Les plantes halophiles sont des plantes résistantes au stress salin, qui subissent une grande variété de stress dans leur environnement naturel. Ces conditions les ont menées à synthétiser des molécules de défense, qui peuvent présenter des activités biologiques intéressantes de par leur structure et diversité. Dans le cadre d’une collaboration avec la PME Salipouss, trois espèces ont été choisies sur la base de tests antioxydants préliminaires, avec pour objectif d’optimiser (i) la multiplication de plants in vitro pour des cultures industrielles en serre et (ii) d’améliorer le niveau d’activité de leurs extraits. La diversité des composés potentiellement actifs présents dans ces extraits est ensuite analysée par fractionnement bioguidé, afin d’isoler des molécules valorisables. Ce fractionnement est appuyé par des analyses de composés par RMN, permettant d’obtenir des informations sur la structure des composés bio-actifs. Les résultats obtenus montrent le fort potentiel de valorisation de ces trois espèces dans l’industrie, et plus particulièrement dans la nutrition et la cosmétique. / Halophytes are salt tolerant or salt-resistant plants which undergo high stress in their natural habitat. As a consequence of environmental stresses, they produce a number of active defense molecules which display interesting biological activities because of their diverse actions or structures. For the present study, three halophytic species were selected from preliminary antioxidant screening. In collaboration with Salipouss SME, objectives of the work were (i) to optimize in vitro halophyte multiplication in order to produce biomass under greenhouse and (ii) to elicit particular metabolic pathways in order to improve extract activities. To attempt to isolate molecules with potentially valuable activities, the variety of compounds from these extracts is reduced by successive fractionations. In addition, NMR analyzes allow to obtain indications on the nature and on the structure of the active compounds. First results highlight the strong activities of the selected halophytes, making them promising candidates for industrial uses, especially in nutrition and cosmetics.

Esta dissertação é dedicada ao estudo de algumas das propriedades e aplicações do speckle dinâmico no monitoramento de atividade em tecidos biológicos. As estatísticas espaço-temporais de primeira e segunda ordem são discutidas em vias gerais. As principais técnicas para obtenção de dados a partir do granulado óptico são apresentadas, com especial destaque para a função de autocorrelação, as matrizes de co-ocorrência, o método de Fujii e a Análise de Contraste do Laser Speckle (LASCA). Uma nova metodologia de análise, baseada no estudo do contraste das correlações sucessivas, é proposta. Diversas simulações numéricas, utilizando diferentes funções densidade de probabilidade para as velocidades dos centros espalhadores, foram realizadas com intuito de testar os métodos de análise e fornecer subsídios para a interpretação de resultados in vivo. Tecidos vegetais e animais foram investigados, realizando-se o monitoramento do processo de senescência e mapas de vascularização em folhas, acompanhamento de frutos contaminados por fungos, mapeamento de atividade em flores e análise de cicatrização em ratos submetidos à cirurgia abdominal. Ensaios explorando o uso do biospeckle em microscopia são implementados. Por fim, é avaliado o potencial da técnica como ferramenta de diagnóstico em um caso de úlcera venosa crônica submetida a tratamento por meio de laserterapia de baixa intensidade. Os resultados encontrados revelaram o grande potencial em aplicações biológicas, através da construção de mapas que permitiram, por exemplo, a visualização detalhada da rede vascular de folhas vegetais. Também foi possível a identificação de áreas atacadas por micro organismos. Os estudos em tecidos animais e humanos apontaram perspectivas bastante promissoras do uso do biospeckle em ambiente clínico. / This master thesis is devoted to the study of some properties and applications of dynamic speckles on monitoring of activity in biological tissues. The first and second order space-time statistics are dicussed in an overview perspective. The main techniques used to obtain information from grainy pattern are presented, with special prominence to autocorrelation function, co-occurrence matrices, Fujii's method and the Laser Speckle Contrast Analisys (LASCA). A new methodology, based on the study of the contrast of sucessive correlations, is proposed. Several numerical simulations, using different probability density functions to velocities of scatterers, are done in order to test the analysis methods and supply subsidies for interpretation of in vivo results. Vegetable and animal tissues are investigated by monitoring of senescence process and construction of vascularization maps of leaves, accompanying of fungi contamined fruits, mapping of activity in flowers and analysis of healing in rats undergone to abdominal surgery. Experiments using the biospeckle phenomenon in microscopy are carried out. At last, it is evaluated the potentiality of the technique as diagnosis tool in a chronic vein ulcer undergone to treatment through low intensity laser therapy. The found results showed the great potential in biological applications, through the construction of maps that maked possible, for example, the detailed visualization of the vascular net on leaves. It was allowed the identification of areas injured by micro organisms. The studies on animal and human tissues pointed very promising perspectives of the use of biospeckle in clinical environment.

