Identification of active compounds from medicinal plant extracts using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and multivariate data analysis

Conventional methods of drug discovery from natural products include bioassay-guided fractionation, which is tedious and has low efficiency. The aim of this work is to develop a platform method to rapidly identify bioactive compounds from crude plant extracts and their partially purified fractions using multivariate data analysis (MVDA). Soxhlet extraction and liquid-liquid fractionation were used to prepare different extracts and fractions from the leaves of a medicinal plant, Ardisia elliptica. The extracts and fractions were analysed chemically using GC-MS, and their ability to inhibit platelet aggregation was investigated. Two MVDA methods were developed and optimised to analyse the results. In the first method, compounds with the highest contribution scores for biological activity calculated by different models were listed as potential antiplatelet compounds. For the second MVDA method, a correlation of the concentrations of constituents and biological activities in the various extracts and fractions for each compound was done. Compounds with the highest correlation coefficients were identified as potential antiplatelet compounds. One of the predicted components was isolated, purified and confirmed to possess antiplatelet effects. This platform method can be developed and optimised for other plant extracts and biological activities, thus reducing time and cost of drug discovery while improving efficiency.     

Acylated mono-, bis- and tris- cinchona-based amines containing ferrocene or organic residues: synthesis, structure and in vitro antitumor activity on selected human cancer cell lines

A series of novel functionalized mono-, bis- and tris-(S)-{[(2S,4R,8R)-8-ethyl-quinuclidin-2-yl](6-methoxyquinolin-4-yl)}methanamines including ferrocene-containing derivatives was obtained by the reaction of the precursor amine with a variety of acylation agents. Their in vitro antitumor activity was investigated against human leukemia (HL-60), human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y), human hepatoma (HepG2) and human breast cancer (MCF-7) cells by the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT)-assay and the 50% inhibitory concentration (IC(50)) values were determined. Our data indicate that the precursor amine has no antitumor activity in vitro, but the bis-methanamines with ureido-, thioureido and amide-type linkers display attractive in vitro cytotoxicity and cytostatic effects on HL-60, HepG2, MCF-7 and SH-SY5Y cells. Besides 1H- and 13C-NMR methods the structures of the new model compounds were also studied by DFT calculations.     

Novel indole syntheses by ring transformation of β-lactam-condensed 1,3-benzothiazines into indolo[2,3-b][1,4]benzothiazepines and indolo[3,2-c]isoquinolines

ortho-Nitrophenyl-substituted condensed 1,3-benzothiazines proved to be a useful core unit in indole syntheses under non-reductive conditions. Thus, the treatment of ortho-nitro-2-aryl-2a-chloro-4H-azeto[2,1-b][1,3]benzothiazin-1-ones with sodium methoxide in methanol provided indolo-1,4-benzothiazepines via a novel rearrangement. Through the sulfur extrusion reaction of indolo[2,3-b][1,4]benzothiazepines, further alkaloid-type indole derivatives, indolo[3,2-c]isoquinolines, were obtained. The structures of the new ring systems were determined by means of NMR spectroscopy.     

The capillary force in micro- and nano-indentation with different indenter shapes

The influence of the indenter shapes and various parameters on the magnitude of the capillary force is studied on the basis of models describing the wet adhesion of indenters and substrates joined by liquid bridges. In the former, we consider several shapes, such as conical, spherical and truncated conical one with a spherical end. In the latter, the effects of the contact angle, the radius of the wetting circle, the volume of the liquid bridge, the environmental humidity, the gap between the indenter and the substrate, the conical angle, the radius of the spherical indenter, the opening angle of the spherical end in the truncated conical indenter are included. The meniscus of the bridge is described using a circular approximation, which is reasonable under some conditions. Different dependences of the capillary force on the indenter shapes and the geometric parameters are observed. The results can be applicable to the micro- and nano-indentation experiments. It shows that the measured hardness is underestimated due to the effect of the capillary force.     

Stereochemical studies—75 : Saturated heterocycles—62. connection between the diastereoselectivity and the dominant conformation in the formation of condensed- skeleton 1,3-oxazines,first X-ray diffraction evidence of N-outside conformation

The rapid, spontaneous epimerization occurring at the C(2) chirality centre of a new diastereomeric (r-4,c-2,c-5)-2-(p-nitrophenyl)-3-methyl-4,5-tetramethylenetetrahydro-1,3-oxazine led to the conclusion that the configuration at C(2) of the bicyclic 1,3-oxazines formed by the cyclization of alicyclic 1,3-aminoalcohols with aldehydes is determined by the dominant conformation of the product. The first X-ray diffraction evidence is given for the N-outside conformation of compounds of this type.     

