Cress (Lepidium sativum) seeds were germinated in darkness. Seedlings were investigated for soluble proteins by SDS-PAGE. Two proteins were identified by microsequencing: the small subunit of ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase (SSU) and the alpha subunit of the storage protein cruciferin. Net synthesis of small and large subunits of ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase (SSU and LSU) was investigated ...

P . R o d i g h i e r o , A . G u i o t t o * , P . M a n z i n i , a n d G . P a s t o r i n i Ist ituto di Chimica Farmaceutica dell 'Universita di Padova , Centro di Studio della Chimica del Farmaco e dei Prodott i Bio logicamente attivi del C N R , V ia Marzolo 5, 1-35100 Padova , I taly Z. Naturforsch. 34b , 1010-1014 (1979); received February 19, 1979 Isoponcimarin, Isomeranzin, Dihydroor...

A coumarin-based prodrug system plays a significant role in preparing esterase-sensitive prodrugs of amines and peptides. The electronic structures of 27 coumarin-based prodrugs developed in our lab were calculated at a B3LYP/6-31+G (d,p) level with a Gaussian 03 program. The calculated structural parameters were taken as theoretical descriptors to establish five novel QSPR models. The SMLR lin...

The Coumarine heterocyclic ring is common feature of various bioactive compounds such as calanolides, lipid-lowering agents. The Chemists all over the globe are motivated not only for the environmentally benign synthesis of new products but also to develop green synthesis for existing chemicals. Coumarins, the most important classes of fluorescent molecules constitute important structural featu...

Polygodial, a valuable sesquiterpene dialdehyde featuring an epimerizable stereocenter was efficiently extracted and isolated in gram-scale quantities (3.3% w/w) from Tasmannia lanceolata (Tasmanian native pepper) via a recently developed rapid pressurised hot water extraction (PHWE) technique that utilises an unmodified household espresso machine. This method was compared to the maceration of ...

Sesquiterpene composition at two sites representative of the southeastern U.S. is similar with β-caryophyllene and humulene dominating ozone reactivity.

Abstract Coumarin and its nitrogen analogue 1-aza coumarin are a class of lactones lactams, respectively, which indispensable heterocyclic units to both chemists biochemists. 1-Aza derivatives, ultimately metabolize as the corresponding 8-hydroxy coumarins in biological system therefore found be very good anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, analgesic agents. A series hybrid substituted azacoumarin-...

Microbial biotransformation, one of the tools of green chemistry, is widely used in organic synthesis to cutshort number of organic intermediates in obtaining the final required compounds. In the present study, an approach was made for preparing substituted derivatives of coumarin as therapeutic agents. Nine biotransformation experiments were performed where random combination of four microorga...

Artemisinin from the plant Artemisia annua is the most potent pharmaceutical for the treatment of malaria. In the plant, the sesquiterpene cyclase amorphadiene synthase, a cytochrome-dependent CYP450, and an aldehyde reductase convert farnesyl diphosphate (FDP) into dihydroartemisinic aldehyde (DHAAl), which is a key intermediate in the biosynthesis of artemisinin and a semisynthetic precursor ...

This study investigated the expression pattern of genes encoding for a basic PR-1 protein, a basic beta-1,3-glucanase, a peroxidase, and a sesquiterpene cyclase involved in defense responses in three pepper cultivars with different levels of resistance to Phytophthora capsici. All genes were up-regulated in infected stems of the pepper cultivars, with expression being detected 8h post-inoculati...