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1.
Bioorg Chem ; 139: 106708, 2023 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37487425

RESUMO

To improve the antiproliferative effect of ALC67 (diastereomeric mixture of ethyl 2-phenyl-3-propioloyl-1,3-thiazolidine-4-carboxylate), its structure was modified via (i) bioisosteric substitution of the phenyl ring by the ferrocene unit and (ii) replacing the propiolamide side-chain in ACL67 with other acyl groups having differing electrophilicities. In this way, a small library of methyl N-acyl-2-ferrocenyl-1,3-thiazolidine-4-carboxylates (13 compounds in total) was created and characterized by spectral and crystallographic means. The last N-acylation step was highly diastereoselective toward the cis-diastereomer. In solution, most of the obtained compounds existed as a mixture of two rotamers and displayed a preference for the syn-orientation around the CN bond. A twisted 5T4 envelope conformation was adopted by the derivative containing the N-phenoxyacetyl group in the crystalline state. Two derivatives with chloroacetyl and bromoacetyl groups in the N-3 side chain were cytotoxic to fibroblasts and hepatocellular cancer cells in the low micromolar range (IC50(MRC5) = 9.0 and 11.8 µM, respectively, and IC50(HepG2) = 10.6 and 18.4 µM, respectively) causing an effect similar to the lead compound (IC50(HepG2) = 10.0 µM) and cisplatin (IC50(MRC5) = 4.0 µM and IC50(HepG2) = 7.7 µM). Several derivatives also manifested modest antimicrobial effects against the studied microbial strains (MICs in the range from 0.44 to 4.0 µmol/mL). Our findings demonstrated that the introduction of a ferrocene core facilitated the preparation of optically pure analogs of ALC67 and that the cytotoxicity of compounds may be enhanced by adding proper electrophilic centers to the N-acyl side-chain.


Assuntos
Anti-Infecciosos , Antineoplásicos , Tiazolidinas/farmacologia , Metalocenos/farmacologia , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Antineoplásicos/química , Anti-Infecciosos/farmacologia , Proliferação de Células
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Plants (Basel) ; 11(23)2022 Dec 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36501379

RESUMO

Motivated by the ethnopharmacological use of Pulicaria dysenterica, in the present study, the antimicrobial potential of the extracted essential oil was investigated against a panel of eighteen microorganism strains. Additionally, anti-acetylcholinesterase and antispasmodic (isolated rat distal colon) activities, general acute toxicity (Artemia salina model), and immunomodulatory properties (cytotoxicity on isolated mouse macrophages) were studied. Detailed analyses of the essential oil led to the identification of 3-methoxycuminyl 2-methylbutanoate (a new natural product) and 3-methoxycuminyl 3-methylbutanoate (a rare natural product). The obtained esters and intermediates in the synthesis of the starting alcohol (3-methoxycuminol) were subjected to a battery of 1D- and 2D-NMR experiments. The synthesized esters were additionally characterized by GC-MS, IR, and UV-Vis. The synthesized compounds (ten in total) were biologically tested in the same way as the extracted P. dysenterica essential oil. The obtained low acute toxicity and promising antimicrobial potential suggest that the P. dysenterica essential oil might partially explain the ethnopharmacological application of P. dysenterica plant material for the treatment of gastrointestinal infections.

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Chem Biodivers ; 19(6): e202200235, 2022 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35507018

RESUMO

This study focused on the essential oils (EOs) isolated from needles with twigs of three indigenous Balkan Abies species (A. alba, A. × borisii-regis and A. cephalonica) regarding their chemical composition, antimicrobial activity and toxicity toward crustaceans and insects. Even though distinct phytochemical profiles of dominant volatiles were revealed for each species, ß-pinene and α-pinene represented the first two major volatiles in all three EOs. Antimicrobial activity of EOs has shown inhibitory effect against all 17 studied strains (ATCC and respiratory isolates) in the range of 0.62-20.00 mg/mL (MICs). Further, all three EOs exhibited strong toxicity (LC50 <100 µg/mL) in Artemia salina lethality bioassay, but with significant differences that depended on the EO type. Additionally, tested EOs have shown a certain level of toxicity against Drosophila melanogaster, mostly at the highest tested concentration (3 %) which caused significant prolongation of developmental time, larvicidal effect and pupal mortality. In the three biological assays performed, there was no observed inhibitory effect or weakest activity for A. alba EO. Further, A. cephalonica EO has shown the highest levels of antimicrobial activity and toxicity toward A. salina, while in relation to the insecticidal potential, A. cephalonica and A. × borisii-regis EOs exhibited similar level of toxicity against D. melanogaster.


