Despite common dose–response curves, a compound may have the opposite effect in small doses as in large doses. This phenomenon is named hormesis. Calabrese et al have reported that many toxic substances, environmental hormones, inorganic compounds, and even irradiation induce hormesis. They modulate the growth of cultured cells in a biphasic fashion, either stimulating or inhibiting the growth ...

Absorption and fluorescence spectra of bichromophoric coumarins were investigated in different solvents and in polymer matrices. These bichromophoric coumarins were composed of a coumarin dimethylamino-substituted at position 7 or unsubstituted coumarin and phthalimide or a 1,8-naphthylimide linked with an iminomethyl bridge to the position 3 or 8 of the coumarin ring. Absorption spectra of 7-d...

Objective: The present study was conducted to find cytotoxic compounds from oleo-gum-resin of Ferula assa-foetida (asafoetida). Materials and Methods: A di...

Coumarin possesses a number of biological activities like antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant, anticancer, antimalarial etc. Coumarin belongs to a group of benzpyranes, which consist of a benzene ring joined to a pyran nucleus. In the present study amino derivatives bearing coumarin nucleus are synthesized from 7-hydroxy -4methyl coumarin by using mild catalyst, CAN which i...

Nystatin-resistant mutations exhibit extreme sensitivity to 1.3 mm coumarin. The mutations fall into three complementation groups so it is possible to select for nonallelic mutations conferring sensitivity to coumarin by selection on nystatin-containing nutrient agar plates. Complementation between such coumarin-sensitive mutations allows the selection of diploids on coumarin-containing nutrien...

Three new natural coumarin substances 1, 2 and 3 (derivatives of 2',2'-dimethyl-3',4'-dihydroxydihydropyrano-5',6':6,7-coumarin) were isolated from the roots and fruits of Peucedanum arenarium W.K. On the basis of the spectral data from UV, IR, and NMR spectra of coumarin 1, named peuarenarine, it was assumed, that, it is an ester of 2',2'-dimethyl-3',4'-dihydroxy-dihydropyrano5',6' :6,7-coumar...

Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide, with the highest incidence in industrialized countries. There are three major histological subtypes of bladder cancer: transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) (> 90%), squamous cell carcinoma (< 10%) and adenocarcinoma (1-2%). The present study was carried out to assess the effects of conferone, a sesquiterpene coumarin isolated from Ferula ...

Currently, the most effective treatment for recurrent urinary tract infections in women is antibiotics. However, the limitation for this treatment is the duration and dosage of antibiotics and the resistance that bacteria develop after a long period of administration. With the aim of identifying mainly novel natural agents with antibacterial activity, the present study was undertaken to investi...

Pentacoordinated iridium( i )-cyclooctadiene complexes featuring a coumarin-functionalised imidazoline– or benzimidazoline–NHC ligand exhibit fluxional behavior as consequence of the hemilability pyrone ring in coumarin wingtip.

Samarcandin 1, a natural sesquiterpene-coumarin, was isolated as well as elucidated from F. assa-foetida which has significant effect in Iranian traditional medicine because of its medicinal attitudes. The crystal structure of samarcandin was determined by single-crystal X-ray structure analysis. It is orthorhombic, with unit cell parameters a=10.8204 (5)Å, b=12.9894 (7)Å, c=15.2467 (9)Å, V=214...