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BMC Complement Altern Med ; 17(1): 55, 2017 Jan 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28100224

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. has medicinal importance. Bioactive phytochemicals isolated from different parts of L. speciosa, have revealed hypoglycemic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and hepato protective properties. Despite one report from Philippines detailing the use of L. speciosa as curative for fever and as well as diuretic, there is no experimental evidence about the hepatoprotective activity of the flower extracts. METHODS: Several spectroscopic methods, including GC-MS, were used to characterize phytochemicals present in the petal extract of L. speciosa. Ethanol extract of petals was evaluated for anti-oxidant and free radical scavenging properties by using methods related to hydrogen atom transfer, single electron transfer, reducing power, and metal chelation. This study has also revealed the in vitro antioxidant and in vivo hepatoprotective properties of petal extract against carbon tetra chloride (CCl4)-induced liver toxicity in Swiss albino mice. Hepatoprotection in CCl4 -intoxicated mice was studied with the aid of histology and different enzymatic and non-enzymatic markers of liver damage. Cytotoxicity tests were done using murein spleenocytes and cancareous cell lines, MCF7 and HepG2. RESULT: GCMS of the extract has revealed the presence of several potential antioxidant compounds, of them γ-Sitosterol and 1,2,3-Benzenetriol (Pyrogallol) were the predominant ones. The antioxidants activities of the flower-extract were significantly higher than curcumin (in terms of Nitric oxide scavenging activity; p = 0.0028) or ascorbic acid (in terms of 2,2-Diphenyl-1-Picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay; p = 0.0022). The damage control by the flower extract can be attributed to the reduction in lipid peroxidation and restoration of catalase activity. In vitro cytotoxicity tests have shown that the flower extract did not affect growth and survivability of the cell lines. It left beyond doubt that a flower of L. speciosa is a reservoir of antioxidant and hepatoprotective agents capable of reversing the damage inflicted by CCl4-intoxication. CONCLUSION: Results from the present study may be used in developing a potential hepato-protective health drink enriched with antioxidants from Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.


Subject(s)
Free Radical Scavengers/pharmacology , Lagerstroemia/chemistry , Liver/drug effects , Plant Extracts/pharmacology , Protective Agents/pharmacology , Animals , Antioxidants/pharmacology , Carbon Tetrachloride , Cell Line, Tumor , Female , Flowers/chemistry , Free Radical Scavengers/toxicity , Hep G2 Cells , Humans , Lagerstroemia/toxicity , Male , Mice , Plant Extracts/toxicity
2.
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc ; 151: 965-79, 2015 Dec 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26188703

ABSTRACT

The optimized molecular structure, vibrational frequencies, corresponding vibrational assignments of 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4,5-dimethyl-1H-imidazole 3-oxide have been investigated experimentally and theoretically. Gauge-including atomic orbital (1)H NMR chemical shifts calculations were carried out and compared with experimental data. The HOMO and LUMO analysis is used to determine the charge transfer within the molecule. The stability of the molecule arising from hyper-conjugative interaction and charge delocalization has been analyzed using NBO analysis. The calculated geometrical parameters are in agreement with that of similar derivatives. Molecular electrostatic potential was performed by the DFT method. Mulliken's net charges have been calculated and compared with the atomic natural charges. First and second hyperpolarizability are calculated in order to find its role in non-linear optics. Molecular docking is also reported.


Subject(s)
Cyclic N-Oxides/chemistry , Imidazoles/chemistry , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methods , Models, Molecular , Molecular Docking Simulation , Molecular Structure , Spectrophotometry, Infrared , Spectrum Analysis, Raman , Vibration
3.
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc ; 146: 307-22, 2015 Jul 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25819320

ABSTRACT

In this work, the vibrational spectral analysis was carried out using FT-IR and FT-Raman spectroscopy of 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4,5-dimethyl-1H-imidazole 3-oxide. The computations were performed at DFT levels of theory to get the optimized geometry and vibrational frequencies of the normal modes of the title compound using Gaussian09 software. The complete vibrational assignments of frequencies were made on the basis of potential energy distribution. The calculated HOMO and LUMO energies show the chemical activity of the molecule. The stability of the molecule arising from hyper-conjugative interaction and charge delocalization has been analyzed using NBO analysis. The hyperpolarizability values are reported and the first hyperpolarizability of the title compound is 19.61 times that of standard NLO material urea. From the MEP plot, the negative charge covers the nitro group and the positive region is over the hydroxyl group and N-H part of the imidazole ring. The calculated (1)H NMR results are in good agreement with experimental data. Molecular docking study is also reported.


