Anthracycline Chemistry and Biology II
Mode of Action, Clinical Aspects and New Drugs
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A concise route to the synthesis of topopyrone C derivatives is reported. The 1,4-dihydroxyanthraquinone was converted to the target compound 2 using five-step sequences, while only three steps were required to a...
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Phytochemical investigations of the endophytic fungus of an unidentified Ascomycete, isolated from Meliotus dentatus led to the isolation of two new polyketide metabolites named cis-4-acetoxyoxymellein and 8-deox...
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Not only medicinal plants, but also the endophytic fungi that colonize them are excellent sources of antifungal metabolites. In some cases, the substances detected in plants have been shown to be secondary met...
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Eight compounds were isolated from the roots of Garcinia polyantha, and identified. Two of them, the xanthone garciniaxanthone I (1), and the triterpene, named garcinane (2), are reported as new natural products....
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Biological Occurence and Biosynthesis, Synthesis and Chemistry
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Die Blattfleckenkrankheiten bei Stiefmütterchen werden durch mehrere Pflanzenpathogene verursacht, die große ökonomische Einbußen verursachen und nur schwer bekämpfbar sind. Über einen Zeitraum von drei Jahren...
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One of the mechanisms of action of a new oncolytic agent, benzamide riboside (BR) is by inhibiting inosine 5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) which catalyzes the formation of xanthine 5′-monophosphate from...
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General and recent aspects of chemical syntheses on angucyclinones and selected related natural products are summarized here. In the first part of this review on angucyclines, the chemical reaction used as a k...
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Resting cells ofArthrobacter sp. (DSM 3745) with the ability to form L-tryptophan from D,L-5-(3-indolylmethy)hydantoin were used for the bioconversion of D,L-5-α- and D,L-5-β-naphthylmethylhydantoin (D,L-5-α- and...
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Resting cells of a mutant ofArthrobacter sp. (DSM 3747) were used for the bioconversion of D,L-5-benzylhydantoin and related compounds to the corresponding L-amino acids. After optimization of the reaction condit...
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