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SÍNTESE E CARACTERIZAÇÃO ESTRUTURAL DE PIGMENTOS ANTOCIÂNICOS E RESPETIVOS METABOLITOS: BIODISPONIBILIDADE E PROPRIEDADES BIOLÓGICAS.
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Gut microbiota modulation accounts for the neuroprotective properties of anthocyanins
Publication . Marques, C.; Fernandes, I.; Meireles, M.; Faria, A.; Spencer, J.P.E.; Mateus, N.; Calhau, C.; Calhau, Conceição; NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM); Nature Publishing Group
High-fat (HF) diets are thought to disrupt the profile of the gut microbiota in a manner that may contribute to the neuroinflammation and neurobehavioral changes observed in obesity. Accordingly, we hypothesize that by preventing HF-diet induced dysbiosis it is possible to prevent neuroinflammation and the consequent neurological disorders. Anthocyanins are flavonoids found in berries that exhibit anti-neuroinflammatory properties in the context of obesity. Here, we demonstrate that the blackberry anthocyanin-rich extract (BE) can modulate gut microbiota composition and counteract some of the features of HF-diet induced dysbiosis. In addition, we show that the modifications in gut microbial environment are partially linked with the anti-neuroinflammatory properties of BE. Through fecal metabolome analysis, we unravel the mechanism by which BE participates in the bilateral communication between the gut and the brain. BE alters host tryptophan metabolism, increasing the production of the neuroprotective metabolite kynurenic acid. These findings strongly suggest that dietary manipulation of the gut microbiota with anthocyanins can attenuate the neurologic complications of obesity, thus expanding the classification of psychobiotics to anthocyanins. © 2018, The Author(s).
Photochemistry of 5-Hydroxy-4'-Dimethylaminoflavylium in the presence of SDS micelles. The role of metastable states of flavylium cation-quinoidal base and trans-chalcones
Publication . Araújo, Paula; Mendoza, Johan; Pina, Fernando; Pereira, Ana Rita; Fernandes, Iva; de Freitas, Victor; Oliveira, Joana; DQ - Departamento de Química; LAQV@REQUIMTE; Elsevier
The multistate of species originated by the compound 5-hydroxy-4′-dimethylaminoflavylium was studied in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate micelles 0.1 M. A series of pH jumps obtained by addition of base to the equilibrated solutions of the flavylium cation results in a metastable equilibrium between the flavylium cation and the quinoidal base with pKa = 7.6. In neutral to moderately basic medium, only at 60 °C and after 5 days a new distribution involving the flavylium cation and trans-chalcones is achieved. On the other hand, the anionic trans-chalcone can be formed in few minutes in very basic medium at room temperature and from this, another meta-stable state constituted by protonated, neutral and anionic trans-chalcones, pKCt+/Ct = 2.6 and pKCt/Ct- = 10.7 is reached. The equilibrium is apparently attained between flavylium cation, neutral and anionic trans-chalcones respectively for pKAH+/Ct = 4.1 and pKCt/Ct- = 10.7. Irradiation of the neutral (stable or metastable) and protonated (meta-stable) trans-chalcones yields to the appearance of the quinoidal base or the flavylium cation in an extended pH region 1 < pH < 10. The peculiar properties of this flavylium based photochromic system are explained by means of an energy level diagram where cis-chalcone and hemiketal lay above the quinoidal base.
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SFRH/BPD/86173/2012