Synthesis and Stereostructure of Saturated Isoindolone-Fused Hetero Tri-, Tetra-, and Pentacyclic Compounds

Summary. t-2-Benzoyl-t-4-phenylcyclohexane-r-1-carboxylic acid reacts with hydrazine to give the saturated 1,7-diphenyl-trans-phthalazin-4(3H)-one. The reaction of the acid with ethylenediamine yields diastereomeric trans-imidazo[2,3-a]isoindoles, which differ in their C-1 configuration. The cyclizations of the acid with cis-2-aminocyclohexane- or 4-cyclohexenemethanol result in trans-isoindolo[2,1-a][3,1]benzoxazines, while in its reactions with the analogous di-endo- and di-exo-norbornane- and -norborneneamino alcohols, the acid gives methylene-bridged isomeric di-endo-norbornanes or a norbornene derivative; the corresponding diastereomeric di-exo derivatives have also been prepared. After isolation, the structures were established by means of ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy, with application of DIFFNOE, DEPT, HMQC, HMBC, and 2D-COSY techniques.     

Synthesis and Stereostructure of 3-Amino-5- and -6-hydroxybicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-carboxylic Acid Diastereomers

Summary. All-endo-3-amino-5-hydroxybicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-carboxylic acid and two epimers of 3-amino-6-hydroxybicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-carboxylic acid were prepared via 1,3-oxazine or γ-lactone intermediates by the stereoselective functionalization of endo-3-aminobicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2-carboxylic acid derivatives. Their structures were proved by IR and NMR spectroscopy, with the use of HMQC, HMBC, DEPT, and DIFFNOE techniques.     

Preparation and steric structure of 3(2H)-pyridazinones and 1,2-oxazin-6-ones fused with three- to six-membered saturated carbocycles or norbornane skeleton

Summary Reactions ofcis-2-(4-methylbenzoyl)-cyclopropane- (1) and-cyclobutanecarboxylic acids (2), the stereoisomeric cyclohexyl homologues (3 and4), and di-endo-3-(4-methylbenzoyl)-bi-cyclo-[2.2.1]heptane-2-carboxylic acid (5) with hydrazines yield the cycloalkane-condensed (3(2H)-pyridazinones6–9 and the norbornane di-endo-fused derivatives10. With hydroxylamine, compounds1 and3–5 were transformed to the cycloalkane- and norbornane-condensed 1,2-oxazin-6-ones11–14. Transformation of3–5 led to thetrans-hexahydroanthrone17a and its methylene-bridged analogue24. From the stereoisomeric hexahydro-1(3H)-isobenzofuranones20 and21, the partly saturated anthrones were also prepared; the products (16b and17b) contain the methyl substituent in position 6. On reduction,16b yield the 2-methyloctahydroanthracene22. The structures of the compounds were proved by¹H and¹³C NMR spectroscopy, making use of NOE, DEPT, and CH-COSY techniques.

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Synthese und räumliche Struktur von mit drei- bis sechsgliedrigen gesättigten Homocyclen oder Norbornan kondensierten 3(2H)-Pyridazinonen und 1,2-Oxazin-6-onen

Zusammenfassung Die Reaktion voncis-2-(4-methylbenzoyl)-cyclopropan-(1) und-cyclobutancarbonsäuren (2), der stereoisomeren cyclohexyl-Homologen (3 und4) und von di-endo-3-(4-methylbenzoyl)-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-carbonsäure (5) mit Hydrazinen ergibt die cycloalkankondensierten 3(2H)-Pyridazinone6–9 und das methylenüberbrückte di-endo-Derivat10. Die Verbindungen1 und3–5 wurden mit Hydroxylamin zu den cycloalkan- und norbornankondensierten 1,2-Oxazin-6-onen11–14 umgesetzt.3–6 reagierten zumtrans-Hexahydroanthron17a und seinem methylenüberbrückten Analogen24. Die teilweise gesättigten Anthrone wurden auch aus den stereoisomeren Hexahydro-1(3H)-isobenzofuranonen20 und21 hergestellt (16b und17b), wobei der Methylsubstituent jedoch in Position 6 lokalisiert ist. Reduktion von16b ergab das 2-Methyloctahydroanthracen22. Die Strukturen der Verbindungen wurden durch NMR-Spektroskopie abgesichert (¹H,¹³C, DEPT, CH-COSY, NOE).