Four new glycosides, namely 3β-norpinan-2-one 3-O-β-d-apiofuranosyl-(1→6)-β-d-glucopyranoside (1), (6Z)-3-hydroxymethyl-7-methylocta-1,6-dien-3-ol 8-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (2), (6E)-3-hydroxymethyl-7-methylocta-1,6-dien-3-ol 8-O-β-d-gluco-pyranoside (3), and 7-[(β-d-apiofuranosyl-(1→6)-β-d-glucopyranosyl)oxymethy]-8,8-dimethyl-4,8-dihydrobenzo[1,4]thiazine-3,5-dione (4), were isolated from the f...

A high-throughput screening campaign using a prefractionated natural product library and an in vitro antimalarial assay identified active fractions derived from the Australian marine sponge Plakortis lita . Bioassay-guided fractionation of the CH2Cl2/CH3OH extract from P. lita resulted in the purification of four novel thiazine-derived alkaloids, thiaplakortones A-D (1-4). The chemical structur...

The reactivity of N-amidinothiourea (1) as an electron donor towards several electron-accepting functional groups via electron-donor-acceptor (EDA) interaction has been studied. Thus on treatment of 1 with either 1,1,2,2-tetracyanoethylene (TCNE, 2), 2,3-dicyano-1,4-naphthoquinone (DCNQ, 4), 2,3,5,6-tetrabromo-1,4-benzoquinone (BHL-p, 6), 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone (DCHNQ, 8), 2,3,5,6-tetr...

A purple substance (4) partially co-purified with a recombinant human B-type natriuretic peptide (hBNP), following an E. coli fermentation. The structure of the compound was elucidated by NMR, electrospray and FAB mass spectrometry. The chromophore is a 1,4-naphthoquinone condensed with the N-terminal cysteine of a heptapeptide by its NH2- and SH-groups to form a dihydro-thiazine ring. The pept...

Piperazine nucleus is one of the most important heterocyclic systems exhibiting remarkable pharmacological activities. Thus, in the current study six new aryl/aralkyl substituted piperazine derivatives, containing methylxanthine moiety were synthesized and their structures were confirmed by IR and 1H NMR analysis. All compounds were in vitro screened for their activity as antioxidants using DPP...

Two unknown impurities were detected in the cefazolin sodium bulk drug substance using gradient reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromategraphy (HPLC). These impurities were isolated by preparative HPLC and characterized by using spectroscopic techniques like LC-MS, LC-MS/MS, 1D, 2D NMR, and FT-IR. Based on the spectral data, the impurities have been characterized as N-(2,2-dihydroxyethyl...