Alfalfa seeds and seedlings contain an enzyme that catalyzes a reaction with the 13- and 9-hydroperoxides of linoleic acid to form 13-hydroxy-10-oxo-trans-octadecenoic acid and 9-hydroxy-12-oxo-trans-10-octadecenoic acid, respectively. When commercial lipoxygenase is used to generate the hydroperoxides, the above acids appear in about 2:1 proportions, respectively. The products of the action of...

We isolated seven terpenes and five phenolic constituents from the aerial parts of Lactuca indica L. using column chromatographic separation of its MeOH extract. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic methods to be trans-phytol (1), 3beta-hydroxyglutin-5-ene (2), 5,6-epoxy-3-hydroxy-7-megastigmen-9-one (3), 11beta-13-dihydrolactucin (4), 2-phenylethyl beta-D-glucopyranoside (5), cich...

THE TITLE COMPOUND [SYSTEMATIC NAME: (2S,5S,8R)-tert-butyl 8-(1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropan-2-yl)-12-hydroxy-5-isobutyl-2,6-dimethyl-4,7-dioxo-10-oxa-3,6,9-triazadodecanoate], C(21)H(36)F(6)N(3)O(6), is a tripeptide crystallizing in the chiral ortho-rhom-bic spacegroup P2(1)2(1)2(1). The absolute configuration (R) of the chiral center in the hexa-fluoro-valine unit is based on the known stereoch...

Three 3-hydroxymonoazine- and three N-hydroxydiazine-type heterocycles were tested whether they act as artificial siderophores toward Aureobacterium flavescens JG-9 (ATCC No. 25091). Among them, 1-hydroxy-3,5,6-trimethyl-2(1H)-pyrazinone (3) showed the highest growth-promotion activity comparable to desferrioxamine B (DFB), a natural trihydroxamate siderophore, at 48.5 microM or above, followed...

Curcuminoids are a safe natural food coloring additive with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anticarcinogenic activities. Although demethoxycurcumin is one of the major bioactive constituents of curcuminoids, knowledge about its metabolic fate is scant. In the present study, four new metabolites, 5-dehydroxy-hexahydro-demethoxycurcumin-A (M-1), 5-dehydroxy-hexahydro-demethoxycurcumin-B (M-2)...

A new skeleton of diterpenoid, 1,2,3,4,4α,9,10,10α-octahydro-(4α-hydroxyymethyl) -1,1-dimethyl-9-(1-methylethyl)-(2S,3S,4αR,9R,10αS)-2,3,5,7-phenanthrenetertrol, named plebeianiol A (1), along with four known diterpenoids (2-5), were isolated from Salvia plebeia R. Br. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectral analysis. In the bioactivity tests, compounds 1, 2 and 5 showed 1,1-d...

Episesamin is an isomer of sesamin, resulting from the refining process of non-roasted sesame seed oil. Episesamin has two methylendioxyphenyl groups on exo and endo faces of the bicyclic skeleton. The side methylendioxyphenyl group was metabolized by cytochrome-P450. Seven metabolites of episesamin were found in rat bile after treatment with glucuronidase/arylsulfatase and were identified usin...