PWN inoculation. In conclusion, foliar spraying with either B. thuringiensis JCK-1233 culture suspension or DPKs could induce resistance in pine seedlings, thereby alleviating the serious damage by PWD. Taken together, this study supports aerial spraying with eco-friendly biotic or abiotic agents as a valuable strategy that may mark an epoch for the control of PWD in pine forests.
The onion, known as the bulb onion or common onion, is not only a key ingredient in many tasty and healthy vegetarian meals but also many traditional medicines. Nine new flavonoids [cepaflavas A, B (5, 6), cepadials A−D (7−9 and 14), and cepabiflas A−C (10−12)] and six known compounds (1−4, 13, 15) were obtained from the outer skins of Allium cepa L. Among them, compounds 5, 6, and 9 might be artificial products formed during extraction and isolation. New compounds were structurally elucidated using various spectroscopy/spectrometry techniques, including NMR and HRMS, and computational methods. Their absolute configurations were determined using time-dependent density functional theory calculations, combined with ECD spectroscopy, optical rotation calculation, and statistical procedures (CP3 and DP4 analysis). The free radical scavenging assays revealed that the new compounds 10−12 possessed considerable antioxidant activities with IC 50 values of 4.25−8.88 and 7.12−8.14 μM against DPPH and ABTS •+ , respectively. Compounds 13−15 showed substantial inhibitory activities against both αglucosidase and protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B), with IC 50 values of 0.89−6.80 and 1.13−6.82 μM, respectively. On the basis of molecular docking studies, 13 and 15 were predicted to have high binding capacity and strong affinity toward the active site of PTP1B.
Cholinesterase, β-site
amyloid precursor protein cleaving
enzyme 1 (BACE1), and glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β)
are the three main enzymes responsible for the early onset of Alzheimer’s
disease (AD). The main aim of the present study was to delineate and
accentuate the triple-inhibitory potential of arylbenzofurans from
Morus alba
against these enzymes. Overall, the enzyme
inhibition assays demonstrated the prominence of mulberrofuran D2
as an inhibitor of AChE, BChE, BACE1, and GSK-3β enzymes with
IC
50
values of 4.61, 1.51, 0.73, and 6.36 μM, respectively.
Enzyme kinetics revealed different modes of inhibition, and in silico
modeling suggested that mulberrofuran D2 inhibited these enzymes with
low binding energy through hydrophilic, hydrophobic, and π–cation
interactions in the active site cavities. Similarly, in Aβ-aggregation
assays, mulberrofuran D2 inhibited self-induced and AChE-induced Aβ
aggregation in a concentration-dependent manner that was superior
to reference drugs. These results suggest that arylbenzofurans from
M. alba
, especially mulberrofuran D2, are triple
inhibitors of cholinesterase, BACE1, and GSK-3β and may represent
a novel class of anti-AD drugs.
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