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Phytochemistry. 2010 Nov;71(16):1865-71. | Lupin pyranoisoflavones inhibiting hyphal development in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.[Pubmed: 20813384] | METHODS AND RESULTS:
White lupin (Lupinus albus L.), a non-host plant for arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in the typically mycotrophic family Fabaceae, has been investigated for root metabolites that inhibit hyphal development in AM fungi. Four known pyranoisoflavones, licoisoflavone B (1), Sophoraisoflavone A (2), alpinumisoflavone (3) and 3'-hydroxy-4'-O-methylalpinumisoflavone (4), together with three previously unknown pyranoisoflavones, lupindipyranoisoflavone A (5), 10'-hydroxylicoisoflavone B (6) and 10'-hydroxySophoraisoflavone A (7) were isolated from the root exudates of white lupin as an inhibitor of germ tube growth in the AM fungus Gigaspora margarita.
CONCLUSIONS:
Pyranoisoflavones 1, 2 and 3 strongly inhibited germ tube growth at 0.63, 1.25 and 0.63 μg/disc, respectively. The remaining compounds 4-7 were either moderate or weak inhibitors that inhibited germ tube growth at concentrations higher than 10 μg/disc. Licoisoflavone B (1) and Sophoraisoflavone A (2) completely inhibited hyphal branching induced by a lupin strigolactone, orobanchyl acetate, in G. margarita at 0.16 and 0.63 μg/disc, respectively. | Biol Trace Elem Res. 2001 Aug;81(2):169-75. | Inhibitory effects of licoisoflavones A and B and sophoraisoflavone A of Sophra mooracroftiana Beth ex Baker on copper-ion-induced protein oxidative modification of mice brain homogenate, in vitro.[Pubmed: 11554397 ] | METHODS AND RESULTS:
We present the results of an in vitro investigation of the inhibitory effects of licoisoflavones A and B and Sophoraisoflavone A isolated from Sophra mooracroftiana BETH ex BAKER on copper-induced protein oxidative modification of mice brain homogenate in vitro. Although inhibitory effect of Sophoraisoflavone A was stronger than those of licoisoflavones A and B, genistein as a related isoflavone, and mannitol as a hydroxy radical scavenger, inhibitory effects of licoisoflavones A and B were weaker than those of genistein and mannitol.
CONCLUSIONS:
These results demonstrated that the difference of inhibitory effects are dependent on the relation between chemical structures of these isoflavones, such as hydroxy group or benzopyran, and oxidative stress. |
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