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Microb Pathog ; 195: 106886, 2024 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39182855

RESUMO

Given the ability of Staphylococcus aureus to form biofilms and produce persister cells, making infections difficult to treat with antibiotics alone, there is a pressing need for an effective antibiotic adjuvant to address this public health threat. In this study, a series of quinone derivatives were evaluated for their antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities against methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant S. aureus reference strains. Following analyses using broth microdilution, growth curve analysis, checkerboard assay, time-kill experiments, and confocal laser scanning microscopy, menadione was identified as a hit compound. Menadione exhibited a notable antibacterial profile (minimum inhibitory concentration, MIC = 4-16 µg/ml; minimum bactericidal concentration, MBC = 256 µg/ml) against planktonic S. aureus and its biofilms (minimum biofilm inhibitory concentration, MBIC50 = 0.0625-0.25 µg/ml). When combined with oxacillin, erythromycin, and vancomycin, menadione exhibited a synergistic or additive effect against planktonic cells and biofilms of two S. aureus reference strains and six clinical isolates, highlighting its potential as a suitable adjuvant for further development against S. aureus biofilm-associated infections.


Assuntos
Antibacterianos , Biofilmes , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Naftoquinonas , Staphylococcus aureus , Vitamina K 3 , Biofilmes/efeitos dos fármacos , Biofilmes/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Vitamina K 3/farmacologia , Staphylococcus aureus/efeitos dos fármacos , Naftoquinonas/farmacologia , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina/efeitos dos fármacos , Oxacilina/farmacologia , Antraquinonas/farmacologia , Eritromicina/farmacologia , Vancomicina/farmacologia , Infecções Estafilocócicas/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções Estafilocócicas/microbiologia , Humanos
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Data Brief ; 54: 110414, 2024 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38690315

RESUMO

Phytochemical data for Ficus deltoidea Jack, a plant widely studied for its anti-hyperglycemic effect, are scarce. In the pursuit of characterizing the chemical constituents of this species, extraction and purifications were conducted using multiple chromatographic procedures on selected varieties (var. deltoidea, var. kunstleri and var. trengganuensis). Twenty-two constituents were unambiguously identified through NMR, MS and UV data. These included gallocatechin (S1), afzelechin-4-8″-gallocatechin (S2), catechin (S3), afzelechin-4-8″-catechin (S4), afzelechin (S5), epicatechin (S6), hovetrichoside C (S7), 6,8-di-C-glucopyranosylapigenin (vicenin-2) (S8), afzelechin-4-8″-epiafzelechin (S9), epiafzelechin (S10), 6-C-xylopyranosyl-8-C-glucopyranosylapigenin (vicenin-1) (S11), orientin (S13), schaftoside (S14), 6-C-glucopyranosyl-8-C-xylopyranosylapigenin (vicenin-3) (S16), vitexin (S17), vitexin 2″-O-rhamnoside (S19), isovitexin 2″-O-rhamnoside (S20), 6,8-di-C-arabinopyranosylapigenin (S21), 6,8-di-C-xylopyranosylapigenin (S22), 6-C-arabinopyranosyl-8-C-xylopyranosylapigenin (S23), rhoifolin (S24) and cerberic acid A (S26). The presented phytochemical data can assist ethnobotanists, chemists, and natural product researchers in investigating the medicinal properties of F. deltoidea by facilitating the dereplication of its constituents.

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Nat Prod Res ; : 1-9, 2024 Feb 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38300810

RESUMO

Three new dihydrochalcones: artoserichalcone A-C (1-3), were isolated from the leaves of Artocarpus sericicarpus. The structures of compounds were determined based on NMR spectrum (1H, 13C, and 2D) and HRESIMS spectroscopic analysis. Compounds (1) and (3) showed active antimalarial activity with IC50 values of 16.90 and 13.56 µM, respectively. Meanwhile, compound (2) with an IC50 value of 63.01 µM was categorised as a moderate antimalarial substance. The cytotoxicity against Huh7, HepG2, BHK-21, and Vero cells showed that compounds (1-3) with CC50 values > 20 µg/mL could be considered non-cytotoxic. Compounds (1-3) exhibited antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum and non-toxic as an antimalarial agent.

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Oncol Lett ; 9(1): 335-340, 2015 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25435988

RESUMO

Tamoxifen (TAM) is the mainline drug treatment for breast cancer, despite its side effects and the development of resistance. As an alternative approach, in the present study a novel combination therapy was established through combining TAM with nordamnacanthal (NDAM) in order to investigate the additive effect of these drugs in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. A significant dose-dependent reduction in cell viability and an increase in apoptosis were observed in the MCF-7 cells cotreated with TAM and NDAM compared with the untreated control cells or the cells treated with TAM and NDAM alone (P<0.05). The cytotoxic influence of the combination of TAM and NDAM was found to be two-fold that of the individual agents. Annexin V/propidium iodide double-staining revealed the typical nuclear features of apoptosis. Furthermore, an increase in the proportion of apoptotic, Annexin V-positive cells was observed with the combination therapy. Moreover, this apoptotic induction was associated with a collapse of the mitochondrial membrane potential and the generation of reactive oxygen species. To the best of our knowledge, the findings of the present study are the first to suggest that combining TAM with NDAM may be a potential combination therapy for the treatment of breast cancer and may have the potential to minimize or eliminate the side effects associated with high doses of TAM.

