35 research outputs found
Identification and characterization of antibacterial compound(s) of cockroaches (Periplaneta americana)
Infectious diseases remain a significant threat to human health, contributing to more than 17 million deaths, annually. With the worsening trends of drug resistance, there is a need for newer and more powerful antimicrobial agents. We hypothesized that animals living in polluted environments are potential source of antimicrobials. Under polluted milieus, organisms such as cockroaches encounter different types of microbes, including superbugs. Such creatures survive the onslaught of superbugs and are able to ward off disease by producing antimicrobial substances. Here, we characterized antibacterial properties in extracts of various body organs of cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) and showed potent antibacterial activity in crude brain extract against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and neuropathogenic E. coli K1. The size-exclusion spin columns revealed that the active compound(s) are less than 10 kDa in molecular mass. Using cytotoxicity assays, it was observed that pre-treatment of bacteria with lysates inhibited bacteria-mediated host cell cytotoxicity. Using spectra obtained with LC-MS on Agilent 1290 infinity liquid chromatograph, coupled with an Agilent 6460 triple quadruple mass spectrometer, tissues lysates were analyzed. Among hundreds of compounds, only a few homologous compounds were identified that contained isoquinoline group, chromene derivatives, thiazine groups, imidazoles, pyrrole containing analogs, sulfonamides, furanones, flavanones, and known to possess broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties, and possess anti-inflammatory, anti-tumour, and analgesic properties. Further identification, characterization and functional studies using individual compounds can act as a breakthrough in developing novel therapeutics against various pathogens including superbugs
Six-membered ring systems: with O and/or S atoms
A large variety of publications involving O- and S-6-membered ring systems
have appeared in 2017. The importance of these heterocyclic compounds
is highlighted by the huge number of publications on the total
synthesis of natural oxygen derivatives and of other communications
dedicated to synthetic derivatives.
Reviews on stereoselective organocatalytic synthesis of tetrahydropyrans
(17EJO4666), of tetrahydropyrans and their application in total synthesis of
natural products (17CSR1661), on the synthesis of the less thermodynamically
stable 2,6-trans-tetrahydropyrans (17S4899), on enantioselective
synthesis of polyfunctionalized pyran and chromene derivatives
(17TA1462), and on enantioselective and racemic total synthesis of
camptothecins, including the formation of their pyran-2-one ring
(17SL1134), have appeared.
Advances in the transition metal-catalyzed synthesis of pyran-2/4-ones
(17TL263), N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed achiral synthesis of
pyran-2-one, coumarin and (thio)chromone derivatives (17OBC4731), on
the synthesis and transformation of 2H-pyran-2-ones (17T2529) and
2-styrylchromones (17EJO3115) into other heterocyclic compounds, have
been surveyed. The strategies to build up the tetrahydropyranyl core of
brevisamide (17H(95)81) and the reactions of ketyl radicals, generated from
carbonyl derivatives under transition-metal photoredox-catalyzed conditions,
leading to isochromen- and chroman-type compounds (17CC13093) were
disclosed. Developments in the synthesis of pentafluorosulfanyl(chromene
and coumarin) derivatives (17TL4803), photoswitchable D9-tetrahydrocannabinol
derivatives (17JA18206), and aminobenzopyranoxanthenes
with nitrogen-containing rings (17JOC13626) have been studied.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Divergent Strategy for the Diastereoselective Synthesis of the Tricyclic 6,7-Diaryltetrahydro‑6<i>H</i>‑benzo[<i>c</i>]chromene Core via Pt(IV)-Catalyzed Cycloaddition of <i>o</i>‑Quinone Methides and Olefin Ring-Closing Metathesis
A divergent strategy
for the synthesis of the tricyclic 6,7-diaryltetrahydro-6<i>H</i>-benzo[<i>c</i>]chromene core was successfully
developed. The 2,3-trans, 2,4-cis trisubstituted chroman moiety was
formed via highly efficient and stereoselective Pt(IV)-catalyzed cycloaddition
reactions of the corresponding quinone methides with chalcones. Subsequent
steps provided the common diene alcohol, which underwent BF<sub>3</sub>·Et<sub>2</sub>O-mediated Et<sub>3</sub>SiH reduction and olefin
ring-closing metathesis (RCM) using Ru(II) catalysts. The sequence
of the final two steps provided a handle to diversify the stereochemical
outcomes at C6 as well as C10a