Assuntos
Abies , Anti-Infecciosos , Óleos Voláteis , Animais , Anti-Infecciosos/química , Anti-Infecciosos/toxicidade , Artemia , Península Balcânica , Drosophila melanogaster , Óleos Voláteis/química , Óleos Voláteis/toxicidade
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Chem Biodivers ; 19(3): e202100905, 2022 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35023612

RESUMO

This is the first comparative study on antimicrobial activity of essential oils (EOs) of six Achillea species (A. crithmifolia, A. distans, A. grandifolia, A. millefolium, A. nobilis, and A. lingulata) against ATCC and clinical microbial strains isolated from human swabs and on their toxicological potential on crustaceans. Oxygenated monoterpenes represented the major compound class in all six EOs, ranging from around 50 % (A. millefolium, A. nobilis, and A. lingulata) up to over 80 % (A. crithmifolia and A. grandifolia). Specific phytochemical profiles of the major volatiles were determined for each species. Still, borneol was the dominant compound in EOs of three yarrow species: A. distans, A. lingulata, and A. millefolium. Other major compounds were 1,8-cineole in A. crithmifolia, camphor in A. grandifolia, and artemisia ketone in A. nobilis EO. Antimicrobial activities of EOs were examined by a microdilution method revealing inhibitory action against all 15 studied strains in the range of 0.07-20.00 mg/mL (MICs). High toxicity (LC50 <100 µg/mL) in Artemia salina acute toxicity bioassay was a shared characteristic, appearing in five out of six tested EOs, i. e., those isolated from A. lingulata, A. millefolium, A. distans, A. nobilis, and A. grandifolia. In both types of biological tests, A. lingulata EO has shown the highest and A. crithmifolia EO the lowest potential. The strongest activities, recorded for EO of A. lingulata, which was the only studied species from the section Anthemoideae, may be explained by its somewhat unusual chemical composition. According to the obtained results, the second dominant compound of this EO is γ-palmitolactone, which may be a significant agent regarding the antimicrobial activity and toxicity to crustaceans, either on its own or in union with other components, and it may be a suitable topic for further research.


Assuntos
Achillea , Anti-Infecciosos , Óleos Voláteis , Achillea/química , Antibacterianos/química , Antibacterianos/toxicidade , Anti-Infecciosos/toxicidade , Humanos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Óleos Voláteis/química , Óleos Voláteis/toxicidade
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Food Chem Toxicol ; 158: 112666, 2021 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34762977

RESUMO

Immortelle (Helichrysum italicum, Asteraceae) essential oil has been widely used in alternative medicine to accelerate wound healing, as well as in cosmetic products to stimulate skin regeneration and to reduce the appearance of wrinkles. It is also considered a natural and safe culinary spice that could also be applied in the food industry as a preservative in the future. The therapeutic efficacy of this oil changes with the natural variability of the composition. Herein we tested and mutually compared the antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activities of four commercial immortelle oils differing in the relative amounts of marker compounds, i.e. neryl esters, α-pinene, γ- and ar-curcumenes, and ß-diketones. The anti-inflammatory effect of selected chromatographic fractions, enriched in the aforementioned constituents, was evaluated by studying toxicity toward rat peritoneal macrophages, their nitric oxide production, myeloperoxidase, and arginase activities. Subsequently, the compositional and activity data were subjected to a multivariate statistical treatment to reveal the possible correlation(s) between the percentage of essential-oil constituents and the observed activities. The obtained results imply that immortelle oil efficiency as an antimicrobial and/or anti-inflammatory agent is most plausibly a result of a synergistic action between its constituents, and/or, rather unexpectedly, the presence of some minor constituents.


