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Atividade anticolinesterásica dos óleos essenciais e componentes majoritários de Piper spp e Aniba canelilla e docagem molecular do 1-nitro-2-feniletano
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-05-28) SILVA, Nayla Nunes dos Santos; ANDRADE, Eloisa Helena de Aguiar; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3827055876022373; MAIA, José Guilherme Soares; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1034534634988402
Currently, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is considered a significant public health problem worldwide and the major complication of the disease is the deficit of cholinergic neuron activity, a fact that can be reversed and/or mitigated by raising levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh). The most effective way to increase the available amount of acetylcholine is the inhibition of the acetylcholinesterase enzyme (AChE). In the search for new natural cholinesterasic inhibitors, the essential oils and major components of five aromatic plants occurring in the Amazon region were investigated using the AChE inhibition test by direct bioautography. The oils and major components were obtained from Aniba canelilla (1-nitro-2-phenylethane), P. aduncum (dillapiole), P. callosum (safrole), P. divaricatum (methyleugenol) and P. marginatum (safrole+3,4-methylenedioxipropiophenone). The oils of A. canelilla and P. aduncum showed enzyme inhibition zone in amounts of 0.01 ng and 1ng, respectively. The oil of P.marginatum showed weak activity (~ 100 ng) and the oils of P. callosum and P. divaricatum were inactive. Among the major constituents, who showed activity are the phenylpropanoids 1-nitro-2-phenylethane, isolated from the oil of A. canelilla, and safrole and elemicin, isolated from the oil of P. callosum, which inhibited the AChE in amounts of 0.01, 1000 to 1000 ng, respectively. The results indicate that the oil of A. canelilla and 1-nitro-2-phenylethane inhibited AChE in the same proportion as the pattern physostigmine. The molecular docking study was added to the experimental results, showing that the nitro group of 1-nitro-2-phenylethane can establish hydrogen bonds with the hydroxyl group of the serine residue existing in the catalytic AChE molecule, suggesting that the electronegative character of 1-nitro-2-phenylethane may be responsible for this strong chemical interaction.
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Estudo do mecanismo do nitrofeniletano na prostaglandina-endoperóxido sintase e relação estrutura-propriedade de nitroderivados
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2011-08-17) VALE, Joyce Karen Lima; SOUZA, Perjentino José da Cunha; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9909053957915090; BORGES, Rosivaldo dos Santos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4783661132100859
Previous studies suggest that the essential oil of Aniba canelilla containing high levels of 1-nitro-2-phenylethane has antinociceptive activity, anti-inflammatory and hypotensive. A theoretical study of correlation between chemical structure versus biological activity of 1-nitro-2-phenylethane and prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase was performed. In addition, an analysis of the conformational nitrophenylethane as well as changes in their chemical structure resulting in cinnamates and nitrostyrenes derivatives, for further evaluation of structureproperty. The conformational analysis was performed using the nitrophenylethane DFT/B3LYP the method with the basis set 6-31G (d) by varying the twist angle between the links of dihedro carbons C1-C2 linked to the phenyl and nitro groups, ranging from 5 ° intervals in the range of 0° to 180° in order to search for the lowest energy conformers. The conformer of the 180° dihedron O2N-C6H5-C1-C2 was significantly more stable and this can be explained in terms of the balance by the presence of seven geometries of lower energies. The HOMO and LUMO analysis shows that the phenyl and methylene groups contribute to the formation of this orbital. The calculation of energy and determination of electronic properties related to the mechanism of interaction with the cyclooxygenase showed a high correlation between nitro and carboxylic groups, which can be classified as bioisosters. The results of physico-chemical calculations show a greater correlation of the nitrophenylethane with acetylsalicylic acid, which may have related to its mechanism of action through interactions with Arg-120 and Ser-530. Calculated with the protonated guanidine by DFT/B3LYP/6-31G (d, p) for the complex containing the carboxylate group exhibit more favorable interaction energy with a value of -136.34 kcal / mol, compared with the molecule containing the nitro group with a value of -12.84 kcal / mol, which may explain the greater effectiveness of indomethacin, similar to biological outcomes. Nitrophenylethane derivatives showed a structural relationship with cinnamates derived from differing in the redox properties, which may favor the development of prototype structures and bioactive molecules from these molecular skeletons.