Subject(s)
Imidazoles/chemistry , Molecular Docking Simulation , Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared , Spectrum Analysis, Raman
4.
PLoS One ; 10(3): e0119329, 2015.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25750990

ABSTRACT

In this study, of the hundred Escherichia coli strains isolated from feral Pigeon faeces, eighty five strains were resistant to one or more antibiotics and fifteen sensitive to all the antibiotics tested. The only strain (among all antibiotic-resistant E. coli isolates) that possessed class 1 integron was PGB01. The dihydrofolate reductase gene of the said integron was cloned, sequenced and expressed in E. coli JM109. Since PGB01 was native to pigeon's gut, we have compared the growth of PGB01 at two different temperatures, 42°C (normal body temperature of pigeon) and 37°C (optimal growth temperature of E. coli; also the human body temperature), with E. coli K12. It was found that PGB01 grew better than the laboratory strain E. coli K12 at 37°C as well as at 42°C. In the thermal fitness assay, it was observed that the cells of PGB01 were better adapted to 42°C, resembling the average body temperature of pigeon. The strain PGB01 also sustained more microwave mediated thermal stress than E. coli K12 cells. The NMR spectra of the whole cells of PGB01 varied from E. coli K12 in several spectral peaks relating some metabolic adaptation to thermotolerance. On elevating the growth temperature from 37°C to 42°C, susceptibility to kanamycin (both strains were sensitive to it) of E. coli K12 was increased, but in case of PGB01 no change in susceptibility took place. We have also attempted to reveal the basis of trimethoprim resistance phenotype conferred by the dfrA7 gene homologue of PGB01. Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation study of docked complexes, PGB01-DfrA7 and E. coli TMP-sensitive-Dfr with trimethoprim (TMP) showed loss of some of the hydrogen and hydrophobic interaction between TMP and mutated residues in PGB01-DfrA7-TMP complex compared to TMP-sensitive-Dfr-TMP complex. This loss of interaction entails decrease in affinity of TMP for PGB01-DfrA7 compared to TMP-sensitive-Dfr.


Subject(s)
Columbidae/microbiology , Escherichia coli/isolation & purification , Feces/microbiology , Trimethoprim Resistance , Animals , Escherichia coli/classification , Escherichia coli/growth & development , Escherichia coli Proteins/chemistry , Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics , Integrons , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Temperature , Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase/chemistry , Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase/genetics
5.
Eur J Med Chem ; 54: 137-43, 2012 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22633831

ABSTRACT

Five highly oxygenated friedelan derivatives (3a, 3b, 4, 5a and 5b) were synthesized. The structures of these compounds were established on the basis of spectral (IR, 1D and 2D NMR, MS etc.) and chemical data. The molecules, including the parent compounds were screened for three-dimensional (3D) molecular docking on the crystal structure of topoisomerase IIα (1 bgw for topoisomerase IIα, PDB). Compounds 3a and 5a showed a dose dependent inhibition of catalytic activity of human topoisomerase IIα.


Subject(s)
Antigens, Neoplasm/metabolism , DNA Topoisomerases, Type II/metabolism , DNA-Binding Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors , DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Molecular Docking Simulation , Topoisomerase II Inhibitors/chemical synthesis , Topoisomerase II Inhibitors/pharmacology , Triterpenes/chemical synthesis , Triterpenes/pharmacology , Antigens, Neoplasm/chemistry , Biocatalysis/drug effects , Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic , DNA Topoisomerases, Type II/chemistry , DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry , Humans , Protein Conformation , Topoisomerase II Inhibitors/chemistry , Topoisomerase II Inhibitors/metabolism , Triterpenes/chemistry , Triterpenes/metabolism
6.
J Asian Nat Prod Res ; 14(2): 141-53, 2012.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22166062

