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Chlamydosporol, a new metabolite from Fusarium chlamydosporum.

Extracts of rice on which an isolate of Fusarium chlamydosporum had been cultured were toxic to brine shrimps. The toxic fraction was purified by flash chromatography to give two compounds which were identified by UV, IR, NMR and mass spectroscopy at the 6 alpha and 6 beta isomers of 5-hydroxy-4-methoxy-6,8a-dimethyl-6,7-dihydro-2H, 8aH-pyrano[2,3-b]pyran-2-one. These lactones for which the name chlamydosporol is proposed have not been reported previously. When tested in brine shrimp and HeLa cell assays, the LC50 concentration for a mixture of the isomers was approximately 400 micrograms/ml in both systems.

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Isolation of a lethal toxin from Cortinarius orellanus Fr.

The fungal toxin 'orellanine', isolated by Grzymala (10) from Cortinarius orellanus, seems to be a heterogeneous mixture of several toxic and nontoxic substances. We succeeded in isolating a lethal toxin which is sensitive to light and which is striking because of its long latency period. We consider this the main toxin of C. orellanus. Even in extremely high doses of ten times LD 100 mice do not die earlier than 48 hours after application. The paper gives details about the isolation and several properties of this slow acting toxin.

2,2'-Dipyridyl↗

Purification and characterization of an anti-inflammatory factor (AIF) from bovine serum.

An anti-inflammatory factor (AIF) was highly purified from normal bovine serum. The purified AIF was a polysaccharide which was formed from a low molecular substance Pro-AIF by macromolecularization. AIF showed potent inhibitory activities against carrageenin induced edema in rats and PMN-leucocyte chemotaxis. It showed no inhibition in cutaneous reaction with serotonin, bradykinin or a mediator releaser compound 48/80. No inhibition was also observed in thermally induced pain, reversed passive Arthus reaction and adjuvant polyarthritis in rats. With these results, the role of AIF in inflammation was discussed.

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Impaired interhemispheric integration in brain oxygenation and hemodynamics in schizophrenia.

We examined 38 patients with chronic schizophrenia to find and qualify disturbances in interhemispheric integration in brain oxygen metabolism and hemodynamics during a psychological task. A group of thirty-eight age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers were monitored as controls. Multi channel near-infrared (NIR) spectrophotometry was used to observed real-time alterations in cerebral oxygenation in areas of both hemispheres of the forebrain adjacent to the forehead during the mirror drawing task (MDT). In response to MDT normal volunteers showed distinct and well-integrated patterns of changes in oxygenated hemoglobin Hb, deoxygenated Hb, and blood volume total Hb. On the other hand, half the schizophrenics showed dysregulated patterns between hemispheres which never appeared in normal volunteers. Certain schizophrenic symptoms may be related to defective interhemispheric integration.

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