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Song Y, Amaya JA, Murarka VC, Mendez H, Hogan M, Muldoon J, Evans P, Ortin Y, Kelly SL, Lamb DC, Poulos TL, Caffrey P. Biosynthesis of a new skyllamycin in Streptomyces nodosus: a cytochrome P450 forms an epoxide in the cinnamoyl chain. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:2835-2843. [PMID: 38511621 DOI: 10.1039/d4ob00178h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Activation of a silent gene cluster in Streptomyces nodosus leads to synthesis of a cinnamoyl-containing non-ribosomal peptide (CCNP) that is related to skyllamycins. This novel CCNP was isolated and its structure was interrogated using mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The isolated compound is an oxidised skyllamycin A in which an additional oxygen atom is incorporated in the cinnamoyl side-chain in the form of an epoxide. The gene for the epoxide-forming cytochrome P450 was identified by targeted disruption. The enzyme was overproduced in Escherichia coli and a 1.43 Å high-resolution crystal structure was determined. This is the first crystal structure for a P450 that forms an epoxide in a substituted cinnamoyl chain of a lipopeptide. These results confirm the proposed functions of P450s encoded by biosynthetic gene clusters for other epoxidized CCNPs and will assist investigation of how epoxide stereochemistry is determined in these natural products.
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- Yuhao Song
- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.
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- Departments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Departments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Departments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.
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- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Ireland
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- Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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- Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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- Departments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.
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Guo X, Wang F, Fang D, Lin Q, Sahu SK, Luo L, Li J, Chen Y, Dong S, Chen S, Liu Y, Luo S, Guo Y, Liu H. The genome of Acorus deciphers insights into early monocot evolution. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3662. [PMID: 37339966 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38836-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023] Open
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Acorales is the sister lineage to all the other extant monocot plants. Genomic resource enhancement of this genus can help to reveal early monocot genomic architecture and evolution. Here, we assemble the genome of Acorus gramineus and reveal that it has ~45% fewer genes than the majority of monocots, although they have similar genome size. Phylogenetic analyses based on both chloroplast and nuclear genes consistently support that A. gramineus is the sister to the remaining monocots. In addition, we assemble a 2.2 Mb mitochondrial genome and observe many genes exhibit higher mutation rates than that of most angiosperms, which could be the reason leading to the controversies of nuclear genes- and mitochondrial genes-based phylogenetic trees existing in the literature. Further, Acorales did not experience tau (τ) whole-genome duplication, unlike majority of monocot clades, and no large-scale gene expansion is observed. Moreover, we identify gene contractions and expansions likely linking to plant architecture, stress resistance, light harvesting, and essential oil metabolism. These findings shed light on the evolution of early monocots and genomic footprints of wetland plant adaptations.
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- Xing Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, PR China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, PR China
- College of Life Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, PR China
- College of Life Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, PR China
- College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710069, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, PR China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity, Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen & Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518004, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, South China Botanical Garden, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510650, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity, Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen & Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518004, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, South China Botanical Garden, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510650, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, PR China.
- BGI Life Science Joint Research Center, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150040, PR China.
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Zhao X, Liang L, Xu R, Cheng P, Jia P, Bai Y, Zhang Y, Zhao X, Zheng X, Xiao C. Revealing the Antiepileptic Effect of α-Asaronol on Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizure Rats Using NMR-Based Metabolomics. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:6322-6334. [PMID: 35224394 PMCID: PMC8867478 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c06922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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α-Asaronol from Acorus tatarinowii (known as "Shichangpu" in Traditional Chinese medicine) has been proved to possess more efficient antiepileptic activity and lower toxicity than α-asarone (namely "Xixinnaojiaonang" as an antiepileptic drug in China) in our previous study. However, the molecular mechanism of α-asaronol against epilepsy needs to be known if to become a novel antiepileptic medicine. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabolomics was applied to investigate the metabolic patterns of plasma and the brain tissue extract from pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced seizure rats when treated with α-asaronol or α-asarone. The results showed that α-asaronol can regulate the metabolomic level of epileptic rats to normal to some extent, and four metabolic pathways were associated with the antiepileptic effect of α-asaronol, including alanine, aspartate, and glutamate metabolism; synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies; glutamine and glutamate metabolism; and glycine, serine, and threonine metabolism. It was concluded that α-asaronol plays a vital role in enhancing energy metabolism, regulating the balance of excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters, and inhibiting cell membrane damage to prevent the occurrence of epilepsy. These findings are of great significance in developing α-asaronol into a promising antiepileptic drug derived from Traditional Chinese medicine.