Assuntos
Anti-Infecciosos/farmacologia , Anti-Inflamatórios/farmacologia , Helichrysum/química , Óleos Voláteis/farmacologia , Óleos de Plantas/farmacologia , Animais , Anti-Infecciosos/análise , Anti-Inflamatórios/análise , Bactérias/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Cromatografia Gasosa-Espectrometria de Massas , Macrófagos Peritoneais/efeitos dos fármacos , Masculino , Óleos Voláteis/análise , Óleos de Plantas/análise , Ratos , Ratos Wistar
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Biotechnol Adv ; 44: 107629, 2020 11 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32896577

RESUMO

Tuberculosis is a highly infectious disease declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization, with approximately one third of the world's population being latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis treatment consists in an intensive phase and a continuation phase. Unfortunately, the appearance of multi drug-resistant tuberculosis, mainly due to low adherence to prescribed therapies or inefficient healthcare structures, requires at least 20 months of treatment with second-line, more toxic and less efficient drugs, i.e., capreomycin, kanamycin, amikacin and fluoroquinolones. Therefore, there exists an urgent need for discovery and development of new drugs to reduce the global burden of this disease, including the multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. To this end, many plant species, as well as marine organisms and fungi have been and continue to be used in various traditional healing systems around the world to treat tuberculosis, thus representing a nearly unlimited source of active ingredients. Besides their antimycobacterial activity, natural products can be useful in adjuvant therapy to improve the efficacy of conventional antimycobacterial therapies, to decrease their adverse effects and to reverse mycobacterial multi-drug resistance due to the genetic plasticity and environmental adaptability of Mycobacterium. However, even if some natural products have still been investigated in preclinical and clinical studies, the validation of their efficacy and safety as antituberculosis agents is far from being reached, and, therefore, according to an evidence-based approach, more high-level randomized clinical trials are urgently needed.


Assuntos
Anti-Infecciosos , Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Plantas Medicinais , Tuberculose , Antituberculosos/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Tuberculose/tratamento farmacológico
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J Food Sci Technol ; 55(8): 2910-2925, 2018 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30065400

RESUMO

Many Eryngium species have been traditionally used as ornamental, edible or medicinal plants. The gas chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analyses have shown that the major compounds in the aerial parts were spathulenol (in E. campestre and E. palmatum oils) and germacrene D (in E. amethystinum oil). The main compounds in the root oil were nonanoic acid, 2,3,4-trimethylbenzaldehyde and octanoic acid for E. campestre, E. amethystinum and E. palmatum, respectively. All the oils expressed the highest potential against Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus as well as Gram-negative Klebsiella pneumoniae and Proteus mirabilis. Molecular docking analysis was used for determining a potential antibacterial activity mechanism of compounds present in the essential oils. Molecular docking confirmed that the binding affinity of spathulenol to the active site of tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase was the highest among the tested dominant compounds. Regarding the total phenolic content (determined by the Folin-Ciocalteu assay) and flavonoid content (evaluated using aluminum nitrate nonahydrate), the highest amount was found in the ethyl acetate extract of E. palmatum. The results of DPPH and ABTS assay indicated that the highest antioxidant activity was present in the water extract of E. amethystinum. Extracts of the aerial parts presented as minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) expressed the activity in the range 0.004-20.00 mg/mL, with the highest activity exhibited by the acetone and ethyl acetate extracts against Proteus mirabilis. The obtained results suggest that Eryngium species may be considered a beneficial native source of the compounds with antioxidant and antimicrobial properties.

