Shellfish is one of Indonesia's fishery commodities which increasing every year, blood clams and feather shells, are easily found in Southeast Asia East Asia. also have great potential so that it has an impact on the waste allowed to accumulate without any handling pollution exists environment society. One alternative use from shells a high value isolate into chitosan. The purpose this study wa...

A new strain of Streptomyces identified as Streptomyces rajshahiensis (RUPA08-PR) was isolated from the soil of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Ethyl acetate was the most convenient solvent for the extraction of antimicrobial metabolites from the culture filtrate of this strain. From the ethyl acetate extract compound 1 was isolated, purified and characterized by spectral data. The compound showed antiba...

In the present work, the ethanol extract of the barks of Phyllanthus acidus L. (Family: Euphorbiaceae) were investigated for preliminary phytochemical screening, cytotoxicity and antibacterial activities. The presence of phytochemical constituents was identified by characteristic changes using standard procedure. Brine shrimp lethality (BSL) bioassay was used to investigate the cytotoxic effect...

Chemical investigations of a microfungus Xylaria sp. isolated from the Australian rainforest tree Glochidion ferdinandi have afforded two new natural products, 2-hydroxy-6-methyl-8-methoxy-9-oxo-9H-xanthene-1-carboxylic acid (1) and 2-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyl-8-methoxy-9-oxo-9H-xanthene-1-carboxylic acid (2). Compound 1 has previously been synthesised but only partially characterised. Methylatio...

As part of our continuing investigation of Jordanian Colchicum species, the biologically active components of Colchicum brachyphyllum were pursued. Using bioactivity-directed fractionation, nine colchicinoids were isolated and characterized. One of these has a novel ring system, to which we have ascribed the trivial name (+)-demecolcinone (9), and it represents the first naturally occurring dex...

The marine sponge Dysidea herbacea collected from Indonesia yielded four new polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners 2-5 and the known derivatives 1, 6, and 7. The structures of the new compounds were unambiguously established on the basis of NMR spectroscopic (1H, 13C, COSY, 1H-detected direct and long-range 13C-1H correlations) and mass spectrometric (EIMS) data. All of the compounds were act...

In an effort to develop anticancer agents, a series of Mannich bases were prepared by Mannich reaction. When one biologically active molecule is linked to another, the resultant molecule generally has increased potency. Hence two pharmacophores, i.e. quinazoline ring and amine moiety are fused to obtain highly potent, more specific and less toxic agent. In the present study, synthesis of novel ...

The purpose of the present study to examine the antibacterial and cytotoxic properties of ethanol extract of leaves of Mikania cordata (Burm.f.) B.L. Robinson. To determine antibacterial activities, the extract was tested against four Gram positive and six Gram negative bacteria at three concentrations (500, 800, 1000 μg disc(-1)) through disc diffusion method. The extract showed moderate antib...