- Synthesis and in vitro antimalarial activity of alkyl esters of gallate as a growth inhibitor of plasmodium falciparum
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This study is aimed to synthesize alkyl esters gallate and determine its in vitro antimalarial activity against parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Fourteen compounds of alkyl esters gallate were synthesized by esterification of the carboxyl group of gallic acid with a series of alkyl alcohols, as well as methoxylation of the hydroxy groups on the aromatic ring of gallic acid. Antimalarial activity of the synthesized alkyl esters gallate were expressed by IC50 value, with gallic acid as an original compound and artemisin as a positive control. Compared to gallic acid, eleven synthesized compounds of alkyl esters gallate, have a greater antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum. On the other hand, three compounds, that are propyl gallate, butyl gallate and trimethoxy methyl gallate, showed a lower antimalarial activity. Moreover, compared to gallic acid (IC50: 194.86 mM) and artemisin (IC50: 0.5 mM), two synthesized compounds of alkyl gallates, namely methyl gallate and hexyl gallate exhibited the stronger antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum, with IC50 value of 0.03 mM and 0.11 mM, respectively. Our result clearly demonstrated that methyl gallate and hexyl gallate as a promising candidate for the new antimalarial agents.
- Arsianti, Ade,Astuty, Hendri,Fadilah,Simadibrata, Daniel Martin,Adyasa, Zoya Marie,Amartya, Daniel,Bahtiar, Anton,Tanimoto, Hiroki,Kakiuchi, Kiyomi
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p. 655 - 662
(2018/05/28)
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- Synthetic method of gallic acid lower alkanol ester
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A synthetic method of gallic acid lower alkanol ester comprises the following steps of: (1) placing gallic acid and lower alkanol in a reactor, adding a sulfonic acid resin catalyst subjected to hydrophobic modification, carrying out stirring, heating to a temperature of 65 to 120 DEG C, performing the reaction for 4 to 10h and filtering to obtain filtrate; (2) removing excessive alcohol in the filtrate by evaporation so as to obtain a crude product, then carrying out recrystallization by deionized water, and carrying out suction filtration and drying to obtain the gallic acid lower alkanol ester. The synthetic method disclosed by the invention is simple, is safe to operate; yield of the gallic acid lower alkanol ester is greater than or equal to 92 percent; product purity is more than or equal to 99.5 percent; moreover, the catalyst has excellent performance; the water distribution link in a conventional method is reduced; a reaction apparatus is simplified; the synthetic method has good repeatability.
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(2017/01/12)
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- Microwave-assisted esterification of gallic acid
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An efficient synthesis of alkyl gallates under microwave irradiation was described. The reaction took place in 6-10 mins, which was much shorter than the traditional synthetic methods, with almost quantitative yields.
- Shi, Zhi-Hao,Li, Nian-Guang,Tang, Yu-Ping,Shi, Qian-Ping,Zhang, Wei,Zhang, Peng-Xuan,Li, Wei,Dong, Ze-Xi,Duan, Jin-Ao
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p. 1351 - 1354
(2016/06/13)
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- Linear and branched alkyl-esters and amides of gallic acid and other (mono-, di- and tri-) hydroxy benzoyl derivatives as promising anti-HCV inhibitors
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Linear and branched compounds that contain two, three or five units of galloyl (3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl) or its isomer 2,3,4-trihydroxybenzoyl, as well as other mono- or dihydroxybenzoyl moieties have been synthesized. These molecules have been evaluated for their in vitro inhibitory effects against a wide panel of viruses showing preferential activity against HIV and HCV. Our structure-activity relationship studies demonstrated that the 2,3,4-trihydroxybenzoyl moiety provides better antiviral activities than the galloyl (3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl) moiety that is present in natural green tea catechins. This observation can be of interest for the further rational exploration of compounds with anti-HCV/HIV properties. The most notable finding with respect to HIV is that the tripodal compounds 43 and 45, with three 2,3,4-trihydroxybenzoyl moieties, showed higher activities than linear compounds with only one or two. With respect to HCV, the linear compounds, 52 and 41, containing a 12 polymethylene chain and two 2,3 di- or 2,3,4 tri-hydroxybenzoyl groups respectively at the ends of the molecule showed good antiviral efficiency. Furthermore, the anti-HCV activity of both compounds was observed at concentrations well below the cytotoxicity threshold. A representative member of these compounds, 41, showed that the anti-HCV activity was largely independent of the genetic make-up of the HCV subgenomic replicon and cell lines used.
