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Silva VLM, Silva-Reis R, Moreira-Pais A, Ferreira T, Oliveira PA, Ferreira R, Cardoso SM, Sharifi-Rad J, Butnariu M, Costea MA, Grozea I. Dicoumarol: from chemistry to antitumor benefits. Chin Med 2022; 17:145. [PMID: 36575479 PMCID: PMC9793554 DOI: 10.1186/s13020-022-00699-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Dicoumarol, a coumarin-like compound, is known for its anticoagulant properties associated with the ability to inhibit vitamin K, being prescribed as a drug for several decades. The pharmaceutical value of dicoumarol turned it into a focus of chemists' attention, aiming its synthesis and of dicoumarol derivatives, bringing to light new methodologies. In recent years, several other bioactive effects have been claimed for dicoumarol and its derivatives, including anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antifungal, and anticancer, although the mechanisms of action underlying them are mostly not disclosed and additional research is needed to unravel them. This review presents a state of the art on the chemistry of dicoumarols, and their potential anticancer characteristics, highlighting the mechanisms of action elucidated so far. In parallel, we draw attention to the lack of in vivo studies and clinical trials to assess the safety and efficacy as drugs for later application.
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- Vera L. M. Silva
- grid.7311.40000000123236065LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- grid.7311.40000000123236065LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- grid.7311.40000000123236065LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal ,grid.12341.350000000121821287Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Inov4Agro, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal ,grid.5808.50000 0001 1503 7226Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health (ITR), Research Center in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure (CIAFEL), Faculty of Sports, University of Porto (FADEUP), 4200-450 Porto, Portugal
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- grid.12341.350000000121821287Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Inov4Agro, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal ,grid.12341.350000000121821287Inov4Agro—Institute for Innovation, Capacity Building and Sustainability of Agri-Food Production, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
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- grid.12341.350000000121821287Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Inov4Agro, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal ,grid.12341.350000000121821287Inov4Agro—Institute for Innovation, Capacity Building and Sustainability of Agri-Food Production, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal ,grid.12341.350000000121821287Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
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- grid.7311.40000000123236065LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- grid.7311.40000000123236065LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- grid.442126.70000 0001 1945 2902Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador
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- Life Sciences University “King Mihai I” from Timisoara, 300645 Calea Aradului 119, Timis, Romania
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- Life Sciences University “King Mihai I” from Timisoara, 300645 Calea Aradului 119, Timis, Romania
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- Life Sciences University “King Mihai I” from Timisoara, 300645 Calea Aradului 119, Timis, Romania
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Saeed A, Ejaz SA, Khalid A, Channar PA, Aziz M, Abbas Q, Wani TA, Alsaif NA, Alanazi MM, Al-Hossaini AM, Altwaijry N, Zargar S, Elhadi M, Hökelek T. Acetophenone-Based 3,4-Dihydropyrimidine-2(1H)-Thione as Potential Inhibitor of Tyrosinase and Ribonucleotide Reductase: Facile Synthesis, Crystal Structure, In-Vitro and In-Silico Investigations. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:13164. [PMID: 36361953 PMCID: PMC9658835 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 08/09/2023] Open
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The acetophenone-based 3,4-dihydropyrimidine-2(1H)-thione was synthesized by the reaction of 4-methylpent-3-en-2-one (1), 4-acetyl aniline (2) and potassium thiocyanate. The spectroscopic analysis including: FTIR, 1H-NMR, and single crystal analysis proved the structure of synthesized compound (4), with the six-membered nonplanar ring in envelope conformation. In crystal structure, the intermolecular N-H ⋯ S and C-H ⋯ O hydrogen bonds link the molecule in a two-dimensional manner which is parallel to (010) the plane enclosing R22 (8) and R22 (10) ring motifs. After that, the Hirshfeld surfaces and their related two-dimensional fingerprint plots were used for thorough investigation of intermolecular interactions. According to Hirshfeld surface analysis, the most substantial contributions to the crystal packing are from H ⋯ H (59.5%), H ⋯ S/S ⋯ H (16.1%), and H ⋯ C/C ⋯ H (13.1%) interactions. The electronic properties and stability of the compound were investigated through density functional theory (DFT) studies using B3LYP functional and 6-31G* as a basis set. The compound 4 displayed the high chemical reactivity with chemical softness of 2.48. In comparison to the already reported known tyrosinase inhibitor, the newly synthesized derivatives exhibited almost seven-fold better inhibition of tyrosinase (IC50 = 1.97 μM), which was further supported by molecular docking studies. The compound 4 inside the active pocket of ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) exhibited a binding energy of -19.68 kJ/mol, and with mammalian deoxy ribonucleic acid (DNA) it acts as an effective DNA groove binder with a binding energy of -21.32 kJ/mol. The results suggested further exploration of this compound at molecular level to synthesize more potential leads for the treatment of cancer.