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Alghamdi SS, Suliman RS, Aljammaz NA, Kahtani KM, Aljatli DA, Albadrani GM. Natural Products as Novel Neuroprotective Agents; Computational Predictions of the Molecular Targets, ADME Properties, and Safety Profile. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:549. [PMID: 35214883 PMCID: PMC8878483 DOI: 10.3390/plants11040549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are one of the most challenging public health issues. Despite tremendous advances in our understanding of NDs, little progress has been made in establishing effective treatments. Natural products may have enormous potential in preventing and treating NDs by targeting microglia; yet, there have been several clinical concerns about their usage, primarily due to a lack of scientific evidence for their efficacy, molecular targets, physicochemical properties, and safety. To solve this problem, the secondary bioactive metabolites derived from neuroprotective medicinal plants were identified and selected for computational predictions for anti-inflammatory activity, possible molecular targets, physicochemical properties, and safety evaluation using PASS online, Molinspiration, SwissADME, and ProTox-II, respectively. Most of the phytochemicals were active as anti-inflammatory agents as predicted using the PASS online webserver. Moreover, the molecular target predictions for some phytochemicals were similar to the reported experimental targets. Moreover, the phytochemicals that did not violate important physicochemical properties, including blood-brain barrier penetration, GI absorption, molecular weight, and lipophilicity, were selected for further safety evaluation. After screening 54 neuroprotective phytochemicals, our findings suggest that Aromatic-turmerone, Apocynin, and Matrine are the most promising compounds that could be considered when designing novel neuroprotective agents to treat neurodegenerative diseases via modulating microglial polarization.
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- Sahar Saleh Alghamdi
- College of Pharmacy, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia; (R.S.S.); (N.A.A.); (K.M.K.); (D.A.A.)
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (KAIMRC), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Pharmacy, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia; (R.S.S.); (N.A.A.); (K.M.K.); (D.A.A.)
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (KAIMRC), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Pharmacy, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia; (R.S.S.); (N.A.A.); (K.M.K.); (D.A.A.)
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- College of Pharmacy, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia; (R.S.S.); (N.A.A.); (K.M.K.); (D.A.A.)
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- College of Pharmacy, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia; (R.S.S.); (N.A.A.); (K.M.K.); (D.A.A.)
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11474, Saudi Arabia;
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Zou J, Zhang S, Zhao H, Wang YH, Zhou ZQ, Chen GD, Hu D, Li N, Yao XS, Gao H. Biotransformation of α-asarone by Alternaria longipes CGMCC 3.2875. Chin J Nat Med 2021; 19:700-705. [PMID: 34561082 DOI: 10.1016/s1875-5364(21)60088-2] [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: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Biotransformation of α-asarone by Alternaria longipes CGMCC 3.2875 yielded two pairs of new neolignans, (+) (7S, 8S, 7'S, 8'R) iso-magnosalicin (1a)/(-) (7R, 8R, 7'R, 8'S) iso-magnosalicin (1b) and (+) (7R, 8R, 7'S, 8'R) magnosalicin (2a)/(-) (7S, 8S, 7'R, 8'S) magnosalicin (2b), and four known metabolites, (±) acoraminol A (3), (±) acoraminol B (4), asaraldehyde (5), and 2, 4, 5-trimethoxybenzoic acid (6). Their structures, including absolute configurations, were determined by extensive analysis of NMR spectra, X-ray crystallography, and quantum chemical ECD calculations. The cytotoxic activity and Aβ42 aggregation inhibitory activity of all the compounds were evaluated. Compound 2 displayed significant anti-Aβ42 aggregation activity with an inhibitory rate of 60.81% (the positive control EGCG: 69.17%). In addition, the biotransformation pathway of α-asarone by Alternaria longipes CGMCC 3.2875 was proposed.
