Data pertaining to 278 cultures of Yersinia enterocolitica isolated in Canada are summarized in this paper. Of this amount, 256 were isolated from humans, whereas 22 were of nonhuman sources. The typing of these cultures is presented together with their geographical location. Y. enterocolitica serotype O:3 biotype 4, phage type 9b, was practically the only serotype present in the Province of Qu...

An expedient asymmetric total synthesis of aspidophytine is reported. A highly convergent strategy involving the sequential annulation of vinyl iodide 5 with indole 6 exploits varying modes of indole reactivity to provide aspidophytine in 23% over six steps from 5.

An efficient and general approach to oxazino[4,3-a]indole architectures is described. The addition-cyclization cascade of (1H-indol-2-yl)methanols with vinyl sulfonium salts affords oxazino[4,3-a]indole derivatives in high yields.

Indole moiety is well-known as a superlative framework in many natural products and synthetic pharmaceuticals. Herein, we report an efficient procedure to synthesize series of functionalized 2-methyl-1H-indole-3-carboxylate derivatives from commercially available anilines properly by different electron-withdrawing -donating groups through palladium-catalyzed intramolecular oxidative coupling. T...

Design, synthesis and characterization of four novel series of Zafirlukast analogs are described. The modifications are substitution on indole nitrogen, C-5 position of indole moiety and amide nitrogen of zafirlukast.

A substitution for the indole, methyl red, Voges-Proskauer, citrate system is proposed. The scheme employs indole and ampicillin susceptibility tests routinely and uses selectively three other media for six reactions.

A stereocontrolled total synthesis of (+)-vinblastine was accomplished, featuring preparations of the two indole units by means of a novel indole synthesis via radical cyclization of thioanilide, and a stereoselective coupling of these units.

The tryptophan microbiota metabolites indole-3-acetate, indole-3-aldehyde, indole, and tryptamine are aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) ligands, and in this study we investigated their AhR agonist and antagonist activities in nontransformed young adult mouse colonocyte (YAMC) cells. Using Cyp1a1 mRNA as an Ah-responsive end point, we observed that the tryptophan metabolites were weak AhR agonists...

By JERRY DREXLER A DEFINITE RELATIONSHIP has never been established between indole metabolism and the megoloblastic anemias. Rhoads and associates”2 were able to produce a hemolytic-like anemia with many features of pernicious anemia, in dogs on vitamin B deficient diets, by the oral administration of pure indole. Interestingly, the relief of this anemia by oral feeding of liver extract was acc...

Homogenates of pea (Pisum sativum L., var. Alaska) seedlings exposed to (14)C-indole-3-acetic acid or (14)C-3-methyleneoxindole, an oxidation product of indole-3-acetic acid, were extracted with phenol. In both cases 90% of the bound radioactivity was found associated with the protein fraction and 10% with the water-soluble, ethanol-insoluble fraction. The binding of radioactivity from (14)C-in...