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Zhang Q, Lei X, Yin H, Yue J. Editorial: Natural product chemical biology. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2024; 109:129817. [PMID: 38825255 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2024.129817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Qi Zhang
- The Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
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Ziemah J, Ullrich MS, Kuhnert N. Antibacterial Activity Potential of Industrial Food Production Waste Extracts against Pathogenic Bacteria: Comparative Analysis and Characterization. Foods 2024; 13:1902. [PMID: 38928843 PMCID: PMC11203380 DOI: 10.3390/foods13121902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2024] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
Abstract
The Food and Agricultural Organization estimates a 17% loss in the food production chain, making it imperative to adopt scientific and technological approaches to address this issue for sustainability. Industrial food production waste and its value-added applications, particularly in relation to a wide variety of pathogenic microorganisms and the health-related effects have not been thoroughly investigated. This study explores the potential of food production waste extracts-lemon peel (LP), hot trub (HT), and coffee silverskin (CSS) as sources of bioactive compounds. Extraction was conducted using hydro-methanolic extraction with yields in LP (482 mg/1 g) > HT (332 mg/1 g) > CSS (20 mg/1 g). The agar diffusion assay revealed the substantial antibacterial activity of all three extracts against Erwinia Amylovora, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, and Bacillus aquimaris. All extracts demonstrated activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, displaying minimum inhibitory concentrations effective against pathogenic bacteria like Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, and Salmonella enterica. Total phenolic content (TPC in mg GAE/1g) was 100, 20, and 100 for CSS, HT, and LP, respectively. Antioxidant activity by ABTS indicated IC50 of 3.09, 13.09, and 2.61 for LP, HT, and CSS, respectively. Also, the antioxidant activity of the extracts was further confirmed by DPPH assay with the best activity in CSS (9.84 GAEg-1) and LP (9.77 mg of GAEg-1) rather than in HT (1.45 GAEg-1). No adverse cytotoxic effects on HaCaT cells were observed. Pancreatic amylase inhibition demonstrated antidiabetic potential, with LP showing the highest levels (92%). LC-MS characterization identified polyphenols as the main compounds in CSS, prenylated compounds in HT, and flavanols in LP. The findings imply the potential sustainable use of food production waste in industry.
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- School of Science, Constructor University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, Germany; (J.Z.); (M.S.U.)
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Abdula AM, Mohsen GL, Jasim BH, Jabir MS, Rushdi AI, Baqi Y. Synthesis, pharmacological evaluation, and in silico study of new 3-furan-1-thiophene-based chalcones as antibacterial and anticancer agents. Heliyon 2024; 10:e32257. [PMID: 38947436 PMCID: PMC11214363 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2024] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024] Open
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New 3-furan-1-thiophene-based chalcones were synthesized, characterized and pharmacologically evaluated as antibacterial and anticancer agents against two bacterial species; Gram-positive (Streptococcus pyogenes) and Gram-negative (Pseudomonas aeruginosa). All tested final compounds were active against the two bacterial species; S. pyogenes and P . aeruginosa. Especially compound AM4 showed large inhibition zone (27.13 and 23.30 mm), respectively. Using the DPPH assay, the new chalcones were evaluated for their free radical scavenging activity and found to reach up to 90 %, accomplished at a test concentration of 200 μg/mL. Furthermore, the chalcone derivatives were investigated against two breast cell lines; MCF-7 (cancerous) and MCF-10A (non-cancerous). Compound AM4 showed potent anticancer activity (IC50 = 19.354 μg/mL) in comparison to the other tested chalcone derivatives. In silico study was achieved using the PyRx AutoDock Vina software (0.8) to study the interaction types between the new hits and the binding sites of targeted proteins; glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase and tubulin, the target for antibacterial and anticancer drugs, respectively. Based on the molecular docking results the tested chalcones bind to the active pocket of the respective proteins, which support the in vitro results. In conclusion, 3-furan-1-thiophene-based chalcones could serve as new hits in the discovery of novel anticancer and/or antibacterial drugs.
