Parazoanthines A-E, hydantoin alkaloids from the Mediterranean sea anemone Parazoanthus axinellae.

Five new hydantoin alkaloids, named parazoanthines A-E (1-5), were isolated as the major constituents of the Mediterranean sea anemone Parazoanthus axinellae. Their structural elucidation was achieved through NMR spectroscopic and mass spectrometric analyses. The absolute configuration of the chiral compounds 1 and 4 was determined by comparison between experimental and TDDFT-calculated CD spectra.

Meroditerpenoids and derivatives from the brown alga Cystoseira baccata and their antifouling properties.

The brown alga Cystoseira baccata harvested along the Atlantic coasts of Morocco yielded seven new meroditerpenoids (1-4) and derivatives (5-7), whose chemical structures were elucidated mainly by 2D NMR and mass spectrometry. Surprisingly, for all these compounds, which possess a bicyclo[4.3.

Theoretical investigation of the formation of a new series of antioxidant depsides from the radiolysis of flavonoid compounds.

This paper deals with the formation of a series of antioxidant depsides obtained from flavonoid solutions irradiated with gamma rays. These reactions take place in radiolyzed alcohol solutions, a medium that is very rich in many different highly reactive species and that hosts specific reactions. We focus on the first step of those reactions, i.

Reactivity of chalcones with 1-hydroxymethyl radicals.

Reactivity of chalcones with reactive species issued from methanol radiolysis was investigated in the absence or presence of dioxygen. Chalcones are natural antioxidants that are present in fruit and vegetables. Their degradation in the radiolysed solutions was followed by HPLC, NMR, FAB-LSIMS mass spectroscopy and analytical TLC in deaerated solution.

Radiolytic transformation of 2,2',4'-trihydroxychalcone.

Radiolysis of 2,2',4'-trihydroxychalcone, a natural antioxidant present in fruit and vegetables, was performed in ethanol in the absence or in the presence of dioxygen. The degradation process of chalcone was followed in de-aerated solution by HPLC, NMR, FAB-LSIMS mass spectroscopy and analytical TLC. Under anaerobic conditions, six new products (three couples of diastereoisomers) were identified.

Rice starch granule characterization by flow cytometry scattering techniques hyphenated with sedimentation field-flow fractionation.

Sedimentation field-flow fractionation (SdFFF) elution mode of micron sized particle is described generically as "Hyperlayer" and involves particle size, density, shape and rigidity. It requires the use of specific detectors of mass, size, surface, or of other characteristics of the eluted particles. Correlation of FFF retention data with such signals gives hyphenated information about particle properties.