Synthesis and HIV-1 RNase H-activity of new alizarin acetonyl derivatives

Alizarin: Prospects and sustainability for food safety and quality monitoring applications

Active and intelligent food packaging has emerged to ensure food safety, quality, or spoilage monitoring and extend the shelf life of food. The development of intelligent packaging has accelerated significantly in recent years with a focus on monitoring changes in the quality of packaged products in real-time throughout the food supply chain. As one of the popular natural colorants, alizarin has attracted much consideration due to its excellent functional properties and quality to color change under varying pH. Alizarin is an efficient and cost-effective biomaterial with numerous biological features such as antioxidant, antibacterial, non-cytotoxic, and antitumor. This review focuses on an in-depth summary and prospects for alizarin as a natural and safe colorant that has the potential to be incorporated into intelligent packaging to track the freshness of packaged foodstuffs. The use of alizarin as an intelligent packaging agent shows huge potential for the application of food packaging and brings it one step closer to real-time monitoring of food quality throughout the supply chain. Finally, various limitations and future requirements are discussed to underscore the importance of developing alizarin-based intelligent functional food packaging systems.

Antibacterial Activity of Synthesized Derivatives of Purpurin Containing Cyсlopropane and Cyclobutane Fragment

The present study is a continuation of the scientific research works for the synthesis of anthraquinonе-containing derivatives with cyclic ring systems by the interaction of 1,2,4-trihydroxyanthraquinone (purpurin) with cyclopropanecarboxylic acid chloride and cyclobutanecarboxylic acid chloride by using the ultrasonic treatment. Esters of purpurin, studied for antibacterial activity in museum test strains of microorganisms (Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538-P, Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa АТСС 27853, Сandida albicans АТСС 10231) in vitro with the determination of the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) value. The study revealed that the cyclopropane substituent exhibits moderate antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633. While with the cyclobutane moiety it had a weak effect with respect to Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC strain. It has been found that the compounds with the cyclopropane and cyclobutane fragment have possessed antimicrobial activity in relation to strains of microorganisms Staphylococcus aureus АТСС 6538 for which the MIC value was 62.5 μg/ml.

Purpurin Esters Containing a Saturated Cyclic Fragment with Antimicrobial Activity

The present study is a continuation of the scientific research works for the synthesis of anthraquinonе-containing derivatives with cyclic ring systems by the interaction of 1,2,4-trihydroxyanthraquinone (purpurin) with cyclic carboxylic acid chlorides. Series of purpurin esters containing a saturated cyclic fragment was studied for antibacterial activity about museum strains of microorganisms. The effects of these preparations in vitro about Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538, Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa АТСС 27853 and fungus Сandida albicans АТСС 10231 were studied. It has been found that the compounds with the cyclohexane fragment have possess an antimicrobial activity with strains of microorganisms Staphylococcus aureus АТСС 6538 for which the MIC value was 31.25 μg/ml.