Antiallergic Activity of 3--Dodecyl-l-ascorbic Acid.

2--Alkyl-l-ascorbic acids and 3--alkyl-l-ascorbic acids were synthesized, and their degranulation inhibitory activities were evaluated. Among ascorbic acid derivatives with butyl, octyl, dodecyl, hexadecyl, and octadecyl groups introduced at the C-2 or C-3 positions, an AA derivative with a dodecyl group introduced at the C-3 position, 3--dodecyl-l-ascorbic acid (compound ), showed the strongest inhibitory activity against antigen-stimulated degranulation. Compound also inhibited calcium ionophore-stimulated degranulation.

Synthesis of Ascorbic Acid Derivatives with Different Types of C Straight Acyl Chain and Their Neurite Outgrowth-Enhancing Activities.

We previously reported that 2-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-6-O-octanoyl-L-ascorbic acid, having a C straight acyl chain, at a concentration of 100 μM remarkably enhanced nerve growth factor (NGF)-induced neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells after being metabolized to L-ascorbic acid (AA) as an active form by esterase and α-glucosidase. In this study, to examine the structure-activity relationship of 6-O-substituted AA derivatives with a C straight acyl chain for neurite outgrowth-promoting activity, we synthesized AA derivatives 1-4 and compared their activities for promoting NGF-induced neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells. AA derivatives 1-4 showed neurite outgrowth-enhancing activity at 100 μM, while AA derivative 2 also showed the enhancing activity at 3 μM.