Yellowtail meat containing 0 (control), 1% and 2% NaCl weas boiled and stored at 0 degrees C, and changes in 4-hydroxyhexenal (HHE) and malon aldehyde (MA) contents were analyzed after 0, 1, 2, and 3 d. The HHE contents in all samples increased significantly after 3 d. The MA contents in the NaCl-containing samples were significantly higher than those in the control after storage.

Base-catalyzed condensation of dicyclopentadienylmethane with a dipyrrylmethane dialdehyde gave a dicarbachlorin with an internal CH2 group. This unusual porphyrinoid retained highly diatropic characteristics and exhibited a porphyrin-like UV-vis spectrum.

Paniculatin (1) (6α-acetoxyazadirone) and Paniculatol (2) (dihydroxycompound of 6α-acetoxyazadirone) are two naturally occurring meliacins have been isolated from the fruits and wood of chisocheton paniculatus Hiern. Chemical transformations of paniculatin and paniculatol gave 2-aminothiazolo [4,5-d] [1,2,20,21,22,23-hexahydro] paniculatin (4a), 2aminothiazolo [4,5-d] [6α,7α-dihydroxy-1,2,20,21...

The trans-diequatorial 3,4-diol of 2,5-di-O-benzyl-D-chiro-inositol cleaved selectively with the periodate ion in the presence of the trans-diaxial 1,6-diol to give a dialdehyde (dialdose) from which 3,6-di-O-benzyl-D-manno-tetrahydroxyazepane (1) was made. The trans-diaxial 1,6-diol of 3,4-di-O-allyl-2,5-di-O-benzyl-D-chiro-inositol was not cleaved satisfactorily by periodate, but replacement ...

OBJECTIVE S-Adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) is a better predictor of cardiovascular disease than homocysteine is, and it has been implicated in mediating the pathogenicity of hyperhomocysteinemia in atherosclerosis via an epigenetic mechanism. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here, we tested the hypothesis whether the effect of SAH on atherosclerosis is involved in epigenetic regul...