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  • Title: Systematic Asymmetric Synthesis of All Diastereomers of (-)-Talaumidin and Their Neurotrophic Activity.
    Author: Harada K, Kubo M, Horiuchi H, Ishii A, Esumi T, Hioki H, Fukuyama Y.
    Journal: J Org Chem; 2015 Jul 17; 80(14):7076-88. PubMed ID: 26108800.
    Abstract:
    (-)-Talaumidin (1), a 2,5-biaryl-3,4-dimethyltetrahydrofuran lignan isolated from Aristolochia arcuata Masters, shows significant neurite-outgrowth promotion and neuroprotection in primary cultured rat cortical neurons and in NGF-differentiated PC12 cells. The four stereogenic centers on the tetrahydrofuran moiety in 1 result in the presence of seven diastereomers except for their enantiomers. In order to investigate the stereochemistry-activity relationships of the stereoisomers, the systematic synthesis of all stereoisomers of 1 was accomplished by employing Evans aldol, diastereoselective hydroboration, reductive deoxygenation, and Mitsunobu reactions as key steps. The ability of all of the synthesized stereoisomers to promote neurite-outgrowth in PC12 and neuronal cells was evaluated. All stereoisomers exhibited moderate to potent neurotrophic activities in NGF-differentiated PC12 cells at 30 μM and in primary cultured rat cortical neuronal cells at 0.01 μM. In particular, 1e bearing all cis substituents resulted in the most potent neurite-outgrowth promotion.
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