufacture of these drugs.     

The Synthesis of 1-Aryl-5-Fluorouracil

5-Fluorouracil (5-Fu,1)1 is an important antitumor drug. Some derivatives2,3 have shown better therapeutic efficacy than 5-Fu. In order to find much more better antitumor drugs of its derivatives, several attempts have been made and many different types of its derivatives have been prepared at N1, N3 position4~7. Moreover, several different ways have been used for alkylation of 5-Fu7~10. However, up to now, the arylation of 5-Fu at N1 or N3 position hasn't been reported, and the compound o…     

The Synthesis of 6-Alkyl-5-Fluorouracil Derivatives

As an antitumor drug, because of its low efficacy and high toxicity, several modifications have been made on 5-fluorouracil (5-Fu). Some compounds have been found to be highly efficient and much less toxic for the treatment of various solid tumors1~4. Among them, deoxyfluridine (Furtulon) has been used clinically for several years. In our previous work, we have prepared several substituted derivatives of 5-Fu and the primary result shows that some of them have certain antitumor activity5,6. …     

Syntheses of Novel Flavones Containing Schiff Base Moiety

Flavones and their derivatives existing in naturae are commonly contained in plants. The members of the flavone class show a wide variety of biological activities, such as anti-inflammatory, antimierobial and antitumor activities. Sehiff bases have been intensively investigated due to their antibacterial activity and antitumor property.     

Synthesis of 5-Deoxy-5-Acyloxyiminoavermectin B1 Derivatives

The avermectins1 are a unique collection of naturally occurring macrocyclic lactones with broad spectrum of anthelmintic and insecticidal activities. Their remarkable biological activity and complex molecular architecture stimulated significant interest in the scientific community. Much research has been carried out on these compounds. Many derivatives of avermectin have much more bioactivities and have been commercially utilized2-5. Here we describe the synthesis of 5-deoxy-5-acyloxyimi…     

Optical evodiamine derivatives:Asymmetric synthesis and antitumor activity

Evodiamine and its derivatives have an asymmetric center at the C13 b position.Herein,isomers of evodiamine derivatives 2 and 3 were obtained by straightforward asymmetric total synthesis.Their inhibitory activities toward topoisomerases I and II and their cytotoxicities in cancer cell lines were evaluated.All the four isomers exhibited good to excellent antitumor potency and the(S)-isomers were generally more active than the(R)-isomers.The binding modes of(S)-2 with topoisomerases I and II were also clarified by molecular docking.     

ISOLATION, PROPERTIES AND CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF A GLUCAN FROM GLYCYRRHIZIA URALENSIS FISCH

A new polysaccharide,GBW was obtained homogeneous as determined by HPLC from the roots of Glycyrrhizia uralensis Fisch. The molecular weight was estimated to be 4000. The component sugar was identified as glucose only. The specific rotation [α]~(28)_D (C=0.1,H_2O) was +1200. The α-configuration was established by IR and ~(13)C NMR. Methylation analysis, periodate oxidation, Smith degradation, partial hydrolysis, KI-I_2 reaction and ~(13)C NMR showed that GBW is a new (1→4)linked linear α-D-glucan. The structure is shown as 1.     

STUDY OF ACOUSTIC EMISSION DURING NON-ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION OF POLYPROPYLENE

In this paper we have presented the results of acoustic emission (AE) during non-isothemal crystallization of polypropylene (PP) melt with mean cooling rate 4℃/min, and discussed the effects of molecular weight (MW) on AE activity. It is shown that the amount of AE ring-down counts during whole crystallization of PP depends on the MW strongly.The copious AE bursts have been observed at the late stage of PPcrystallization. AE bursts are caused by cracking, crazing and cavitation between spherulites and inside spherulites.     

KINETIC ANALYSIS OF CO-CONDENSATION POLYMERIZATION OF AB2 AND AB MONOMERS

This work deals with the kinetics of co-condensation polymerization of AB2 and AB monomers, giving expressions of the two-dimensional molecular weight distribution function and the number/weight average molecular weights of the resulting copolymers. The two-dimensional molecular weight distribution depends on two indices, n and l, which are the respective numbers of AB2 and AB units in a copolymer species. The evolution of the two-dimensional weight and z distributions during the co-condensation polymerization has been evaluated systematically. Finally, the two-dimensional distribution was transformed into a one-dimensional molecular weight distribution with only one variable (the molecular weight of the products instead of the degree of polymerization). The calculated results show that the highly branched copolymer has a very broad molecular weight distribution when the co-condensation polymerization approaches completion.     

Synthesis and antitumor activities of structure-related small molecular compounds of gambogic acid

Through simplifying the complicated skeleton of the natural product gambogic acid, two series derivatives of chromone and xanthone were synthesized and examined for their antitumor activities against several cancer cells in vitro by MTT method. The results showed that appropriate introduction of prenyl group to the small molecular compounds could elevate their antitumor activities. The structure-activities relationship of synthesized compounds certified that the bridgecore in gambogic acid was very important for keeping its antitumor activities.     

XPS STUDY ON THE DERIVATIVES OF N-β-PHENETHYL AMINE AND N-β-PHENETHYL GLYCINE

The X-ray photoelectron spectra of sixteen derivatives of N-β-phenethyl amine and N-β-phenethyl glycine have been studied. The effect of different structures on N_(1s) binding energy and that of their Pauling's atomic charge density on the nitrogen atoms are investigated. The experimental binding energy of N_(1s) is proportional to the calculated Pauling's atomic charge density. It shows that the phosphoryl group is the strongest nitrogen lone pair electron localizing group as compared with the corresponding sulfonyl and acyl derivatives. The XPS results agree with the data that there is no decarbonylation during the synthesis of N-dialkylphosphoryl-tetrahydro-3-benzazepin-l-one.     

