An iridoid β-glucoside, namely plumieride coumarate glucoside, was isolated from the Plumeria obtusa (white frangipani) flower. A β-glucosidase, purified to homogeneity from P. obtusa, could hydrolyze plumieride coumarate glucoside to its corresponding 13-O-coumarylplumieride. Plumeria β-glucosidase is a monomeric glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 60.6 kDa and an isoelectric point of 4.90...

Larix gmelinii, Pinaceae, Flavonoids, High-Performance Liquid Chromatography From needles of Larix gmelinii sixteen flavonoids were isolated and identified. The main flavonoids had been analyzed before, eight minor ones were identified as quercetin-3-glucoside, isorhamnetin-3-glucoside and -3-arabinoside, a somewhat lipophilic kaempferol-3-glucoside derivative, apigenin-7-glucoside, laricitrin-...

UNLABELLED This study aimed to synthesize and to evaluate the biologic characteristics of (11)C labeled methyl-D-glucoside, a nonmetabolizable tracer that is selectively transported by sodium-dependent glucose transporters (SGLTs). METHODS (11)C-Methyl-D-glucoside was prepared by methylation of glucose with (11)C-methyl triflate and was obtained as a mixture of anomers that were separated wit...

A reliable and sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric method was developed for the simultaneous quantitative determination in cereals of the Fusarium mycotoxins HT-2 toxin, T-2 toxin, deoxynivalenol, nivalenol and zearalenone, as well as the modified metabolites 3-acetyl-deoxynivalenol, α-zearalenol, β-zearalenol, deoxynivalenol-3-glucoside, HT-2-3-glucoside, nivalenol-3-gluc...

Isorhamnetin 3-O-glucoside, which was contained together with isorhamnetin 3,7-di-O-glucoside in atsumi-kabu leaves, suppressed increases in the plasma ALT and AST activities of mice with liver injury induced by the injection of carbon tetrachloride, but no suppression by isorhamnetin 3,7-di-O-glucoside was apparent. This result indicates that the release of glucose at the 7-position in isorham...

Beta-sitosteryl-D-glucoside and oleuropein isolated from the olive tree (Olea europaea) and their hydrolysed derivatives were tested by a feeding stimulative activity bioassay using the olive weevil (Dyscerus perforatus). Although the steroidal glucoside showed potent feeding stimulative activity, the activity of the aglycone (beta-sitosterol) was significantly lower than that of the glucoside....

Ultraviolet radiation is the major environmental harmful factor that has emotional impact on human skin. The aim of the present study was to determine the mechanism of protection of cyanidin-3-O-glucoside against ultraviolet B (UVB)-induced damage to human HaCaT keratinocytes. Our results show that cyanidin-3-O-glucoside decreased the levels of intracellular reactive oxygen species generated by...

During studies of the nutritional utilization of pyridoxine 5*-b-D-glucoside, a major form of vitamin B6 in plants, we detected two cytosolic b-glucosidases in jejunal mucosa. As expected, one was broad specificity b-glucosidase that hydrolyzed aryl b-D-glycosides but not pyridoxine b-D-glucoside. We also found a previously unknown enzyme, designated pyridoxine-b-D-glucoside hydrolase, that eff...

In order to estimate the Arrhenius and Langmuir parameters of the selective oxidation of methyl (Yn-glucoside on a platinum catalyst, the temperature was varied from 293 to 333 K. The initial reaction kinetics can be described adequately over this temperature range by a Langmuir-Hinshelwood rate equation which is based on two parallel reaction paths: one involving adsorbed methyl cr-D-glucoside...

Purple-fleshed sweetpotatoes (PFSP) can be a healthy food choice for consumers and a potential source for natural food colorants. This study aimed to identify anthocyanins and anthocyanidins in PFSP, and to evaluate the effect of thermal processing on these polyphenolic compounds. Freeze-dried powder of raw and steamed samples of three PFSP varieties were extracted with acidified methanol using...