THE PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIONS OF CAPAURINE

1944 ◽  
Vol 22e (3) ◽  
pp. 64-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Reynolds ◽  
R. A. Waud
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Methyl Ether ◽  
Plant Family ◽  
Ether Derivative ◽  
Central Origin ◽  
Convulsant Drug

The pharmacological actions of a new alkaloid, capaurine, and its O-methyl ether derivative have been studied. Capaurine was isolated from Corydalis aurea, a member of the plant family Fumariaceae, which is indigenous to Canada.The base produces paralysis in frogs and convulsions in mice and rabbits, both effects being of central origin. The heart is depressed as is the smooth muscle of the intestine and uterus. Capaurine O-methyl ether is a convulsant drug exhibiting actions on the heart and smooth muscle quite similar to those of the alkaloid itself.

A revision of the structures proposed for the melicope extractives, melicopol and methylmelicopol

1973 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 2459 ◽  
Author(s):  
BS Balgir ◽  
LN Mander ◽  
STK Mander
Keyword(s):  
Methyl Ether ◽  
Partial Methylation ◽  
Ether Derivative

2,4,6-Trihydroxybenzoic acid was converted by partial methylation, formylation, and then reduction into methyl 2-hydroxy-3-hydroxymethyl- 4,6-dimethoxybenzoate (5) which proved different from dimethyldegeranylmelicopol. Methyl 6-geranyloxy-2-hydroxy-3- hydroxymethyl-4-methoxybenzoate (4), its neryl analogue (7), and methyl 4-geranyloxy-2-hydroxy-3-hydroxymethyl-6-methoxybenzoate (21) were prepared similarly but all were different from methylmelicopol. From a re-investigation of earlier work, melicopol and methylmelicopol were assigned new structures, 6?-geranyloxy-2,2?,4?-tri-hydroxy-3?- methoxyacetophenone (31) and its 4?-methyl ether derivative (24), respectively. Dimethyldegeranylmelicopol, 2,6?-dihydroxy-2?,3?,4?- trimethoxyacetophenone (25), was prepared from antiarol (28) and acetoxyacetonitrile.

An Alternative Route to 2-Bromo-Estradiols and 2-Iodo-Estradiols From Estradiol

1987 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 303 ◽  
Author(s):  
DJ Pert ◽  
DD Ridley
Keyword(s):  
Methyl Ether ◽  
Alternative Route ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Careful Choice ◽  
Ether Derivative ◽  
Trimethylsilyl Derivatives

Through careful choice of reaction conditions, alkylation of estradiol with chloromethyl methyl ether may yield either the 3,17β-bis(methoxymethy1) ether or the 3-methoxymethyl ether derivative. Treatment of either of these protected estradiols with s- butyllithium, then with trimethylsilyl chloride affords, regioselectively, the 2-trimethylsilyl derivatives which can conveniently be converted into 2-bromo-or 2-iodo-estradiol.

Lacinilene C methyl ether (LCME) constricts tracheal smooth muscle

1988 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Russell ◽  
John P. McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Methyl Ether ◽  
Tracheal Smooth Muscle

scholarly journals Molecularly imprinted polymeric coatings for sensitive and selective gravimetric detection of artemether

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (57) ◽  
pp. 34355-34363
Author(s):  
Usman Arshad ◽  
Adnan Mujahid ◽  
Peter Lieberzeit ◽  
Adeel Afzal ◽  
Sadia Zafar Bajwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Methyl Ether ◽  
Antimalarial Drugs ◽  
Polymeric Coatings ◽  
Molecularly Imprinted ◽  
Chemical Structures ◽  
Ether Derivative

Chemical structures of the antimalarial drugs: artemisinin, artemether (a methyl ether derivative of artemisinin), and lumefantrine.

The Cellular Origin in Atheromatous Lesion

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
T. M. Murad ◽  
H. A. I. Newman ◽  
K. F. Kern
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Smooth Muscle Cells ◽  
Rabbit Aorta ◽  
Mixed Population ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cellular Origin ◽  
Ultrastructural Studies ◽  
Atherosclerotic Lesions ◽  
Show Evidence ◽  
Early Lesion

The origin of lipid containing cells in atheromatous lesion has been disputed. Geer in his study on atheromatous lesions of rabbit aorta, suggested that the early lesion is composed mainly of lipid-laden macrophages and the later lesion has a mixed population of macrophages and smooth muscle cells. Parker on the other hand, was able to show evidence that the rabbit lesion is primarily composed of lipid-laden cells of smooth muscle origin. The above studies and many others were done on an intact lesion without any attempt of cellular isolation previous to their ultrastructural studies. Cell isolation procedures have been established for atherosclerotic lesions through collagenase and elastase digestion Therefore this procedure can be utilized to identify the cells involved in rabbit atheroma.

Electron Probe Analysis of Muscle

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 398-401
Author(s):  
A. V. Somlyo ◽  
H. Shuman ◽  
A. P. Somlyo
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Resting State ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Electron Probe ◽  
Frog Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Electron Probe Analysis ◽  
Probe Analysis

Electron probe analysis of frozen dried cryosections of frog skeletal muscle, rabbit vascular smooth muscle and of isolated, hyperpermeab1 e rabbit cardiac myocytes has been used to determine the composition of the cytoplasm and organelles in the resting state as well as during contraction. The concentration of elements within the organelles reflects the permeabilities of the organelle membranes to the cytoplasmic ions as well as binding sites. The measurements of [Ca] in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and mitochondria at rest and during contraction, have direct bearing on their role as release and/or storage sites for Ca in situ.

Neuronal and Extraneuronal Uptake of 3H-Norepinephrine in the Heart of the Active Bat: An Electron Microscopic Radioautographic Study

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 522-523
Author(s):  
Martin Hagopian ◽  
Michael D. Gershon ◽  
Eladio A. Nunez
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Monoamine Oxidase ◽  
Vascular Smooth Muscle ◽  
Cardiac Muscle ◽  
Maximum Rate ◽  
External Medium ◽  
Extraneuronal Uptake ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Cardiac Tissues ◽  
High Affinity

The ability of cardiac tissues to take up norepinephrine from an external medium is well known. Two mechanisms, called Uptake and Uptake respectively by Iversen have been differentiated. Uptake is a high affinity system associated with adrenergic neuronal elements. Uptake is a low affinity system, with a higher maximum rate than that of Uptake. Uptake has been associated with extraneuronal tissues such as cardiac muscle, fibroblasts or vascular smooth muscle. At low perfusion concentrations of norepinephrine most of the amine taken up by Uptake is metabolized. In order to study the localization of sites of norepinephrine storage following its uptake in the active bat heart, tritiated norepinephrine (2.5 mCi; 0.064 mg) was given intravenously to 2 bats. Monoamine oxidase had been inhibited with pheniprazine (10 mg/kg) one hour previously to decrease metabolism of norepinephrine.

Some Conditions Necessary for Pinocytosis

1968 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 142-143
Author(s):  
M. W. Brightman
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Cell Membrane ◽  
Toxic Effects ◽  
Cytological Evidence ◽  
Cell Processes

The cytological evidence for pinocytosis is the focal infolding of the cell membrane to form surface pits that eventually pinch off and move into the cytoplasm. This activity, which can be inhibited by oxidative and glycolytic poisons, is performed only by cell processes that are at least 300A wide. However, the interpretation of such toxic effects becomes equivocal if the membrane invaginations do not normally lead to the formation of migratory vesicles, as in some endothelia and in smooth muscle. The present study is an attempt to set forth some conditions under which pinocytosis, as distinct from the mere inclusion of material in surface invaginations, can take place.

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