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Xu M, Heidmarsson S, Olafsdottir ES, Buonfiglio R, Kogej T, Omarsdottir S. Secondary metabolites from cetrarioid lichens: Chemotaxonomy, biological activities and pharmaceutical potential. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2016; 23:441-459. [PMID: 27064003 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2016.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Revised: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lichens, as a symbiotic association of photobionts and mycobionts, display an unmatched environmental adaptability and a great chemical diversity. As an important morphological group, cetrarioid lichens are one of the most studied lichen taxa for their phylogeny, secondary chemistry, bioactivities and uses in folk medicines, especially the lichen Cetraria islandica. However, insufficient structure elucidation and discrepancy in bioactivity results could be found in a few studies. PURPOSE This review aimed to present a more detailed and updated overview of the knowledge of secondary metabolites from cetrarioid lichens in a critical manner, highlighting their potentials for pharmaceuticals as well as other applications. Here we also highlight the uses of molecular phylogenetics, metabolomics and ChemGPS-NP model for future bioprospecting, taxonomy and drug screening to accelerate applications of those lichen substances. CHAPTERS The paper starts with a short introduction in to the studies of lichen secondary metabolites, the biological classification of cetrarioid lichens and the aim. In light of ethnic uses of cetrarioid lichens for therapeutic purposes, molecular phylogeny is proposed as a tool for future bioprospecting of cetrarioid lichens, followed by a brief discussion of the taxonomic value of lichen substances. Then a delicate description of the bioactivities, patents, updated chemical structures and lichen sources is presented, where lichen substances are grouped by their chemical structures and discussed about their bioactivity in comparison with reference compounds. To accelerate the discovery of bioactivities and potential drug targets of lichen substances, the application of the ChemGPS NP model is highlighted. Finally the safety concerns of lichen substances (i.e. toxicity and immunogenicity) and future-prospects in the field are exhibited. CONCLUSION While the ethnic uses of cetrarioid lichens and the pharmaceutical potential of their secondary metabolites have been recognized, the knowledge of a large number of lichen substances with interesting structures is still limited to various in vitro assays with insufficient biological annotations, and this area still deserves more research in bioactivity, drug targets and screening. Attention should be paid on the accurate interpretation of their bioactivity for further applications avoiding over-interpretations from various in vitro bioassays.
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- Maonian Xu
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland, Hagi, Hofsvallagata 53, IS-107 Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Akureyri Division, IS-600 Akureyri, Iceland
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland, Hagi, Hofsvallagata 53, IS-107 Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Chemistry Innovation Centre, Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal SE-43183, Sweden
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- Chemistry Innovation Centre, Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal SE-43183, Sweden
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland, Hagi, Hofsvallagata 53, IS-107 Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Moreira ASN, Braz-Filho R, Mussi-Dias V, Vieira IJC. Chemistry and biological activity of ramalina lichenized fungi. Molecules 2015; 20:8952-87. [PMID: 25996207 PMCID: PMC6272487 DOI: 10.3390/molecules20058952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2015] [Revised: 05/01/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Lichens are a form of symbiont between a fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium, which contains a wide variety of organic compounds with certain secondary metabolite classes typical of these organisms. The Ramalina genus has approximately 246 species distributed around the World, of which in this review approximately 118 species with published chemical or biological activity studies of extracts or isolated compounds were cited. From the 153 mentioned compounds, only 27 passed were tested for biological activity, being usnic acid the most studied compound and the one showing the best results in almost all in vitro tests performed, although other compounds also presented excellent results as antimicrobial, antitumor and anti-inflammatory agents, among others. Extracts of several species also presented significant results in performed biological tests, demonstrating the potential that these organisms have, in particular, the gender Ramalina, to produce bioactive molecules that can be used as a model for the production of pharmaceuticals.
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- Antônio Sérgio Nascimento Moreira
- Laboratório de Ciências Químicas, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, UENF, Avenida Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Instituto Federal Fluminense, IFF, Avenida Souza Mota 350, Parque Fundão, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28060-010 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Ciências Químicas, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, UENF, Avenida Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Entomologia e Fitopatologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, UENF, Avenida Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Ciências Químicas, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, UENF, Avenida Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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de Santana-Filho AP, Camilios-Neto D, de Souza LM, Sassaki GL, Mitchell DA, Krieger N. Evaluation of the Structural Composition and Surface Properties of Rhamnolipid Mixtures Produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa UFPEDA 614 in Different Cultivation Periods. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2014; 175:988-95. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-014-1343-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Accepted: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rodríguez W, Osorno O, Ramos FA, Duque C, Zea S. New fatty acids from Colombian Caribbean Sea sponges. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2010.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sassaki GL, Gorin PAJ, Reis RA, Serrato RV, Elífio SL, Iacomini M. Carbohydrate, glycolipid, and lipid components from the photobiont (Scytonema sp.) of the lichen, Dictyomema glabratum. Carbohydr Res 2005; 340:1808-17. [PMID: 15963960 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2005.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2005] [Accepted: 05/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The photobiont of the lichen, Dictyonema glabratum (Scytonema sp.), was isolated and cultivated in a soil-extract medium and submitted to chemical analysis. Successive extractions with CHCl3-MeOH, aqueous MeOH, and H2O gave rise to solutions of lipids (25%), low-molecular-weight carbohydrates (22%), and polysaccharides (4%), respectively. TLC of the lipid extract showed the presence of glycolipids, which were further purified and examined by NMR spectroscopy and GC-MS. Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (1%), digalactosyldiacylglycerol (0.8%), trigalactosyldiacylglycerol (0.4%), and sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (0.5%) were identified. The most abundant fatty acid ester in each fraction was palmitic (C16:0), but a great variation of the ester composition from one to another was found. Others present were those of C12:0, C14:0, C15:0, C16:1, C17:0, C18:0, C18:1, C18:2, C18:3, C22:0, C22:2, and C24:0. The lipid extract was also subjected to acid methanolysis, which gave rise to dodecane, 2-Me-heptadecane, 2,6-Me2-octadecane, and 8-Me-octadecane, methyl esters of C14:0, C15:0, C16:0, C16:1, C17:0, C18:0, C18:1, C18:2, C20:0, and C24:0 fatty acids, and the dimethyl ester of decanedioic acid. The polysaccharide had mainly Glc, Gal, and Man, with small amounts of 3-O-methylrhamnose and 2-O-methylxylose, both found in plants, and unexpectedly, some of the units were beta-galactofuranose, typical of fungal, but not cyanobacterial polysaccharides. The low-molecular-weight carbohydrates showed mannose as the main free reducing sugar, which differs from Nostoc sp. and Trebouxia sp. photobionts.