ABSTRACT

An easy and efficient route to partial synthesis of bioactive 28-hydroxy-3-oxolup-20(29)-en-30-al (1), starting from betulinic acid (2), has been developed (eight steps, 44% overall yield). Structures of all the compounds were determined by spectral studies (IR, (1)H, (13)C NMR, MS, NOESY, COSY, etc.). Compound 1 and the precursors (2, 3, 5, and 7) showed antiproliferative activities against human K562 leukemia, murine WEHI3 leukemia, and murine MEL erythroid progenitor.


Subject(s)
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/chemical synthesis , Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/pharmacology , Triterpenes/chemistry , Triterpenes/chemical synthesis , Triterpenes/pharmacology , Animals , Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/chemistry , Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor , Humans , K562 Cells , Leukemia , Mice , Molecular Structure , Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular , Pentacyclic Triterpenes , Betulinic Acid
7.
Dalton Trans ; 40(41): 10873-84, 2011 Nov 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21717020

ABSTRACT

Multiple drug resistance (MDR) remains a major clinical challenge for cancer treatment. P-glycoprotein is the major contributor and they exceed their role in the chemotherapy resistance of most of the malignancies. Attempts in several preclinical and clinical studies to reverse the MDR phenomenon by using MDR modulators have not yet generated promising results. In the present study, a co-ordination complex of zinc viz., Zn N-(2-hydroxyacetophenone)glycinate (ZnNG) has been synthesized, characterized and its antitumour activity was tested in vitro against drug sensitive and resistant human T-lymphoblastic leukemic cell lines (CCRF/CEM and CEM/ADR5000 respectively) and in vivo against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) implanted in female Swiss albino mice. To evaluate the cytotoxic potential of ZnNG, we used sensitive CCRF/CEM and drug resistant CEM/ADR 5000 cell lines in vitro. Moreover, ZnNG also has the potential ability to reverse the multidrug resistance phenotype in drug resistant CEM/ADR 5000 cell line and induces apoptosis in combination with vinblastine. ZnNG remarkably increases the life span of Swiss albino mice bearing sensitive and doxorubicin resistant subline of EAC in presence and in absence of doxorubicin. In addition, intraperitoneal application of ZnNG in mice does not show any systemic toxicity in preliminary trials in normal mice. To conclude, a novel metal chelate of zinc viz., ZnNG, may be a promising therapeutic agent against sensitive as well as drug resistant cancers.


Subject(s)
Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology , Coordination Complexes/pharmacology , Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/drug effects , ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/genetics , ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/metabolism , Animals , Antineoplastic Agents/chemical synthesis , Antineoplastic Agents/chemistry , Apoptosis/drug effects , Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor , Cell Line, Tumor , Coordination Complexes/chemical synthesis , Coordination Complexes/chemistry , Doxorubicin/pharmacology , Female , Humans , Mice , Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism , Vinblastine/pharmacology , Zinc/chemistry
8.
Beilstein J Org Chem ; 4: 53, 2008.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19190744

ABSTRACT

A simple, chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of aryl aldehydes with the aid of Amberlite((R)) resin formate (ARF), a stable H-donor, in the presence of catalytic ruthenium trichloride is described. Aromatic aldehydes and 1,2-diketones are reduced efficiently and selectively, while aryl ketones remain unchanged. Several other potentially reducible groups attached to the aromatic moiety are unaffected.

9.
Molecules ; 12(10): 2413-26, 2007 Oct 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17978766

ABSTRACT

Synthesis of ten 3-(arylideneamino)-2-phenylquinazoline-4(3H)-ones is reported. All the compounds contained a common phenyl group at the 2-position, while the substituents on the arylideneamino group were varied. The compounds were investigated for their antimicrobial activity against both Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus 6571 and Bacillus subtilis) and Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli K12 and Shigella dysenteriae 6) using a turbidometric assay method. It was found that the incorporation of the 3-arylideneamino substituent enhanced the anti-bacterial activity of the quinazolone system. The preliminary QSAR studies were done using some computer derived property descriptors, calculated values of partition coefficients as well as usual Hammett's sigma constants and the substituent's molar refractivity.


