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Pahangensin A and B,two new antibacterial diterpenes from the rhizomes of Alpinia pahangensis Ridley
Yasodha Sivasothy Halijah Ibrahim Audra Shaleena Paliany Siti Aisyah Alias Khalijah Awang 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters》2013,23(23):6280-6285
The rhizomes of Alpinia pahangensis Ridley yielded a new bis-labdanic diterpene for which the name pahangensin A (1) was proposed along with a new labdane diterpene, pahangensin B (2). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods including, 1D and 2D NMR techniques and LCMS-IT-TOF analysis. Pahangensin A (1) was found to be an antibacterial agent against Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus and Bacillus subtilis with MIC values less than 100 μg/mL, respectively. Pahangensin B (2) exhibited antibacterial activity (MIC <100 μg/mL) against B. cereus. 相似文献
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Introduction
Workplace health promotion is important in the prevention of non-communicable diseases among employees. Previous workplace health programs have shown benefits such as lowered disease prevalence, reduced medical costs and improved productivity. This study aims to evaluate the impact of a 6-year workplace health promotion program on employees’ blood pressure in a public university.Methods
In this prospective cohort study, we included 1,365 employees enrolled in the university’s workplace health promotion program, a program conducted since 2008 and using data from the 2008–2013 follow-up period. Participants were permanent employees aged 35 years and above, with at least one follow up measurements and no change in antihypertensive medication during the study period. Baseline socio-demographic information was collected using a questionnaire while anthropometry measurements and resting blood pressure were collected during annual health screening. Changes in blood pressure over time were analyzed using a linear mixed model.Results
The systolic blood pressure in the hypertension subgroup decreased 2.36 mmHg per year (p<0.0001). There was also significant improvement in systolic blood pressure among the participants who were at risk of hypertension (-0.75 mmHg, p<0.001). The diastolic blood pressure among the hypertensive and at risk subgroups improved 1.76 mmHg/year (p<0.001) and 0.56 mmHg/year (p<0.001), respectively. However, there was no change in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure among participants in the healthy subgroup over the 6-year period.Conclusion
This study shows that continuing participation in workplace health promotion program has the potential to improve blood pressure levels among employees. 相似文献3.
Yusuke Hirasawa Tomokazu Shoji Takashi Arai Alfarius E. Nugroho Jun Deguchi Takahiro Hosoya Nahoko Uchiyama Yukihiro Goda Khalijah Awang A. Hamid A. Hadi Motoo Shiro Hiroshi Morita 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters》2010,20(6):2021-2024
A new bisindole alkaloid, bisleuconothine A (1) consisting of an eburnane–aspidosperma type skeleton, was isolated from the bark of Leuconotis griffithii. The structure including absolute stereochemistry was elucidated on the basis of 2D NMR data and X-ray analysis. Bisleuconothine A (1) showed cell growth inhibitory activity against various human cancer cell lines. 相似文献
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Fui Chin Chong Beng Ti Tey Zanariah Mohd Dom Kok Hing Cheong Budiatman Satiawihardja Mohd Nordin Ibrahim Russly Abdul Rahman Dayang Radiah Awang Biak Tau Chuan Ling 《Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering》2007,12(3):250-256
Rice bran lipase (RBL) was delipidated to enhance its stability in organic solvent and its esterification activity at elevated
temperature. The esterification activity of delipidated RBL increased as temperature was increased from 45 to 65°C. The esterification
activity of delipidated RBL at 65°C was about 14 times greater than that of the non-delipidated RBL. As temperature was further
increased to 75°C, the non-delipidated RBL lost all esterification activity, whereas the delipidated RBL retained approximately
48% of its esterilication activity. The delipidated RBL maintained a relative esterification activity greater than 80% after
16 h of incubation in hexane, whereas the non-delipidated RBL maintained a relative esterification activity of only 50%. A
method for production of acylglycerol using delipidated RBL to esterify palm oil fatty acid distillate (PFAD) with glycerol
in hexane was successfully developed. The effects of reaction temperatures and type of water removal agents (silica gel and
molecular sieve) on the degree of esterification were also examined. A 4 h reaction at 65°C, catalyzed by delipidated RBL
and using silica gel as the water removal agent resulted in 53.8% esterification. Thin layer chromatography analysis suggested
that the esterified product was primarily comprised of mono-and di-acylglycerols. 相似文献
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Tadsanee Awang Nuttapon Wiriyatanakorn Patchreenart Saparpakorn Deanpen Japrung 《Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics》2017,35(4):781-790
Human serum albumin (HSA) is the most abundant protein found in blood serum. It carries essential metabolites and many drugs. The glycation of HSA causes abnormal biological effects. Importantly, glycated HSA (GHSA) is of interest as a biomarker for diabetes. Recently, the first HSA structure with bound pyranose (GLC) and open-chain (GLO) glucose at Sudlow site I has been crystallised. We therefore employed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and ONIOM calculations to study the dynamic nature of two bound glucose in a pre-glycated HSA (pGHSA) and observe how those sugars alter a protein structure comparing to wild type (Apo) and fatty acid-bound HSA (FA). Our analyses show that the overall structural stability of pGHSA is similar to Apo and FA, except Sudlow site II. Having glucose induces large protein flexibility at Sudlow site II. Besides, the presence of glucose causes W214 to reorient resulting in a change in W214 microenvironment. Considering sugars, both sugars are exposed to water, but GLO is more solvent-accessible. ONIOM results show that glucose binding is favoured for HSA (?115.04 kcal/mol) and GLO (?85.10 kcal/mol) is more preferable for Sudlow site I over GLC (?29.94 kcal/mol). GLO can strongly react with K195 and K199, whereas K195 and K199 provide slightly repulsive forces for GLC. This can confirm that an open-chain GLO is more favourable inside a pocket. 相似文献
