Role of isothiocyanate conjugate of pterostilbene on the inhibition of MCF-7 cell proliferation and tumor growth in Ehrlich ascitic cell induced tumor bearing mice.

Naturally occurring pterostilbene (PTER) and isothiocyanate (ITC) attract great attention due to their wide range of biological properties, including anti-cancer, anti-leukemic, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory activities. A novel class of hybrid compound synthesized by introducing an ITC moiety on PTER backbone was evaluated for its anti-cancer efficacy in hormone-dependent breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) in vitro and Ehrlich ascitic tumor bearing mice model in vivo. The novel hybrid molecule showed significant in vitro anti-cancer activity (IC50=25 ± 0.

Hypervalent iodine mediated synthesis of carbamate protected p-quinone monoimine ketals and p-benzoquinone monoketals.

A simple and efficient method for the synthesis of p-quinone monoimide ketals and p-benzoquinone monoketals by using a hypervalent iodine reagent, diacetoxyiodobenzene, has been developed. These two types of ketals are achieved from a single starting material by varying the reaction conditions.

Chemical generation of o-quinone monoimines for the rapid construction of 1,4-benzoxazine derivatives.

Highly reactive o-benzoquinone monoimines were chemically generated and successfully trapped with electron-rich olefins that led to the synthesis of hitherto unknown 1,4-benzoxazine derivatives. This unprecedented transformation was achieved by the oxidation of o-aminophenols bearing appropriate functionality on the arene residue with less expensive hypervalent iodine reagent in the presence of vinylic ethers or thioethers.

Long term induction by pterostilbene results in autophagy and cellular differentiation in MCF-7 cells via ROS dependent pathway.

This study shows the effect of pterostilbene on intracellular neutral lipid accumulation in MCF-7 breast cancer cells leading to growth arrest and autophagy. On exposing the breast cancer cells with 30 μM pterostilbene for 72 h there was almost 2-folds increase in neutral lipids and triglycerides. Also the phytochemical caused a 4-folds increase in the expression of adipogenic differentiation marker c/EBPα.