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- Jian Zou
- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral Research Station, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; College of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; College of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
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Wang ZJ, Zhu YY, Yi X, Zhou ZS, He YJ, Zhou Y, Qi ZH, Jin DN, Zhao LX, Luo XD. Bioguided isolation, identification and activity evaluation of antifungal compounds from Acorus tatarinowii Schott. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2020; 261:113119. [PMID: 32679258 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2020.113119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY RELEVANCE As a traditional folk medicine, Acorus tatarinowii Schott was used to treat digestive diseases, such as diarrhea, which may be related to Candida albicans infection; however according to literature surveys, there have been few studies of A. tatarinowii focusing on its antimicrobial activity, and almost all describe investigations using crude extracts or fractions. AIM OF THE STUDY The aims of the current study were to isolate and identify antifungal fractions of A. tatarinowii based on their antifungal activity, explore the preliminary mechanism of 60% ethanol elution (AT60) by metabonomics, and evaluate the antifungal activity of AT60 in vivo and in vitro, to provide natural resources against fungal infections. MATERIALS AND METHODS As a pilot evaluation of activity, A. tatarinowii fractions and compounds with antifungal bioactivity were isolated by bioactive-guided column chromatography, and identified by LC-QTOF-MS/MS and NMR spectroscopy. The antifungal effects of the active ingredients against resistant C. albicans were evaluated by in vivo and in vitro colony forming unit assays. The mechanism underlying the activity of AT60 against C. albicans was explored using an LC-QTOF-based metabonomics approach and fluorescence microscopy imaging. RESULTS AT60 showed better activity against C. albicans than the same dose of the first line antifungal drugs, fluconazole and itraconazole (positive control drugs). Subsequent phytochemical investigation of AT60 identified twenty-five known compounds, six of which were isolated: asaraldehyde (7), 1-(2,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-1,2-propanediol (12), α-asarone (14), β-asarone (15), γ-asarone (18), acotatarone C (19). Further, the compounds α-asarone (14) and acotatarone C (19) may be responsible for the antifungal activity, and exhibit synergistic effects. Metabonomics analysis indicated that AT60 can inhibit biofilm formation by regulating the C. albicans protein kinase C pathway. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that A. tatarinowii has potent bioactivity against C. albicans in vitro and in vivo, and can be considered an antifungal botanic agent.
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- Zhao-Jie Wang
- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China.
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D’Agostino A, Canini A, Di Marco G, Nigro L, Spagnoli F, Gismondi A. Investigating Plant Micro-Remains Embedded in Dental Calculus of the Phoenician Inhabitants of Motya (Sicily, Italy). PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9101395. [PMID: 33092237 PMCID: PMC7590007 DOI: 10.3390/plants9101395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Plant records reveal remarkable evidence about past environments and human cultures. Exploiting dental calculus analysis and using a combined approach of microscopy and gas chromatography mass spectrometry, our research outlines dietary ecology and phytomedicinal practices of the ancient community of Motya (Sicily, eight to sixth century BC), one of the most important Phoenician settlements in the Mediterranean basin. Micro-remains suggest use or consumption of Triticeae cereals, and animal-derived sources (e.g., milk and aquatic birds). Markers of grape (or wine), herbs, and rhizomes, endemic of Mediterranean latitudes and the East, provide insight into the subsistence of this colony, in terms of foodstuffs and phytotherapeutic products. The application of resins and wood of Gymnosperms for social and cultural purposes is hypothesized through the identification of Pinaceae secondary metabolites and pollen grains. The information hidden in dental calculus discloses the strong human-plant interaction in Motya’s Phoenician community, in terms of cultural traditions and land use.
