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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1922. / Typescript. With this bound an abstract: Distribution of methoxyl in the products of wood distillation, by L.F. Hawley and S.S. Aiyar, reprinted from the Journal of industrial and engineering chemistry, v. 14, no. 11 (November, 1922), 6 p. Includes bibliographical references.

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Les connaissances sur les risques liés à l'inhalation de mycotoxines restent limitées, alors que ces toxines, présentes au niveau des spores fongiques, peuvent atteindre directement les épithéliums respiratoires. Les enzymes du métabolisme des xéniobiotiques pulmonaires peuvent moduler la toxicité de ces mycotoxines en les détoxifiant ou en formant des métabolites plus réactifs. Notre objectif était d'étudier in vitro le métabolisme pulmonaire de la stérigmatocystine et de la méthoxy-stérigmatocystine, deux mycotoxines présentes dans les environnements contaminés par les moisissures, et de prédire les éventuelles conséquences toxiques. L'étude du métabolisme en présence de cytochromes P450 exprimés dans des systèmes hétérologues, puis dans un modèle de culture primaire de cellules épithéliales trachéales porcines, a montré que ces mycotoxines étaient oxydées, principalement par les cytochromes P450 1A, et conjuguées par glucucoridation et sulfo-conjugaison. Ces deux toxines semblent principalement détoxifiées au niveau pulmonaire. Si une activation métabolique de la stérigmatocystine est possible, celle-ci semble limitée / Human health effects of inhaled mycotoxins remains poorly documented, despite these toxins are present in fungal spores et can directly reach the airway epithelia. Xenobiotic metabolozing enzymes can modulate lung toxicity of these mycotoxins through detoxification or reactive metabolite formation. Our aim was to study in vitro the metabolism and the cellular toxic consequences of two mycotoxins present in mold-contaminated environments, e.g. sterigmatocystin and methoxy-sterigmatocystin. The metabolism studies using recombinant cytochromes P450 enzymes and porcine tracheal epithelial cell primary cultures, showed that these mycotoxins could be oxidized by cytochrome P450 1A and conjugated by glucucoridation and sulfo-conjugation. Sterigmatocystin and methoxysterigmatocystin seem mainly detoxified in respiratory cells. If a metabolic activation of sterigmatocystin is possible, it seems limited

Abstract 2-Methoxy- and 2-trimethylsilyloxyfuran undergo facile ring opening reaction upon treatment with metal carbeniod. Treatment of 2-methoxy-furan with ethyl diazoacetate and aryl-£\-diazocarbonyl compounds under metal catalysis afford (Z,E)-2,4-hexadienedioate and aryl-6-oxo-2,4-hexadienoates respectively. When 2- trimethylsilyloxyfuran was used, desilylation occurred to give directly the monoprotected (Z,E)-muconic acid and 6-aryl-6-oxo-2,4-hexadienoic acids. We have synthesized aromatic dienyl diketone using the method of Wenkert from aromatic diazo ketone and 2-methylfuran. This method was found to give a mixture of (Z,E)/(E,E)-dienyl diketones. The anticancer, antibacterial and vasorelaxing activities are evaluated. All the aromatic dienyl diketones synthesized exhibit strong in vitro inhibition of tumor cell and micro0organisms growth respectively, and three of these compounds exhibit strong vasorelaxing effect. Reaction of 1,6-dioxo-2,4-diene with P2S5 and Lawesson¡¦s reagent affords the 2,5-disubstituted thiophene. This reaction can take place regioselectively in the presence of BF3-etherate catalysis, useful for the synthesis of arylthiophene. We have demonstrated a new methodology for the facile synthesis of arylthiophene.

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The flavone 3,5,7-trihydroxy-6-methoxyflavone was isolated from leaf extracts of Chromolaena leivensis (Hieron), commonly named plant of cancer. It was identified based on their physicochemical propierties and spectroscopic data. This compound presented a methoxylation at C6, this is uncommon in flavonoids and which may confer some specificity of its biological activity. The cytotoxic activity of this flavonoid was determined on PC3 (prostate), MDA- MB-231 (breast), HT29 (colon), SiHa (cervix) and A549 (lung) cancer cells, using MTT assay, to assess if the flavonoid contributes to the anticancer activity previously proposed for Chromolaena leivensis. The cytotoxic activity of the 3,5,7-trihydroxy-6- methoxy flavone was similar to that obtained for the flavonoid quercetin but was low compared with the positive control vincristine sulphate. The better value of the inhibitory concentration of fifty percent (IC50) 150 μ M, was achieved on SiHa cell line, while the lower activity: 4008 μ M, was obtained on HT29 cancer cell line. However, severe morphological changes were detected on cytoskeleton and nucleus of the SiHa cells detected by immunofluorescence microscopy analysis of cells exposed to the half of the IC50 concentration obtained for the flavonoid. Data indicate that the flavonoid contributes to the anticancer activity of the extracts of leaves from Chromolaena leivensis, and could broadening the spectrum of flavonoids activity against various types of cancer non hormone-dependent.