seven stilbenes and one catechin were bioactivity-guidedly isolated from the rhizomes of rheum palmatem. their structures were identified as piceatannol(1), resveratrol(2), piceid(3), rhapontigenin(4), piceatannol-3'-o-β-d-glucopyranoside(5), rhaponticin(6), catechin(7) and desoxyrhapontigenin(8). anti-monoamine oxidase (mao) activities of compounds 1–8 were tested. compounds 1 and 8 showe...

Caragaphenol A (1), a new trimeric stilbene, was isolated from the roots of Caragana stenophylla (Leguminosae) along with three known oligomeric stilbenes: (+)-alpha-viniferin (2), miyabenol C (3) and kobophenol A (4). The stereostructure of 1 was elucidated by one- and two-dimensional (1D- and 2D-)-NMR spectral studies.

Leaves of different Vitis vinifera L. cultivars, susceptible or resistant to downy mildew, Chasselas, Solaris, IRAC 2091 (cvs. Gamaret x Bronner) and Muscadinia rotundifolia were inoculated with Plasmopara viticola. Samples were then examined by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, by light microscopy and for their ability to synthesise stilbenes. These phytoalexins were strictly anal...

[reaction: see text] The Heck reaction of aryl chlorides was investigated in the presence of defined monocarbenepalladium(0) complexes. Activated and nonactivated aryl chlorides provide the corresponding cinnamic esters and stilbenes in (n)Bu(4)NBr as a ionic liquid in good to excellent yields.

The radical carbohydroxylation of styrenes with aryldiazonium salts has been achieved under mild thermal conditions. A broad range of aryldiazonium salts was tolerated, and the reaction principle based on a radical-polar crossover mechanism could be extended to carboetherification as well as to a two-step, metal-free variant of the Meerwein arylation leading to stilbenes.

Vinyl-substituted (Z)-stilbenes are stereoselectively synthesised on treatment of 4-arylbuta-2,3-dien-1-ols with arylboronic acids in the presence of a rhodium(i) catalyst. The reaction proceeds through the regioselective addition of organorhodium(i) species across the aryl-substituted carbon-carbon double bond of the allene moiety and subsequent delta-elimination of Rh(i)-OH.

BACKGROUND Advanced castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is often characterized by an increase of C-terminally truncated, constitutively active androgen receptor (AR) variants. Due to the absence of a ligand binding domain located in the AR-C-terminus, these receptor variants (also termed ARΔLBD) are unable to respond to all classical forms of endocrine treatments like surgical/chemical ...

Pharmacology of CFTR Chloride Channel Activity. Physiol. Rev. 79, Suppl.: S109-S144, 1999. - The pharmacology of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is at an early stage of development. Here we attempt to review the status of those compounds that modulate the Cl- channel activity of CFTR. Three classes of compounds, the sulfonylureas, the disulfonic stilbenes, and the ary...

4-Nitrostilbene and twelve of its derivatives (eleven E-stilbenes and two Z-stilbenes) were examined for possible quantitative structure-activity relationships of their in vitro and in vivo genotoxicity. Relative mutagenicity was studied with and without S9 activation in Salmonella strains TA98 and TA100, as well as in the nitroreductase deficient strains TA98/NR and TA100/NR. Chromosomal aberr...

We report a photoresponsive monofunctionalized pillar[5]arene based on stiff stilbene. The Z isomer, Z-1, tends to form self-complexing [1]pseudorotaxanes and [c2] daisy chains, whereas the E analog, E-1, forms supramolecular polymers.