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Natural compounds active against mycobacteria (review)
Kunáková, Martina ; Krátký, Martin (advisor) ; Vinšová, Jarmila (referee)
The main topic of the bachelor thesis is compounds isolated from natural sources, which contribute significantly to the discovery of new therapeutic methods in many medical problems. The aim of the work, was to focus specifically on those compounds that showed significant antimycobacterial activity against pathogens of the genus Mycobacterium, especially against M. tuberculosis. The theoretical part focuses on the genus Mycobacterium itself and its basic characteristics. In addition, the work also focused on the specific species causing the non-tuberculous forms of the disease and those behind the outbreak of tuberculosis in the human body. The last chapter of the theoretical part deals with tuberculosis and its brief description, together with the treatment and the issues related to development of drug resistance during treatment. In the following section, specific compounds that exhibit antimycobacterial activity and have the potential to be developed as new drugs are described. Keywords: aldehydes, alkaloids, antituberculotics, compounds of natural origin, cyanobacteria, essential oils, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mycobacteria, naphthoquinones, resistance, steroid hormones, terpenes, triterpenes, tuberculosis
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Search for new natural alpha-glucosidase inhibitors
Kašpárková, Michaela ; Karlíčková, Jana (advisor) ; Carazo Fernández, Alejandro (referee)
Charles University Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany Student: Michaela Kašpárková Supervisor: PharmDr. Jana Karlíčková, Ph.D. Title of diploma thesis: Search for new natural α-glucosidase inhibitors α-glucosidase is one of the main enzymes that break down carbohydrates in the digestive tract. Its physiological function is mainly the cleavage of α-(1,4) bonds of oligosaccharides and enabling the absorption of D-glucose into the bloodstream. As a result, there is an increase in postprandial blood glucose values, which is not desirable in patients with diabetes or in people with a high risk of developing it. Flavonoids are natural polyphenolic substances found in many natural components of our food. These substances are known for their positive effects on human health, which also include the ability to inhibit the α-glucosidase enzyme. Therefore, the aim of this work was to determine the inhibitory activity of flavonoids against the α-glucosidase enzyme and the subsequent assessment of the structure-activity relationship. Using twenty-two selected flavonoids belonging to five different structural groups, the inhibitory activity on the yeast α-glucosidase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae was determined by spectrophotometric measurements in vitro....
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Biochemical Aspects of Artwork Restoring
Boledovičová, Petra ; Hudeček, Jiří (advisor) ; Kubíčková, Božena (referee)
The following bachelor thesis is focussed on findings on the field of art restoring in connection with its biochemical aspects. In itroduction is resumed brief history of art restoring and generally defined terms of preservation, restoring, art and paint. For better understanding basic paint techniques (aquarelle, gouache, tempera and oil painting), strata sequence and instruments and materials commonly used for art work are mentioned. Most frequently used organic and inorganic pigments are briefly mentioned, however this thesis is mainly focussed on applied organic compounds - lipids, proteins, polysacharides and terpenoids - its composition, characteristics, usagea nd possible interactions. The following thesis is written in czech. Key words: restoring, art work, paint, organic binders, lipids, proteins, polysacharides, terpenoids
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Molecular mechanism of anti-cancer activity of selected natural compounds.
Smolová, Dagmar ; Vališ, Karel (advisor) ; Flieger, Miroslav (referee)
Molecular mechanism of anti-cancer activity of selected natural compounds Přírodovědecká fakulta Univerzity Karlovi v Praze Smolová Dagmar Nowadays, cancer is affecting more then a third of the world's population and it's the cau- se of more than 20% of all deaths. A better understanding of cancer at the epigenic, gene- tic, molecular and cellular levels is opening up lots of opportunities to intervene with the goal of preventing end-stage of the invasive disease. Recently, much attention is paid to the natural substances because of its ability to interact specifically in the tumorgenesis. This compounds are preferred before the standard treatment because of its availability and safe- ty. In this work, there were observed the effects of 6-shogaol, 6-gingerol and galangin in the leukemic cells Jurkat. The greatest efficiency was showed by 6-shogaol wich caused apoptosis in cells by activating the antiproliferative signalling of Hippo pathway and it also decreased the expression of C-MYC oncogene. There was also a decline of C-MYC onco- protein wich has a key role in the tumor cells metabolism through it's ability to provide enought of energy for the growth and active proliferation. (In Czech)
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The use of separation techniques in phytochemical analysis
Víchová, Simona ; Jenčo, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Chlebek, Jakub (referee)
Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department: Department of Pharmaceutical Botany Candidate: Simona Víchová Supervisor: RNDr. Jaroslav Jenčo, Ph.D. Title of dissertation thesis: The use of separation techniques in phytochemical analysis The alkaloid extract obtained from stems with immature capsules from Papaver rhoeas L. was subjected to a phytochemical study. The summary extract was separated into individual fractions by Flash chromatography. After performing biological tests for inhibitory activities of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase, the fraction PPR-11 and PPR-12 was selected. The fraction showed the highest activity against butyrylcholinesterase (95.55 ± 0.96 and 97.03 ± 0.79% inhibition of butyrylcholinesterase at 50 /g / ml). The combined PPR 11-12 fractions were purified by preparative chromatography to individual subfractions, which were purified by preparative thin layer chromatography. A monocomponent crystalline substance of alkaloid origin was obtained from the subfraction named PPR 11-12Fr # 8-A. Based on instrumental analysis, the analyte was identified as an alkaloid of the aporphine type (+)-caaverine. The inhibitory activities against acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase for (+)-caaverine, were determined and compared with...