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Biotechnol Adv ; 2017 07 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28694178

RESUMO

Tuberculosis is a highly infectious disease declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization, with approximately one third of the world's population being latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis treatment consists in an intensive phase and a continuation phase. Unfortunately, the appearance of multi drug-resistant tuberculosis, mainly due to low adherence to prescribed therapies or inefficient healthcare structures, requires at least 20months of treatment with second-line, more toxic and less efficient drugs, i.e., capreomycin, kanamycin, amikacin and fluoroquinolones. Therefore, there exists an urgent need for discovery and development of new drugs to reduce the global burden of this disease, including the multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. To this end, many plant species, as well as marine organisms and fungi have been and continue to be used in various traditional healing systems around the world to treat tuberculosis, thus representing a nearly unlimited source of active ingredients. Besides their antimycobacterial activity, natural products can be useful in adjuvant therapy to improve the efficacy of conventional antimycobacterial therapies, to decrease their adverse effects and to reverse mycobacterial multi-drug resistance due to the genetic plasticity and environmental adaptability of Mycobacterium. However, even if some natural products have still been investigated in preclinical and clinical studies, the validation of their efficacy and safety as antituberculosis agents is far from being reached, and, therefore, according to an evidence-based approach, more high-level randomized clinical trials are urgently needed.

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Food Chem Toxicol ; 105: 355-369, 2017 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28472675

RESUMO

Neurotoxic thujones (α- and ß-diastereoisomers) are common constituents of plant essential oils. In this study, we employed a statistical approach to determine the contribution of thujones to the overall observed behaviour-modulating and toxic effects of essential oils (Salvia officinalis L., Artemisia absinthium L., Thuja occidentalis L. and Tanacetum vulgare L.) containing these monoterpene ketones. The data from three in vivo neuropharmacological tests on rats (open field, light-dark, and diazepam-induced sleep), and toxicity assays (brine shrimp, and antimicrobial activity against a panel of microorganisms), together with the data from detailed chemical analyses, were subjected to a multivariate statistical treatment to reveal the possible correlation(s) between the content of essential-oil constituents and the observed effects. The results strongly imply that the toxic and behaviour-modulating activity of the oils (hundreds of constituents) should not be associated exclusively with thujones. The statistical analyses pinpointed to a number of essential-oil constituents other than thujones that demonstrated a clear correlation with either the toxicity, antimicrobial effect or the activity on CNS. Thus, in addition to the thujone content, the amount and toxicity of other constituents should be taken into consideration when making risk assessment and determining the regulatory status of plants in food and medicines.


Assuntos
Artemisia absinthium/química , Óleos Voláteis/toxicidade , Óleos de Plantas/toxicidade , Salvia officinalis/química , Tanacetum/química , Thuja/química , Animais , Artemisia absinthium/toxicidade , Cromatografia Gasosa-Espectrometria de Massas , Masculino , Óleos Voláteis/análise , Óleos de Plantas/análise , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Salvia officinalis/toxicidade , Tanacetum/toxicidade , Thuja/toxicidade
10.
Food Chem ; 232: 329-339, 2017 Oct 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28490082

RESUMO

Detailed analyses of horseradish autolysates led to the identification of a new natural product, 5-phenylpentyl isothiocyanate (PhPeITC). The structural assignment was corroborated by synthesis, and the identity unequivocally established by spectral means. The occurrence of PhPeITC is the first direct proof of the existence of a 5-phenylpentyl glucosinolate in the aerial parts of this species as one of the possible "mustard oil" precursors. To verify its possible contribution to the horseradish functional food status, horseradish above- and underground autolysates, together with five ω-phenylalkyl isothiocyanates were tested for their spasmolytic, cytotoxic and antimicrobial activities. Specifically, the cytotoxic effect on Caco-2, HeLa (cancer) and MDCK (non-cancer) cell lines was established. Additionally, the five tested ITCs exerted significant spasmolytic activity (on rat distal colon), with PhPeITC being almost 100 times more potent than papaverine. A non-selective antimicrobial activity of all ITCs was revealed in the case of 6 bacterial and 2 fungal strains.


