• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.522-525
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• 1994

Fourteen 2-(1-anilinobutylidene)-5,5-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-ones were prepared by condensation of 2-butanoyl-5,5-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-one with various substituted anilines in good yield. These were tested for herbicidal activity against six different submerged paddy weed species. Most compounds showed significant activity against Echinochloa crus-galli and Sagittaria pygmaea with excellent tolerance to rice.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.258-263
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• 1998

This is the first systematically research which investigates structure-activity relationships(SAR) of antibiotics of polyyne. In this paper, it is reported that tetrayne compounds composed of hydrophilic unit and tetrayne unit has possibility of strong antimicrobial activity. Based on the above results, the possibility of development as an antibiotic medicine was examined to synthesise the more improved antibiotic compounds with synthesized polyhydroxy novel sugar analog possessing the part of tetrayneol moiety.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.85-87
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• 2007

To establish the synthetic method for dihydrochalcones as an important bioactive compounds, 2'-hydroxydihydrochalcone has been synthesized from the reduction of flavone in 20% yield. Flavone with five equivalents of ammonium formate in the presence of Pd/C in methanol under $N_2$ atmosphere produced the C-ring opened product. It was characterized by UV-VIS, ESI-MS and $^1H-NMR$ spectroscopy, and identified as 2'-hydroxydihydrochalcone.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.661-661
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• 2005

• Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 2013

Glutamate receptors are important components of synaptic transmission in the nervous system. Especially, ${\alpha}$-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptors mediate most abundant excitatory synaptic transmission in the brain. There is elaborate mechanism of regulation of AMPA receptors including protein synthesis/degradation, intracellular trafficking, exocytosis/endocytosis and protein modification. In recent studies, it is revealed that functional dysregulation of AMPA receptors are related to major psychiatric disorders. In this review, we describe the structure and function of AMPA receptors in the synapse. We will introduce three steps of mechanism involving trafficking of AMPA receptors to neuronal membrane, lateral diffusion into synapses and synaptic retention by membrane proteins and postsynaptic scaffold proteins. Lastly, we will describe recent studies showing that regulation of AMPA receptors is important pathophysiological mechanism in psychiatric disorders.

• BMB Reports
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• v.43 no.9
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• pp.584-592
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• 2010

Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) is a multifunctional cofactor of aromatic amino acid hydroxylases and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) as well as an intracellular antioxidant in animals. Through regulation of NOS activity BH4 plays a pivotal role not only in a variety of normal cellular functions but also in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, which develop under oxidative stress conditions. It appears that a balanced interplay between BH4 and NOS is crucial for cellular fate. If cellular BH4 homeostasis maintained by BH4 synthesis and regeneration fails to cope with increased oxidative stress, NOS is uncoupled to generate superoxide rather than NO and, in turn, exacerbates impaired BH4 homeostasis, thereby leading to cell death. The fundamental biochemical events involved in the BH4-NOS interplay are essentially the same, as revealed in mammalian endothelial, cardiac, and neuronal cells. This review summarizes information on the cellular BH4 homeostasis in mammals, focusing on its regulation under normal and oxidative stress conditions.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.120-126
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• 2007

Volatile components in red bean (Vigna angularis) were investigated. Extracts prepared by simultaneous steam distillation and solvent extraction were analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. One hundred and forty-two components including alkanes/alkenes (17), aromatics (5), furans (15), miscellaneous compounds (2), other nitrogen-containing compounds (11), aldehydes (11), naphthalenes (11), alcohols (34), ketones (23), sulfur-containing compounds (5) and esters (8) were identified. Some of these components, e.g. hexanal, were known to contribute to the "beany" odor in other beans. Due to the presence of such odor, red beans may not be acceptable to some consumers.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.216-220
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• 1994

Organoanisyltitanium compounds which have chlorine or isopropoxy group as ligand were synthesized and purely isolated. These new compounds were proved to be stable at $0^{\circ}C$ under argon atmosphere for some weeks. They react readily at low temperature with carbonyl compound, especially aldehyde and ketone, to coresponding alcohols. In competition reaction of aldehyde/ketone pair these organotitanium species showed complete aldehyde selectivity.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.269-273
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• 1997

This research aims at developing a new plant growth inhibitors related to abscisic acid by means of esterification of (S)-(+)-ABA with p-hydroxy methyl cinnamate and umbelliferone, and testing its biological activity on growth of rice seedlings. The over-all yield of ABA-methyl cinnamate(AC) and ABA-umbelliferone(AC) ester compounds were 83% and 78%, respectively. The growth inhibition activity of these synthetic compounds were shown about 3 to 10 times(AC) and 10 to 30 times(AU) higher than (S)-(+)-ABA.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.518-520
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• 2014

Hybrids of some natural compounds are promising to obtain new leads with good biological activities for drug discovery. Three quercetin aspirinates were synthesized by esterification of the 3-and 7-hydroxyl groups of quercetin with aspirin. Biological activities of these quercetin aspirinates were initially screened and showed better cytotoxic activities against tumor cell lines HL-60 and HepG2 and less scavenging activity against DPPH than the quercetin respectively.