Abstract
We report the synthesis of the fluorescence-labeled probe 2 based on phyllanthurinolactone 1, which is a leaf-closing substance of Phyllanthus urinaria L. Bioorganic studies using probe 2 showed leaf-closing activity at 1 × 10-5 M, which was one-hundredth of that of the natural product 1. The fluorescence study using 2 revealed that the target cell for 1 is a motor cell and suggested that some receptors for 1 exist on the plasma membrane of the motor cell as with leaf-opening substances.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5537-5541 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 33 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 Aug 15 |
Keywords
- Fluorescence
- Glycosidation
- Leaf-closing substance
- Mitsunobu reaction
- Motor cell
- Nyctinasty
- Probe compound