TY - JOUR A1 - Paz, Cristian A1 - Becerra, Jose A1 - Silva, Mario A1 - Burgos, Viviana A1 - Heydenreich, Matthias A1 - Schmidt, Bernd A1 - Thu Tran, A1 - Vetter, Irina T1 - (-)-Pentylsedinine, a New Alkaloid from the Leaves of Lobelia tupa with Agonist Activity at Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor JF - Natural product communications : an international journal for communications and reviews N2 - Lobelia tupa, also called devil's tobacco, is a native plant from the center-south of Chile which has been used by the native people of Chile as a hallucinogenic and anesthetic plant. A new piperidine alkaloid, called pentylsedinine, which comprises five carbons in the side chain, was isolated from the aerial part of L. tupa, along with lobeline and lobelanidine. The structure was established on the basis of 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. While lobeline is a neutral antagonist at alpha 3 beta 2/alpha 3 beta 4 nAChR and alpha 7 nAChR, both lobelanidine and pentylsedinine act as partial agonists at nAChR KW - Lobelia tupa KW - Piperidine alkaloid KW - nAChR KW - Pentylsedinine Y1 - 2015 SN - 1934-578X SN - 1555-9475 VL - 10 IS - 8 SP - 1355 EP - 1357 PB - NPC CY - Westerville ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Paz, Cristian A1 - Becerra, Jose A1 - Silva, Mario A1 - Cabrera-Pardo, Jaime A1 - Burgos, Viviana A1 - Heydenreich, Matthias A1 - Schmidt, Bernd T1 - (-)-8-Oxohobartine a New Indole Alkaloid from Aristotelia chilensis (Mol.) Stuntz JF - Records of Natural Products N2 - The fruit of Aristotelia chilensis is considered a "super fruit" due to its high concentration of polyphenols displaying exceptional antioxidant capacities ORAC. From maqui berries have been reported several anthocyanins and glycosylated flavonoids, those benefits increase the attention to restudy the plant. From the leaves of A. chilensis several indole alkaloids have been reported, we in addition to aristoteline, aristone, aristoquinoline and 3-fromylindole report the spectroscopic elucidation of 8-oxo-9-dehydromakomakine (1), hobartine (2) and a new alkaloid named 8-oxohobartine (3). Compound 1 to 3 did not show bactericidal activity against E. coli and S. aureus till 200 mu g. KW - Aristotelia chilensis KW - indole alkaloids KW - 8-oxohobartine Y1 - 2016 SN - 1307-6167 VL - 10 SP - 68 EP - 73 PB - ACG Publications CY - Gebze-Kocaeli ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Paz, Cristian A1 - Peter, Martin G. A1 - Schmidt, Bernd A1 - Becerra, Jose A1 - Gutierrez, Margarita A1 - Astudillo, Luis A1 - Silva, Mario T1 - Synthesis and AChE inhibiting activity of 2, 4 substituted 6-Phenyl Pyrimidines JF - Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society N2 - Novel substituted pyrimidines were synthesized from methyl 2,4-dioxo-4-phenyl-butanoate (I-A) and urea, followed by Mitsunobu coupling of I-A with benzyl or allyl alcohol to give the corresponding 2-hydroxypyrimidine ethers in good yields. Saponification of I-A, followed by reaction with benzyl or allyl amines in the presence of TBTU yielded 2-hydroxy-6-phenyl-pyrimidine 4-carboxamides. AChE and BuChE assays revealed 2-hydroxy-6-phenyl-pyrimidine-4-carboxyallyamide as the most active compound, IC50=90 mu M, with no inhibition of BuChE. KW - Pyrimidines KW - inhibition AChE KW - mitsunobu KW - TBTU Y1 - 2012 SN - 0717-9324 VL - 57 IS - 3 SP - 1292 EP - 1294 PB - Sociedad Chilena De Quimica CY - Concepcion ER -