Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 18, Issue 5, Pages 5389-5404Publisher
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/molecules18055389
Keywords
curcumin; antioxidant; tyrosinase; angiotensin converting enzyme; HIV
Funding
- Canada Research Chair program
- Discovery Grant program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada
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Curcumin is the major phenolic compound present in turmeric (Curcuma longa L.). Curcumin and 15 novel analogs were investigated for their antioxidant and selected biological activities. Strong relationships between the structure and evaluated activity revealed that the compounds with specific functional groups and carbon skeleton had specific biological profiles. Among the compounds tested, the derivatives (E)-2-(3,4-dimethoxybenzylidene)- 5-((E)-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl) acryloyl) cyclopentanone (3e), and (E)-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)-5-((E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl) acryloyl)-cyclopentanone (3d) and the parent compound curcumin exhibited the strongest free radical scavenging and antioxidant capacity. Concerning the other biological activities studied the compound (E)-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)-5-((E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-phenyl)- acryloyl) cyclopentanone (3d) was the most potent angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, while the derivatives (E)-2-(4-hydroxybenzylidene)-6-((E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl) acryloyl) cyclohexanone (2b), (E)-2-(3,4-dimethoxybenzylidene)-6-((E)-3( 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl) acryloyl) cyclohexanone (2e) and (E)-2-(3,4-dimethoxybenzylidene)-5-(( E)-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl) acryloyl) cyclopentanone (3e) exhibited strong tyrosinase inhibition. Moreover, (E)-2-(3,4-dimethoxybenzylidene)-6-((E)-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-acryloyl) cyclohexanone (2e) was also found to be the strongest human HIV-1 protease inhibitor in vitro among the tested compounds. Cytotoxicity studies using normal human lung cells revealed that the novel curcumin as well as its carbocyclic analogs are not toxic.
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