• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2023

Eutylone, dibutylone, and dimethylone are potential psychotropic designer drugs. The purpose of this study was to investigate the in vitro metabolic pathways of synthetic cathinones with methylenedioxy groups. The three methylenedioxy derivatives were incubated with human liver microsomes. The metabolites were characterized based on liquid chromatography and quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Eutylone, dibutylone, and dimethylone were metabolized to yield three, six, and four metabolites, respectively. Reduction and demethylenation were the major metabolic pathways for all three drugs tested. However, dibutylone and dimethylone showed an additional metabolite generated via N-oxidation. These results provide evidence for the in vivo metabolism of methylenedioxy synthetic cathinones, and could be applied to the analysis of synthetic cathinones and their relevant metabolites in biological samples.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.125-129
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• 1981

The addition reactions of cysteine without blocking amino and carboxyl groups to substituted and unsubstituted ${\beta}$-nitro-styrene derivatives were investigated. ${\beta}$-Nitrostyrene(1a), p-methyl-${\beta}$-nitrostyrene(1b), 3,4,5-trimethoxy-$[\beta}$ -nitrostyrene(1c), $[\varpi}$-3,4-methylenedioxy-${\beta}$ -nitrostyrene(1d), o-, m- and p-chloro-${\beta}$ -nitrostyrene (1e, 1f, 1g) and o-, m- and p-methoxy-${\beta}$-nitrostyrene (1h, 1i, 1j) easily undergo addition reactions with cysteine to form S-(2-nitro-1-phenylethyl)-L-cysteine(3a), S-[2-nitro-1-(p-methyl)phenyl-ethyl]-L-cysteine(3b), S-[2-nitro-1-(3',4',5'-trimethoxy) phenylethyl]-L-cysteine(3c), S-[2-nitro-1-($[\vatpi}$ -3',4'-methylenedioxy)phenylethyl]-L-cysteine(3d), S-[2-nitro-1-(o-chloro)phenylethyl]-L-cysteine(3e), S-[2-nitro-1-(m-chloro)-phenylethyl]-L-cysteine(3f), S-[2-nitro-1-(p-chloro)phenylethyl]-L-cysteine(3g), S-[2-nitro-1-(o-methoxy)phenylethyl]-L-cysteine(3h), S-[2-nitro-1-(m-methoxy)phenylethyl]-L-cysteine(3i) and S-[2-nitro-1-(p-methoxy)phenylethyl]-L-cysteine(3j), respectively. The structure of adducts were confirmed by means of UV-spectrum, IR-spectrum, molecular weight measurement and elemental analysis. The various factors effecting the yield of cysteine adducts to ${\beta}$-nitrostyrene derivatives were also studied.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.264-268
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• 1997

In order to study the structure-activity relationship of 7, 8-dimethoxy-2-methyl-3-(4, 5-methylenedioxy-2-vinylphenyl)isoquinoline-1(2H) -one (2), which has exhibited significant antitumor activity, chemical modifications of 2 were performed to yield the corresponding products (3-7). Further systematic uses of an efficient procedure for the synthesis of 3-arylisoquinoline derivatives produced the substituted compounds (9a-9g), which were tested for in vitro antitumor activity against five different human cancer cell lines.

• 약학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.49-53
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• 1993

Arylalkanoic acid derivatives are known as good non-steroidal antiinflamatory and antirheumatic agents. The new arylalkanoic acid derivatives were synthesized when 2-chloro-3-($\alpha$-cyano-$\alpha$-ethoxycarbonyl-methyl)-1, 4-naphthoquinone was reacted with some arylamines.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.651-655
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• 1985