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Synthesis of selaginpulvilins
Beytlerová, Nela ; Kotora, Martin (advisor) ; Hájíček, Josef (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focused on the application of [2+2+2] cyclotrimerization in the total synthesis of natural fluorene derivate, selaginpulvilin D, which was isolated from the plant Selaginella pulvinata. The plant is used in the traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of asthma and traumatic injuries. The study is focused on development of the catalytic cyclotrimerization reaction that is used to prepare the key intermediate. The integral part of the project is a study how various catalysts and catalytic systems, solvents and reaction temperatures affect the course of the reaction. Synthesis of the suitable cyclotrimerization precursor was achieved from benzaldehyde and the formal synthesis of selaginpulvilin D was completed by conversion of cyclotrimerization product to the known intermediate of the selaginpulvilin D synthesis. Key words: [2+2+2] cyclotrimerization, selaginpulvilin D, natural compound, fluorene core
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Application of enantioselective allylation for synthesis of compounds isolated from Streptomyces gramineus
Morávková, Terézia ; Kotora, Martin (advisor) ; Matoušová, Eliška (referee)
E-492, actinofuranone A, and JBIR-108 are natural compounds isolated from actinobacteria Streptomyces genus and can lead to the development of new pharmaceuticals as they have some biological interesting activities. Although the synthesis of these actinofuranones has been already published, this work brings new methods for the preparation of their fragments. The key step of the synthesis is enantioselective crotylboration of an aldehyde catalyzed by a chiral Brønsted acid and by which two centres of chirality are introduced in one step. The other crucial steps of the synthesis are composed of Ru-catalyzed alkene-alkene cross-metathesis and Pd- catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling. Keywords: natural compound, enantioselective syntheses, crotylation, catalysis, actinofuranone fragment
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Using of techniques of mass spectrometry in the analysis of natural compounds
Vopelková, Alžběta ; Cahlíková, Lucie (advisor) ; Šafratová, Marcela (referee)
Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Pharmaceutical Botany and Ecology Candidate: Bc. Alžběta Vopelková Supervisor: doc. Ing. Lucie Cahlíková, Ph.D. Title of diploma thesis: Using of techniques of mass spectrometry in the analysis of natural compounds This diploma thesis deals with the topic " Using of techniques of mass spectrometry in the analysis of natural compounds ". The aim of the work was to create a research work and describe the profile of alkaloids in individual genera of the family Amaryllidaceae. The introduction to the theoretical part summarizes the analyzes gas chromatography (GC). Alkaloids have been classified according to their heterocyclic parts and the family Amaryllidaceae has been described. The work was based on professional texts by Czech and foreign authors. Used sources focused on the analysis of alkaloids in bulbs, or in the aboveground parts of plants in this family, using gas chromatography with mass detection (GC-MS). Key words: mass spectometry, analysis, natural compounds
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Natural compounds applicable for the treatment of metabolic syndrome
Hradecká, Michaela ; Karlíčková, Jana (advisor) ; Kašparová, Marie (referee)
Hradecká M.: Natural compounds applicable for the treatment of metabolic syndrome, Diploma thesis 2018/2019, Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, pp. 60. Occurence of metabolic syndrome is increasing worldwide in children and adults. The use of natural compounds is one of possibilities in the prevention and treatment of metabolic syndrome. These compounds may act complexly or affect individual risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome. Selected plants with these effects are incorporated into my diploma thesis (for example Allium sativum, Crataegus laevigata, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Persea americana, Rosmarinus officinalis, Silybum marianum and Vaccinium myrtillus). The alga Undaria pinnatifida and fungus Pleurotus sajor-caju are also mentioned. It is necessary to carry out other clinical studies, where the positive effect of mentioned constituents will be confirmed, which could be added to the list of phytopharmaceuticals used to prevent, slow down or treat the metabolic syndrome in the future. Keywords: natural compounds, metabolic syndrome
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