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- Ahmed Mutanabbi Abdula
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, P.O. Box 14022, Iraq
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Nahrain University, Baghdad, P.O. Box 64074, Iraq
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- Department of Applied Sciences, University of Technology, Baghdad, P.O. Box 19006, Iraq
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- Department of Applied Sciences, University of Technology, Baghdad, P.O. Box 19006, Iraq
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, P.O. Box 14022, Iraq
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, P.O. Box 36, Oman
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Godara R, Kaushik P, Tripathi K, Kumar R, Rana VS, Kumar R, Mandal A, Shanmugam V, Pankaj, Shakil NA. Green synthesis, structure-activity relationships, in silico molecular docking, and antifungal activities of novel prenylated chalcones. Front Chem 2024; 12:1389848. [PMID: 38746019 PMCID: PMC11093228 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2024.1389848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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A series of 16 novel prenylated chalcones (5A-5P) was synthesized by microwave-assisted green synthesis using 5-prenyloxy-2-hydroxyacetophenone and different benzaldehydes. Comparisons were also performed between the microwave and conventional methods in terms of the reaction times and yields of all compounds, where the reaction times in the microwave and conventional methods were 1-4 min and 12-48 h, respectively. The synthesized compounds were characterized using different spectroscopic techniques, including IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, and LC-HRMS. The antifungal activities of all compounds were evaluated against Sclerotium rolfsii and Fusarium oxysporum under in vitro conditions and were additionally supported by structure-activity relationship (SAR) and molecular docking studies. Out of the 16 compounds screened, 2'-hydroxy-4-benzyloxy-5'-O-prenylchalcone (5P) showed the highest activity against both S. rolfsii and F. oxysporum, with ED50 of 25.02 and 31.87 mg/L, respectively. The molecular docking studies of the prenylated chalcones within the active sites of the EF1α and RPB2 gene sequences and FoCut5a sequence as the respective receptors for S. rolfsii and F. oxysporum revealed the importance of the compounds, where the binding energies of the docked molecules ranged from -38.3538 to -26.6837 kcal/mol for S. rolfsii and -43.400 to -23.839 kcal/mol for F. oxysporum. Additional docking parameters showed that these compounds formed stable complexes with the protein molecules.
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- Rajni Godara
- Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
- The Graduate School, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
- ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
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- Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
- ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Nematology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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Mahdi IS, Abdula AM, Jassim AMN, Baqi Y. Design, Synthesis, Antimicrobial Properties, and Molecular Docking of Novel Furan-Derived Chalcones and Their 3,5-Diaryl-∆ 2-pyrazoline Derivatives. Antibiotics (Basel) 2023; 13:21. [PMID: 38247580 PMCID: PMC10812776 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics13010021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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The present work focuses on the synthesis and preliminary structure activity relationships (SARs) of furan-derived chalcones and their corresponding ∆2-pyrazoline derivatives as antimicrobial agents. Eight novel chalcone derivatives and eight ∆2-pyrazoline compounds were synthesized in moderate to good isolated yields. The target compounds were evaluated as antimicrobial agents against two Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis), two Gram-negative (Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae), and fungi (Candida albicans) species. Based on the SARs, chalcones 2a and 2h showed inhibition activity on all tested microbial species, while ∆2-pyrazoline 3d was found to be selective for some microbial species. The most potent compounds (2a, 2h, and 3d) were docked into glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase (GlcN-6-P), the molecular target enzyme for antimicrobial agents, utilizing the Autodock 4.2 program, in order to study their virtual affinity and binding mode with the target enzyme. The selected potent compounds were found to bind to the active site of the enzyme probably in a similar way to that of the substrate as suggested by the docking study. In summary, the newly developed furan-derived chalcones and their ∆2-pyrazoline derivatives could serve as potent leads toward the development of novel antimicrobial agents.
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- Inas S. Mahdi
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad P.O. Box 14022, Iraq; (I.S.M.); (A.M.N.J.)
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad P.O. Box 14022, Iraq; (I.S.M.); (A.M.N.J.)
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad P.O. Box 14022, Iraq; (I.S.M.); (A.M.N.J.)
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat P.O. Box 36, Oman
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