Search results for "Aglycone"
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Genistein in the Metabolic Syndrome: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial
2013
Context: This study was performed to evaluate the effects of genistein on metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors in Caucasian postmenopausal subjects with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Objective: Our objective was to assess the effects of genistein on surrogate endpoints associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Design and Setting: This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial at 3 university medical centers in Italy. Patients: Patients included 120 postmenopausal women with MetS according to modified Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP), Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Tre…
Potential Uses of Olive Oil Secoiridoids for the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer: A Narrative Review of Preclinical Studies
2021
The Mediterranean diet (MD) is a combination of foods mainly rich in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory nutrients that have been shown to have many health-enhancing effects. Extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) is an important component of the MD. The importance of EVOO can be attributed to phenolic compounds, represented by phenolic alcohols, hydroxytyrosol, and tyrosol, and to secoiridoids, which include oleocanthal, oleacein, oleuropein, and ligstroside (along with the aglycone and glycosidic derivatives of the latter two). Each secoiridoid has been studied and characterized, and their effects on human health have been documented by several studies. Secoiridoids have antioxidant, anti-inflammat…
Chromatographic separation and partial identification of glycosidically bound volatile components of fruit
1990
Abstract Synthetic monoterpenic and aromatic β- d -glucosides and β- d -rutinosides were separated by Fractogel TSK HW-40 S chromatography according to their molecular size and interactions occurring between the aglycone moiety and the gel matrix. Under these conditions terpenyl rutinosides were eluted before the homologous glucoside derivatives. In the two classes, monoglucosides and rutinosides, aromatic glycosidically bound components had lower retention times than the corresponding terpenyl components. The use of over-pressure layer chromatography (OPLC) allowed the separation of glucoside and rutinoside derivatives, and in these two classes aromatic and several monoterpene compounds we…
Selectivity of Neutrophil 5-Lipoxygenase and Cyclo-oxygenase Inhibition by an Anti-inflammatory Flavonoid Glycoside and Related Aglycone Flavonoids
1988
Abstract A newly described plant-derived flavonoid, hypolaetin-8-glucoside, which has anti-inflammatory and gastroprotective actions in-vivo, and its corresponding aglycone, hypolaetin, have been compared with 14 other flavonoids for inhibition of eicosanoid generation via the 5-lipoxygenase and cyclo-oxygenase pathways in elicited rat peritoneal leukocytes stimulated with calcium ionophore. Comparable results for the inhibitory profiles of the compounds were obtained using either radioimmunoassay of released eicosanoids or radio-TLC of metabolites formed from labelled arachidonate, but there were differences in absolute potency of the inhibitors. Hypolaetin-8-glucoside was a weak but selec…
Two new triterpenoid saponins fromPittosporum senaciaPutterlick (Pittosporaceae)
2012
From the branches of Pittosporum senacia Putterlick (Pittosporaceae), two new triterpenoid saponins, senaciapittosides A and B (1, 2), were isolated. Their structures were elucidated by extensive analysis of one- and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HR-ESIMS) and chemical evidence as 3-O-[β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1 2)]-[α-l-arabinopyranosyl-(1 3)]-[α-l-arabinofuranosyl-(1 4)]-β-d-glucuronopyranosyl oleanolic acid 28-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl ester (1) and 3-O-[β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1 2)]-[α-l-arabinopyranosyl-(1 3)]-[α-l-arabinofuranosyl-(1 4)]-β-d-glucuronopyranosyl-22-O-α-l-arabinopyranosyl-21-acetoxy R1-barrigen…
New Triterpenoidal Saponins fromGypsophila repens
2007
Six new triterpene glycosides, repensosides A–F (1–6, resp.), were isolated from the roots of Gypsophila repens L. Their structures, established by extensive 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopic experiments as well as MS analyses, were found to be based on gypsogenic acid (or gypsogenin) as aglycone, with three to nine branched or unbranched sugar moieties.
New Acylated Preatroxigenin Saponins from Atroxima congolana
2003
Eight new acylated preatroxigenin saponins 1–8 were isolated as four inseparable mixtures of the trans- and cis-4-methoxycinnamoyl derivatives, atroximasaponins A1/A2 (1/2), B1/B2 (3/4), C1/C2 (5/6) and D1/D2 (7/8) from the roots of Atroxima congolana. These compounds are the first examples of triterpene saponins containing preatroxigenin (=(2β,3β,4α,22β)-2,3,22,27-tetrahydroxyolean-12-ene-23,28-dioic acid as aglycone. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive 1D- and 2D-NMR studies and FAB-MS as 3-O(β-D-glucopyranosyl)preatroxigenin 28-{O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(14)-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)-O-[O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(13)-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(13)]-4-O-(trans-4-methoxycinnamoyl)-β…
Solar UV-B radiation affects leaf quality and insect herbivory in the southern beech tree Nothofagus antarctica
2004
We examined the effects of solar ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation on plant-insect interactions in Tierra del Fuego (55°S), Argentina, an area strongly affected by ozone depletion because of its proximity to Antarctica. Solar UV-B under Nothofagus antarctica branches was manipulated using a polyester plastic film to attenuate UV-B (uvb-) and an Aclar film to provide near-ambient UV-B (uvb+). The plastic films were placed on both north-facing (i.e., high solar radiation in the Southern Hemisphere) and south-facing branches. Insects consumed 40% less leaf area from north- than from south-facing branches, and at least 30% less area from uvb+ branches than from uvb-branches. The reduced herbivory …
Enriched cereal bars are more effective in increasing plasma quercetin compared with quercetin from powder-filled hard capsules
2011
The flavonol quercetin, is one of the major flavonoids found in edible plants. The bioavailability of quercetin in humans may be influenced by the food matrix in which it is consumed as well as by its chemical and physical form. The objective of the present study was to investigate the biokinetics of quercetin from quercetin-enriched cereal bars and quercetin powder-filled hard capsules. In a randomised, single-blinded, diet-controlled cross-over study, six healthy women aged 22–28 years took a single oral dose of approximately 130 mg quercetin equivalents from either quercetin-enriched cereal bars (containing 93·3 % quercetin aglycone plus 6·7 % quercetin-4′-glucoside) or quercetin powder-…
Flavonoids from Teucrium fruticans L.
2014
From aerial parts of <em>Teucrium fncticans</em> L. three flavonoids were isolated and identified as 5-hydroxy-6, 7, 3', 4'-tetramethoxyflavone, 5, 4'-dihydroxy-6, 7, 3'-trimethoxyflavone (cirsilineol) and 5, 4'-dihydroxy-6, 7-dimethoxyflavone (cirsimaritin). The former compound was found to be a predominant flavone aglycone constituent of the plant material. This is the first report on the isolation of flavonoids from the plant.