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L Stanzani

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Studies of chemical and biologic properties of a fraction of sulodexide, a heparin-like glycosaminoglycan.

The chemical composition and biologic properties of a fraction (f) of Sulodexide, a heparin-like GAG, were studied and compared with those of two sulfated GAG preparations and heparin from intestinal mucosa. f-Sulodexide and the sulfated GAG preparations were fractionated on a Dowex-1Cl- column and subsequently on an antithrombin III affinity column. Low affinity and high affinity fractions had similar chemical composition and lipoprotein lipase releasing ability, but they varied in anticoagulant activity. Low affinity fractions from f-Sulodexide had negligible anticoagulant activity while high affinity fractions had one-half the activity of mucosal heparin. When compared to heparin, both fractions had one third amount of lipoprotein lipase releasing activity. The low anticoagulant activity of f-Sulodexide suggests a suitability for long-term use as an antiatherogenic agent.

Animals

Naloxone does not interfere with the dopamine-induced decrease in gonadotropin secretion in women with polycystic ovarian disease.

Dopamine infusion 4 micrograms/kg/min over 4 h, administered to six subjects with diagnosis of polycystic ovarian disease laparoscopically confirmed, produced a significant decrease in serum LH, FSH and PRL, suggesting a reduced dopamine activity in these subjects. The addition of naloxone 4 mg iv bolus plus 4 mg/h over 2 h, a specific opiate antagonist, does not interfere with the well-established dopaminergic inhibitory influence on LH, FSH and PRL secretion. This suggests that opiatergic pathways are not directly involved in the dopamine-induced suppressive effect on LH secretion in subjects with LH-dependent polycystic ovarian disease.

Adult

Synthesis and antibacterial activity of some derivatives of tolypomycinone. Relationship between structure and activity in ansamycins.

3-Aminotolypomycinoes and 3,16-diamino-16,17-dihydrotolypomycinones are formed by the addition of primary and secondary amines to tolypomycinone, obtained by mild hydrolysis of the antibiotic tolypomycin Y.3-Amino-16,17-dihydrotolypomycinones are formed by the addition of primary and secondary amines to 16,17-dihydrotolypomycinone. In vitro microbiological tests showed high antibacterial activity in compounds obtained by the addition of primary amines, which must be unbranched in the alpha position to the nitrogen atom to position 3 of the naphthoquinone ring. The relationship between structure and activity is described, and evidence is presented that hydrogen bonding between the amino NH bonded to C3 and the amide CO of tolypomycinone is very important for biological activity.

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