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Semisynthesis of prunetin, a bioactive O-methylated isoflavone from naringenin, by the sequential deacetylation of chalcone intermediates and oxidative rearrangement
Hanaya, Kengo,Higashibayashi, Shuhei,Sugai, Takeshi
, p. 143 - 147 (2022/03/18)
Prunetin (4′,5-dihydroxy-7-methoxyisoflavone) was semisynthesized in 8 steps from readily available naringenin in 26% total yield. The key reaction was chemoenzymatic sequential deacetylation to 6′-acetoxy-2′,4″-dihydroxy-4′-methoxychalcone, the in situ-formed precursor for thallium(III) nitrate-mediated oxidative rearrangement.
Synthesis and Evaluation of the Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitory Activities of Some Flavonoids Derived from Naringenin
Cao, Thi-Cam-Nhung,Tran, Thai-Son,Tran, The-Huan,Vo, Thi-Quynh-Nhi,Vo, Thi-Thu-Hien
, (2021/12/27)
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible neurodegenerative disease that affects many older people adversely. AD has been putting a huge socioeconomic burden on the healthcare systems of many developed countries with aging populations. The need for new therapies that can halt or reverse the progression of the disease is now extremely great. A research approach in the finding new treatment for AD that has attracted much interest from scientists for a long time is the reestablishment of cholinergic transmission through inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE). Naringenin is a flavonoid with the potential inhibitory activity against AChE. From naringenin, many other flavonoid derivatives, such as flavanones and chalcones, can be synthesized. In this study, by applying the Williamson method, nine flavonoid derivatives were synthesized, including four flavanones and five chalcones. The evaluation of AChE inhibitory activity by the Ellman method showed that there were four substances (2, 4, 5, and 7) with relatively good biological activities (IC50 100 μM), and these biological activities were better than that of naringenin. The molecular docking revealed that strong interactions with amino acid residue Ser200 of the catalytic triad and those of the peripheral region of the enzyme were crucial for strong effects against AChE. Compound 7 had the strongest AChE inhibitory activity (IC50 13.0 ± 1.9 μM). This substance could be used for further studies.
Nitrogen-containing naringenin derivatives for reversing multidrug resistance in cancer
Ferreira, Maria-José U.,Ferreira, Ricardo J.,Gajdács, Márió,Kincses, Annamária,Spengler, Gabriella,dos Santos, Daniel J. V. A.
, (2020/10/12)
Naringenin (1), isolated from Euphorbia pedroi, was previously derivatized yielding compounds 2–13. In this study, aiming at expanding the pool of analogues of the flavanone core towards better multidrug resistance (MDR) reversal agents, alkylation reactions and chemical modification of the carbonyl moiety was performed (15–39). Compounds structures were assigned mainly by 1D and 2D NMR experiments. Compounds 1–39 were assessed as MDR reversers, in human ABCB1-transfected mouse T-lymphoma cells, overexpressing P-glycoprotein (P-gp). The results revealed that O-methylation at C-7, together with the introduction of nitrogen atoms and aromatic moieties at C-4 or C-4′, significantly improved the activity, being compounds 27 and 37 the strongest P-gp modulators and much more active than verapamil. In combination assays, synergistic interactions of selected compounds with doxorubicin substantiated the results. While molecular docking suggested that flavanone derivatives act as competitive modulators, molecular dynamics showed that dimethylation promotes binding to a modulator-binding site. Moreover, flavanones may also interact with a vicinal ATP-binding site in both nucleotide-binding domains, hypothesizing an allosteric mode of action.