물-메탄올(9:1) 용매 속에서 ${\beta},\;{\beta}$-diethoxycarbonylstyrene과 L-glutathione을 반응시켜 좋은 수득율로 다음과 같은 화합물을 합성하였다. 즉 S-(2,2-diethoxycarbonyl-1-phenylethyl)-L-glutathione, S-2,2-diethoxycarbonyl-1-(3',4'-methylenedioxy)phenylethyl-L-glutathione, S-2,2-diethoxycarbonyl-1-(3',4',5'-trimethoxy)phenylethyl-L-glutathione, S-2,2-diethoxycarbonyl-1-(4'-hydroxy)phenylethyl-L-glutathione, S-2,2-diethoxycarbonyl-1-(4'-methoxy)phenylethyl-L-glutathione. 위 화합물들의 구조는 원소분석과 분광학적 방법으로 확인하였고 수득율에 미치는 pH와 용매의 영향을 실험한 결과 pH는 4.0에서 8.0사이가 용매는 물-메탄올이 가장 적합하다는 것을 알았다. 한편 이 화합물의 Gram(+) 박테리아에 대한 항균성을 실험한 결과 약함을 알았다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.127-134
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• 1989

${\beta},\;{\beta}$-diethoxycarbonylstryene 유도체(H, p-OCH$_3$, 3,4,5-(OCH$_3)_3$), 3,4,5-methylenedioxy)에 대한 3-mercaptopropionic acid의 친핵성 첨가반응 속도상수를 자외선 분광법으로 측정하여 넓은 pH 범위에서 적용될수 있는 속도식을 구하였다. pH에 따르는 속도상수의 변화, 일반염기촉매작용등을 바탕으로 이 첨가반응 메카니즘을 제안하였다. 즉 pH 6.0 이하에서는 중성인 3-mercaptopropionic acid 분자의 첨가로 이 반응이 시작되며 pH 6.0∼8.0영역에서는 이 중성분자와 황화음이온의 첨가가 경쟁적으로 일어나며, pH 8.0이상에서는 황화음이온에 의해서만 첨가반응이 진행된다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.299-305
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• 2017

P-methoxycinnamic acid and 3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamic acid are the compounds found in Polygalae Radix, the root of Polygala tenuifolia Willdenow, and have been reported to have hepatoprotective and anti-neurodegenerative effects. On the other hand, there are no reports of their effects on gastric lesions. This study examined the inhibitory effects of cinnamic acids, including p-methoxycinnamic acid, 3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamic acid, and 8 compounds (cinnamic acid, 2-(trifluoromethyl) cinnamic acid, 3-(trifluoromethyl) cinnamic acid, trans-4-(trifluoromethyl) cinnamic acid, 4-(dimethylamino) cinnamic acid, 3,4-(methylenedioxy) cinnamic acid and 3,4-dihydroxycinnamic acid), which were selected based on their presence in medicinal herbs and molecular weight, against gastric lesions. Animal models were used to confirm the protective effects on acute gastritis caused by the administration of HCl/EtOH. Gastric acid inhibition was examined by an acid-neutralizing test and the proton pump ($H^+/K^+$-ATPase) inhibiting activity. In addition, antioxidant tests were performed and the gastric emptying rate was determined. The results showed that cinnamic acid, p-methoxycinnamic acid, and 3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamic acid had an inhibitory effect on gastric lesions.

• 약학회지
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.228-234
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• 2009

Topoisomerase I (Topo I) participates in the DNA replication, transcription, and repair. Binding of Topo I inhibitor to the Topo I-DNA cleavage complex forms stabilized ternary complex which blocks DNA religation and ultimately causes cell death. Camptothecin (CPT) and its derivatives have been among the most effective anticancer drugs by inhibition of topo I. However, efforts to synthesize non-CPT drugs have been actively going on because the CPT derivatives have several limitations such as poor solubility, short half-life, and side effects. As an indenoisoquinoline, NSC314622 is not as potent as CPT, but its chemical stability and slower reversibility of the cleavage complex made it a good lead compound. Recently, a series of indenoisoquinoline analogues were synthesized with substituted dimethoxy or methylenedioxy on the aromatic ring and alkylamino on the lactam nitrogen. Some of them showed quite good Topo I inhibitory activity. Using the computer docking program, Surflex-Dock, indenoisoquinoline analogues were docked into the human Topo I-DNA cleavable complex. The docking results showed that the compounds with activity better than NSC314622 intercalated between the -1 and +1 base pairs at the cleavage site, but those with little or no activities did not appear to intercalate. These results could be useful to design new Topo I inhibitors improved than CPT.