Dr Sabine Montaut

 

Assistant Professor

 


Master's in Chimie et Biologie Végétales (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France)
D.E.A.; Ph.D. in Sciences des Agroressources (Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France)

Office: S-315

Lab: S-210

 

Mailing Address

Dr. S. Montaut
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Laurentian University
Sudbury, ON
P3E 2C6

 

Tel: (705) 675-1151, ext 2185, Lab 2152

Fax: (705) 675-4844

 

Internet:
smontaut@laurentian.ca

Current position available

Natural Products Chemistry (Phytochemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry)

   

Our group is interested in natural product chemistry. Our research interests are mainly oriented toward the isolation and structure elucidation of secondary metabolites from higher plants using modern spectroscopic methods. We preferably focus on new natural products likely to possess biological activities.

 

            1. Originally, we are more concerned about the plants from the Brassicaceae family or also called Crucifers, which are mainly consumed as vegetables. The most famous examples belonging to that family of cruciferous plants are cabbages, canola, cauliflower, radishes etc. Several epidemiological studies suggest that consumption of cruciferous vegetables may be particularly effective in reducing cancer risk at several organ sites. Crucifers that are widely consumed are especially rich in glucosinolates, which are responsible for the hot, pungent taste of the mustards. Glucosinolates are b-thioglucoside N-hydroxysulfates with a side chain and a sulphur-linked b-D-glucopyranose moiety, which are converted by plant myrosinase and gastrointestinal microflora to isothiocyanates. A limited number of glucosinolates that were examined effectively block chemical carcinogenesis in animal models.

 

            2. Fruits and vegetables contain several polyphenolic compounds, which possess in general several biological properties. Flavonoids are mainly used as veinotonic. They have anti-inflammatory as well as anti-allergic properties. Some of them have shown cytotoxic, antimitotic, antitumor and potential cancer chemopreventive activities. Furthermore, some polyphenolic compounds (for example proantocyanidins from grape and wine) have antioxidant activities and they could possess a role in enhancing chemoprevention and prolonging healthy life. In fact, in spite of a lipid rich diet, the low impact on cardiovascular diseases called the French paradox is assigned to red wine consumption. Multiple mechanisms are undoubtedly involved in the protective effects of diets rich in fruits and vegetables.

 

            We are investigating the phytochemical compositions (intact glucosinolates and their hydrolysis products, flavonoids, alkaloids…) of wild cruciferous plants that have never been studied in general and for potential cancer chemoprotection or antioxidants properties. These studies will be performed on various wild cruciferous plants but also endemic plants of Canada. These investigations can be expanded to other glucosinolates containing families and other plant families especially to species used in different folk medicines. The compounds will be separated using several chromatographic methods. After structural elucidation, quantification in different organs of the plants, pure compounds could be used in more elaborated tests to understand the mechanisms of action.

 

            The objective is to develop new perspectives of uses for these plants, which would give them a higher value in addition to food consumption and to have a better understanding of the relative contributions of various components of plants to cancer risk reduction.
 

 

Publications:

Blažević I., Radonić A., Skočibušić, M., De Nicola, G.R., Montaut, S., Iori, R., Rollin, P., Mastelić, J., Zekić, M., Maravić, A.
Glucosinolates and Antimicrobial Activity of Aurinia leucadea (Brassicaceae).

Chemistry and Biodiversity8 (12), 2310-2321. (2011)

 

De Nicola G.R., Blazevic I., Montaut S., Rollin P., Mastelic J., Iori R., Tatibouet A.
Glucosinolate Distribution in Aerial Parts of Degenia velebitica.
Chemistry and Biodiversity. 8(11), 2090-2096. (2011)

 

Montaut, S., and Bleeker, R. S.
Isolation and structure elucidation of 5'-O-b-D-glucopyranosyl-dihydroascorbigen from Cardamine diphylla rhizome.
Carbohydrate Research, 345: 1968-1970. (2010) [PDF]

 

Montaut, S., Bleeker, R. S., and Jacques, C.
Phytochemical constituents of Cardamine diphylla.
Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 88: 50-56. (2010) [PDF]

 

Montaut, S., Barillari, J., Iori, R., Rollin, P. 
Glucoraphasatin: Chemistry, occurence, and biological properties. 
Phytochemistry, 71: 6-12. (2010) [PDF]

 

Sabine Montaut, Julie Grandbois, Laura Righetti, Jessica Barillari, Renato Iori and Patrick Rollin.
Updated Glucosinolate Profile of Dithyrea wislizenii.
J. Nat. Prod., 72: 889-893. (2009) (PDF)


Pedras, M. S. C., Montaut, S. & Suchý, M. 
Phytoalexins from the crucifer rutabaga: structures, synthesis, biosynthesis and antifungal activites.
J. Org. Chem., 69, 4471-4476. (2004) [Pdf]

 

Pedras, M. S. C. & Montaut, S.
The biosynthesis of crucifer phytoalexins: unprecedented incorporation of a 1-methoxyindolyl precursor.
Chem. Comm., 452-453. (2004) [Pdf]

 

Pedras, M. S. C., Nycholat, C. M., Montaut, S., Xu, Y. & Khan, A. Q. 
Chemical defenses of crucifers: elicitation and metabolism of phytoalexins and indole-3-acetonitrile in brown mustard and turnip.
Phytochemistry 59, 611-625. (2002) [Pdf]

 

Fréchard, A., Fabre, N., Péan, C., Montaut, S., Fauvel, M. T., Rollin, P. & Fourasté, I. Novel indole-type glucosinolates from woad (Isatis tinctoria L.).
Tet. Lett., 42, 9015-9017. (2001) [Pdf]

 

Pedras, M. S. C., Montaut, S., Xu, Y., Khan, A. Q. & Loukaci, A. 
Assembling the biosynthetic puzzle of crucifer metabolites: indole-3-acetaldoxime is incorporated efficiently into phytoalexins but glucobrassicin is not.
Chem. Comm., 1572-1573. (2001) [Pdf]

 
 
 
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