Foram isolados 37 fungos endofíticos de Viguiera arenaria (VA1 a VA37), sendo 32 oriundos de folhas e 5 de raízes. Os fungos foram classificados por métodos de biologia molecular, sendo Glomerella cingulata a espécie predominante. Os fungos foram cultivados em culturas fermentativas em duas etapas, em pequena escala, para obtenção dos extratos em AcOEt, BuOH e MeOH. Os extratos em AcOEt foram avaliados em ensaios antimicrobianos, citotóxicos frente a células leucemia T humana (JURKAT) e frente às enzimas GAPDH de Trypanosoma cruzi e APRT de Leishmania tarentolae. Diversos extratos apresentaram atividades biológicas significativas. Os perfis químicos dos extratos em AcOEt foram avaliados através de CLAE-UV e RMN 1H. Os fungos VA1 (Glomerella cingulata) e VA17 (Fusarium sp.), selecionados após as triagens química e biológica, foram cultivados em escala ampliada. A partir do extrato AcOEt do fungo VA1 foram isoladas duas substâncias, nectriapirona (I) e tirosol (II). A nectriapirona apresentou atividade citotóxica significativa contra células de leucemia T humana (linhagens JURKAT) e melanoma (linhagens B16F10). Ergosterol (III) foi isolado do extrato micelial metanólico do fungo VA1. A partir do extrato micelial metanólico do fungo VA5 (G. cingulata), cultivado em pequena escala, foi isolado o manitol (IV). Após do cultivo em escala ampliada do fungo VA17 (Fusarium sp.) foram isolados três derivados dicetopiperazinícos, um oriundo do extrato AcOEt, substância V, ainda não relatada na literatura, e dois do extrato micelial MeOH, fusaperazina B (VI) e substância VII, também inédita na literatura. O isolamento das substâncias foi realizado através de técnicas cromatográficas, como CC, CCDP e CLAE. As estruturas químicas foram elucidadas com auxílio de técnicas espectroscópicas (RMN 1H e 13C, HMQC, HMBC, NOE-diff) e espectrométricas (ESI-MS). Experimentos de modelagem molecular foram realizados com a fusaperazina B (VI), que corroboraram com os dados de NOE-diff, indicando que a conformação dobrada do anel dicetopiperazínico é a mais predominante. Foi ainda realizada avaliação do perfil químico dos extratos obtidos em pequena escala dos fungos classificados como G. cingulata, via CLAE e RMN 1H, verificando-se diferenças químicas significativas, o que pode sugerir variabilidade genética entre as linhagens. O tirosol (II) foi detectado na maioria dos extratos de G. cingulata. / A total of 37 endophytic fungi were isolated from Viguiera arenaria (VA1 to VA37), 32 from the leaves and 5 from the roots. Endophytes were classified by means of molecular biology methods, and Glomerella cingulata was the predominant species. The endophytes were cultured in a two step fermentative process in small scale to give the EtOAc, BuOH and MeOH extracts. The EtOAc extracts were submitted to antimicrobial assays, citotoxic assays against human leukemia T cells (JURKAT) and assays against two enzymes, GAPDH from Trypanosoma cruzi and APRT from Leishmania tarentolae. Several extracts showed promising activities in the bioassays. The chemical profiles of the EtOAc extracts were obtained through HPLC and 1H NMR. Endophytes VA1 (Glomerella cingulata) e VA17 (Fusarium sp.) were cultured in large scale after chemical and biological screenings. Nectriapyrone (I) and tirosol (II) were isolated from the EtOAc extract from VA1. Nectriapyrone showed high citotoxicity against leukemia T human cells (JURKAT) and melanoma cells (B16F10). Ergosterol (III) was isolated from the micelial MeOH extract of VA1. Mannitol (IV) was isolated from the micelial MeOH extract from the fungus VA5 (G. cingulata). Extracts from VA17 (Fusarium sp.), obtained in large scale, yielded three diketopiperazine derivatives. A novel derivative was isolated from the EtOAc extract (compound V). Two derivatives were obtained from the micelial MeOH extract, fusaperazine B (VI) and a new diketopiperazine (VII). The isolation of the compounds was carried out using chromatography techniques (column, prep. TLC, and HPLC) and the identification was achieved by spectroscopic (1D and 2D NMR) and spectrometric methods (ESI-MS). Molecular modeling experiments were carried out with fusaperazine B (VI), showing that the diketopiperazine ring is predominantly in the folded conformation, in agreement with NOE-diff experiments. Significant differences were observed in the HPLC profiles and 1H NMR spectra of the extracts from the G. cingulata strains, which might be related to genetic variability among the strains. Tirosol (II) was detected in the majority of G. cingulata extracts