Assuntos
Armoracia/química , Glucosinolatos/química , Isotiocianatos/isolamento & purificação , Anti-Infecciosos/química , Anti-Infecciosos/farmacologia , Células CACO-2 , Humanos , Isotiocianatos/farmacologia , Parassimpatolíticos/química , Parassimpatolíticos/farmacologia
11.
Chem Biodivers ; 12(9): 1378-97, 2015 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26363882

RESUMO

Detailed GC and GC-MS analyses of the essential oils and Et2 O extracts of two Xeranthemum species - X. cylindraceum and X. annum - resulted in the identification of 254 components, in total. Terpenoids constituted the major part of both X. cylindraceum and X. annum essential oils and extracts (51.8-65.7%, and 50.7%, resp.). Among the sesquiterpenoids, the extracts of both investigated taxa contained the guaianolide xerantholide, its 11,13-dihydro derivatives, and two additional sesquiterpene lactones: an eudesmanolide, 11,13-dihydroisoalantolactone, and a pseudoguaianolide, confertin. The last two lactones and both isomers of 11,13-dihydroxerantholide have not been previously detected in Xeranthemum species. The isolated extracts of X. cylindraceum and X. annum were tested in a broth microdilution assay against a panel of microorganisms. The tested extracts demonstrated significant antimicrobial inhibitory activity, ranging from 30 to 260 µg/ml, being most active against Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureus, an important human pathogen, with MIC close in value to those of chloramphenicol. Chemotaxonomic significance of the sesquiterpene lactones' distribution in the taxa investigated in this study and those detected earlier in phylogenetically close species (up to the level of the tribe Cardueae) was also discussed.


Assuntos
Anti-Infecciosos/química , Asteraceae/química , Lactonas/química , Óleos Voláteis/química , Extratos Vegetais/química , Sesquiterpenos/química , Anti-Infecciosos/isolamento & purificação , Anti-Infecciosos/farmacologia , Asteraceae/classificação , Bactérias/efeitos dos fármacos , Infecções Bacterianas/tratamento farmacológico , Candida albicans/efeitos dos fármacos , Candidíase/tratamento farmacológico , Cromatografia Gasosa-Espectrometria de Massas , Humanos , Lactonas/isolamento & purificação , Lactonas/farmacologia , Óleos Voláteis/isolamento & purificação , Óleos Voláteis/farmacologia , Extratos Vegetais/isolamento & purificação , Extratos Vegetais/farmacologia , Sesquiterpenos/isolamento & purificação , Sesquiterpenos/farmacologia
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J Inorg Biochem ; 143: 9-19, 2015 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25474362

RESUMO

Two novel Pd(II) complexes with 2-(phenylselanylmethyl)oxolane and 2-(phenylselanylmethyl)oxane as ligands were synthesized. The crystal and molecular structure of the complexes has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. It turned out for both complexes that the two ligands are coordinated to Pd via Se atoms in a trans-fashion and the other two trans-positions are occupied by Cl ions. Detailed 1D- and 2D-NMR analyses revealed the existence of equilibrating trans-diastereomeric species differing in the configuration at four chiral centers (selenium and carbon) in the solution of the complexes. A computational study was also undertaken to assess the relative stabilities of the mentioned stereoisomeric species. The antimicrobial properties of the complexes were investigated against a series of human pathogenic bacterial and fungal strains. The complexes were shown to possess promising broad spectrum moderate antimicrobial activity that is more pronounced against fungal organisms. The noted activity could be completely attributed to the Pd(II) center, whereas the ligands probably mediate the transportation of a Pd(II) species across cell membranes.


Assuntos
Anti-Infecciosos/química , Anti-Infecciosos/síntese química , Anti-Infecciosos/farmacologia , Bactérias/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Paládio/química , Cristalografia por Raios X , Humanos , Estrutura Molecular
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Comput Biol Med ; 54: 72-8, 2014 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25217763

