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Fungal indole diterpenes (IDTs) occupy a valuable region of bioactive natural product chemical space, displaying potent and selective inhibition of therapeutically important ion channels and with potential application in the treatment of glaucoma, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as insecticides and antivirals. We have employed an integrated workflow...
Continue readingBudesonide (BUD), a glucocorticoids drug, inhibits all steps in the inflammatory response. It can reduce and treat inflammation and other symptoms associated with acute lung injury such as COVID-19. Loading BUD into bilosomes could boost its therapeutic activity, and lessen its frequent administration and side effects. Different bilosomal formulations were prepared...
Continue readingThe toxic calcemic effects of the natural hormone 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25D3, 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol) in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases demand the development of highly active and noncalcemic vitamin D analogues. We report the development of two highly active and noncalcemic analogues of 1,25D3 that lack the C-ring and possess an m...
Continue readingThe kernels of the Australian blushwood tree (Fontainea picrosperma) are the source of the veterinary anticancer drug tigilanol tiglate (2a, Stelfonta) and contain a concentration of phorboids significantly higher than croton oil, the only abundant source of these compounds previously known. The oily matrix of the blushwood kernels is composed of free fatty acids a...
Continue readingViral infections affect several million patients annually. Although hundreds of viruses are known to be pathogenic, only a few can be treated in the clinic with available antiviral drugs. Naturally based pharmacotherapy may be a proper alternative for treating viral diseases. Several natural and semisynthetic abietane-type diterpenoids have shown important antivira...
Continue readingThe present invention relates to compositions comprising RNA, preferably messenger RNA (mRNA), more preferably self-amplifying RNA (saRNA), and polymers, in particular cationic polymers, such as polyethylenimine (PEI), poly-L-Lysin (PEL), polyvinylamine (PVA) or polyallylamine (PAA), where individual RNA molecules are present in solution. In the formulations, the R...
Continue readingThe pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been ongoing for over two years, and treatment for COVID-19, other than monoclonal antibodies, is urgently required. Accordingly, we have investigated the inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 protein targets by high-throughput virtual screening using a marine natural products database. Considering...
Continue readingPreservation of the integrity of macromolecular higher-order structure is a tenet central to achieving biologic drug and vaccine product stability toward manufacturing, distribution, storage, handling, and administration. Given that mRNA lipid nanoparticles (mRNA-LNPs) are held together by an intricate ensemble of weak forces, there are some intriguing parallels to...
Continue readingA pair of new enantiomeric neoligans, (±)-neonardochinone A (1) were isolated from Nardostachys chinensis. The structure of 1 was determined by extensive spectroscopic analysis, containing IR, HRESIMS, NMR spectra and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The enantiomeric separation was finished by HPLC on a chiral column. The absolute configurations were assign...
Continue readingTwo new tetrahydrofuran derivatives named aspericacids A and B (1 and 2) were isolated from the metabolites produced by the sponge-associated Aspergillus sp. LS78. They represented an unusual type of tetrahydrofuran derivatives, possessing 2,5-disubstituted tetrahydrofuran ring coupled with a chain unsaturated fatty acid. The planar structures of 1 and 2 were deter...
Continue readingThe effects of peptide secondary structure on the rate and extent of deuterium incorporation in solid-state hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (ssHDX-MS) were assessed. Unstructured PDLA peptides, an α-helical model peptide (Peptide A) and a β-sheet model peptide (Peptide B) were co-lyophilized with various excipients. Peptide structures were ...
Continue readingHookerianones A – E (1–5), five new polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols (PPAPs), along with six known ones, were isolated from the aerial parts of Hypericum hookerianum. Their structures were elucidated by analyses of MS, NMR, chiroptical properties, biogenetic pathway, and/or single crystal X-ray diffraction. A ubiquitin-rhodamine 110 assay showed that ...
Continue readingThree new alkaloids, 21-epi-taichunamide D (1) and (±)-versicalin A ((±)-6), along with four known analogues (2–5) were isolated from the endophytic Aspergillus versicolor F210, which harbored in the bulbs of Lycoris radiata. Structurally, compound 1 is the third natural indole alkaloid with a rare methylsulfonyl unit, and (±)-6 existing ...
Continue readingWith the increment of drug-resistant bacteria and the slow development of novel antibiotics, antimicrobial peptides have gained increasing attention as a potential antibiotic alternative. They not only displayed a broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity but also were difficult to induce resistance development because of their unique membrane-lytic activity. Herein, t...
Continue readingIn this work the preferential accumulation of long-lived acridone derivatives in mitochondria were evaluated, based on a new concept of non-protonable and non-charged group carriers. In this sense, the thiophene ring has been proved to act, for the first time, as mitochondria targeting group. Moreover, the unique long lifetime of the dyes has allowed the determinat...
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