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- Guilherme L Sassaki
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19046, 81531-990, Curitiba-PR, Brazil.
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Reis RA, Iacomini M, Gorin PAJ, de Souza LM, Grube M, Cordeiro LMC, Sassaki GL. Fatty acid composition of the tropical lichenTeloschistes flavicansand its cultivated symbionts. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 247:1-6. [PMID: 15927741 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2005] [Revised: 03/24/2005] [Accepted: 04/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Fatty acid components, in both the free and combined form of the intact tropical lichen Teloschistes flavicans, and its isolated photobiont and mycobiont, were analyzed by GC-MS of derived methyl esters. Its rDNA analysis confirmed that the isolated cultured symbionts belong to the genera Trebouxia and Teloschistes, respectively. The fatty acid composition of the lichen did not correspond to those found in the isolated symbionts, suggesting that the fatty acid metabolism is markedly influenced by the symbiosis. Differences in the fatty acid composition in the lichen were observed during the summer (27 degrees C), when the main fatty acids were saturated and in the winter (22 degrees C) when an increase of unsaturated fatty acids occurred. Similar differences of composition were also observed for the cultured mycobiont at different temperatures. The increase in the unsaturation level at low temperatures would maintain the membrane fluidity. Our results are the first on the fatty acids of a tropical lichen and suggest that it is sensitive to small temperature variations, which influences its saturated and unsaturated fatty acid composition.
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- Rodrigo Arantes Reis
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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Halket JM, Zaikin VV. Derivatization in mass spectrometry-3. Alkylation (arylation). EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (CHICHESTER, ENGLAND) 2004; 10:1-19. [PMID: 15100474 DOI: 10.1255/ejms.619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The review is devoted to alkylation (arylation) as a widely employed derivatization procedure for the protection of OH (carboxylic acids, phosphoric acids, sulfonic acids, alcohols, polyols, phenols, enols), SH (thiols) and NH (amines, amides) groups in order to increase volatility, to improve the chromatographic properties and, if possible, mass spectral properties of derivatives. Chemical aspects of derivatization and various alkylation (arylation) reagents and reaction procedures are described. Specific mass spectral (electron ionization, chemical ionization) features of derivatives helpful in identification, structure elucidation, profiling and quantitative determination of the above-mentioned polar compounds by coupled gas chromatography or high-performance liquid chromatography are discussed. Some common analytical applications of the procedures in organic chemistry, clinical chemistry, environmental chemistry etc. are briefly summarized.
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- John M Halket
- Drug Control Centre, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NN, UK.
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Torres A, Dor I, Rotem J, Srebnik M, Dembitsky VM. Characterization of surface n-alkanes and fatty acids of the epiphytic lichen Xanthoria parietina, its photobiont a green alga Trebouxia sp., and its mycobiont, from the Jerusalem hills. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2003; 270:2120-5. [PMID: 12752431 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03556.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Surface alkanes and fatty acids from the thalli of the lichen Xanthoria parietina, its photobiont Trebouxia sp., and its mycobiont were analysed by GC-MS. The green alga Trebouxia sp. synthesized mainly unsaturated fatty acids such as (Z,Z,Z)-9,12,15-18 : 3 (Z,Z)-9,12-18 : 2 and (Z)-9-18 : 1, and light alkanes C8-C15 (up to 83% of total n-alkanes). However, the mycobiont contained mainly saturated fatty acids such as hexadecanoic (16 : 0) and octadecanoic acid (18 : 0), and also very long-chain n-alkanes C22-C34. Dehydroabietic acid was found in both lichen and mycobiont. The occurrence of different amounts of n-alkanes and fatty acids in the photobionts and mycobionts of X. parietina was shown for the first time. Lichens collected from different locations in the Jerusalem hills contained n-alkanes ranging in concentration from 187 to 211 mg x (g dry wt)-1; n-alkane concentrations in the photobiont and mycobiont were 17-24 and 215-262 mg x (g dry wt)-1, respectively.
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- A Torres
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, PO Box 12065, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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Gas chromatographic and mass spectrometric methods for the characterisation of long-chain fatty acids. Anal Chim Acta 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2670(02)00401-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Rosenfeld J. Application of analytical derivatizations to the quantitative and qualitative determination of fatty acids. Anal Chim Acta 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2670(02)00467-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A comprehensive survey has been made of all fatty acids containing halogen atoms covalently bonded to carbon and which are deemed as naturally occurring. Generally thought to be minor components produced by many different organisms, these interesting compounds now number more than 300. Recent research, especially in the marine area, indicates this number will increase in the future. Sources of halogenated fatty acids include microorganisms, algae, marine invertebrates, and higher plants and some animals. Their possible biological significance has also been discussed
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- Valery M Dembitsky
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, PO Box 12065, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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