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- Alessia D’Agostino
- Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.D.); (G.D.M.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.D.); (G.D.M.)
- Correspondence: (A.C.); (A.G.); Tel.: +39-06-7259-4330 (A.C.); +39-06-7259-4344 (A.G.); Fax: +39-06-2023-500 (A.C. & A.G.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.D.); (G.D.M.)
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- Department Italian Institute of Oriental Studies—ISO, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy; (L.N.); (F.S.)
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- Department Italian Institute of Oriental Studies—ISO, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy; (L.N.); (F.S.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.D.); (G.D.M.)
- Correspondence: (A.C.); (A.G.); Tel.: +39-06-7259-4330 (A.C.); +39-06-7259-4344 (A.G.); Fax: +39-06-2023-500 (A.C. & A.G.)
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Cheng Z, Shu H, Zhang S, Luo B, Gu R, Zhang R, Ji Y, Li F, Long C. From Folk Taxonomy to Species Confirmation of Acorus (Acoraceae): Evidences Based on Phylogenetic and Metabolomic Analyses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:965. [PMID: 32670345 PMCID: PMC7327505 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Plants in Acorus have been used as herbal medicine by various linguistic groups for thousands of years. Arguments of taxonomy of Acorus among scientists resulted in confusions and misuses of Acorus plants. The present study used different methods to investigate the classification of the genus, based on folk taxonomy. The relationships among Acorus species were revealed through phylogenetic analyses by constructing the Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic analyses based on sequences of two chloroplast regions (trnL-trnF and rbcL). All samples named with two so-called synonyms, Acorus macrospadiceus (Yamam.) F. N. Wei and Y. K. Li and Acorus tatarinowii Schott collected from different habitats, were clustered into separate groups, which revealed that they represented two independent species. Multivariate statistical analysis of metabolites from different Acorus populations were carried out based on UPLC-QTOF-MS data. Three independent analysis, principal component analysis, heat-map analysis, and hierarchical cluster analysis, showed that A. macrospadiceus and A. tatarinowii are different from two recognized species in the genus, A. calamus L. and A. gramineus Aiton. The results of phylogenetics and chemotaxonomy, together with morphological and ecological evidences, were consistent with traditional knowledge of local people related to Acorus taxa, which proved the significance of parataxonomy. Multiple evidences including morphological, ecological, folk taxonomic, phylogenetic, and chemical taxonomic results suggested that there are four species in the genus Acorus.
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- Zhuo Cheng
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Ethnomedicine (Minzu University of China), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ethnomedicine (Minzu University of China), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Ethnomedicine (Minzu University of China), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Ethnomedicine (Minzu University of China), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Ethnomedicine (Minzu University of China), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Ethnomedicine (Minzu University of China), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Ethnomedicine (Minzu University of China), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Chunlin Long, ;
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Lee JE, Kim N, Yeo JY, Seo DG, Kim S, Lee JS, Hwang KW, Park SY. Anti-Amyloidogenic Effects of Asarone Derivatives From Perilla frutescens Leaves against Beta-Amyloid Aggregation and Nitric Oxide Production. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24234297. [PMID: 31775356 PMCID: PMC6930631 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24234297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative brain disorder associated with loss of memory and cognitive function. Beta-amyloid (Aβ) aggregates, in particular, are known to be highly neurotoxic and lead to neurodegeneration. Therefore, blockade or reduction of Aβ aggregation is a promising therapeutic approach in AD. We have previously reported an inhibitory effect of the methanol extract of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton (Lamiaceae) and its hexane fraction on Aβ aggregation. Here, the hexane fraction of P. frutescens was subjected to diverse column chromatography based on activity-guided isolation methodology. This approach identified five asarone derivatives including 2,3-dimethoxy-5-(1E)-1-propen-1-yl-phenol (1), β-asarone (2), 3-(2,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-(2E)-2-propen-1-ol (3), asaronealdehyde (4), and α-asarone (5). All five asarone derivatives efficiently reduced the aggregation of Aβ and disaggregated preformed Aβ aggregates in a dose-dependent manner as determined by a Thioflavin T (ThT) fluorescence assay. Furthermore, asarone derivatives protected PC12 cells from Aβ aggregate-induced toxicity by reducing the aggregation of Aβ, and significantly reduced NO production from LPS-stimulated BV2 microglial cells. Taken together, these results suggest that asarone derivatives derived from P. frutescens are neuroprotective and have the prophylactic and therapeutic potential in AD.
