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- Author:
- Marcos J. Salvador; Paulo S. Pereira; Suzelei C. França; Regina C. Candido; Izabel Y. Ito; Diones A. Dias
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 373-381
- ISSN:
- 1865-7125
- Subject:
- Alternanthera ficoidea; Gram-negative bacteria; antifungal properties; callus culture; chemical composition; chromatography; culture media; flavonoids; fractionation; keratinophilic fungi; mature plants; minimum inhibitory concentration; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; plant extracts; saponins; steroids; yeasts
- Abstract:
- ... Crude extracts of a callus culture (two culture media) and adult plants (two collections) from Alternanthera tenella Colla (Amaranthaceae) were evaluated for their antibacterial and antifungal activity, in order to investigate the maintenance of antimicrobial activity of the extracts obtained from plants in vivo and in vitro. The antibacterial and antifungal activity was determined against thirty ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-612
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-612
- Author:
- Irene M. Villaseñor; Arlyn C. Sanchez
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 335-338
- ISSN:
- 1865-7125
- Subject:
- Senna alata; acetic acid; analgesic effect; analgesics; anti-inflammatory activity; indole alkaloids; leaves; mice; spectral analysis
- Abstract:
- ... Cassiaindoline is a new dimeric indole alkaloid isolated from Cassia alata L. leaves whose structure was elucidated through spectroscopic analyses. It exhibited analgesic activity at a dosage of 125.0 mg/kg mouse and decreased the number of writhings induced by acetic acid by 49.4%. It also showed a 57.1% anti-inflammatory activity at a dosage of 75 mg/kg mouse ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-605
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-605
- Author:
- Daniel Gonzalez-Mendozaa; Adriana Quiroz-Moreno; Rosa Escobedo Gracia Medrano; Onecimo Grimaldo-Juareza; Omar Zapata-Perez
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 391-394
- ISSN:
- 1865-7125
- Subject:
- Avicennia germinans; cadmium; cell membranes; cell viability; copper; electrolytes; heavy metals; histology; intercellular spaces; leaves; mesophyll
- Abstract:
- ... The effect of heavy metal stress on the cell viability and leakage of electrolytes of Avicennia germinans leaf discs was investigated by the tissue tolerance test. Foliar discs were incubated with different Cd²⁺ or Cu²⁺ concentrations for 24 h; thereafter, the cell membrane stability of the tissue was assayed by the cell viability Evans blue and leakage electrolytes methods. The results indicated ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-615
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-615
- Author:
- Taicia P. Fill; Regina M. Geris dos Santos; Anderson Barisson; Edson Rodrigues-Filho; Antonia Q. L. Souza
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 355-360
- ISSN:
- 0939-5075
- Subject:
- Melia azedarach; Penicillium brasilianum; amides; antimicrobial properties; bacteria; bark; chromatography; endophytes; fungi; internal transcribed spacers; nitrogen; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; ribosomal DNA; rice; stable isotopes
- Abstract:
- ... A fungus, isolated from the root bark of Melia azedarach (Meliaceae), from which a series of meroterpenes have been reported, was identified as Penicillium brasilianum based on analysis of the ITS region of ribosomal DNA. From a rice culture of this fungus, the known phenylpropanoid amides brasiliamide A and B were obtained together with and a new, slightly modified congener, along with the merote ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-609
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-609
- Author:
- Fu Xiang; Liqing Li; Wenwen Jin; Longjiang Yu
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 418-420
- ISSN:
- 0939-5075
- Subject:
- DNA methylation; Taxus wallichiana var. chinensis; antineoplastic agents; cell suspension culture; genes; new variety; nucleotide sequences; paclitaxel; phylogeny; ribosomal RNA
- Abstract:
- ... Cell suspension culture has rapidly become an alternative source of taxol, an anticancer compound. To investigate the role of DNA methylation in the cultural course of Taxus chinensis cells, analyses of 18S rRNA gene sequences of cultured T. chinensis cells and related species were conducted. The phylogenetic analysis of 18S rRNA gene sequences indicated that HG-1 (the cultured T. chinensis cells) ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-620
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-620
- Author:
