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  2. Alkamides from the fruits of Piper longum and Piper nigrum displaying potent cell adhesion inhibition

Alkamides from the fruits of Piper longum and Piper nigrum displaying potent cell adhesion inhibition

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 Aug 15;18(16):4544-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.07.045.
Seung Woong Lee 1 Young Kook Kim Koanhoi Kim Hyun Sun Lee Jung Ho Choi Woo Song Lee Chang-Duk Jun Jee Hun Park Jeong Min Lee Mun-Chual Rho
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  • 1 Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 305-806, Republic of Korea.
Abstract

Eight alkamides 1-8 were isolated by bioassay-guided isolation of EtOH extracts of the fruits of Piper longum and Piper nigum (Piperaceae). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis ((1)H, (13)C NMR, and ESI-MS) as follows: guineensine (1), retrofracamide C (2), (2E,4Z,8E)-N-[9-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-2,4,8-nonatrienoyl]piperidine (3), pipernonaline (4), piperrolein B (5), piperchabamide D (6), pellitorin (7), and dehydropipernonaline (8). Their compounds 3-5, 7, and 8 inhibited potently the direct binding between sICAM-1 and LFA-1 of THP-1 cells in a dose-dependent manner, with IC(50) values of 10.7, 8.8, 13.4, 13.5, and 6.0 microg/mL, respectively.

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