The erbium(III) atom in the title compound, [Er(C(5)H(2)N(2)O(4))(C(5)H(3)N(2)O(4))(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)]·2H(2)O, is located on a twofold rotation axis and chelated by two 1,10-phenanthroline heterocycles as well as by a 2,4-dihydroxy-pyrimidine-5-car-box-yl-ate monoanion and a 2,4-dihydroxy-pyrimidine-5-car-box-yl-ate dianion in a square-anti-prismatic coordination geometry.

Five phenolic compounds, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester (1), vanillic acid methyl ester (2), 4-hydroxy benzaldehyde (3), 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (4) and ferulic acid (5), and four flavonoids, 5,5'-dihydroxy-4',6,7-trimethoxyflavanone (6), luteolin (7), vitexicarpin (8) and artemetin (9), were isolated from fruits and leaves of Vitex rotundifolia L. The biological activities of these nine comp...

A human cytochrome P-450 (P450) 1B1 cDNA was expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the microsomes containing P450 1B1 were used to examine the selectivity of this enzyme in the activation of a variety of environmental carcinogens and mutagens in Salmonella typhimurium TA1535/pSK1002 or NM2009 tester strains, using the SOS response as an end point of DNA damage. We also determined and compar...

A pterocarpan, 1,9-dihydroxy-3-methoxy-2-methylpterocarpan (named uncinacarpan) and two isoflavanones, 5,7-dihydroxy-2',3',4'-trimethoxy-6-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)isoflavanone (named uncinanone D) and 5,4'-dihydroxy-7,2'-dimethoxy-6-methylisoflavanone (named uncinanone E), were isolated from the CH(2)Cl(2) root extract of Desmodium uncinatum (Jacq.) DC and characterised by spectroscopic methods. In...

Three new natural coumarin substances 1, 2 and 3 (derivatives of 2',2'-dimethyl-3',4'-dihydroxydihydropyrano-5',6':6,7-coumarin) were isolated from the roots and fruits of Peucedanum arenarium W.K. On the basis of the spectral data from UV, IR, and NMR spectra of coumarin 1, named peuarenarine, it was assumed, that, it is an ester of 2',2'-dimethyl-3',4'-dihydroxy-dihydropyrano5',6' :6,7-coumar...

Chalcones and dihydrochalcones exhibit chemopreventive and antitumor activity. TRAIL (tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand) is a natural endogenous anticancer agent. We examined the cytotoxic and apoptotic effect of chalcones and dihydrochalcones on TRAIL-mediated apoptosis in LNCaP prostate cancer cells. The cytotoxicity was evaluated by the MTT and LDH assays. The apoptosis...

In the present work, we report a convenient synthesis of 5- and 7-substituted-4-phenyl coumarins. contrast to previous results obtained with 4-alkylcoumarins, nicotinoylation 5,7-dihydroxy-4-phenylcoumarin nicotinoyl benzotriazole or azide selectively provides 5-O protected ester. The combination reaction followed by tosylation-denicotinoylation yields 5-hydroxy-7-tosyloxy-coumarin derivative, ...