RESUMO

In the current work, in vitro antioxidant, antibacterial, and antifungal activites of the needle terpenes of three taxa of Pinus nigra from Serbia (ssp. nigra, ssp. pallasiana, and var. banatica) were analyzed. The black pine essential oils showed generally weak antioxidative properties tested by two methods (DPPH and ABTS scavenging assays), where the highest activity was identified in P. nigra var. banatica (IC50=25.08 mg/mL and VitC=0.67 mg (vitamin C)/g when tested with the DPPH and ABTS reagents, respectively). In the antimicrobial assays, one fungal (Aspergilus niger) and two bacterial strains (Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus) showed sensitivity against essential oils of all three P. nigra taxa. The tested oils have been shown to possess inhibitory action in the range from 20.00 to 0.62 mg/mL, where var. banatica exhibited the highest and ssp. nigra the lowest antimicrobial action. In order to determine potential compounds that are responsible for alternative mode of action, molecular docking simulations inside FtsZ (a prokaryotic homolog of tubulin) were performed. Tested compounds were the most abundant terpenoid (germacrene D-4-ol) and its structurally similar terpene (germacrene D), both present in all three essential oils. It was determined that the oxygenated form of the molecule creates stable bonds with investigated enzyme FtsZ, and that this compound, through this mechanism of action participates in the antimicrobial activity.


Assuntos
Anti-Infecciosos/administração & dosagem , Fenômenos Fisiológicos Bacterianos/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas de Bactérias/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/antagonistas & inibidores , Fungos/efeitos dos fármacos , Óleos Voláteis/administração & dosagem , Pinus/química , Terpenos/administração & dosagem , Anti-Infecciosos/química , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Apoptose/fisiologia , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência Celular/fisiologia , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Fungos/fisiologia , Óleos Voláteis/química , Pinus/classificação , Óleos de Plantas/administração & dosagem , Óleos de Plantas/química , Terpenos/química
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Phytochem Anal ; 25(1): 75-80, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23922264

RESUMO

INTRODUCTION: Recently, a potent anti-staphylococcal activity of Inula helenium L. (Asteraceae) root essential oil was reported. Also, bioassay guided fractionation of the oil pointed to eudesmane sesquiterpene lactones and a series of unidentified constituents as the main carriers of the observed activity. OBJECTIVE: To identify nine new constituents (long-chain 3-methyl-2-alkanones) from a fraction of this root essential oil with a low minimum inhibitory concentration value (0.8 µg/mL) by employing a synthetic methodology that leads to the formation of a small combinatorial library of these compounds. METHODS: The identity of these constituents was inferred from mass spectral fragmentation patterns and GC retention data. A library of 3-methyl-2-alkanones (C11 -C19 homologous series) was synthesised in three steps starting from methyl acetoacetate and the corresponding alkyl halides. The synthetic library was also screened for in vitro anti-microbial activity. RESULTS: Gas chromatographic analyses of I. helenium essential oil samples with spiked compounds from the synthesised library corroborated the tentative identifications of the long-chain 3-methyl-2-alkanones. The availability of these anti-microbial compounds from this library made it possible to construct GC/FID calibration curves and determine their content in the plant material: 0.08 - 24.2 mg/100 g of dry roots. CONCLUSION: The small combinatorial library approach enabled the first unequivocal identification of long-chain 3-methyl-2-alkanones as plant secondary metabolites, and, also, allowed determination of not only a single compound and biological properties, but those of a group of structurally related compounds.


Assuntos
Anti-Infecciosos/química , Anti-Infecciosos/farmacologia , Inula/química , Óleos Voláteis/análise , Raízes de Plantas/química , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/síntese química , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/farmacologia , Calibragem , Candida albicans/efeitos dos fármacos , Cromatografia Gasosa , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Estrutura Molecular , Óleos Voláteis/química , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/química
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Food Chem Toxicol ; 62: 554-65, 2013 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24055768

RESUMO

To determine the exact structure of previously tentatively identified minor essential-oil constituents of a Chamomile species (Antemis segetalis Ten. (Asteraceae)), we have synthesized a small combinatorial library of 54 regioisomeric allylmethoxyphenyl pentanoates and 2-pentenoates (49 completely new compounds). GC-MS in combination with 1D- and 2D-NMR analyses of the library compounds provided unambiguous data that led to a straightforward identification of the mentioned A. segetalis constituents as eugenyl angelate, 2-methylbutanoate and 3-methylbutanoate (0.21, 0.22, and 0.13 mg/100 g of fresh plant material, respectively). To assess the safety and potential beneficial pharmacological uses of these naturally occurring esters and several other library compounds (these were tested to provide relevant data for a SAR (structure-activity relationship) analysis), we have studied the effect of these compounds in several models of toxicity (acute toxicity against Artemia salina, cytotoxicity against two cell lines (fibroblast and melanoma)), as well as their acetylcholinesterase inhibitory and antibacterial activities. Anthemis segetalis constituents showed low to moderate activity in all tests. The obtained results suggest that the intake of these compounds in naturally available amounts, on their own, would probably not represent a risk to human health but the possible adverse interactions with the plant matrix should not be neglected.


