The plants of the Moraceae family are producers of a great variety of polyphenolic natural products. Among these, the Diels-Alder type adducts (DAAs) are endowed with a unique cyclohexene scaffold, since they are biosynthesized from [4+2] cycloaddition of different polyphenolic precursors such as chalcones and dehydroprenyl polyphenols. To date, more than 150 DAAs have been isolated and characterized from Moraceous and related plants. The main source of DAAs is the mulberry root bark, also known as "Sang-Bai-Pi" in Traditional Chinese Medicine, but they have also been isolated from root bark, stem barks, roots, stems or twigs, leaves, and callus cultures of Moraceous and other related plants. Since 1980, many biological activities of DAAs have been identified, including anti-HIV, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer ones. For these reasons, natural DAAs have been intensively investigated, and a lot of efforts have been made to study their biosynthesis and to establish practical synthetic access. In this review, we summarized all the updated knowledge on biosynthesis, chemoenzymatic synthesis, racemic and enantioselective total synthesis, and biological activity of natural DAAs from Moraceous and related plants.

Tortora, C., Pisano, L., Vergine, V., Ghirga, F., Iazzetti, A., Calcaterra, A., Marković, V., Botta, B., Quaglio, D., Synthesis, Biosynthesis, and Biological Activity of Diels-Alder Adducts from Morus Genus: An Update, <<MOLECULES>>, 2022; 27 (21): 7580-7627. [doi:10.3390/molecules27217580] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/228417]

Synthesis, Biosynthesis, and Biological Activity of Diels-Alder Adducts from Morus Genus: An Update

Tortora, Carola;Iazzetti, Antonia;
2022

Abstract

The plants of the Moraceae family are producers of a great variety of polyphenolic natural products. Among these, the Diels-Alder type adducts (DAAs) are endowed with a unique cyclohexene scaffold, since they are biosynthesized from [4+2] cycloaddition of different polyphenolic precursors such as chalcones and dehydroprenyl polyphenols. To date, more than 150 DAAs have been isolated and characterized from Moraceous and related plants. The main source of DAAs is the mulberry root bark, also known as "Sang-Bai-Pi" in Traditional Chinese Medicine, but they have also been isolated from root bark, stem barks, roots, stems or twigs, leaves, and callus cultures of Moraceous and other related plants. Since 1980, many biological activities of DAAs have been identified, including anti-HIV, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer ones. For these reasons, natural DAAs have been intensively investigated, and a lot of efforts have been made to study their biosynthesis and to establish practical synthetic access. In this review, we summarized all the updated knowledge on biosynthesis, chemoenzymatic synthesis, racemic and enantioselective total synthesis, and biological activity of natural DAAs from Moraceous and related plants.
2022
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Tortora, C., Pisano, L., Vergine, V., Ghirga, F., Iazzetti, A., Calcaterra, A., Marković, V., Botta, B., Quaglio, D., Synthesis, Biosynthesis, and Biological Activity of Diels-Alder Adducts from Morus Genus: An Update, <<MOLECULES>>, 2022; 27 (21): 7580-7627. [doi:10.3390/molecules27217580] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/228417]
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