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RAMANATHAN L and DAS N p (1993) Natural products inhibit oxidative rancidity in salted cooked ground fish, J Food Sci, 58, (2), 318-20. 

Tsukamoto S, Yokosawa H, Natural products inhibiting the ubiquitin-proteasome proteolytic pathway, a target for drug development, Curr Med Chem 13 745-754, 2006. 

Some plant pathogenic bacteria and their phytotoxins have been screened in bioassays that monitor the effects of their toxins (antibiotic and phytotoxic) on other sensitive bacteria. For example, several fluorescent Pseudomonas syringae pvs. produce extracellular phytotoxins.76,106,116 Tabtoxin is produced by P. syringae pv. tabaci and pv. coronafacines, and this natural product inhibits glutamine synthetase.34,46,116 Phaseolotoxin, produced by P. syringae pv. phaseolicola... 

The known bona fide CS enzyme inhibitors are natural product-derived substrate analogs, eg. polyoxin D, tunicamycin, and nikkomycin Z, Figure 2. These complex natural products inhibit the enzyme well, but express little in vivo insecticidal activity, presumably due to unfavorable ADME attributes. 

In comparison with ketone-based SAMP/RAMP hydrazones, the use of aldehyde-derived SAMP/RAMP hydrazones in natural product syntheses is much more prevalent. For instance, Nicolaou et al. synthesized the side chain of zaragozic acid A 49 using two successive SAMP hydrazone alkylations (Scheme 1.1) The zaragozic acid class of natural products inhibits squalene synthase, the enzyme responsible for the biosynthesis of cholesterol. Inhibition of this enzyme has implications in the treatment of coronary artery disease. The synthesis of the side chain of zaragozic acid began with the formation of 42, which... 

Several natural products, eg, gymnemic acid [122168-40-5] and 2i2iphin [73667-51-3] have also shown sweet-inhibiting activities. These are not allowed for foods in the United States, however. 

Garbapenem P-Lactamase Inhibitors. Carbapenems are another class of natural product P-lactamase inhibitors discovered about the same time as clavulanic acid. Over forty naturally occurring carbapenems have been identified many are potent P-lactamase inhibitors. Garbapenem is the trivial name for the l-a2abicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene ring system (21) shown in Table 3. The synthesis (74), biosynthesis (75), and P-lactamase inhibitory properties (13,14,66) of carbapenems have been reviewed. Carbapenems are often more potent than clavulanic acid and include type I Cephases in the spectmm of inhibition. Table 3 Hsts the available P-lactamase inhibition data. Synergy is frequendy difficult to demonstrate because the compounds are often potent antibacterials. 

The simplification of the local anesthetic phaimacophore of cocaine to an aryl substituted ester of ethanolamine has been described previously. Atropine (S2) is a structurally closely related natural product whose main biologic action depends on inhibition of the parasympathetic nervous system. Among its many other actions, the compound exerts useful spasmolytic effects. 

One example of a naturally occurring diazirine, duazomycin A (137 Scheme 11.20), has been reported, isolated in 1985 from a Streptomyces species during a screen for herbicidal compounds [196], It was fotind to inhibit de novo starch synthesis and it was suggested that this is due to direct inhibition of protein synthesis. Duazomycin A is structurally related to 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine (138), also reported as a natural product from Streptomyces [197], which acts as a glutamine antagonist and inhibits purine biosynthesis [198],... 

In non-competitive inhibition, the substrate (S) and inhibitor (I) have equal potential to bind to the free enzyme (E). The inhibitor forms a ternary complex with enzyme-substrate (ES) whereas the substrate will form another ternary complex with enzyme-inhibitor (El). Since the non-competitive inhibitor had no effect on the binding of substrate to the enzyme, the Km value remained consistent (or unchanged). There are two different ways for the formation of ESI ternary complex this complex would not form the product and therefore was decreased. Non-competitive inhibitor had no effect on substrate binding or the enzyme-substrate affinity, therefore the apparent rate constant (K ) was unchanged.5 A possible reason for product inhibition was because of the nature of 2-ethoxyethanol,... 

Miscellaneous Identified Inhibitors. 3-Acetyl-6-methoxy-benzaldehyde is present in the leaves of the desert shrub Encelia farinosa. It is apparently leached from the leaves and washed into the soil by rain. Concentrations of approximately 0.5 mg. per gram of dried leaf material have been measured. In sand culture studies, growth of tomato seedlings was inhibited by 50 p.p.m. while 115 p.p.m. reduced growth by 50% (53). A concentration of 250 p.p.m. killed the test plants within one day. The structure was confirmed by synthesis, and the synthetic material was shown to be as active as the natural product (54). Derivatives were also prepared in which a cyano, nitro, or amino group was substituted for the aldehyde moiety. The amino derivative was reported to be the most highly toxic. 

There are several hundred reported NF-kB inhibitors (see www.nf-kb.org for a complete and updated list). These inhibitors include natural products, chemicals, metabolites, and synthetic compounds. A large majority of these products, in particular commonly used antiinflammatory drugs such as corticosteroids and the nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSADDs) aspirin, sulindac, ibuprofen and sulphasalazine, have the ability to partially inhibit NF-kB activity in cell culture. However, the precise mechanism of action and the specific molecular targets of most of these inhibitors remain unclear. 

Hsp90 is a molecular chaperon required for the refolding of proteins in cells exposed to environmental stress. It contains an ATP-binding pocket in its amino terminus. Several natural products, for example radicicol (230) (Scheme 48), bind to this pocket and inhibit its chaperon function, which is mirrored in enhanced proteosomal degradation of Hsp90 client proteins, so that compounds like 230 are of interest as novel anticancer agents. 

Compared to synthetic catalysts, enzymes have many advantages. First of all, being natural products, they are environmentally benign and therefore their use does not meet pubhc opposition. Enzymes act at atmospheric pressure, ambient temperature, and at pH between 4 and 9, thus avoiding extreme conditions, which might result in undesired side reactions. Enzymes are extremely selective (see below). There are also, of course, some drawbacks of biocatalysts. For example, enzymes are known in only one enantiomeric form, as they consist of natural enantiomeric (homochiral) amino acids their possible modifications are difficult to achieve (see Section 5.3.2) they are prone to deactivation owing to inappropriate operation parameters and to inhibition phenomena. 

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