A 7,8-dihydro-8-hydroxypalmatine from Enantia chlorantha
摘要:
7,8-dihydro-8-hydroxypalmatine, a novel protoberberine type alkaloid, along with palmatine, has been isolated and characterized from an anti-HIV active extract from Enantia chlorantha. The structures of the two compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic analyses and from chemical evidence. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
In an attempt to establish the components responsible for the use of Enantia chlorantha against cutaneous leishmaniasis in local traditional medicine, a well-known palmatine has been isolated in substantial amounts from a methanolic bark extract of this plant species. Palmatine therein obtained exhibited a significant inhibitory activity on growth of both Trypanosoma cruzi (IC50 0.068 mu M) and Leishmania infantum (IC50 0.79 mu M).
7,8-dihydro-8-hydroxypalmatine, a novel protoberberine type alkaloid, along with palmatine, has been isolated and characterized from an anti-HIV active extract from Enantia chlorantha. The structures of the two compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic analyses and from chemical evidence. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.