Flavonoids of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Scutellaria immaculata</Emphasis> Roots

(±)-5,2′-Dihydroxy-6,7,6′-trimethoxyflavanone, (-)-5,2′-dihydroxy-6,7,8,6′-tetramethoxyflavanone, chrysin, wogonin, apigenin, isoscutellarein, scutellarein, cosmosiin, and the new flavonoid wogonin-7-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, the structure of which was established using chemical transformations and spectral data, were isolated from Scutellaria immaculata roots.__________Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 26–28, January–February, 2005.     

灯盏乙素苷元4’-N-取代氨甲基苯甲酸酯的合成及体外抗氧化活性研究

为合成具有较强神经细胞氧化损伤保护作用的灯盏乙素苷元衍生物.以灯盏乙素苷元与N-取代氨甲基苯甲酸为原料,在偶联剂N,N＇-二环己基碳酰亚胺(DCC)/4-N,N-二甲基吡啶(DMAP)的作用下制备了6种灯盏乙素苷元4′-N-取代氨甲基苯甲酸酯衍生物6a～6f,所合成的化合物均经过1H NMR,ESI-MS以及HRMS分...     

野黄芩素的合成与表征

本文以3,4,5-三甲氧基苯酚与对甲氧基肉桂酰氯为原料,在三氟化硼-乙醚络合物催化下,发生Friedel–Crafts反应,生成9-羟基-5,6,7,4’–四甲氧基查尔酮;然后9-羟基-5,6,7,4’–四甲氧基查尔酮在碘的二甲基亚砜溶液中发生分子内环合得到5,6,7,4’-四甲氧基黄酮;最后在酸性条件下,5,6,7,4’-四甲氧基黄酮发生去甲基化水解反应制得野黄芩素,总产率达到54%。化合物结构经IR,1H NMR和MS表征。该方法简单易行,具有广泛的应用前景。     

Energetics,electronic structures and geometries of didehydroazines

When calibrated against the available experimental data for didehydrobenzenes, RB3LYP/cc-pVTZ, QCISD/cc-pVTZ, CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ, and G3 electronic structure calculations provide reliable predictions of standard enthalpies and singlet—triplet splittings in all possible isomers of didehydroazines that (with a possible exception of 2,6-didehydropyridine) possess singlet ground states. Singlet didehydroazines with larger numbers of nitrogen atoms turn out to be more prone to ring opening, as indicated by the fact that out of the 6, 11, 6 and 3 possible didehydropyridines, didehydrodiazines, didehydrotriazines, and didehydrotetrazines, respectively, 5, 7, 2 and none are actually found. Immediate proximity of the nitrogen atom to the formally triple carbon—carbon bond confers decreased thermodynamic stabilities and smaller singlet—triplet splittings on the species of the 1,2-didehydro type. Some of the aza analogues of singlet 1,3-didehydrobenzene are as stable as their 1,2-didehydro counterparts. The only existing aza analogue of singlet 1,4-didehydrobenzene is 2,5-didehydropyrazine, which is particularly stable and possesses a large singlet—triplet splitting, making it a feasible synthetic target. The present calculations indicate that the experimental standard enthalpies of formation of pyrimidine and pyrazine are in error.     

Scutellarein from Scutellaria barbata induces apoptosis of human colon cancer HCT116 cells through the ROS-mediated mitochondria-dependent pathway

To search novel therapy for human colon cancer, scutellarein identified from Scutellaria barbata was investigated using HCT116 cells. As a result, scutellarein can induce apoptosis of HCT116 cells. Further investigation for the mechanism has revealed scutellarein can increase the production of intracellular ROS and lead to the collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential. Meanwhile, the activity of caspase-3 in HCT116 cells was elevated by scutellarein. Moreover, down-regulated Bcl-2 and up-regulated Bax were observed. Additionaly, scutellarein resulted in cytochrome c release from mitochondria. These results indicated the apoptosis induction of HCT116 cells by scutellarein was implemented through ROS-mediated mitochondria-dependent pathway.