Publications by authors named "Marcelo Preite"

Four synthetic Schiff bases (PSB1 [(E)-2-(((4-aminopyridin-3-yl)imino)methyl)-4,6-dibromophenol], PSB2 [(E)-2-(((4-aminopyridin-3-yl)imino)methyl)-4,6-diiodophenol], PSB3 [(E)-2-(((4-aminopyridin-3-yl)imino)methyl)-4-iodophenol], and PSB4 [(E)-2-(((4-aminopyridin-3-yl)imino)methyl)-4-chloro-6-iodophenol]) were fully characterized. These compounds exhibit an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the hydroxyl group of the phenolic ring and the nitrogen of the azomethine group, contributing to their stability. Their antimicrobial activity was evaluated against various Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, and it was found that the synthetic pyridine Schiff bases, as well as their precursors, showed no discernible antimicrobial effect on Gram-negative bacteria, including Typhi (and mutant derivatives), Typhimurium, , and .

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Searching for adequate and effective compounds displaying antimicrobial activities, especially against Gram-positive bacteria, is an important research area due to the high hospitalization and mortality rates of these bacterial infections in both the human and veterinary fields. In this work, we explored ()-4-amino-3-((3,5-di--butyl-2-hydroxybenzylidene)amino) benzoic acid (SB-1, harboring an intramolecular hydrogen bond) and ()-2-((4-nitrobenzilidene)amino)aniline (SB-2), two Schiff bases derivatives. Results demonstrated that SB-1 showed an antibacterial activity determined by the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) against , , and (Gram-positive bacteria involved in human and animal diseases such as skin infections, pneumonia, diarrheal syndrome, and urinary tract infections, among others), which was similar to that shown by the classical antibiotic chloramphenicol.

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Sodium-dodecyl-sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) can be used to separate proteins based mainly on their size such as in denaturing gels. Different staining methods have been reported to observe proteins in the gel matrix, where the most used dyes are generally anionic. Anionic dyes allow for interactions with protonated amino acids, retaining the dye in the proteins.

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In this study, we explored new properties of the bioinspired pyridine benzimidazole compound (2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-(3H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridine-2-yl)phenol) regarding its potential use as a differential biomarker. For that, we performed 1D HNMR (TOCSY), UV-Vis absorption spectra in different organic solvents, voltammetry profile (including a scan-rate study), and TD-DFT calculations that including NBO analyses, to provide valuable information about structure and luminescence. In our study, we found that the structure is highly stable, where the presence of an intramolecular hydrogen bond (IHB) seems to have a crucial role in the stability of luminescence, and its emission can be assigned as fluorescence.

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Article Synopsis
  • - Chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH), linked to obstructive sleep apnea, leads to increased oxidative stress, blood vessel dysfunction, and high blood pressure due to changes in nitric oxide levels influenced by arginase activity and superoxide radicals.
  • - In a study with hypertensive rats, treatments using an arginase inhibitor (ABH) and an antioxidant (NAC), separately or in combination, were tested to see if they could improve blood vessel function and lower blood pressure.
  • - Results showed that while ABH effectively restored normal contraction and relaxation responses in carotid arteries, NAC alone did not, although it did contribute to improvements when combined with ABH, particularly in femoral arteries.
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The asymmetric unit of the title solvate, C(20)H(14)O(4)·2C(2)D(6)OS, contains half of the substituted terephthalic acid mol-ecule and one solvent mol-ecule. The centroid of the central benzene ring in the acid mol-ecule is coincident with a crystallographic inversion center. Neither the carboxyl nor the phenyl substituents are coplanar with the central aromatic ring, showing dihedral angles of 53.

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The title mol-ecule, C(21)H(26)O(3), has a six-membered planar carbon ring as the central core, substituted at position 1 with phen-oxy-carbonyl, at position 2 with hy-droxy and at positions 3 and 5 with tert-butyl groups. The structure shows two independent but very similar mol-ecules within the asymmetric unit. For both independent mol-ecules, the ester carboxyl-ate group is coplanar with the central core, as reflected by the small C-C-O-C torsion angles [179.

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Two naturally occurring 11-nordrimanes were synthesized, and their (1)H and (13)C NMR spectra were unambiguously assigned in full for the first time.

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Treatment of a homoallylic alcohol with lead(IV) acetate in refluxing benzene for 2 hours results in an oxidative cleavage to give a carbonyl compound and an allylic acetate with high yield.

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The Diels-Alder reaction between two polygodial-derived dienes and simple quinones to yield substituted naphtho- and anthraquinones, is described. The in vitro trypanocide activity for the series was determined. Two of the new compounds showed an activity ten and two times higher, respectively, than nifurtimox and benznidazole, the medicines of choice for the treatment of the acute Chagas' disease.

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