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- Jae Eun Lee
- College of Pharmacy, Dankook University, 119 Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam 31116, Korea; (J.E.L.); (N.K.); (J.Y.Y.); (D.-G.S.); (S.K.); (J.-S.L.)
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- College of Pharmacy, Dankook University, 119 Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam 31116, Korea; (J.E.L.); (N.K.); (J.Y.Y.); (D.-G.S.); (S.K.); (J.-S.L.)
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- College of Pharmacy, Dankook University, 119 Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam 31116, Korea; (J.E.L.); (N.K.); (J.Y.Y.); (D.-G.S.); (S.K.); (J.-S.L.)
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- College of Pharmacy, Dankook University, 119 Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam 31116, Korea; (J.E.L.); (N.K.); (J.Y.Y.); (D.-G.S.); (S.K.); (J.-S.L.)
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- College of Pharmacy, Dankook University, 119 Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam 31116, Korea; (J.E.L.); (N.K.); (J.Y.Y.); (D.-G.S.); (S.K.); (J.-S.L.)
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- College of Pharmacy, Dankook University, 119 Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam 31116, Korea; (J.E.L.); (N.K.); (J.Y.Y.); (D.-G.S.); (S.K.); (J.-S.L.)
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- College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea;
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- College of Pharmacy, Dankook University, 119 Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam 31116, Korea; (J.E.L.); (N.K.); (J.Y.Y.); (D.-G.S.); (S.K.); (J.-S.L.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-41-550-1434; Fax: +82-41-559-7899
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Characterization and authentication of Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma and its adulterants by UPLC-Orbitrap-MS/MS chromatographic fingerprints, elements profiles and chemometric methods. Microchem J 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2018.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chellian R, Pandy V. Protective effect of α-asarone against nicotine-induced seizures in mice, but not by its interaction with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Biomed Pharmacother 2018; 108:1591-1595. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.09.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Revised: 09/23/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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New lignans attenuating cognitive deterioration of Aβ transgenic flies discovered in Acorus tatarinowii. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2018; 28:814-819. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Wang L, Wei S, Pan X, Liu P, Du X, Zhang C, Pu L, Wang Q. Enhanced Turnover for the P450 119 Peroxygenase-Catalyzed Asymmetric Epoxidation of Styrenes by Random Mutagenesis. Chemistry 2018; 24:2741-2749. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Li Wang
- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, School of Pharmacy; Southwest Medical University, Luzhou; Sichuan 646000 P.R. China
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy; Southwest Medical University, Luzhou; Sichuan 646000 P.R. China
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, School of Pharmacy; Southwest Medical University, Luzhou; Sichuan 646000 P.R. China
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy; Southwest Medical University, Luzhou; Sichuan 646000 P.R. China
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, School of Pharmacy; Southwest Medical University, Luzhou; Sichuan 646000 P.R. China
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy; Southwest Medical University, Luzhou; Sichuan 646000 P.R. China
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, School of Pharmacy; Southwest Medical University, Luzhou; Sichuan 646000 P.R. China
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy; Southwest Medical University, Luzhou; Sichuan 646000 P.R. China
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, School of Pharmacy; Southwest Medical University, Luzhou; Sichuan 646000 P.R. China
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, School of Pharmacy; Southwest Medical University, Luzhou; Sichuan 646000 P.R. China
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, School of Pharmacy; Southwest Medical University, Luzhou; Sichuan 646000 P.R. China
- Department of Chemistry; University of Virginia; Charlottesville VA 22904-4319 USA
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, School of Pharmacy; Southwest Medical University, Luzhou; Sichuan 646000 P.R. China
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy; Southwest Medical University, Luzhou; Sichuan 646000 P.R. China
- Department of Chemistry; University of Virginia; Charlottesville VA 22904-4319 USA
