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Abstract
We successfully prepared novel Fusidic acid-linked crown ethers with various cavity sizes and fully characterised them using 1H NMR,13C NMR (Broadband, DEPT-135, and DEPT-90), and ESI-MS. All the crown ethers and the precursor (Fusidic acid) were examined for their antioxidant and α-glucosidase inhibition activities. The crown ethers demonstrated excellent antioxidant activity, with IC50 values ranging from 11.4 ± 0.54 to 45.6 ± 0.11 μM. They showed moderate α-glucosidase inhibitory effects, with IC50 values ranging from 34.2 ± 0.23 to 65.7 ± 0.09 μM, compared to standards Butylated hydroxyanisole (IC50 = 44.2 ± 0.36 μM) and deoxynojirimycin (IC50 = 3.9 ± 0.71 μM), respectively. Notably, antioxidant activities increased in the crown ethers compared to parent Fusidic acid, highlighting the role of the crown moiety in enhancing activity. Molecular docking studies on human antioxidant proteins revealed that the most active antioxidant compounds exhibit fewer hydrogen bonds and higher alkyl bond interactions.
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The aim of Natural Product Research is to publish important contributions in the field of natural product chemistry. The journal covers all aspects of research in the chemistry and biochemistry of naturally occurring compounds.
The communications include coverage of work on natural substances of land and sea and of plants, microbes and animals. Discussions of structure elucidation, synthesis and experimental biosynthesis of natural products as well as developments of methods in these areas are welcomed in the journal. Finally, research papers in fields on the chemistry-biology boundary, eg. fermentation chemistry, plant tissue culture investigations etc., are accepted into the journal.
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