<p>Primenom tečne hromatografije na obrnutim fazama<br />ispitano je retenciono pona&scaron;anje 14 novosintetisanih<br />derivata s-triazina na tankom sloju RP C-18 i silika gelu<br />impregniranim parafinskim uljem. Kao pokretne faze<br />kori&scaron;ćene su dvokomponentne sme&scaron;e vode i organskih<br />rastvarača. Izračunate su R_M^0&nbsp;vrednosti i ispitana je<br />korelacija sa različitim deskriptorima i prediktorima<br />biolo&scaron;ke aktivnosti.</p> / <p>Retentional behaviour of 14newly syntetised derivates&nbsp;of s-triazine on RP C-18 and paraffin oil-impregnated&nbsp;silica gel suport had been investigated using thin-layer&nbsp;<br />chromatography. As a mobilephases were used two-component water based mobile &nbsp;phases. Calculated R_M^0&nbsp;values were corelated to various molecular descriptors&nbsp;<br />as well as biological activity indicators.</p>

A matéria orgânica do solo (MOS) é composta de uma mistura complexa e heterogênea de compostos orgânicos, sendo as substâncias húmicas (SH) a fração mais recalcitrante da MOS. As SH têm grande influência sobre as propriedades químicas e biológicas do solo, contribuindo como fonte de energia para microrganismos e também contribuindo com a disponibilidade de nutrientes. Além disso, as SH podem contribuir de forma expressiva para o desenvolvimento e produção das plantas cultivadas. Neste sentido, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a atividade e diversidade da comunidade bacteriana do solo, a disponibilidade de nutrientes e a produtividade da cultura de trigo após aplicação de doses crescentes de SH. Dois experimentos foram montados e avaliados, sendo um ensaio de incubação com um solo arenoso e outro um experimento de casa de vegetação com plantas de trigo em dois solos tropicais distintos (textura arenosa e argilosa). Houve um estímulo à atividade microbiana em ambos os experimentos, sendo este estímulo transitório, o que provavelmente ocorreu devido a um efeito priming provocado pela adição de SH. No entanto não houve alteração na estrutura da comunidade bacteriana pela adição de SH, o que pode ser devido ao fato de ser um material recalcitrante e já presente no solo. Também houve aumento na disponibilidade de fósforo, potássio, cálcio e nitrogênio, bem como da CTC, tanto em solo arenoso quanto argiloso, expressando o efeito das SH na melhoria das propriedades químicas de solos tropicais. Além disso, um efeito significativo foi visto em parâmetros relacionados à produtividade do trigo. Houve aumento de massa seca de raízes e parte aérea, além de aumento no peso e número de grãos, o que pode se refletir em aumento considerável de produtividade. Esses resultados são importantes por mostrarem que mesmo a fração mais recalcitrante da MOS pode influenciar positivamente aspectos químicos e biológicos do solo, contribuindo com a melhoria do sistema de produção e também com maiores produtividades vegetais. / The soil organic matter (SOM) is composed of a complex and heterogeneous mixture of organic compounds, in which the humic substances (HS) are considered to be the most recalcitrant fraction. HS have great influence on chemical and biological soil properties, contributing as energy source for microorganisms and as nutrient reservoir for plants. Furthermore, HS can contribute significantly to the development and production of crop plants. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the activity and diversity of the soil bacterial community, nutrient availability and productivity of a wheat crop after application of increasing doses of HS. For this purpose, two experiments were performed and evaluated, one is an incubation essay with a sandy soil and the other a greenhouse experiment with wheat plants using two distinct tropical soils as substrates (sandy and clayey). Microbial activity was stimulated in both experiments, and this transient stimulus may have been due to a priming effect caused by the addition of HS. However, there was no change in the bacterial community structure which may be due to the fact that HS is a recalcitrant material and already present in the soil. Nevertheless, we found an increase in the availability of phosphorus, potassium, calcium and nitrogen, as well as in the CEC in both, sandy and clayey soils, showing that HS do improve chemical properties of tropical soils. Furthermore, we found a significant effect on wheat productivity related parameters. There was an increase of dry weight of roots and shoots, as well as increased weight and number of grains, which may be reflected in a significant increase in productivity. These results are important because they show that even the most recalcitrant SOM fraction can positively influence soil chemical and biological aspects, contributing to the improvement of the production system and also to higher plant productivity.