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Gao E, Zhou ZQ, Zou J, Yu Y, Feng XL, Chen GD, He RR, Yao XS, Gao H. Bioactive Asarone-Derived Phenylpropanoids from the Rhizome of Acorus tatarinowii Schott. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2017; 80:2923-2929. [PMID: 29116780 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Eight new (1a/1b, 2a, 3a, 4a/4b, and 5a/5b) and seven known (2b, 3b, and 6-10) asarone-derived phenylpropanoids, a known asarone-derived lignan (12), and four known lignan analogues (11 and 13-15) were isolated from the rhizome of Acorus tatarinowii Schott. The structures were elucidated via comprehensive spectroscopic analyses, modified Mosher's method, and quantum chemical calculations. Compounds 1-8 were present as enantiomers, and 1-5 were successfully resolved via chiral-phase HPLC. Compounds 1a/1b were the first cases of asarone-derived phenylpropanoids with an isopropyl C-3 side-chain tethered to a benzene core from nature. Hypoglycemic, antioxidant, and AChE inhibitory activities of 1-15 were assessed by the α-glucosidase inhibitory, ORAC, DPPH radical scavenging, and AChE inhibitory assays, respectively. All compounds except 3a showed α-glucosidase inhibitory activity. Compound 3b has the highest α-glucosidase inhibitory effect with an IC50 of 80.6 μM (positive drug acarbose IC50 of 442.4 μM). In the antioxidant assays, compounds 13-15 exhibited ORAC and DPPH radical scavenging activities. The results of the AChE inhibitory assay indicated that all compounds exhibited weak AChE inhibitory activities.
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- En Gao
- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, and ‡Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral Research Station, Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, and ‡Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral Research Station, Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, and ‡Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral Research Station, Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, and ‡Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral Research Station, Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, and ‡Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral Research Station, Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, and ‡Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral Research Station, Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, and ‡Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral Research Station, Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, and ‡Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral Research Station, Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, and ‡Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral Research Station, Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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Phenylisotertronic acids from the TCM endophytic fungus Phyllosticta sp. Fitoterapia 2017; 124:86-91. [PMID: 29074225 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2017.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2017] [Revised: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Four new phenylisotertronic acids (1a/1b, 2a, and 3a) were isolated from a TCM endophytic fungal strain Phyllosticta sp. J13-2-12Y obtained from the leaves of Acorus tatarinowii, along with two known ones (2b and 3b). Compounds 1-3 all existed as mixtures of enantiomers, and their corresponding optically pure enantiomers were successfully isolated by chiral HPLC. The structures of isolated compounds were determined by comprehensive spectroscopic analyses and X-ray diffraction. Their absolute configurations were determined by ECD experiments and quantum chemical calculations. In addition, the antimicrobial activities and the cytotoxicities of these three pairs of optically pure enantiomers (1a/1b, 2a/2b, and 3a/3b) had been evaluated.
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Phyllomeroterpenoids A-C, Multi-biosynthetic Pathway Derived Meroterpenoids from the TCM Endophytic Fungus Phyllosticta sp. and their Antimicrobial Activities. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12925. [PMID: 29018263 PMCID: PMC5635028 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13407-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Phyllomeroterpenoids A−C (1−3), multi-biosynthetic pathway derived meroterpenoids from amino acid/pentose phosphate/terpenoid pathways, were isolated from the TCM endophytic fungus Phyllosticta sp. J13-2-12Y, together with six biosynthetically related compounds (4−9). All structures were determined by extensive spectroscopic analysis, chemical derivatization, and ECD experiments. A plausible biosynthetic pathway of 1−3 was proposed. In addition, the antimicrobial activities of all isolated compounds were evaluated against Staphylococcus aureus 209P (bacterium) and Candida albicans FIM709 (fungus).
