Antifungal Sesquiterpenoids from Michelia formosana Leaf Essential Oil against Wood-Rotting Fungi

Michelia formosana (Kanehira) Masamune is a broad-leaved species widespread in East Asia; the wood extract and its constituents possess antifungal activity against wood-decay fungi. Antifungal activities of leaf essential oil and its constituents from M. formosana were investigated in the present study. Bioassay-guided isolation was applied to isolate the phytochemicals from leaf essential oil. 1D and 2D NMR, FTIR, and MS spectroscopic analyses were applied to elucidate the chemical structures of isolated compounds. Leaf essential oil displayed antifungal activity against wood decay fungi and was further separated into 11 fractions by column chromatography. Four sesquiterpenoids were isolated and identified from the active fractions of leaf essential oil through bioassay-guided isolation. Among these sesquiterpenoids, guaiol, bulnesol, and β-elemol have higher antifungal activity against brown-rot fungus Laetiporus sulphureus and white-rot fungus Lenzites betulina. Leaf essential oil and active compounds showed better antifungal activity against L. sulphureus than against L. betulina. The molecular structure of active sesquiterpenoids all contain the hydroxyisopropyl group. Antifungal sesquiterpenoids from M. formosana leaf essential oil show potential as natural fungicides for decay control of lignocellulosic materials.     

Target Design of Novel Histone Deacetylase 6 Selective Inhibitors with 2-Mercaptoquinazolinone as the Cap Moiety

Epigenetic alterations found in all human cancers are promising targets for anticancer therapy. In this sense, histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) are interesting anticancer agents that play an important role in the epigenetic regulation of cancer cells. Here, we report 15 novel hydroxamic acid-based histone deacetylase inhibitors with quinazolinone core structures. Five compounds exhibited antiproliferative activity with IC₅₀ values of 3.4–37.8 µM. Compound 8 with a 2-mercaptoquinazolinone cap moiety displayed the highest antiproliferative efficacy against MCF-7 cells. For the HDAC6 target selectivity study, compound 8 displayed an IC₅₀ value of 2.3 µM, which is 29.3 times higher than those of HDAC3, HDAC4, HDAC8, and HDAC11. Western blot assay proved that compound 8 strongly inhibited tubulin acetylation, a substrate of HDAC6. Compound 8 also displayed stronger inhibition activity against HDAC11 than the control drug Belinostat. The inhibitory mechanism of action of compound 8 on HDAC enzymes was then explored using molecular docking study. The data revealed a high binding affinity (−7.92 kcal/mol) of compound 8 toward HDAC6. In addition, dock pose analysis also proved that compound 8 might serve as a potent inhibitor of HDAC11.     

酰基硫脲衍生物的合成、结构表征及生物活性研究

在超声波辐射下, 以PEG-400为固-液相转移催化剂, 用芳胺与双酰基异硫氰酸酯反应, 合成出了15种新的结构不对称的双酰基硫脲类化合物(6和6')和9种新的分子中含酰胺基团的单酰基硫脲类化合物(7和7'). 利用元素分析, IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, APT, 1D NOE及2D NMR技术确定了所合成化合物6和6'及7和7'的结构, 并对它们NMR谱中低场C, H进行了归属. 杀菌、杀虫和除草活性筛选测定实验结果表明, 所测试化合物对瓜炭疽病菌均具有抑制作用, 其中6e抑制率最高, 达到62.4%; 目标化合物7a对黄瓜白粉病菌有一定的抑制作用. 单胺氧化酶活性测定实验表明：大部分目标化合物对单胺氧化酶具有一定的抑制活性, 其中浓度在1×10^－3 mol•L^－1时目标化合物6'c和6'd的抑制活性较强, 明显高于其它化合物. 目标化合物没有抗惊厥活性.     

Crystal Structure and Activity against Acetaminophen-induced Hepatotoxicity of a Potassium Complex with Taurine-5-bromosalicylaldehyde Schiff Bases

A novel potassium complex KC9H9NO4SBr has been synthesized and characterized by IR spectra and single-crystal X-ray diffraction method. The crystal belongs to orthorhombic, space group Pbca with a = 0.74040（15）, b = 0.74960（15）, c = 4.2620（9） nm, V = 2.3654（8） nm^3, Mr = 346.24, Dc = 1.945 g/cm^3, Z = 8, F（000） = 1376, μ（MoKa） = 4.005mm^-1, GOOF = 1.021, R = 0.0471 and wR = 0.0872. In the crystal, the potassium ion is typically eight-coordinated, surrounded by eight O atoms from six （E）-2-（5-bromo-2-hydroxy-benzyli-deneamino）ethanesulfonate anions. The neighboring potassium ions are bridged by sulfonate groups into a two-dimensional layer structure, above and below which the 5-bromo-2-hydroxy-benzene rings are protruded. The activity against acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity of this complex was also studied, and found it can protect liver from hepatotoxicity induced by acetaminophen （AAP） to some extent.     