- Wei-Wei Deng; Shinjiro Ogita; Hiroshi Ashihara
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 387-390
- ISSN:
- 1865-7125
- Subject:
- Camellia sinensis; alanine; biosynthesis; cotyledons; glutamic acid; leaves; roots; seedlings; stems; tea; theanine
- Abstract:
- ... We examined the distribution of ethylamine, glutamic acid and alanine, which are utilized in theanine biosynthesis, and other major amino acids in leaves, stems, cotyledons and roots of 6-week-old tea seedlings. Ethylamine and glutamic acid, which are substrates of theanine synthetase, were distributed almost uniformly in all parts of the seedlings; the contents in μmol/g fresh wt varied from 0.44 ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-614
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-614
- Author:
- Michał Zimecki; Jolanta Artym; Wojciech Cisowski; Irena Mażol; Maciej Włodarczyk; Michał Glenśk
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 361-368
- ISSN:
- 1865-7125
- Subject:
- Peucedanum; Phytolacca americana; amides; anti-inflammatory activity; chlorides; chromium; erythrocytes; humans; humoral immunity; inflammation; interleukin-6; lipopolysaccharides; mice; models; mononuclear leukocytes; oxidation; piperidines; rats; roots; sheep; splenocytes; tumor necrosis factors
- Abstract:
- ... From osthole [7-methoxy-8-(3-methyl-but-2-enyl)-chromen-2-one] (), obtained by selective extraction of Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) W. Koch roots, ostholic acid (II) was synthetized as a result of its oxidation with chromium trioxide. From ostholic acid, through its chloride, four amides were obtained: the morpholide 1, the p-chloro-benzylamide 2, the piperidine 3 and the N-methyl-piperazide 4. Exce ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-610
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-610
- Author:
- Renata Kopena; Pilar López; José Martín
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 434-440
- ISSN:
- 1865-7125
- Subject:
- steroids; lactones; lizards; Lacerta; males; phylogeny; reproductive behavior; alpha-tocopherol; environmental factors; squalene; pheromones; alcohols; carboxylic acids; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
- Abstract:
- ... In spite of the importance of chemical signals (pheromones) in the reproductive behaviour of lizards, only a few studies have examined the role of specific chemical compounds as sexual signals. The secreted chemicals vary widely between species but whether this variation reflects phylogenetic or environmental differences remains unclear. Based on mass spectra, obtained by GC-MS, we found 40 lipoph ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-622
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-622
- Author:
- Shunsuke Furukawa; Chiaki Karaki; Tomonori Kawano
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 421-433
- ISSN:
- 1865-7125
- Subject:
- Chlorophyta; Escherichia coli; Paramecium bursaria; algae; anodes; calcium channels; cell movement; crystals; electric field; green fluorescent protein; oxides; plasma membrane; polystyrenes; zeolites
- Abstract:
- ... It is well known that Paramecium species including green paramecia (Paramecium bursaria) migrate towards the anode when exposed to an electric field in a medium. This type of a cellular movement is known as galvanotaxis. Our previous study revealed that an electric stimulus given to P. bursaria is converted to a galvanotactic cellular movement by involvement of T-type calcium channel on the plasma ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-621
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-621
- Author:
- Tomoko Kagenishi; Ken Yokawa; Masaki Kuse; Minoru Isobe; François Bouteau; Tomonori Kawano
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 411-417
- ISSN:
- 1865-7125
- Subject:
- Nicotiana tabacum; aequorin; calcium; calcium channels; calcium signaling; cell death; cell suspension culture; chemical reactions; copper; dose response; genes; humans; hydroxyl radicals; luminescence; neurotoxicity; phytoremediation; prions; roots; synthetic peptides; tobacco; transgenic plants
- Abstract:
- ... Impact of copper on the oxidative and calcium signal transductions leading to cell death in plant cells and the effects of the copper-binding peptide derived from the human prion protein (PrP) as a novel plant-protecting agent were assessed using a cell suspension culture of transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L., cell line BY-2) expressing the aequorin gene. Copper induces a series of biologica ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-619
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-619
- Author:
- Adriána Kovács; Andrea Vasas; Peter Forgo; Borbála Réthy; István Zupkó; Judit Hohmann
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 343-349
- ISSN:
- 1865-7125
- Subject:
- Xanthium strumarium var. canadense; adenocarcinoma; antineoplastic activity; breasts; cell growth; cervix; chloroform; fractionation; humans; leaves; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
- Abstract:
- ... Bioassay-guided fractionation of a CHCl3 extract of the leaves of Xanthium italicum Moretti led to the isolation of four xanthanolides: xanthatin (), 4-epixanthanol (2), 4-epiisoxanthanol (3), and 2-hydroxyxanthinosin (4). Their structures were determined by means of 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy, including ¹H-¹H COSY, NOESY, HSQC and HMBC experiments, which resulted in complete and unambiguous ¹H an ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-607
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-607
- Author:
- Amal H. Aly; Abdessamad Debbab; RuAngelie Edrada-Ebel; Victor Wray; Werner E. G. Müller; Wenhan Lin; Rainer Ebel; Peter Proksch
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 350-354
- ISSN:
- 0939-5075
- Subject:
- Chaetomium; cytotoxicity; endophytes; fungi; growth retardation; median effective concentration; medicinal plants; mice; neoplasm cells; rice; spectral analysis; tetrahydrofuran
- Abstract:
- ... A hitherto unidentified endophytic strain of the genus Chaetomium, isolated from the medicinal plant Otanthus maritimus, yielded a new tetrahydrofuran derivative, aureonitolic acid (), along with 5 known natural products, 2 - 6. The structure of 1 was determined by extensive spectroscopic analysis and comparison with reported data. Extracts of the fungus, grown either in liquid culture or on solid ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-608
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-608
- Author:
- Strahil Berkov; Jaume Bastida; Reneta Tsvetkova; Francesc Viladomat; Carles Codina
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 311-316
- ISSN:
- 1865-7125
- Subject:
- Sternbergia; bioactive properties; bulbs; dormancy; fructification; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; leaf development; leaves; lycorine; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; phenology; plant extracts; plant organs
- Abstract:
- ... Twenty-one alkaloids and related compounds were found in Sternbergia colchiciflora (Amaryllidaceae), a hitherto not studied plant species. Twenty of them were detected by GC-MS in the crude extracts of this plant species. Ten alkaloids were isolated and their structures confirmed by NMR, MS and CD measurements. Many of the compounds found in this species, such as lycorine, tazettine, haemanthidine ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-601
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-601
- Author:
- Thomas Schwend; Maren Möller; Jens Schabacker; Thomas Ruppert; Michael Wink
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 447-453
- ISSN:
- 0939-5075
- Subject:
- acrylamides; adenosine deaminase; alkylation; cell culture; cytotoxicity; humans; neurotoxicity; proteins; thioredoxins
- Abstract:
- ... Acrylamide is an α,β-unsaturated vinyl monomer that causes cytotoxicity due to its alkylating properties. In recent years several proteins have been identified that are alkylated by acrylamide in vivo. This finding might explain the neurotoxic effects of acrylamide in humans. However, the list of potential acrylamide target proteins is far from being complete. In particular, the proteins that medi ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-624
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-624
- Author:
- Wael A. El-Sayed; Mahmoud M. M. Ramiz; Adel A.-H. Abdel-Rahman
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 323-328
- ISSN:
- 1865-7125
- Subject:
- Hepatitis B virus; acetic anhydride; aldoses; antiviral properties; pyridines; pyrimidines; stereochemistry; urea; viruses
- Abstract:
- ... The reaction of 6-hydrazinyl-1,3-dimethylpyrimidine-2,4-(1H,3H)-dione () with ethoxymethylenemalononitrile afforded 5-amino-1-(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyrimidin- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile (2). The latter was reacted with formamide and urea affording the corresponding 4-aminopyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines 3 and 4. The reaction of monosaccharide aldoses with 3 and 4 gave stereose ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-603
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-603
- Author:
- Katarina Šavikin; Nebojša Menković; Gordana Zdunić; Tatjana Stević; Dragoja Radanović; Teodora Janković