Assuntos
Anthemis/química , Avaliação Pré-Clínica de Medicamentos/métodos , Ésteres/toxicidade , Óleos Voláteis/química , Animais , Antibacterianos/química , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Artemia/efeitos dos fármacos , Linhagem Celular Tumoral/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidores da Colinesterase/química , Inibidores da Colinesterase/farmacologia , Técnicas de Química Combinatória/métodos , Ésteres/química , Ésteres/farmacocinética , Eugenol/análogos & derivados , Eugenol/química , Eugenol/toxicidade , Cromatografia Gasosa-Espectrometria de Massas , Humanos , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Melanoma/tratamento farmacológico , Óleos Voláteis/análise , Óleos Voláteis/toxicidade , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Testes de Toxicidade Aguda
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Food Chem Toxicol ; 58: 37-49, 2013 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23607933

RESUMO

Botanical drugs based on Artemisia annua L. (Asteraceae) are important in the treatment of malaria. Alongside with artemisinin, this aromatic species produces high and variable amounts of other chemicals that have mostly unknown biological/pharmacological activities. Herein, we have studied the toxicological/pharmacological profile of volatile constituents of a Serbian population of A. annua. Fifty-eight components were identified, among them, artemisia ketone (35.7%), α-pinene (16.5%) and 1,8-cineole (5.5%) were the most abundant ones. Significant variability of A. annua volatile profile was confirmed by means of agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis indicating the existence of several different A. annua chemotypes. In an attempt to connect the chemical profile of A. annua oil with its biological/toxicological effects, we have evaluated in vivo and/or in vitro toxicity (including hepato- and nephrotoxicity/protection), antinociceptive, antioxidant (DPPH, ABTS and superoxide radical scavenging activity assays), enzyme inhibiting (protein kinase A and α-amylase) and antimicrobial potential of A. annua oil and of its constituents. Our results revealed that the beneficial properties of A. annua botanical drugs are not limited only to their antimalarial properties. Taking into account its relatively low toxicity, the usage of A. annua volatiles (at least of the herein studied population) does not represent a health risk.


Assuntos
Artemisia annua/química , Óleos Voláteis/toxicidade , Volatilização , Animais , Cromatografia Gasosa , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Óleos Voláteis/química , Óleos Voláteis/farmacologia , Ratos , Ratos Wistar
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Food Chem Toxicol ; 50(6): 2016-26, 2012 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22449535

RESUMO

Many plant species are used for medicinal purposes without the knowledge of their possible toxic effect. The ethnopharmacologically renowned genus Achillea L. (Asteraceae) is even more troublesome in this respect since different taxa are believed to have the same beneficial properties as A. millefolium. According to the median lethal i.p. dose (LD(50)=853 mg/kg, mice), the volatiles of Achillea umbellata Sibth. et Sm. are more toxic than the thujone-containing essential oils (LD(50)>960 mg/kg). A GC-MS analysis of A. umbellata oil revealed the presence of a series of fragranyl esters (six new natural products). The major constituents of this oil, the rare monoterpene alcohol fragranol and fragranyl acetate, and one more ester (benzoate), as well as the oil itself, showed antianxiety, analgesic and, in some instances, paralyzing properties at 50-150 mg/kg but these are very likely sign of intoxication and not of possible beneficial effects of the plant volatiles. Testing of antimicrobial activity demonstrated that the oil possesses moderate activity against pathogenic microorganisms, but the effect of the oil differs in pro- and eukaryotic cells. According to the results obtained, fragranol may be considered as the main active principle responsible for the observed activity/toxicity.