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Springerplus ; 3: 233, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24851199

RESUMO

Root decoctions of anthraquinone-containing plants are often taken as postpartum tonic and aphrodisiac. Anthraquinones are known for their diverse biological activities, especially antioxidant and anticancer. A series of 35 anthraquinones was generated by isolation from Rubiaceae plants and synthesis. Their UV/vis spectrum depends on the nature and relative positions of auxochromic substituents on the basic skeleton. To predict the maximum absorption bands for the current series of anthraquinones, excited sate calculations were performed using TD-DFT, CIS, ZINDO methods. The results showed that the use of PBE0 or its combination with B3LYP and B3P86 hybrid functionals are the most suitable to reproduce accurately the experimental λMAX. The structure-property relationships (SPRs) were established based on structural and electronic properties of the anthraquinones and showed (i) the importance of the number and position of OH groups and (ii) the positive contribution of the electrophilicity and hardness as electronic descriptors on position and amplitude of the maximum absorption bands.

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Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online ; 67(Pt 11): o2973, 2011 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22219995

RESUMO

The non-H atoms of the title compound, C(16)H(12)O(3), lie approximately in a common plane (r.m.s. deviation = 0.032 Å). The methyl C atom is forced away from the carbonyl O atom which can be seen by the widened C(fused ring)-C(benzene)-C(meth-yl) angle of 125.8 (2)°.

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Molecules ; 15(10): 7218-26, 2010 Oct 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20966871

RESUMO

Dichloromethane root extract of Rennellia elliptica Korth. showed strong inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum growth in vitro with an IC50 value of 4.04 µg/mL. A phytochemical study of the dichloromethane root extract has led to the isolation and characterization of a new anthraquinone, 1,2-dimethoxy-6-methyl-9,10-anthraquinone (1), and ten known anthraquinones: 1-hydroxy-2-methoxy-6-methyl-9,10-anthraquinone (2), nordamnacanthal (3), 2-formyl-3-hydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone (4), damnacanthal (5), lucidin-ω-methyl ether (6), 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-9,10-anthraquinone (7), rubiadin (8), 3-hydroxy-2-methoxy-6-methyl-9,10-anthraquinone (9), rubiadin-1-methyl ether (10) and 3-hydroxy-2-hydroxymethyl-9,10-anthraquinone (11). Structural elucidation of all compounds was accomplished by modern spectroscopic methods, notably 1D and 2D NMR, IR, UV and HREIMS. The new anthraquinone 1, 2-formyl-3-hydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone (4) and 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-9,10-anthraquinone (7) possess strong antiplasmodial activity, with IC50 values of 1.10, 0.63 and 0.34 µM, respectively.


Assuntos
Antraquinonas/farmacologia , Raízes de Plantas/química , Plasmodium falciparum/efeitos dos fármacos , Rubiaceae , Animais , Antraquinonas/química , Estrutura Molecular , Ressonância Magnética Nuclear Biomolecular , Rubiaceae/anatomia & histologia , Rubiaceae/química
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Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online ; 65(Pt 6): o1433-4, 2009 May 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21583274

RESUMO

The title compound, C(16)H(12)O(5), common name: lucidin ω-methyl ether, exists as a planar mol-ecule (r.m.s. deviation = 0.04 Å). Within the mol-ecule, the 1-hydr-oxy group forms a hydrogen bond to the adjacent carbonyl O atom, and the 3-hydr-oxy group forms a hydrogen bond to the adjacent meth-oxy O atom. The meth-oxy O atom is disordered over two positions of equal occupancy.

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Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online ; 65(Pt 6): o1435, 2009 May 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21583275

RESUMO

The title compound, C(16)H(12)O(4), exists as planar molecules in the solid state (r.m.s. deviation of 0.02 Šin one mol-ecule and 0.07 Šin the second independent mol-ecule comprising the asymmetric unit). In each mol-ecule, the 1-hydr-oxy group forms an intra-molecular hydrogen bond to the adjacent carbonyl O atom.

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Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online ; 64(Pt 11): o2164, 2008 Oct 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21581024

RESUMO

The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(15)H(8)O(4), is approximately planar. An intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bond is observed between the hydr-oxy and formyl groups. The crystal used was a nonmerohedral twin, with a minor twin component of 15.9%.

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