Abstract Erythrochelin, a hydroxamate-type siderophore produced by Saccharopolyspora erythraea, is synthesized for the first time. A key building block of erythrochelin containing the 2,5-diketopiperazine ring is prepared by intramolecular cyclization of the corresponding dipeptide precursor derived from two kinds of protected δ-N-hydroxy-L-ornithines. Consecutive condensation of the building b...

The protein phosphatase inhibitor RK-682 is one of a number of potentially valuable tetronate polyketide natural products. Understanding how the tetronate ring is formed has been frustrated by the inaccessibility of the putative substrates. We report the heterologous expression of rk genes in Saccharopolyspora erythraea and reconstitution of the RK-682 pathway using recombinant enzymes, and we ...

Caparis spinosa Linn. popularly known as Caper plant is a naturally occurring medicinally important plant of the family Capparaceae. This plant has highly diverse economic and medicinal value in different system of medicine like, Unani, Chinese, Ayurvedicand Arabic. Various parts of C. spinosa are used as drug to treat different diseases especially against hepatic and renal problems. Extract of...

A new phenolic-type compound containing a nitrogenous, heterocyclic-fused ring from the fruit of the argan tree, Argania spinosa (Skeels L.), is described. This and another already known compound also isolated in the course of the work belong to an obscure and rare class of natural products, the amino phenolics.

cell cultures of varthemia persica, peganum harmala and pycnocycla spinosa have been studied to evaluate their abilities to bioconvert exogenous hydroquinone. arbutin is an important substance that has several pharmaceutical applications; therefore, we have established v. persica and p. spinosa cultures which seem to be able to metabolize hydroquinone. callus cultures of v. persica were establi...

The trichomes and chemical composition of three species the genus Salvia wild-grown (Salvia lanigera, spinosa) cultured officinalis) were studied in Anbar governate, components stem leaves by Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry(GC-MS), addition to studying epidermis (upper lower epidermis) Light microscope. Important differences appeared us study, where it was found that some compounds without...

Thermophilic actinomycetes are the primary sensitizing agents in farmer's lung disease. We compared dilution pour-plate and spread-plate methods for their usefulness in enumerating thermophilic actinomycetes in moldy silage dust and evaluated the ability of a nonquantitative gravity settling technique to recover thermophilic actinomycetes from moldy silage. Spread plates and pour plates yielded...