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 339-342
- ISSN:
- 0939-5075
- Subject:
- Candida albicans; Gentiana lutea; Gram-negative bacteria; Gram-positive bacteria; antibacterial properties; antifungal properties; flowers; high performance liquid chromatography; leaves; minimum inhibitory concentration; secondary metabolites; synergism; yeasts
- Abstract:
- ... Methanolic extracts of flowers and leaves of Gentiana lutea L., together with the isolated compounds mangiferin, isogentisin and gentiopicrin, were used to investigate the antimicrobial activity of the plant. A variety of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as well as the yeast Candida albicans has been included in this study. Both extracts and isolated compounds showed antimicrobial activity ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-606
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-606
- Author:
- Vajiheh Neshatia; Maryam M. Matin; Mehrdad Iranshahi; Ahmad R. Bahrami; Javad Behravan; Samaneh Mollazadeh; Fatemeh Behnam Rassouli
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 317-322
- ISSN:
- 1865-7125
- Subject:
- Ferula; adenocarcinoma; coumarin; cytotoxicity; developed countries; histology; neoplasm cells; sesquiterpenoids; squamous cell carcinoma; urinary bladder neoplasms; vincristine
- Abstract:
- ... Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide, with the highest incidence in industrialized countries. There are three major histological subtypes of bladder cancer: transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) (>90%), squamous cell carcinoma (<10%) and adenocarcinoma (1 - 2%). The present study was carried out to assess the effects of conferone, a sesquiterpene coumarin isolated from Ferula bad ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-602
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-602
- Author:
- Andreia P. Matos; Ana C. Leite; Luciane G. Batista-Pereira; Paulo C. Vieira; João B. Fernandes; Maria Fátima das G. F. da Silva
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 441-446
- ISSN:
- 1865-7125
- Subject:
- Meliaceae; Spodoptera frugiperda; antifeeding activity; artificial diets; chemical structure; fruits; growth retardation; insecticidal properties; limonoids; methylene chloride; mortality; neonates
- Abstract:
- ... Six mexicanolide limonoids isolated from the dichloromethane extract of the fruits of Cipadessa fruticosa Blume (Meliaceae) were evaluated against Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith). Gedunin was used as a positive control. When incorporated into an artificial diet of neonates at 50.0 mg kg⁻¹, febrifugin A showed 73.3% mortality. All the compounds showed moderate insecticidal activity, except for ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-623
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-623
- Author:
- Kandulva Sethuraman Vidyalakshmi; Sulochana Nagarajan; Hannah Rachel Vasanthi; Venkappaya; Victor Rajamanickam
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 329-334
- ISSN:
- 0939-5075
- Subject:
- Mussaenda; alanine transaminase; antioxidant activity; aspartate transaminase; blood serum; calyx; ethyl acetate; hepatoprotective effect; iridoids; silymarin
- Abstract:
- ... Mussaenda ‘dona aurora’ (sepals) has been investigated for its hepatoprotective and antioxidant activities. The highest activity was observed in the ethyl acetate fraction. The separation of the ethyl acetate fraction gave two iridoids, sanshiside-D and lamalbide. Sanshiside-D exhibited a hepatoprotective activity greater than silimarin as was evidenced by significant reduction of ALT and AST in t ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-604
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-604
- Author:
- Dominika Bartosiewicz; Anna Krasowska
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 2014 v.64 no.5-6 pp. 454-458
- ISSN:
- 1865-7125
- Subject:
- ABC transporters; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; adenosine triphosphate; antineoplastic agents; energy; fluorescent dyes; hydrolysis; mammals; models; multiple drug resistance; neoplasm cells; neoplasms; therapeutics; yeasts
- Abstract:
- ... Multidrug resistance caused by the presence and overproduction of ABC transporters makes serious problems in cancer treating. The drugs administered during therapy are pumped outside the cell using the energy obtained from ATP hydrolysis. The augmented dosage of drugs to overcome the multidrug resistance is not sufficient. Thus knowledge of the structure of ABC proteins is necessary to understand ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/znc-2009-5-625
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2009-5-625