Nocardamine is a ferrioxamine siderophore that has been found inStreptomycesand has diverse biological activities.1,2,3,4It chelates iron in a chrome azurol S assay (IC50= 9.9 μM).1Nocardamine inhibitsM. smegmatisandM. bovisbiofilm formation (MIC = 10 μM for both), an effect that can be reversed by iron.2It is cytotoxic to T47D, SK-MEL-5, SK-MEL-28, and RPMI-7951 cancer cells (IC50s = 6, 18, 12, and 14 μM, respectively).3Nocardamine also induces morphological changes in BM-N4 insect cells.4 1.Lopez, J.A.V., Nogawa, T., Futamura, Y., et al.Nocardamin glucuronide, a new member of the ferrioxamine siderophores isolated from the ascamycin-producing strain Streptomyces sp. 80H647J. Antibiot. (Tokyo)72(12)991-995(2019) 2.Ishida, S., Arai, M., Niikawa, H., et al.Inhibitory effect of cyclic trihydroxamate siderophore, desferrioxamine E, on the biofilm formation of Mycobacterium speciesBiol. Pharm. Bull.34(6)917-920(2011) 3.Kalinovskaya, N.I., Romaneko, L.A., Irisawa, T., et al.Marine isolate Citricoccus sp. KMM 3890 as a source of a cyclic siderophore nocardamine with antitumor activityMicrobiol. Res.166(8)654-661(2011) 4.Matsubara, K., Sakuda, S., Tanaka, M., et al.Morphological changes in insect BM-N4 cells induced by nocardamineBiosci. Biotechnol. Biochem.62(10)2049-2051(1998)
AChE BChE-IN-9 (Compound 7a) is a potent orally active inhibitor of AChE and BChE, with IC50 values of 5.74 μM and 14.05 μM against hAChE and eqBChE, respectively. It also demonstrates effective antioxidant activity, with an IC50 value of 57.35 μM. Additionally, AChE BChE-IN-9 exhibits the ability to chelate iron and modulate the aggregation of amyloid β 1-42. Notably, AChE-IN-16 has the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier [1].