Structural Elucidation and Antimicrobial Characterization of Novel Diterpenoids from Fabiana densa var. ramulosa
摘要:
Novel diterpenoids were isolated from the extracts of Fabiana densa var. ramulosa and found to display a selective activity against Gram-positive bacterial strains with negligible cytotoxicity toward human keratinocytes. This study highlighted the role played by the acidic group at C18 of the tetracyclic ent-beyerene scaffold for antibacterial effects and how the length and flexibility of the alkyl chain between the two carbonyl groups are crucial factors to increase the antimicrobial activity of the molecules, supporting the development of natural products from F. densa and their derivatives for treatment of microbial infections.
INHIBITORS OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE MEDIATED BY ARNT
申请人:UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "LA SAPIENZA"
公开号:US20220259249A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-18
The present invention relates to diterpene compounds of general formula (I) capable of contrasting the antibiotic-resistance mediated by the ArnT enzyme, to their use as a medicament, in particular for use as an adjuvant of an antibiotic therapy in the treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. The invention relates also to associations of one or more of the compounds of formula (I) with at least another active ingredient, in particular an antibacterial agent and/or an antibiotic, and compositions comprising one or more compounds of formula (I) or the association according to the present invention and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and/or carrier as well as to products, in particular medical devices, comprising at least a compound, an association or a composition according to the present invention. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) to sensitize a bacterium to an antibacterial agent or an antibiotic, for example, colistin (polymyxin E) or polymyxin B and to an in vivo or in vitro method for sensitizing a bacterium to an antibacterial agent or an antibiotic comprising the exposure of said bacterium to one or more compounds of formula (I) together with colistin.
Structural Elucidation and Antimicrobial Characterization of Novel Diterpenoids from <i>Fabiana densa</i> var. <i>ramulosa</i>
Novel diterpenoids were isolated from the extracts of Fabiana densa var. ramulosa and found to display a selective activity against Gram-positive bacterial strains with negligible cytotoxicity toward human keratinocytes. This study highlighted the role played by the acidic group at C18 of the tetracyclic ent-beyerene scaffold for antibacterial effects and how the length and flexibility of the alkyl chain between the two carbonyl groups are crucial factors to increase the antimicrobial activity of the molecules, supporting the development of natural products from F. densa and their derivatives for treatment of microbial infections.