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Lam KY, Huang Y, Yao P, Wang H, Dong TT, Zhou Z, Tsim KW. Comparative Study of Different Acorus
Species in Potentiating Neuronal Differentiation in Cultured PC12 Cells. Phytother Res 2017; 31:1757-1764. [DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Kelly Y.C. Lam
- Division of Life Science, Center for Chinese Medicine; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Clear Water Bay Hong Kong
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- Division of Life Science, Center for Chinese Medicine; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Clear Water Bay Hong Kong
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- Division of Life Science, Center for Chinese Medicine; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Clear Water Bay Hong Kong
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- Division of Life Science, Center for Chinese Medicine; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Clear Water Bay Hong Kong
- HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute; Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan Shenzhen Guangdong Province China
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- Division of Life Science, Center for Chinese Medicine; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Clear Water Bay Hong Kong
- HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute; Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan Shenzhen Guangdong Province China
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- Division of Life Science, Center for Chinese Medicine; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Clear Water Bay Hong Kong
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Guangzhou China
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- Division of Life Science, Center for Chinese Medicine; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Clear Water Bay Hong Kong
- HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute; Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan Shenzhen Guangdong Province China
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Gao E, Ren FF, Zou J, Yu Y, Fan HX, Zhou ZQ, Chen GD, He RR, Yao XS, Gao H. Chiral resolution, absolute configuration, and bioactivity of a new racemic asarone derivative from the rhizome of Acorus tatarinowii. Fitoterapia 2017; 122:7-10. [PMID: 28811187 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 08/07/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A new asarone-derived racemate (1) was isolated from the rhizome of Acorus tatarinowii. The structure of 1 was established by comprehensive spectroscopic analyses, and it was successfully resolved by chiral HPLC, demonstrating that it is racemic. The absolute configurations of 1a [(-)-acortatarone A] and 1b [(+)-acortatarone A] were determined using quantum chemical calculations. Compounds 1a and 1b were the first cases of asarone derivatives with the 5,7-dialkyl-6-aryl-8-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-en-2-one core. The α-glucosidase inhibitory and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory activities of 1 were evaluated, and it exhibited α-glucosidase inhibitory activity with potency close to that of the positive control (acarbose).
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- En Gao
- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China; Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral Research Station, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China; Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Postdoctoral Research Station, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China.
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Chellian R, Pandy V, Mohamed Z. Pharmacology and toxicology of α- and β-Asarone: A review of preclinical evidence. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2017; 32:41-58. [PMID: 28732807 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2017.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Revised: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Asarone is one of the most researched phytochemicals and is mainly present in the Acorus species and Guatteria gaumeri Greenman. In preclinical studies, both α- and β-asarone have been reported to have numerous pharmacological activities and at the same time, many studies have also revealed the toxicity of α- and β-asarone. PURPOSE The purpose of this comprehensive review is to compile and analyze the information related to the pharmacokinetic, pharmacological, and toxicological studies reported on α- and β-asarone using preclinical in vitro and in vivo models. Besides, the molecular targets and mechanism(s) involved in the biological activities of α- and β-asarone were discussed. METHODS Databases including PubMed, ScienceDirect and Google scholar were searched and the literature from the year 1960 to January 2017 was retrieved using keywords such as α-asarone, β-asarone, pharmacokinetics, toxicology, pharmacological activities (e.g. depression, anxiety). RESULTS Based on the data obtained from the literature search, the pharmacokinetic studies of α- and β-asarone revealed that their oral bioavailability in rodents is poor with a short plasma half-life. Moreover, the metabolism of α- and β-asarone occurs mainly through cytochrome-P450 pathways. Besides, both α- and/or β-asarone possess a wide range of pharmacological activities such as antidepressant, antianxiety, anti-Alzheimer's, anti-Parkinson's, antiepileptic, anticancer, antihyperlipidemic, antithrombotic, anticholestatic and radioprotective activities through its interaction with multiple molecular targets. Importantly, the toxicological studies revealed that both α- and β-asarone can cause hepatomas and might possess mutagenicity, genotoxicity, and teratogenicity. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, further preclinical studies are required to confirm the pharmacological properties of α-asarone against depression, anxiety, Parkinson's disease, psychosis, drug dependence, pain, inflammation, cholestasis and thrombosis. Besides, the anticancer effect of β-asarone should be further studied in different types of cancers using in vivo models. Moreover, further dose-dependent in vivo studies are required to confirm the toxicity of α- and β-asarone. Overall, this extensive review provides a detailed information on the preclinical pharmacological and toxicological activities of α-and β-asarone and this could be very useful for researchers who wish to conduct further preclinical studies using α- and β-asarone.