Este trabalho apresenta uma análise comparativa da atividade biológica das células imobilizadas em um reator anaeróbio, tratando esgoto sanitário. Os materiais utilizados como suporte para o desenvolvimento do biofilme foram: um polimérico poroso (espuma de poliuretano), um polímero menos poroso (PVC), uma cerâmica porosa (cerâmica especial, desenvolvida pelo DEMA-UFSCar) e uma cerâmica menos porosa (tijolo refratário). A concepção do reator anaeróbio possibilitou o desenvolvimento do biofilme de forma igual, assim como a retirada desse suporte mantendo íntegra a biomassa aderida. Alguns suportes e o lodo retirados do reator anaeróbio foram colocados em reatores diferenciais para determinação dos parâmetros cinéticos. Esses parâmetros foram utilizados para avaliar a atividade biológica, tanto do biofilme aderido aos suportes quanto do lodo. As células imobilizadas nos materiais poliméricos apresentaram maior atividade biológica. Não foi verificada nenhuma diferença significativa na remoção dos constituintes da matéria orgânica (proteínas, carboidratos e lipídeos) entre as células imobilizadas. As análises microscópicas não constataram diferenças na predominância de algum gênero nos suportes ou lodo. O reator foi operado durante 183 dias, com remoção média de DQO de 50,5%, a taxa de carregamento orgânico média foi de 0,193 kg DQO.m3.dia-1. / This work presents a comparative analysis of the biological activity of immobilized biomass in a fixed-bed anaerobic reactor treating domestic sewage. The matrices used for biofilm growth were a porous polymer (polyurethane foam), a polymer with low porosity (PVC), a porous ceramic (special ceramic) and a ceramic with low porosity (refractory brick). The conception of the fixed-bed anaerobic reactor warranty the structure and integrity of the biofilm when samples of support material must be taken. Moreover, the conditions for biofilm growth were similar for all the materials used. After start-up period, some supports were taken from the fixed-bed reactor and transferred to differential reactors, where kinetic studies were carried out. Kinetic parameters were estimated for the different supports and for granulated sludge and used to evaluate the biological activity in a comparative way. The cells adhered to the polymeric supports presented higher activities and the highest activity was obtained when polyurethane foam was used. No differences were verified for organic matter consumption (as proteins, carbohydrates and lipids) when different matrices were used for cell immobilization. Microscopic analysis indicated that the morphological types in the biofilms were similar in ali support materiais. The fixed-bed reactor was operated for 183 days with mean COD removal efficiency of 50.5%, subjected to a organic loading rate of 0.193 Kg COD.m3.dia-1.

O estudo fitoquímico dos extratos de plantas adultas e plântulas da espécie Piper reticulatum, coletada na Floresta Nacional de Carajás, levou ao isolamento de quatro amidas, incluindo diidrowisanidina, descrita previamente nesta espécie, wisanidina, (2E,4E)-N-isobutileicosa-2,4-dienamida, (3E,5E,14E)-N-pirrolidileicosa-3,5,14-trienamida (inédita em função da posição das insaturações da cadeia alquílica), uma lignana (siringaresinol) e uma nitrila (benzoato de cianobenzila), além de terem sido propostas as estruturas de oito amidas contendo longa cadeia alquílica, com base nos dados de cromatografia gasosa e líquida acoplada a espectrometria de massas. Os extratos e produtos naturais isolados foram avaliados quanto aos seus potenciais antifúngicos frente aos fitopatógenos Cladosporium cladosporioides e C. sphaerospermum e atividade inibidora da enzima acetilcolinesterase, sendo constatada forte atividade para as amidas em ambos ensaios, além de forte atividade para a nitrila contra C. sphaerospermum. Além disso, os extratos de plantas adultas e plântulas de P. reticulatum foram analisados através de EM (ESI+) e os dados analisados por PCA (análise dos componentes principais) e através de HCA (análise por agrupamento hierárquico) juntamente com a espécie P. amalago, filogeneticamente relacionada com P. reticulatum, P. crassinervium, P. solmsianum, P. fuligineum, P. gaudichaudianum, P. aduncum e P. tuberculatum, afim de uma distinção ou classificação de grupos seguindo parâmetros metabólicos. / The phytochemical study of extracts from adult plants and seedlings of the species Piper reticulatum, collected in the Carajás National Forest, afforded the isolation of four amides, including dihydrowisanidine, previously described from this species, wisanidine, (2E,4E)-N-2-isobutyleicosa-2,4-dienamide, (3E,5E,14E)-N-3,5,14-pyrrolidyleicosa-trienamide (novel based on the unsaturations position at the alkyl chain), a lignan (syringaresinol) and a nitrile (cianobenzyl benzoate) and, additionaly eigh amides containing long alkyl chain had their structures proposed based on gas and liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry data. The extracts and the isolated natural products were evaluated for their potential antifungal activity against the phytopathogens Cladosporium cladosporioides and C. sphaerospermum and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity, being found strong activity for amides for both two tests, and strong activity for nitrile against C. sphaerospermum. In addition, extracts of adult plants and seedlings of P. reticulatum were analyzed by MS (ESI +) and by PCA (principal component analysis) and HCA (hierarchical cluster analysis) together with the species P. amalago, phylogenetically related to P. reticulatum, P. crassinervium, P. solmsianum, P. fuligineum, P. gaudichaudianum, P. aduncum and P. tuberculatum in order to distinguish or classify them according to the metabolic profile.