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- Aamer Saeed
- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
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- Department of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of of Information Science and Humanities, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Bahrain, Sakhir Campus, Zallaq 32038, Bahrain
- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Kongju National University, 56 Gongjudehak-Ro, Gongju 314-701, Chungnam, Korea
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Humanities, Ed Dawadmi, Shaqra University, Shaqra 11961, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara 06800, Turkey
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Wu F, Duan Z, Xu P, Yan Q, Meng M, Cao M, Jones CS, Zong X, Zhou P, Wang Y, Luo K, Wang S, Yan Z, Wang P, Di H, Ouyang Z, Wang Y, Zhang J. Genome and systems biology of Melilotus albus provides insights into coumarins biosynthesis. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2022; 20:592-609. [PMID: 34717292 PMCID: PMC8882801 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Melilotus species are used as green manure and rotation crops worldwide and contain abundant pharmacologically active coumarins. However, there is a paucity of information on its genome and coumarin production and function. Here, we reported a chromosome-scale assembly of Melilotus albus genome with 1.04 Gb in eight chromosomes, containing 71.42% repetitive elements. Long terminal repeat retrotransposon bursts coincided with declining of population sizes during the Quaternary glaciation. Resequencing of 94 accessions enabled insights into genetic diversity, population structure, and introgression. Melilotus officinalis had relatively larger genetic diversity than that of M. albus. The introgression existed between M. officinalis group and M. albus group, and gene flows was from M. albus to M. officinalis. Selection sweep analysis identified candidate genes associated with flower colour and coumarin biosynthesis. Combining genomics, BSA, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and biochemistry, we identified a β-glucosidase (BGLU) gene cluster contributing to coumarin biosynthesis. MaBGLU1 function was verified by overexpression in M. albus, heterologous expression in Escherichia coli, and substrate feeding, revealing its role in scopoletin (coumarin derivative) production and showing that nonsynonymous variation drives BGLU enzyme activity divergence in Melilotus. Our work will accelerate the understanding of biologically active coumarins and their biosynthetic pathways, and contribute to genomics-enabled Melilotus breeding.
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- Fan Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- Grasslands Research CentreAgResearch LimitedPalmerston NorthNew Zealand
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- Feed and Forage DevelopmentInternational Livestock Research InstituteNairobiKenya
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐ecosystemsKey Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsEngineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of EducationCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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Ikram M, Rehman S, Khan A, Jadoon A, Sinnokrot MO. Theoretical and structural studies of a stable dinuclear sodium complex of dicoumarol - 3,3′-(pyridin-3-ylmethanediyl)bis(4‑hydroxy-2H-chromen-2-one). J Mol Struct 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.128956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Sun C, Zhao W, Wang X, Sun Y, Chen X. A pharmacological review of dicoumarol: An old natural anticoagulant agent. Pharmacol Res 2020; 160:105193. [PMID: 32911072 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Dicoumarol is an oral anticoagulant agent prescribed in clinical for decades. It is a natural hydroxycoumarin discovered from the spoilage of Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pall and is originally discovered as a rodenticide. Due to its structural similarity to that of vitamin K, it significantly inhibits vitamin K epoxide reductase and acts as a vitamin K antagonist. Dicoumarol is mainly used as an anticoagulant to prevent thrombogenesis and to cure vascular thrombosis. Other biological activities besides anticoagulants such as anticancer, antimicrobial, antiviral, etc., have also been documented. The side effects of dicoumarol raise safety concerns for clinical application. In this review, the physicochemical property, the pharmacological activities, the side effects, and the pharmacokinetics of dicoumarol were summarized, aiming to provide a whole picture of the "old" anticoagulant.
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- Chong Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau
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- School of Basic Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau
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- Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai hospital affiliated with Jinan University), Zhuhai, China.
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- School of Basic Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China; State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau.
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Kollar J, Frecer V. How accurate is the description of ligand–protein interactions by a hybrid QM/MM approach? J Mol Model 2017; 24:11. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-017-3537-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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