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- Ranjithkumar Chellian
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Qin DP, Feng XL, Zhang WY, Gao H, Cheng XR, Zhou WX, Yu Y, Yao XS. Anti-neuroinflammatory asarone derivatives from the rhizomes of Acorus tatarinowii. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra27786a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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A novel 7-O-7′ type mesomeric neolignan,meso-asarolignan A (1), six pairs of new neolignan enantiomers, (±)-asarolignan B–G (2a/2b,3a/3b,4–6,7a/7b), along with 16 known analogues (8–23) were isolated from the rhizomes ofAcorus tatarinowii.
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- Da-Peng Qin
- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Natural Products
- College of Pharmacy
- Jinan University
- Guangzhou 510632
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Natural Products
- College of Pharmacy
- Jinan University
- Guangzhou 510632
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine
- Macau University of Science and Technology
- Macau
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Natural Products
- College of Pharmacy
- Jinan University
- Guangzhou 510632
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Beijing 100850
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Beijing 100850
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Natural Products
- College of Pharmacy
- Jinan University
- Guangzhou 510632
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Natural Products
- College of Pharmacy
- Jinan University
- Guangzhou 510632
- P. R. China
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Zhang C, Liu PX, Huang LY, Wei SP, Wang L, Yang SY, Yu XQ, Pu L, Wang Q. Engineering P450 Peroxygenase to Catalyze Highly Enantioselective Epoxidation of cis
-β-Methylstyrenes. Chemistry 2016; 22:10969-75. [PMID: 27362319 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Revised: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Chun Zhang
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry; Southwest Medical University; No. 319, Zhongshan Road Luzhou Sichuan 646000 P. R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry; Southwest Medical University; No. 319, Zhongshan Road Luzhou Sichuan 646000 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy; West China Hospital; Sichuan University; No.17 People's South Road Chengdu Sichuan 610041 P. R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry; Southwest Medical University; No. 319, Zhongshan Road Luzhou Sichuan 646000 P. R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry; Southwest Medical University; No. 319, Zhongshan Road Luzhou Sichuan 646000 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy; West China Hospital; Sichuan University; No.17 People's South Road Chengdu Sichuan 610041 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry; Sichuan University; No. 29 Wangjiang Road Chengdu Sichuan 610064 P. R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry; Southwest Medical University; No. 319, Zhongshan Road Luzhou Sichuan 646000 P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry; University of Virginia; Charlottesville Virginia 22903 USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry; Southwest Medical University; No. 319, Zhongshan Road Luzhou Sichuan 646000 P. R. China
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Zhang X, Yi L, Deng B, Chen L, Shi S, Zhuang Y, Zhang Y. Discrimination of Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma and Acori Calami Rhizoma based on quantitative gas chromatographic fingerprints and chemometric methods. J Sep Sci 2015; 38:4078-85. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201500730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Revised: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Xiaojuan Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Central South University; Changsha China
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- Yunnan Food Safety Research Institute; Kunming University of Science and Technology; Kunming China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Central South University; Changsha China
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- College of Animal Science; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou China
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- Central South University of Forestry and Technology; Changsha China
- Hunan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau; Changsha China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Central South University; Changsha China
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- Yunnan Food Safety Research Institute; Kunming University of Science and Technology; Kunming China
| | - Yi Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Central South University; Changsha China
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