BACKGROUND Biotransformation is an effective technique for the synthesis of libraries of bioactive compounds. Current study on microbial transformation of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) (1) was carried out to produce various functionalized metabolites. RESULTS Microbial transformation of DHT (1) by using two fungal cultures resulted in potent butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibitors. Biotransformat...

A series of new manganese thioarsenates(V) [Mn(en)2Cu(AsVS4)]n (1, en = ethylenediamine), [Mn(dien)2][Mn(dien)(AsVS4)]2 (2, dien = diethylenetriamine), [Mn(teta)(AsVS4)]n (3, teta = triethylenetetramine), and {[Mn(dap)2][Mn(dap)(AsVS4)]2}n (4, dap = 1,2-diaminopropane) have been solvothermally synthesized and structurally characterized. 1 displays a neutral heterometallic [Mn(en)2Cu(AsVS4)]n ch...

Lanosterol and lanosta-7,24-dien-3P-011 are biosynthesized by slices of rat skin (2). Lanosta-7,24-dien-30-01 was more highly labeled than lanosterol after a a-minute aerobic incubation of skin slices with labeled squalene (3). More labeled mevalonate was incorporated into the A7zt4 isomer than into the As,24 isomer when skin slices were incubated with arsenite (I). Lanosta7,24-dien-30-01 is no...

Four new cucurbitane-type triterpenes, cucurbita-5,23(E)-diene-3beta,7beta,25-triol (1), 3beta-acetoxy-7beta-methoxycucurbita-5,23(E)-dien-25-ol (2), cucurbita-5(10),6,23(E)-triene-3beta,25-diol (5), and cucurbita-5,24-diene-3,7,23-trione (6), together with four known triterpenes, 3beta,25-dihydroxy-7beta-methoxycucurbita-5,23(E)-diene (3), 3beta-hydroxy-7beta,25-dimethoxycucurbita-5,23(E)-dien...

Aerial parts of Inula montana were investigated for its sesquiterpenoid composition. Five sesquiterpene lactones, isoinuviscolide, gaillardin, 1beta-hydroxy-3beta-acetoxy-eudesm-4(15), 11(13)-dien-12-8beta-olide, pulchellin-C and pulchellin-E were identified for the first time in this plant. One of them, 1beta-hydroxy-3beta-acetoxy-eudesm-4(15),11(13)-dien-1 2-8beta-olide, is a novel natural pr...