3-[4-(1H-indol-3-yl)-1,3-thiazol-2-yl]-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines, nortopsentin Analogues with antiproliferative activity [PDF]
A new series of nortopsentin analogues, in which the imidazole ring of the natural product was replaced by thiazole and the indole unit bound to position 2 of the thiazole ring was substituted by a 7-azaindole moiety, was efficiently synthesized.
Attanzio, A. +11 more
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Transcriptome analysis of Catharanthus roseus for gene discovery and expression profiling. [PDF]
The medicinal plant, Catharanthus roseus, accumulates wide range of terpenoid indole alkaloids, which are well documented therapeutic agents. In this study, deep transcriptome sequencing of C.
Mohit Verma +4 more
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Antimicrobial activities of secondary metabolites of endophytic fungi isolated from Catharanthus roseus [PDF]
Introduction: Recently, several endophytes have been shown to possess the potentials to synthesize novel bioactive compounds that have found use for drug discovery. We isolated endophytic fungi associated with Catharanthus roseus collected from the river
Abba, Chika C. +6 more
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Trigonoliimines are hexacyclic bisindole alkaloids isolated recently by Hao and co-workers. A synthesis of (±)-trigonoliimine B was accomplished in seven steps from simple starting materials featuring the Bischler-Napieralski reaction for ...
Thomas Buyck, Qian Wang, Jieping Zhu
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Bisleuconothine A protects periodontal tissue via the regulation of RANKL expression and infiltration of inflammatory cells [PDF]
Purpose: To investigate the protective effect of bisleuconothine A on periodontal tissue in rats and the mechanism involved. Methods: Adult male Sprague Dawley rats (n = 32) weighing 180 - 200 g (mean weight, 190 ± 10 g) were randomly assigned to four ...
Sun, Ping, Sun, Qiang, Wang, Fang
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Antemitotic activity of strychnopentamine, a bisindolic alkaloid
Strychnopentamine has been tested for its cytotoxic and antitumor activities and compared with two other bisindolic alkaloids that possess an usambarane skeleton. The presence of a N-methylpyrrolidine group increases the antimitotic activity of this type of alkaloids.
Tits, Monique +4 more
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Cell type matters : competence for alkaloid metabolism differs in two seed-derived cell strains of Catharanthus roseus [PDF]
Since the discovery of the anticancer drugs vinblastine and vincristine, Catharanthus roseus has been intensively studied for biosynthesis of several terpene indole alkaloids (TIAs).
Bunzel, Mirko +7 more
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Bisindolyl alkaloids represent a large family of natural and synthetic products that display various biological activities. Among the bisindole compounds, 6,7,12,13-tetrahydro-5H-cyclohepta[2,1-b:3,4-b’]diindoles have received little attention ...
Lei Peng, Xiaofei Zhang, Chunhao Yang
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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections represent a major global healthcare problem. Therapeutic options are often limited by the ability of MRSA strains to grow as biofilms on medical devices, where antibiotic persistence and ...
Raffaella Campana +6 more
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The β-carboline alkaloid harmine inhibits telomerase activity of MCF-7 cells by down-regulating hTERT mRNA expression accompanied by an accelerated senescent phenotype [PDF]
The end replication problem, which occurs in normal somatic cells inducing replicative senescence, is solved in most cancer cells by activating telomerase.
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