A Submarine Journey: The Pyrrole-Imidazole AlkaloidsMarine Drugs - Tập 7 Số 4 - Trang 705-753
Barbara Forte, Beatrice Malgesini, Claudia Piutti, Francesca Quartieri, Alessandra Scolaro, Gianluca Papeo
In his most celebrated tale “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, Oscar Wilde stated that “those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril”. This sentence could be a prophetical warning for the practitioner who voluntarily challenges himself with trying to synthesize marine sponge-deriving pyrrole-imidazole alkaloids. This now nearly triple-digit membered community has been growing exponenti...... hiện toàn bộ
Twenty-Nine New Limonoids with Skeletal Diversity from the Mangrove Plant, Xylocarpus moluccensisMarine Drugs - Tập 16 Số 1 - Trang 38
Jianzhi Zhang, Wan‐Shan Li, Yi-Guo Dai, Li Shen, Jun Wu
Twenty-nine new limonoids—named xylomolins A1–A7, B1–B2, C1–C2, D–F, G1–G5, H–I, J1–J2, K1–K2, L1–L2, and M–N, were isolated from the seeds of the mangrove plant, Xylocarpus moluccensis. Compounds 1–13 are mexicanolides with one double bond or two conjugated double bonds, while 14 belongs to a small group of mexicanolides with an oxygen bridge between C1 and C8. Compounds 15–19 are khayano...... hiện toàn bộ
Limonoids Containing a C1–O–C29 Moiety: Isolation, Structural Modification, and Antiviral ActivityMarine Drugs - Tập 16 Số 11 - Trang 434
Jianqiang Ren, Xiaopeng Zou, Wan‐Shan Li, Li Shen, Jun Wu
Five new limonoids named thaigranatins A–E (1–5), containing a C1–O–C29 moiety, were isolated from seeds of the Thai Xylocarpus granatum, collected at the mangrove swamp of Trang Province, together with the known limonoid, granatumin L (6). The structures of these compounds were established by HR-ESIMS and extensive NMR spectroscopic data. The absolute configuration of 1 was unequivocally ...... hiện toàn bộ
Anticancer Properties of LamellarinsMarine Drugs - Tập 13 Số 3 - Trang 1105-1123
Christian Bailly
In 1985 the first lamellarins were isolated from a small oceanic sea snail. Today, more than 50 lamellarins have been inventoried and numerous derivatives synthesized and tested as antiviral or anticancer agents. The lead compound in the family is lamellarin D, characterized as a potent inhibitor of both nuclear and mitochondrial topoisomerase I but also capable of directly interfering wit...... hiện toàn bộ
Verrucarin A Inhibition of MAP Kinase Activation in a PMA-stimulated Promyelocytic Leukemia Cell LineMarine Drugs - Tập 3 Số 2 - Trang 64-73
Taiko Oda, Michio Namikoshi, Kyoko Akano, Hisayoshi Kobayashi, Yoshio Honma, Tadashi Kasahara
Verrucarin A is an inhibitor of protein synthesis. In this study, we examined the inhibitory action of verrucarin A on signal molecules. Verrucarin A partially inhibited the IL-8 production of a PMA-stimulated promyelocytic leukemia cell line (HL-60 cells), and the effect was related to the inhibition of NF-κB activation at noncytotoxic concentrations. Moreover, the inhibition of mitogen a...... hiện toàn bộ
Functional Characterization of OXYL, A SghC1qDC LacNAc-specific Lectin from The Crinoid Feather Star Anneissia JaponicaMarine Drugs - Tập 17 Số 2 - Trang 136
Imtiaj Hasan, Marco Gerdol, Yuki Fujii, Yasuhiro Ozeki
We identified a lectin (carbohydrate-binding protein) belonging to the complement 1q(C1q) family in the feather star Anneissia japonica (a crinoid pertaining to the phylum Echinodermata). The combination of Edman degradation and bioinformatics sequence analysis characterized the primary structure of this novel lectin, named OXYL, as a secreted 158 amino acid-long globular head (sgh)C1q dom...... hiện toàn bộ
Microalgal Carotenoids: A Review of Production, Current Markets, Regulations, and Future DirectionMarine Drugs - Tập 17 Số 11 - Trang 640
Lucie Novoveská, Michael E. Ross, Michele S. Stanley, Rémi Pradelles, Virginie Wasiolek, Jean‐François Sassi
Microalgae produce a variety of compounds that are beneficial to human and animal health. Among these compounds are carotenoids, which are microalgal pigments with unique antioxidant and coloring properties. The objective of this review is to evaluate the potential of using microalgae as a commercial feedstock for carotenoid production. While microalgae can produce some of the highest conc...... hiện toàn bộ
Eicosapentaenoic Acid Extraction from Nannochloropsis gaditana Using Carbon Dioxide at Supercritical ConditionsMarine Drugs - Tập 17 Số 2 - Trang 132
Antonio Molino, Maria Martino, Vincenzo Larocca, Giuseppe Di Sanzo, Anna Spagnoletta, Tiziana Marino, Despina Karatza, Angela Iovine, Sanjeet Mehariya, Dino Musmarra
This research shows that carbon dioxide supercritical fluid (CO2-SF) is an emerging technology for the extraction of high interest compounds for applications in the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and cosmetics from microalgae. The purpose of this study is to recover fatty acids (FAs) and, more precisely, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) from Nannochloropsis gaditana biomass b...... hiện toàn bộ
Antioxidant, Hypolipidemic and Hepatic Protective Activities of Polysaccharides from Phascolosoma esculentaMarine Drugs - Tập 18 Số 3 - Trang 158
Yaqing Wu, Hongying Jiang, Jyuan-Siou Lin, Jia Liu, Chang‐Jer Wu, Ruian Xu
The aims of this study were to investigate the antioxidant, hypolipidemic and hepatic protective effects of Phascolosoma esculenta polysaccharides (PEP). PEP was prepared from Phascolosoma esculenta by enzyme hydrolysis and its characterization was analyzed. The antioxidant activities of PEP were evaluated by the assays of scavenging 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), superoxide anion, ...... hiện toàn bộ