PREPARATION AND STRUCTURE OF FIVE DERIVATIVES OF β-(1→3)-D-GLUCAN ISOLATED FROM PORIA COCOS SCLEROTIUM

A new solvent of cellulose (1.5 mol/L NaOH/0.5 mol/L urea aqueous solution) was used as one of the homogeneous reaction media of polysaccharides for methylation, hydroxyethylation and hydroxypropylation. A water insoluble β-(l→3)-D-glucan, sample PCS3-II, isolated from fresh sclerotium of Poria cocos was sulfated in dimethyl sulfoxide (Me2SO), carboxymethylated in NaOH, isopropanol solution, as well as methylated, hydroxyethylated and hydroxypropylated in the new solvent system, respectively, to obtain five water-soluble derivatives coded as S-PCS3-Ⅱ, C-PCS3-Ⅱ, M-PCS3-Ⅱ, HE-PCS3-Ⅱ and HP-PCS3-Ⅱ. Their chemical structure and distribution of substitution were characterized by infrared spectroscopy (IR), elementary analysis (EA), 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, 2D-COSY, 2D-TOCSY and 2D-1H-detected 1H 13C HMQC spectra. The results reveal that the relative reactivity of hydroxyl groups of the β-(l→3)-D-glucan is in the order C-6 ＞ C-4 ＞ C-2 on the whole. The substitution of the samples S-PCS3-Ⅱ, C-PCS3-Ⅱ and M-PCS3-Ⅱoccurred mainly at C-6 position and secondly at C-4 and C-2 positions, and that of HE-PCS3-II occurred at C-6 and C-4positions and of HP-PCS3-II almost completely occurred at C-6 position. The degrees of substitution (DS) obtained from 13C-NMR range from 0.23 to 1.27. The water solubility of the derivatives is in the order S-PCS3-Ⅱ＞ C-PCS3-Ⅱ＞ M-PCS3-Ⅱ＞ HE-PCS3-Ⅱ＞ HP-PCS3-Ⅱ. This work provides a novel and nonpolluting process for the methylation, hydroxyethylation and hydroxypropylation ofβ-(1→3)-D-glucan.     

A STUDY OF LOW-TEMPERATURE CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR THE cis-1,4 POLYBUTADIENE PREPARED WITH RARE-EARTH CATALYST SYSTEM

The effects of molecular weight and temperature on crystallization processes at low tempera-ture for cis-1,4 polybutadiene prepared with rare-earth catalyst (Ln-PB) have been studied by WAXDmethod. In the range of molecular weight from     

CHAIN ENTANGLEMENT AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF cis-1, 4-POLYBUTADIENE

The morphological structure and mechanism of nucleation and growth of Ln-PB and Ni-PBwith different molecular weight were investigated by transmission electron microscopy. The crys-tallization of low molecular weight fraction is primarily from predetermined nuclei, crystallizationfor the high molecular weight fraction is primarily from sporadic nuclei. Two types morphologyof spherulite with different lamellar entanglement have been observed. The entanglement of highermolecular weight fractions are found to be of significance in the morphology and rate of crystallizationof polymer.     

STUDY ON SYNTHESIS OF HIGH VINYL POLYBUTADIENE WITH TETRAVALENT MOLYBDENUM CATALYST SYSTEM

In this paper the catalytic behaviour of tetravalent molybdenum catalyst system in polymeriza-tion of butadiene is dealt with. The effects of the variety of apions combined with molybdenumatom, the pattern of the substituent R in (i-Bu)_2AlOR and the polymerization conditions on thebutadiene conversion, the molecular weight and its distribution and the microstructure of the polymeralso are studied. It has been found that the catalyst system is significantly active when anions com-bined with the molybdenum atom are acetoxy (CH_3COO-),or ethoxy (C_2H_5O-). Obviously, thevariety of substituent R in (i-Bu)_2 AlOR has a great influence on the catalytic activity. The catalystsystem is inactive if the R group is--COR' (R'is alkyl or aromatic group) or alkyl, whereas the activityof the catalyst system increases if the R group is phenyl or tolyl. With the rise of polymerizationtemperature the polymer molecular weight decreases, the distribution index of molecular weight in-creases and the content of 1,2-unit in polybutadiene reduces.     

THE STUDIES OF THE ANALOGUES OF 9-β-D-XYLOFURANOSYL-ADENINE BY FAB-MASS SPECTROMETRY

The paper studies the chemical structures of eight synthetic9-β-D-xylofuranosyl-adenine-8-subatituted amino derivatives,by Fast AtomBombardment Mass Spectrometry(FAB-MS).FAB-MS spectrum can givethe molecular weight information of the samples and inquire into thesignificant fragments from the samples.     

SOLUTION PROPERTIES OF POLYPHENYLSILSESQUIOXANE

The limiting viscosity number [η] and translational diffusion coefficient D of polyphenylsilsesquioxane (PPSQ) and their dependence on molecular weight M_w were studied by static and dynamic light scattering and viscometry techniques. NMR measurement was also performed to investigate PPSQ's structure. Results show that PPSQ molecules are not rigid rods and do not have fully regular ladder structure but with branches and uncondensed hydroxy groups, and their extensibility decreases with the increase of molecular weight.     

A STUDY OF THE INTERACTION AND FORMATION CONSTANTS OF NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVES WITH CYCLODEXTRIN BY FLUORESCENCE AND CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTRA

The molecular recognition of the α,β-CD and 6~A,6~(C(D))-o,o′-(4,4′-diphenyloxide-disulfonyl)-β-CD to naphthalene derivatives was studied by fluorescence and circulardichroism spectra.The formation constants of the inclusion complexes were estimatedbased on the variation of fluorescent intensity and the modified Benesi-Hildebrand equa-tions.