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The aim of this study was to determine the cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of erythrocarpine E (CEB4), a limonoid extracted from Chisocheton erythrocarpus on human oral squamous cell carcinoma. Based on preliminary dimethyl-2-thiazolyl-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assays, CEB4 treated HSC-4 cells demonstrated a cytotoxic effect and inhibited cell proliferation in a time and dose dependent manner with an IC(50) value of 4.0±1.9 μM within 24 h of treatment. CEB4 was also found to have minimal cytotoxic effects on the normal cell line, NHBE with cell viability levels maintained above 80% upon treatment. Annexin V-fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) cleavage and DNA fragmentation assay results showed that CEB4 induces apoptosis mediated cell death. Western blotting results demonstrated that the induction of apoptosis by CEB4 appeared to be mediated through regulation of the p53 signalling pathway as there was an increase in p53 phosphorylation levels. CEB4 was also found to up-regulate the pro-apoptotic protein, Bax, while down-regulating the anti-apoptotic protein, Bcl-2, suggesting the involvement of the intrinsic mitochondrial pathway. Reduced levels of initiator procaspase-9 and executioner caspase-3 zymogen were also observed following CEB4 exposure, hence indicating the involvement of cytochrome c mediated apoptosis. These results demonstrate the cytotoxic and apoptotic ability of erythrocarpine E, and suggest its potential development as a cancer chemopreventive agent. 相似文献
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Awang H 《Journal of biosocial science》2005,37(4):471-479
This analysis demonstrates the application of a data duplication technique in linear regression with censored observations of the waiting time to third pregnancy ending in two outcome types, using data from Malaysia. The linear model not only confirmed the results obtained by the Cox proportional hazards model, but also identified two additional significant factors. The method provides a useful alternative when Cox proportionality assumption of the hazards is violated. 相似文献
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Zulina Zakaria Mohd Nasir Hassan Muhamad Awang 《The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment》1999,4(4):191-194
Conclusion In conclusion, LCA that is conducted and used appropriately is an indispensable tool to assist decision-makers in making an
informed decision about the environmental impacts of their activities, products or services. A global effort towards LCA use
should be encouraged and countries in the Asian/Pacific Regions should not be left out. LCA-related activities reported in
the symposium were described 相似文献
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S. Sakinah Sivan Padma Priya Sharmilah Kumari Fatin Amira Poorani K. Hiba Alsaeedy Mok Pooi Ling Hui-Yee Chee Akon Higuchi Abdullah A. Alarfaj Murugan A. Munusamy Kadarkarai Murugan Che Norma Mat Taib Palanisamy Arulselvan Mariappan Rajan Vasantha Kumari Neela Rukman Awang Hamat Giovanni Benelli S. Suresh Kumar 《Tissue & cell》2017,49(1):86-94
In this research, we characterized the histopathological impact of dengue virus (serotype DENV-2) infection in livers of BALB/c mice. The mice were infected with different doses of DENV-2 via intraperitoneal injection and liver tissues were processed for histological analyses and variation was documented. In the BALB/c mouse model, typical liver tissues showed regular hepatocyte architecture, with normal endothelial cells surrounding sinusoid capillary. Based on histopathological observations, the liver sections of BALB/c mice infected by DENV-2 exhibited a loss of cell integrity, with a widening of the sinusoidal spaces. There were marked increases in the infiltration of mononuclear cells. The areas of hemorrhage and micro- and macrovesicular steatosis were noted. Necrosis and apoptosis were abundantly present. The hallmark of viral infection, i.e., cytopathic effects, included intracellular edema and vacuole formation, cumulatively led to sinusoidal and lobular collapse in the liver. The histopathological studies on autopsy specimens of fatal human DENV cases are important to shed light on tissue damage for preventive and treatment modalities, in order to manage future DENV infections. In this framework, the method present here on BALB/c mouse model may be used to study not only the effects of infections by other DENV serotypes, but also to investigate the effects of novel drugs, such as recently developed nano-formulations, and the relative recovery ability with intact immune functions of host. 相似文献
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Khalit Mohamad Yusuke Hirasawa Marc Litaudon Khalijah Awang A. Hamid A. Hadi Koichi Takeya Wiwied Ekasari Aty Widyawaruyanti Noor Cholies Zaini Hiroshi Morita 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry》2009,17(2):727-730
Three new limonoids, ceramicines B–D (1–3), have been isolated from the bark of Chisocheton ceramicus. Structures and stereochemistry of 1–3 were fully elucidated and characterized by 2D NMR analysis. Ceramicines exhibited a moderate antiplasmodial activity. 相似文献