Microbial transformation of acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic acid and their inhibitory activity on LPS-induced NO production
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Methods for Electroporation and Transformation Confirmation in Limosilactobacillus reuteri DSM20016
Published on: June 23, 2023
Yan Sun1, Dan Liu, Ronggang Xi
1College of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University, Lvshun South Road No. 9, Dalian 116044, China.
Abstract:
The capabilities of 20 strains of fungi to transform acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic (AKBA) were screened. And biotransformation of AKBA by Cunninghamella blakesleana AS 3.970 afforded five metabolites (1-5), while two metabolites (6, 7) were isolated from biotransformation of Cunninghamella elegans AS 3.1207. The chemical structures of these metabolites were identified by spectral methods including 2D NMR and their structures were elucidated as 7β-hydroxy-3-acety-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (1), 21β-dihydroxy-3-acety-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (2), 7β,22α-dihydroxy-3-acety-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (3), 7β,16α-dihydroxy-3-acety-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (4), 7β,15α-dihydroxy-3-acety-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (5); 7β,15α,21β-trihydroxy-3-acety-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (6) and 15α,21β-dihydroxy-3-acety-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (7). All these products are previously unknown. Their primary structure-activity relationships (SAR) of inhibition activity on LPS-induced NO production in RAW 264.7 macrophage cells were evaluated.
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