Subject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship , Quinazolines/pharmacology , Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemical synthesis , Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemistry , Bacillus subtilis/drug effects , Escherichia coli/drug effects , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Molecular Structure , Quinazolines/chemical synthesis , Quinazolines/chemistry , Shigella dysenteriae/drug effects , Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects
10.
Arch Microbiol ; 188(3): 215-24, 2007 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17464499

ABSTRACT

Heavy metal content analysis of River Torsa in India did not indicate any alarming level of toxicity for human consumption but revealed variation at the ppb level in different months. The variation in recoverable nickel and zinc resistant copiotrophic (or eutrophic) bacterial counts was explained by the variation of the zinc content (34.0-691.3 ppb) of the river water in different sampling months. Growth studies conducted with some purified nickel and/or zinc resistant strains revealed that pre-exposure of the cells to ppb levels of Zn(2+), comparable to the indigenous zinc ion concentration of the river, could induce the nickel or zinc resistance. A minimum concentration of 5-10 microM Zn(2+ )(325-650 ppb) was found effective in inducing the Nickel resistance of the isolates. Zinc resistance of the isolates was tested by pre-exposing the cells to 4 microM Zn(2+ )(260 ppb). The lag phase was reduced by 6-8 h in all the cases. Biochemical characteristics and phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rDNA sequence indicated that some of the Torsa River isolates, having inducible nickel and zinc resistance, are members of the genus Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Bacillus, Enterobacter, Serratia and Moraxella.


Subject(s)
Bacteria/drug effects , Nickel/analysis , Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis , Zinc/analysis , Acinetobacter/drug effects , Acinetobacter/genetics , Acinetobacter/growth & development , Bacillus/drug effects , Bacillus/genetics , Bacillus/growth & development , Bacteria/genetics , Bacteria/growth & development , Base Sequence , Enterobacter/drug effects , Enterobacter/genetics , Enterobacter/growth & development , India , Molecular Sequence Data , Moraxella/drug effects , Moraxella/genetics , Moraxella/growth & development , Nickel/chemistry , Nickel/pharmacology , Phylogeny , Pseudomonas/drug effects , Pseudomonas/genetics , Pseudomonas/growth & development , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics , Rivers , Serratia/drug effects , Serratia/genetics , Serratia/growth & development , Water Microbiology , Water Pollutants, Chemical/chemistry , Water Pollutants, Chemical/pharmacology , Zinc/chemistry , Zinc/pharmacology
11.
J Environ Biol ; 26(2): 277-86, 2005 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16161986

ABSTRACT

Some physico-chemical parameters of Kaljani River were studied in and around Alipurduar municipality. The principal characteristics of Kaljani River are high TSS, Mg-hardness, COD, and Phosphate 'P' Comparison of water quality parameters of the two rivers demonstrated higher range of alkalinity, ammonia 'N' content and chloride content in Torsa than Kaljani. River Kaljani showed higher COD range than Torsa. Mean BOD value of both these rivers ranged between 0.93-1.65 mg/l. Overall TDS content of Kaljani was found to be lower than Torsa. Maximum phosphate 'P' content was observed at the downstream of both the rivers.


Subject(s)
Rivers/chemistry , Water Pollutants/analysis , Ammonia/analysis , Calcium/analysis , Chlorides/analysis , Environmental Monitoring , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , India , Magnesium/analysis , Oxygen/analysis , Phosphates/analysis , Sewage , Temperature , Urbanization
12.
J Environ Biol ; 24(2): 125-33, 2003 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12974452

ABSTRACT

A few physico-chemical and bacteriological parameters on certain locations of the river Torsa was studied. The major characteristics of Torsa river water were high alkalinity, high concentration of free ammonia with respect to albuminoid ammonia and the presence of bacteria of fecal origin. Marked seasonal variations of the parameters were also observed.


Subject(s)
Water Microbiology , Water/chemistry , Bacteria , Enterobacteriaceae , Environmental Monitoring , Feces/microbiology , Humans , India , Population Dynamics , Seasons
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