- Rivero-Buceta, Eva,Carrero, Paula,Doyagüez, Elisa G.,Madrona, Andrés,Quesada, Ernesto,Camarasa, María José,Peréz-Pérez, María Jesús,Leyssen, Pieter,Paeshuyse, Jan,Balzarini, Jan,Neyts, Johan,San-Félix, Ana
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p. 656 - 671
(2015/01/30)
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- Synthetic compounds from an in house library as inhibitors of falcipain-2 from Plasmodium falciparum
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Falcipain-2 (FP-2) is a key cysteine protease from the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Many previous studies have identified FP-2 inhibitors; however, none has yet met the criteria for an antimalarial drug candidate. In this work, we assayed an in-house library of non-peptidic organic compounds, including (E)-chalcones, (E)-N'-benzylidene-benzohydrazides and alkyl-esters of gallic acid, and assessed the activity toward FP-2 and their mechanisms of inhibition. The (E)-chalcones 48, 54 and 66 showed the lowest IC50 values (8.5±0.8μM, 9.5±0.2μM and 4.9±1.3μM, respectively). The best inhibitor (compound 66) demonstrated non-competitive inhibition, and using mass spectrometry and fluorescence spectroscopy assays, we suggest a potential allosteric site for the interaction of this compound, located between the catalytic site and the hemoglobin binding arm in FP-2. We combined structural biology tools and mass spectrometry to characterize the inhibition mechanisms of novel compounds targeting FP-2.
- Bertoldo, Jean Borges,Chiaradia-Delatorre, Louise Domeneghini,Mascarello, Alessandra,Leal, Paulo César,Cordeiro, Marlon Norberto Sechini,Nunes, Ricardo José,Sarduy, Emir Salas,Rosenthal, Philip Jon,Terenzi, Hernán
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p. 299 - 307
(2015/04/14)
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- COMBINATION OF COMPOUNDS DERIVED FROM GALLIC ACID FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER
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The invention relates to a combination of compounds derived from gallic acid, with an antitumoral and antimetastatic activity via a mechanism that involves the induction of apoptosis and the immunogenic death of the tumour cells and the subsequent activation of the specific immune response. The invention also relates to a composition containing a combination of derivatives of gallic acid and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients for the production of useful medicaments in the treatment of cancer. The invention further relates to the use of said composition in a coadjuvant in conventional chemotherapy, reducing the doses of chemptherapeutic agents used in the treatment of cancer.
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- Antifungal activity of alkyl gallates against plant pathogenic fungi
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The antifungal activity of alkyl gallates against plant pathogenic fungi was evaluated. All of the fungi tested in this study were susceptible to some alkyl gallates, and the effect of linear alkyl gallates against plant pathogenic fungi was similar to the previously reported effects against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. We found that branched alkyl gallates showed stronger activity than did linear alkyl gallates with similar log P values. In addition, the antifungal activity of alkyl gallates was correlated with gallate-induced inhibition of the activity of mitochondrial complex II. The antifungal activity of alkyl gallates likely originates, at least in part, from their ability to inhibit the membrane respiratory chain.
- Ito, Shinsaku,Nakagawa, Yasutaka,Yazawa, Satoru,Sasaki, Yasuyuki,Yajima, Shunsuke
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p. 1812 - 1814
(2014/04/17)
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- Alkyl hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives that inhibit HIV-1 protease dimerization
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The therapeutic potential of gallic acid and its derivatives as anti-cancer, antimicrobial and antiviral agents is well known. We have examined the mechanism by which natural gallic acid and newly synthesized gallic acid alkyl esters and related protocatechuic acid alkyl esters inhibit HIV-1 protease to compare the influence of the aromatic ring substitutions on inhibition. We used Zhang-Poorman's kinetic analysis and fluorescent probe binding to demonstrate that several gallic and protecatechuic acid alkyl esters inhibited HIV-1 protease by preventing the dimerization of this obligate homodimeric aspartic protease rather than targeting the active site. The tri-hydroxy substituted benzoic moiety in gallates was more favorable than the di-substituted one in protocatechuates. In both series, the type of inhibition, its mechanism and the inhibitory efficiency dramatically depended on the length of the alkyl chain: no inhibition with alkyl chains less than 8 carbon atoms long. Molecular dynamics simulations corroborated the kinetic data and propose that gallic esters are intercalated between the two N- and C-monomer ends. They complete the β-sheet and disrupt the dimeric enzyme. The best gallic ester (14 carbon atoms, Kid of 320 nM) also inhibited the multi-mutated protease MDR-HM. These results will aid the rational design of future generations of non-peptide inhibitors of HIV-1 protease dimerization that inhibit multi-mutated proteases. Finally, our work suggests the wide use of gallic and protocatechuic alkyl esters to dissociate intermolecular β-sheets involved in protein-protein interactions.