Antibacterial Activity of a Novel Oligosaccharide from Streptomyces californics against Erwinia carotovora subsp. Carotovora

The present study aims to characterize and predict models for antibacterial activity of a novel oligosaccharide from Streptomyces californics against Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora using an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and an artificial neural network. The mathematical predication models were used to determine the optimal conditions to produce oligosaccharide and determine the relationship between the factors (pH, temperature, and time). The characteristics of the purified antibacterial agent were determined using ultraviolet spectroscopy (UV/Vis), infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (¹H- and ¹³C-NMR), and mass spectrometry (MS). The best performances for the model were 39.45 and 35.16 recorded at epoch 1 for E. carotovora Erw₅ and E. carotovora EMCC 1687, respectively. The coefficient (R²) of the training was more than 0.90. The highest antimicrobial production was recorded after 9 days at 25 °C and a pH of 6.2, at which more than 17 mm of the inhibition zone was obtained. The mass spectrum of antimicrobial agent (peak at R.T. = 3.433 of fraction 6) recorded two molecular ion peaks at m/z = 703.70 and m/z = 338.30, corresponding to molecular weights of 703.70 and 338.30 g/mol, respectively. The two molecular ion peaks matched well with the molecular formulas C₂₉H₅₃NO₁₈ and C₁₄H₂₆O₉, respectively, which were obtained from the elemental analysis result. A novel oligosaccharide from Streptomyces californics with potential activity against E. carotovora EMCC 1687 and E. carotovora Erw₅ was successfully isolated, purified, and characterized.     

Waugh结构的H12[MnMo9O32(KO)6]的合成、晶体结构及催化性能

Waugh结构的H12[MnMo9O32(KO)6]的合成、晶体结构及催化性能;多金属氧酸盐;晶体结构;催化活性;Waugh结构     

纳米WO3粉体的制备与光催化活性研究

报道了以钨酸钠和盐酸为主要原料,通过气液反应制备纳米WO3粉体光催化剂的新方法．在XPS,XRD,TEM等手段对催化剂进行了表征的基础上,又讨论了焙烧温度和乙醇加入量对催化剂粒度大小以及光催化活性的影响．同时对纳米WO3粉体催化剂的光催化重整乙醇制氢反应活性进行了研究,观察了产氢效率和光电化学行为．研究结果表明,气液反应法是一种简单有效的制备纳米WO3粉体催化剂的方法,并显示出较好的光催化活性;该方法所得的三氧化钨粉末粒子平均直径在100nm以下;钨酸钠溶液中乙醇加入量对三氧化钨粉末粒子的尺寸和分散性都有影响,随着乙醇量的增加,粒子尺寸减小,且分散性较好．焙烧温度引起的WO3粒子晶体结构的变化会导致光氧化还原电位变化,是引起光催化活性差异的主要原因．     

Production and properties of a biosurfactant applied to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon solubilization

Microorganisms isolated from a soil sample collected from a gasoline filling station (located in Guwahati) were tested for their pyrene- and anthracene-degrading potential. Preliminary studies showed the ability of the organism to grow on carbon-free mineral medium (CFMM) supplemented with pyrene as the sole source of carbon. The organisms were found to produce a bioemulsifier when grown on CFMM with glucose or glycerol and/or pyrene as the carbon source. The organisms could also utilize anthracene when grown on mineral salt medium along with 2% glycerol. Within 2 d, anthracene concentration dropped less than 30% of the original concentration. Approximately 100 mg of the emulsifier was isolated from 25 mL of the 5-d-grown culture. The emulsifier was tested to produce emulsion with both an aliphatic and an aromatic group of hydrocarbons and resulting emulsions were found to be stable for a long period of time when keptat 10–15°C. The emulsifier was also quite stable in a pH range of 3.0–11.0. In a concentration range of 0.5–10 mg/mL, it resulted in a linear increment of apparent pyrene and anthracene solubility in water.     

Alkylbenzonaphthyridinones and benzonaphthyridinium quaternary salts

Four methyl and ethylbenzonaphthyridinones, along with two ethylbenzonaphthyridinium iodides, 2.5-dimethyl-1,5-benzo[c]naphthyridinium iodide, as well as three isomeric N-3-bromopropylbenzonaphthyridinium bromides have been synthesized and their structures confirmed by¹H NMR spectroscopy. Biological data (minimal inhibitory concentrations) for two of the obtained compounds are presented.Institute of Chemistry, Pedagogical University, 42-201 Czestochowa, Poland Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 944–950, July, 2000.     

Insecticidal potential of Ocimum canum plant extracts against Anopheles stephensi,Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus larval and adult mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)

Mosquitoes have developed resistance to various synthetic insecticides, making their control increasingly difficult. Insecticides of botanical origin may serve as suitable natural control. This study evaluates the toxic potential of Ocimum canum (Sims) leaf extract and powder against Anopheles stephensi (Liston), Aedes aegypti (Lin) and Culex quinquefasciatus (Say) larval and adult mosquitoes. Larval mortality was observed after 24 h recovery period and adult smoke toxicity observed for 40 min duration at 10 min interval. Methanol extract of O. canum showed highest larval mortality against the larvae of C. quinquefasciatus LC₅₀ = 28.3225, LC₉₀ = 44.1150; Ae. aegypti LC₅₀ = 43.327, LC₉₀ = 61.249; and An. stephensi LC₅₀ = 30.2001, LC₉₀ = 48.2866 ppm. The smoke toxicities were 93% mortality in C. quinquefasciatus, 74% in Ae. aegypti and 79% in An. stephensi adults, respectively, whereas 100% mortality was recorded in the commercial mosquito control. Our results suggest that O. canum leaf extract and powder are natural insecticide, and ideal eco friendly approach for mosquito control.