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We study the ground state properties of interacting Fermi gases in the dilute regime, in three dimensions. We compute the ground state energy of the system, for positive interaction potentials. We recover a well-known expression for the ground state energy at second order in the particle density, which depends on the interaction potential only via its scattering length. The first proof of this result has been given by Lieb, Seiringer and Solovej (Phys Rev A 71:053605, 2005). In this paper, we give a new derivation of this formula, using a different method; it is inspired by Bogoliubov theory, and it makes use of the almost-bosonic nature of the low-energy excitations of the systems. With respect to previous work, our result applies to a more regular class of interaction potentials, but it comes with improved error estimates on the ground state energy asymptotics in the density.
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NMR and NP-HPLC-UV profiling of the exudate of Salvia corrugata revealed that its secondary metabolite composition was largely dominated by α-hydroxy-ß-isopropyl-benzoquinone diterpenoids. Among them, four diterpenes not described previously were isolated and identified as fruticulin C (3), 7α-methoxy-19-acetoxy-royleanone (4), 7α,19-diacetoxy-royleanone (5), and 7-dehydroxy-conacytone (7). In addition, the known diterpenes fruticulin A (1), demethyl-fruticulin A (2) and 7α-O-methyl-conacytone (6) were also obtained. The isolated compounds were evaluated for their cancer chemopreventive activity by measuring quinone reductase induction activity and histone deacetylase inhibition. Three compounds (1, 2 and 5) showed promising activity.
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Abietanes/isolation & purification , Abietanes/pharmacology , Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors/isolation & purification , Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors/pharmacology , Salvia/chemistry , Abietanes/chemistry , Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors/chemistry , Humans , Italy , Molecular Structure , NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone)/analysis , NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone)/drug effects , NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone)/metabolism , Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular , Plant Roots/chemistryABSTRACT
The total phenolic content and antioxidant activity of 6 Salvia spp. exudates were measured to find new potential sources of natural antioxidants. Total phenolic content was assessed by a modified Prussian blue method, and the antioxidant activity by two methods: 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging capacity assay and lipoxygenase inhibitory assay. The total phenolic content ranged between 1.3 microg/mg DW (S. fallax) and 74.0 microg/mg DW (S. cacaliaefolia). In the DPPH test, S. cacaliaefolia was more effective than BHT, while in the inhibition of lipid peroxidation all the extracts presented good antioxidant capacity.
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Antioxidants/pharmacology , Phenols/chemistry , Phenols/pharmacology , Plant Exudates/chemistry , Salvia/chemistry , Salvia/metabolism , Antioxidants/chemistry , Biphenyl Compounds/chemistry , Lipoxygenase/metabolism , Lipoxygenase Inhibitors/chemistry , Lipoxygenase Inhibitors/pharmacology , Picrates/chemistry , Plant Components, Aerial , Plant Exudates/metabolismABSTRACT
Our ongoing research to identify natural growth inhibitors with diterpene and triterpene skeletons exuding from the surface of the aerial parts of Salvia species led us to study Salvia miniata Fernald. Ten clerodane diterpenoids were found, along with three known diterpenes. Most of the isolated compounds from S. miniata inhibited the germination of Papaver rhoeas L. and Avena sativa L. in Petri dish experiments. Parallel results have been obtained in experiments carried out to evaluate the subsequent growth of the seedlings of the target species in the presence of the tested compounds.