4 ABSTRACT Charles University Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Pharmaceutical Botany Candidate: Viera Bodoríková Supervisor: doc. Ing. Lucie Cahlíková, Ph.D. Title of Diploma thesis: Synthesis of haemanthamine derivatives and their biological activity Haemanthamine, an isoquinoline Amarillidaceae alkaloid, exhibits a wide and important range of biological activities, including antitumor, antiviral, antioxidant, antimalarial and anticonvulsant. Biological activity of haemanthamine relatives closely with its structure. By modifying the different parts of the molecule, we can identify some structure-activity relationships. With this aim, the thirteen semisynthetic analogues of alkaloid haemathamine were prepared and purified using analytic and preparative TLC methods. The obtained substances were then subjected to structural analysis, specifically, there were used MS, HRMS, 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic techniques. Prepared compounds were tested on its possibility to inhibit human erythrocytic acetylcholinesterase (HuAChE) and human serum butyrylcholinesterase (HuBuChE). The most promising biological activities have been shown by aromatic esters labelled as LC- 70 (IC50 HuAChE = 0,12 ± 0,01 µM) and LC-73 (IC50 HuAChE =0,17 ± 0,01 µM). The cytotoxic activity of prepared compounds has been...

Šípková, P.: Biological activity of secondary plants metabolites X. Alkaloids of Vinca minor L. Diploma thesis, Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Hradec Králové, 2019, 66 s. Key words: Apocynaceae, Vinca minor, alkaloids, isolation, biological activity, screening Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease. The number of affected patients is constantly increasing. This disease cannot be treated casually, therefore discovering and testing new substances that could potentially be used in a treatment is very important. The Vinca minor L. fraction after column chromatography was separated by flash chromatography. Isolation of the individual alkaloids was performed by preparative TLC. Based on NMR and MS analyses and comparison with literature, alkaloids were identified as vincarubine and (-)-vinoxine. Modified Ellman's method was used to test cholinesterase inhibitory activity of isolated alkaloids. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) are enzymes, that play a very important role in the pathofysiology of Alzheimer's diasease. (-)-Vinoxine showed relatively high activity against BuChE (IC50 = 24,61 ± 1,71 µM), inhibitory activity against AChE was insignificant (IC50 > 1000µM). Vincarubin did not...

Perennial plants from the Amaryllidaceae family are generally known for their beauty but also like herbs which contain wide range of alkaloids. To these days more than 500 alkaloids have been isolated. Amaryllidaceae alkaloids (AmA) are derivatived from aminoacid tyrosine and divided into nine basic groups. Biological activity of these substances icludes antitumor, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antimalarial activity and some of them are used for treatment Alzheimer's disease (AD). Narcissus cv. PROFESSOR EINSTEIN have been choosen thanks to previous research of summary extract. Twelve alkaloids have been detected by GC-MS and ten of them have been identified (e.g.: lykoramine, pluviine, haemanthamine, pancracine, homolycorine). Due to this diversity of alkaloids and the fact that summary extract has relatively high inhibitory activity (IC50 = 49,99 ± 5,38 μg/mL) against HuBuChE Narcissus have been appropriate for isolation of the alkaloids and for further study of their biological activity. Summary ethanolic extract for gain pure compounds was prepared from 34.3 kg fresh bulbs. Separation was initiated by column chromatography and extract was divided into almost 500 fractions. Some of them were put together owing to TLC analysis and finally 27 subfractions were formed. Subfraction Nr. 26...