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Anti-inflammatory mechanisms of isoflavone metabolites in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated microglial cells
Park, Jin-Sun,Woo, Moon-Sook,Kim, Dong-Hyun,Hyun, Jin-Won,Kim, Won-Ki,Lee, Jae-Chul,Kim, Hee-Sun
, p. 1237 - 1245 (2007)
The microglial activation plays an important role in neurodegenerative diseases by producing several proinflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide (NO). We found that three types of isoflavones and their metabolites that are transformed by the human intestin
Isolation and identification of urinary metabolites of kakkalide in rats
Bai, Xue,Xie, Yuanyuan,Liu, Jia,Qu, Jialin,Kano, Yoshihiro,Yuan, Dan
, p. 281 - 286 (2010)
Kakkalide is a major isoflavonoid from the flowers of Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi, possessing the protective effect against ethanol-induced intoxication and hepatic injury. The metabolism of kakkalide was investigated in rats. Thirteen metabolites were isolated by using solvent extraction and repeated chromatographic methods and identified by using spectroscopic methods including UV, IR, mass spectrometry, NMR, and circular dichroism experiments. Four new compounds were identified as irisolidone-7-Oglucuronide (M-1), tectorigenin-7-O-sulfate (M-2), tectorigenin-4′-O-sulfate (M-3), and biochanin A-6-O-sulfate (M-4) together with nine known compounds identified as irisolidone (M-5), tectorigenin (M-6), tectoridin (M-7), 5,7-dihydroxy-8, 4′-dimethoxyisoflavone (M-8), isotectorigenin (M-9), biochanin A (M-10), genistein (M-11), daidzein (M-12), and equol (M-13). The metabolic pathway of kakkalide was proposed, which is important to understand its metabolic fate and disposition in humans. Copyright
Studies of the selective O-Alkylation and dealkylation of flavonoids. XXIV. A convenient method for synthesizing 6- and 8-methoxylated 5,7- dihydroxyisoflavones
Horie, Tokunaru,Shibata, Kenichi,Yamashita, Kazuyo,Fujii, Kenichi,Tsukayama, Masao,Ohtsuru, Yoshizumi
, p. 222 - 230 (2007/10/03)
2',4'-Bis(benzyloxy)-3',6'-dimethoxychalcones (5), which were obtained from the dibenzyl ether of 2,4-dihydroxy-3,6-dimethoxyacetophenone (3), were oxidatively rearranged with thallium (III) nitrate in methanol and the resultant products were converted into 7-hydroxy-5,8-dimethoxyisoflavones (8) by hydrogenolysis, followed by cyclization. The isoflavones were quantitatively demethylated to 5,7-dihydroxy-8-methoxyisoflavones (2) via their acetates. The isomeric 5,7-dihydroxy-6-methoxyisoflavones (1) were also synthesized from the chalcones, obtained from 2,3-dimethoxy- (16) or 2- isopropoxy-3-methoxy-4,6-bis(benzyloxy)acetophenones (21), by a similar method. On the other hand, the isoflavones with two hydroxy groups at the 2'- and 4'-positions were easily synthesized by the following method. Treatment of the rearranged product from 2,2',4,4'-tetrakis(benzyloxy)-3'6'- dimethoxychalcone (5f) with hydrochloric acid (HCl) in acetic acid afforded 2',4',7-tris(benzyloxy)-5,8-dimethoxyisoflavone (10f). The 5-methoxy group in the isoflavone was quantitatively cleaved to give the corresponding 5- hydroxyisoflavone (11f), which was isomerized to 2',4',7-tris(benzyloxy)-5- hydroxy-6-methoxyisoflavone (25f) in the presence of anhydrous potassium carbonate. Hydrogenolysis of the two 5-hydroxyisoflavones proceeded smoothly to give 2',4',5,7-tetrahydroxy-8-(2f) and 6-methoxyisoflavones (1f), respectively. The 13C-NMR spectra of these isoflavones supported the proposed structures of polyhydroxyisoflavones. The proposed structures of two natural isoflavones were revised.