Abstract:
The invention provides a process for the production of a biologically active phenolic compound (+) catechin from Taxus wallichiana tissue cultures, said process comprising the steps of (a) inoculating the of explants on a culture medium supplemented with combinations of auxins and cytokinins, (b) incubating the cultures under continuous light or dark conditions for 4-6 weeks for callus initiation followed by subculturing at 4-6 weeks intervals, (c) extracting the fresh pulverized calli with polar solvents at room temperature; (d) evaporating the solvent to obtain a residue; and (e) treating the residue with a chlorinated solvent and isolating (+) catechin compound by filtration.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a novel pharmaceutical composition consisting of a combination of three coumarinolignoids of formula 1, 2 and 3 isolated from the seeds of the plant Cleome viscosa along with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier useful as a immunomodulator. The invention also describes the ability of the compounds to modulate humorral and cell mediated immune response. It further provides a process for the preparation of a novel pharmaceutical composition of the said three coumarinolignoids in an optimized ratio to modulate humorral and cell mediated immune response.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an improved process for the production of vasicine of formula (1) from the Adhatoda vasica, said process comprising the steps of: extracting the dried and pulverized leaves with an alcoholic extract at an ambient temperature, concentrating the alcoholic extract to obtain a concentrated extract, treating and stirring extract with an aqueous organic acid for 2-24 hours, extracting the acid solution of with an organic solvent, separating the organic layer and aqueous acidic layer, basifying the aqueous acidic solution with a base, extracting the basified solution with an organic solvent, separating the organic layer, drying and filtering, evaporating the organic layer to obtain an amorphous residue, and treating the amorphous residue with an organic solvent or mixture of organic solvents to obtain vasicine.
Abstract:
A process has been developed for production of a food flavoring compound maltol which comprises (a) extracting the dried and pulverized leaves of the plants belonging to the genus Abies with an alcohol at 20-40° C. and concentrating the solvent to obtain an alcoholic extract, (b) adsorbing the alcoholic extract with an adsorbent and drying the adsorbed material at a temperature ranging between 20-50° C., (d) partitioning of the adsorbed material between selected solvents consisting of aliphatic hydrocarbon and chlorinated solvent successively, (d) concentrating the chlorinated solvent to a residue and crystallizing it from a suitable organic solvent or mixtures of such solvents to get pure maltol.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the production of (−)3,4-divanillyl tetrahydrofiran of formula (2) which comprises (a) isolating) (−) secoisolariciresinol of formula (1) from the heartwood and roots of Taxus wallichiana by an improved process which consists of partitioning of the alcoholic extract of the heartwood and roots of T. wallichiana between water and chlorinated solvent, (b) extracting the chlorinated solvent extract with alkali and (c) isolating (−) secoisolariciresinol from the alkali extract upon neutralization with mineral acid and extracting with organic solvent and (d) crystallizing it from suitable organic solvent, (e) dissolving the isolated (−) secoisolariciresinol in suitable organic solvent and (f) reacting with triphenyl phosphine halide at 0-80° C. for 1-10 hours and (g) isolating (−) 3,4-divanillyl tetrahydrofuran by column chromatography.
Abstract:
The invention provides a process for the preparation of 4-(p-methoxyphenyl)-2-aminobutane represented by structural formula (1) as shown herein below: [C11H17ON=4-(p-methoxy phenyl)-2-amino butane] said process comprising the steps of, (a) isolating a phenolic compound 4-hydroxyphenyl)-butan-2-ol from the leaves of Taxus wallichiana by known methods, (b) treating the phenolic compound in aqueous mineral acid to obtain a phenolic halide derivative, (c) converting the phenolic halide derivative into its methyl ether by treating it with a methating agent, (d) reacting the methyl ether halide with azide to obtain an azido derivative, and (e) hydrogenating the azido compound to obtain 4-(p-methoxyphenyl)-2-aminobutane.
Abstract translation:本发明提供了制备由结构式(1)表示的4-(对甲氧基苯基)-2-氨基丁烷的方法,如下所示:[C 11 H 17 ON = 4-(对甲氧基苯基)-2-氨基丁烷]所述 方法包括以下步骤:(a)通过已知方法从紫杉属的叶子中分离酚类化合物4-羟基苯基 - 丁-2-醇,(b)在无机酸水溶液中处理酚类化合物以获得酚卤化物衍生物 (c)通过用甲基化剂处理酚卤化物衍生物转化成甲基醚,(d)使甲基醚卤化物与叠氮化物反应得到叠氮基衍生物,和(e)氢化叠氮化合物得到4-( 对甲氧基苯基)-2-氨基丁烷。
Abstract:
A process has been developed for production of taxols A, B, C with high yields from 7-xylosyl-10-deacetyl taxol A (taxol analogue A or, xyloside A), 7-xylosyl-10-deacetyl-taxol B (taxol analogue B or xyloside B), 7-xylosyl-10-deacetyl--taxol C (taxol analogue C or xyloside C), which comprises (i) isolating the taxol analogues A, B, C form the stembark of Taxus wallichiana by an improved process devoiding of solvent partitioning step, (ii) treating the isolated taxol analogues A, B, C with periodates in an acid free polar solvent medium to cleave the diol into dialdehyde at ambient temperature, (iii) reducing the dialdehyde solution with borohydride in a polar solvent--acetic acid medium at 0.degree.-40.degree. C. into an acetal, (iv) acidifying the resultant acetal with a mixture of mineral acid-polar solvent at 0.degree.-40.degree. C. into intermediate product 10-deacetyl taxols A, B, C, (V) reacting 10-deacetyl taxols A or B or C with a silane in presence of a base at 20.degree.-40.degree. C. to protect 2', 7-hydroxyl groups, of 10-deacetyl taxols A, B, C (vi) acetylating the 10-hydroxyl group in situ with an acetylating agent at 10.degree.-40.degree. C., (vii) deprotecting the 2', 7-hydroxyl groups with a mixture of mineral acid-polar solvent at 0.degree.-10.degree. C. (viii) isolating taxols A or B or C by chromatography over silica.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the bioactivity of taxanes isolated from the leaves of Himalayan Yew tree Taxus wallichiana against human cancer cell lines grown in-vitro and subsequent identification of brevifoliol [1] as anticancer agent useful in the treatment of various types of cancer in humans
Abstract:
Demethylation of 3′, 4′-dimethoxy or 3′, 4′, 5′-trimethoxy benzoic ester of a phenol is carried out in the presence of an excess of aluminum halide in an organic solvent to get 4′-Hydroxy, 3′-methoxy or 4′ hydroxy, 3′, 5′-dimethoxy benzoic acid ester of a phenol. The reaction is also applicable to 3′, 4′, 5′-trimethoxy diaryl ketone and some natural products like reserpine.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a process for the production of two molecules of 4-aryl-2 butanols having the general formula 1 given below: Wherein R═H or glucose from the leaves of Taxus wallichiana, which comprises: (a) defatting air dried, pulverized leaves with aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents, (b) extracting the defatted leaves with chlorinated solvents and polar solvent successively at room temperature, (b) concentrating the chlorinated solvent soluble faction to a residue and treating the residue with aqueous solution of alkali and extracting with chlorinated solvents, (d) acidifying the alkali layer with mineral acid and extracting with ethyl acetate and concentrating the ethyl acetate phase to give compound of formula 1 where R═H, (e) concentrating the polar solvent fraction from step (b) to a residue and treating the residue with aqueous solution of alkali and extracting with chlorinated solvent, and (f) acidifying the alkali phase with mineral acid and extracting with ethyl acetate and concentrating the ethyl acetate to give compound of formula 1 where R=glucose.