- Flausino Jr., O. A.,Dufau, L.,Reboud-Ravaux, M.,Regasini, L. O.,Petronio, M. S.,Silva, D. H. S.,Bolzani, V. S.,Rose, T.
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p. 4534 - 4540,7
(2012/12/12)
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- Suppression of TNF-α induced NFκB activity by gallic acid and its semi-synthetic esters: Possible role in cancer chemoprevention
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Gallic acid (3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid), found in many plants either in free-form or part of tannins, is known to possess anti-microbial, antioxidant and cytotoxic properties. NFκB regulates the expression of several genes involved in carcinogenesis. These include anti-apoptotic, cytokines and cell cycle-regulatory genes. It is well established that the transcriptional factor NFκB is deregulated in many forms of cancer. Thus, agents that can suppress NFκB activation have the potential of suppressing carcinogenesis. In the present investigation, gallic acid was isolated from Alchornea glandulosa (Euphorbiaceae) and eight esters were synthesised. These compounds were evaluated against TNF-α-induced NFκB activation with stably transfected 293/NFκB-Luc human embryonic kidney cells. Gallates with IC50 values in a range of 10-56 M mediated inhibitory activity higher than gallic acid (IC50 76.0 4.9 M). In addition to inhibiting NFκB activation, gallic acid mediated a modest cytotoxic effect, and some of the gallates affected cell viability at the tested concentrations. Based on these results, suppression of NFκB activation by gallate esters could play a chemopreventive role in carcinogenesis.
- Morais, Mauro C. C.,Luqman, Suaib,Kondratyuk, Tamara P.,Petronio, Maicon S.,Regasini, Luis O.,Silva, Dulce H. S.,Bolzani, Vanderlan S.,Soares, Christiane P.,Pezzuto, John M.
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p. 1758 - 1765
(2011/01/12)
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- Evaluation of anti-herpetic and antioxidant activities, and cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of synthetic alkyl-esters of gallic acid
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The n-alkyl esters of gallic acid (CAS 138-57-8) have a diverse range of uses as anti-oxidants in food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. Pharmaceutical studies performed with these compounds have found that they have many therapeutic potentialities including anti-cancer, antiviral and antimicrobial properties. However, more interest has been devoted to their antioxidant activity due to the ability to scavenge and reduce reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation. In this study, gallic acid and 14 different alkyl gallates were tested. The cytotoxicity and anti-herpetic (HSV-1, KOS and 29-R strains) activity were studied by using the MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) colorimetric assay and the cell viability by using the Trypan blue dye exclusion method. The genotoxicity was studied by the Comet assay and the antioxidant activity by using the DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2- picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging and microsomal lipid peroxidation-inhibiting activities. The results showed that all the tested compounds have anti-herpetic activity at non cytotoxic concentrations with selectivity indices (SI = CC 50/EC50) varying from 0.89 to 18.34, depending on the used HSV-1 strain. It was observed that all tested alkyl gallates showed some degree of genotoxicity, at the tested concentrations, except cetyl gallate, at 256.60 μmol/L (p 50 values varying from 17 to 31 μmol/L; and microsomal lipid peroxidation-inhibiting activity with IC50 values varying from 21 to 59 μmol/L. It was observed that the presence of hydroxyl groups in these molecules is important for their pharmacological profile, but the length of the lateral carbonic chain does not have considerable influence.
- Savi, Luciane A.,Leal, Paulo C.,Vieira, Tiago O.,Rosso, Rober,Nunes, Ricardo J.,Yunes, Rosendo A.,Creczynski-Pasa, Tania B.,Barardi, Celia R. M.,Simoes, Claudia Maria Oliveira
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