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Luis M Pena-Rodriguez

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Pena-Rodriguez L, Yam-Puc A, Knispel N, Schramek N, Huber C, Grassberger C, et al.
J Org Chem . 2014 Mar; 79(7):2864-73. PMID: 24606167
The biosynthesis of lupeol-3-(3'R-hydroxy)-stearate (procrim b, 1) was investigated in the Mexican medicinal plant Pentalinon andrieuxii by (13)CO2 pulse-chase experiments. NMR analyses revealed positional enrichments of (13)C2-isotopologues in both the...
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Krokida A, Delis C, Geisler K, Garagounis C, Tsikou D, Pena-Rodriguez L, et al.
New Phytol . 2013 Aug; 200(3):675-690. PMID: 23909862
Genes for triterpene biosynthetic pathways exist as metabolic gene clusters in oat and Arabidopsis thaliana plants. We characterized the presence of an analogous gene cluster in the model legume Lotus...
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Knispel N, Ostrozhenkova E, Schramek N, Huber C, Pena-Rodriguez L, Bonfill M, et al.
Molecules . 2013 Jul; 18(7):7686-98. PMID: 23884121
The natural formation of the bioactive C17-polyacetylenes (-)-(R)-panaxynol and panaxydol was analyzed by 13C-labeling experiments. For this purpose, plants of Panax ginseng were supplied with 13CO2 under field conditions or,...
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Avila-Villarreal G, Hernandez-Abreu O, Hidalgo-Figueroa S, Navarrete-Vazquez G, Escalante-Erosa F, Pena-Rodriguez L, et al.
Phytomedicine . 2013 Jul; 20(14):1241-6. PMID: 23880329
Current work was conducted to evaluate the vasorelaxant effect of dihydrospinochalcone-A (1) and isocordoin (2), compounds type chalcone isolated from Lonchocarpus xuul, an endemic tree of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico....
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Polanco-Hernandez G, Escalante-Erosa F, Garcia-Sosa K, Rosado M, Guzman-Marin E, Acosta-Viana K, et al.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med . 2013 Jun; 2013:435398. PMID: 23762135
The in vitro trypanocidal activity of a 1 : 4 mixture of lupenone and caryophyllene oxide confirmed a synergistic effect of the terpenoids against epimastigotes forms of T. cruzi (IC50...
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Escalante-Erosa F, Gonzalez-Morales B, Quijano-Quiniones R, Miron-Lopez G, Pena-Rodriguez L
Nat Prod Commun . 2013 Feb; 7(12):1589-90. PMID: 23413559
Purification of the root extract of Lonchocarpus xuul resulted in the isolation and identification of dihydrospinochalcone A (1) and epi-flemistrictin B (2) as additional natural isocordoin derivatives. Identification was based...
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Polanco-Hernandez G, Escalante-Erosa F, Garcia-Sosa K, Chan-Bacab M, Sagua-Franco H, Gonzalez J, et al.
Parasitol Res . 2012 Feb; 111(1):451-5. PMID: 22371270
The bioassay-guided phytochemical investigation of the leaf extract of Serjania yucatanensis, a woody climbing plant endemic to the Yucatan peninsula, led to the identification of a mixture of a triterpene...
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Polanco-Hernandez G, Escalante-Erosa F, Garcia-Sosa K, Acosta-Viana K, Chan-Bacab M, Sagua-Franco H, et al.
Parasitol Res . 2011 May; 110(1):31-5. PMID: 21584629
Ethanol extracts of Senna villosa, Serjania yucatanensis, Byrsonima bucidaefolia, and Bourreria pulchra were evaluated for their in vitro activity against epimastigotes and trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi. Results showed that the...
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Borquez J, Molina-Salinas G, Loyola L, San-Martin A, Pena-Rodriguez L, Said-Fernandez S
Nat Prod Res . 2011 Mar; 25(6):653-7. PMID: 21409728
A new azorellane diterpenoid has been isolated and identified from the aerial parts of Azorella madreporica Clos. The structure of 1 was established by one- and two-dimensional NMR techniques.
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Delis C, Krokida A, Georgiou S, Pena-Rodriguez L, Kavroulakis N, Ioannou E, et al.
New Phytol . 2010 Sep; 189(1):335-46. PMID: 20868395
• Triterpenes are plant secondary metabolites, derived from the cyclization of 2,3-oxidosqualene by oxidosqualene cyclases (OSCs). Here, we investigated the role of lupeol synthase, encoded by OSC3, and its product,...