Avermectins, a group of polyketide natural products, are widely used as anthelmintics in agriculture. Metabolic engineering and combinatorial biosynthesis were extensively employed to improve Avermectins production and create novel Avermectin derivatives, including Ivermectin and Doramectin. It is labor intensive and time cost to genetically manipulate Avermectins producer Streptomyces avermiti...

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to avermectins and artemisinin, respectively. Avermectins produced by Streptomyces avermitilis are excellent anthelmintic and potential antibiotic agents. Because wild-type strains only produce low levels of avermectins, much research effort has focused on improvements in avermectin production to meet the ever increasing demand for...

6,8a-deoxy derivatives of avermectins produced by a mutant strain of Streptomyces avermitilis K20571} derived by mutation from strain K2038 producing avermectins B l a and B2a selectively2). The parent strain K2038 carries two types of mutations, C-5 0-methylation (aveD) and the selective incorporation of branched-chain fatty acid into the avermectin molecule (X). The mutant strain K2057 has an...

General Information Ivermectin is a combination of avermectins. These medications increase the activity of certain types of receptor cells in the CNS in mammals (and in the peripheral nervous system in nematodes and arthropods). This alteration of the CNS is the cause of the symptoms seen in overdose cases. Avermectins are found in the body after oral or parenteral exposure. Signs may appear wi...

A solid phase extraction sorbent based on polyaniline/graphene nanocomposite is presented. The structure and morphology of synthesized nanocomposite were investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and thermal gravimetric analysis. The dispersive solid phase extraction was employed to the isolation and preconcentration ...

Our laboratory is investigating ivermectin (IVM) and other members of the avermectin family as new pharmaco-therapeutics to prevent and/or treat alcohol use disorders (AUDs). Earlier work found that IVM significantly reduced ethanol intake in mice and that this effect likely reflects IVM's ability to modulate ligand-gated ion channels. We hypothesized that structural modifications that enhance ...

The efficacy of avermectins B and B for control of Meloidogyne incognita on tomato was studied in pots and field plots for two seasons. Avermectins were applied as granules and liquid in furrows or by low pressure drip irrigation systems, at rates ranging from 0.093 to 0.34 kg a.i./ha, as single or multiple applications. Levels of control comparable to those obtained by oxamyl and aldicarb at 3...

a solid phase extraction sorbent based on polyaniline/graphene nanocomposite is presented. the structure and morphology of synthesized nanocomposite were investigated by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction and thermal gravimetric analysis. the dispersive solid phase extraction was employed to the isolation and preconcentration ...

Avermectins are powerful endectocides with an established potential to reduce the incidence of vector-borne diseases. Here, we show that several avermectins inhibit the hepatic stage of Plasmodium infection in vitro Notably, ivermectin potently inhibits liver infection in vivo by impairing parasite development inside hepatocytes. This impairment has a clear impact on the ensuing blood stage par...

Avermectins and milbemycins are believed to exert their anthelmintic effects by binding to glutamate-gated chloride channels (GluCls). Two GluCl subunits have been localized in the pharynx in Caenorhabditis elegans, and the pharynx has been implicated as a major target for avermectins in C. elegans. However, in parasitic nematodes, the pharyngeal localization of the GluCl subunits needs to be d...