Assuntos
Achillea/química , Analgésicos , Ansiolíticos , Antibacterianos , Óleos Voláteis/farmacologia , Achillea/toxicidade , Animais , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Cromatografia em Camada Fina , Cromatografia Gasosa-Espectrometria de Massas , Hidrólise , Dose Letal Mediana , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Espectrometria de Massas , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Óleos Voláteis/química , Óleos Voláteis/toxicidade , Medição da Dor/efeitos dos fármacos , Folhas de Planta/química , Espectrofotometria Ultravioleta , Espectroscopia de Infravermelho com Transformada de Fourier
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Nat Prod Commun ; 7(12): 1609-14, 2012 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23413565

RESUMO

In this study we evaluated in vitro (radical scavenging) and in vivo (hepatoprotective effect) antioxidant activities and antimicrobial properties of the extracts of the above- and underground parts of Geranium macrorrhizum L. (Geraniaceae), an ethnopharmacologically renowned plant species. The antioxidant activity and total phenol and flavonoid contents of four different solvent extracts were evaluated by seven different methods. The methanol extracts, administered i.p. to rats (120-480 mg/kg), were evaluated for hepatoprotective activity in a CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity model. The same extracts were tested for antimicrobial activity against seven bacterial and two fungal species. The administered methanol extracts with the highest antioxidant potential showed a significant dose-dependent hepatoprotective action against CCl4-induced liver damage in both decreasing the levels of liver transaminases and bilirubin and in reducing the extent of morphological malformations of the liver. The leaf methanol extract displayed a very strong antibacterial activity, especially against Staphylococcus aureus, with low minimal inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations. These results justify the frequent use of this plant species in folk medicine. Besides the known astringent effect, one can expect that the observed antimicrobial activity against several human pathogens contributes to the wound healing properties of this plant.


Assuntos
Anti-Infecciosos/farmacologia , Antioxidantes/farmacologia , Doença Hepática Induzida por Substâncias e Drogas/prevenção & controle , Geranium/química , Substâncias Protetoras/farmacologia , Animais , Bilirrubina/metabolismo , Compostos de Bifenilo/química , Intoxicação por Tetracloreto de Carbono/prevenção & controle , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Compostos Férricos , Flavonoides/química , Flavonoides/isolamento & purificação , Sequestradores de Radicais Livres/farmacologia , Testes de Função Hepática , Masculino , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Fenóis/química , Fenóis/isolamento & purificação , Picratos/química , Extratos Vegetais/química , Folhas de Planta/química , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Substâncias Redutoras/química , Substâncias Redutoras/farmacologia , Rizoma/química , Staphylococcus aureus/efeitos dos fármacos
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Chem Biodivers ; 7(11): 2783-800, 2010 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21072778

RESUMO

The volatile hydrodistilled compounds from aerial parts and rhizomes of the ethnopharmacologically highly valued plant species Geranium macrorrhizum L. were screened for their antimicrobial activity in disc-diffusion and microdilution assays. The assays pointed out to a very high and selective activity of the oils against Bacillus subtilis with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of 0.4-1.0 µg/ml. This prompted us to perform detailed compositional analyses of the oils. GC and GC/MS analyses allowed the identification of 283 constituents. The oils consisted mainly of sesquiterpenoids, the main ones being germacrone (49.7% in the oil from aerial parts) and δ-guaiene (49.2% in rhizome oil). Significant qualitative and quantitative compositional differences in the oils from the two plant parts were observed. Further antimicrobial testing enabled us to determine that germacrone, the major constituent of the oil from aerial parts, was not the sole agent responsible for the observed activity.


Assuntos
Anti-Infecciosos/química , Bacillus subtilis/efeitos dos fármacos , Geranium/química , Óleos Voláteis/química , Sesquiterpenos de Germacrano/química , Anti-Infecciosos/isolamento & purificação , Anti-Infecciosos/farmacologia , Azulenos/química , Azulenos/isolamento & purificação , Azulenos/farmacologia , Cromatografia Gasosa-Espectrometria de Massas , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Óleos Voláteis/isolamento & purificação , Óleos Voláteis/farmacologia , Componentes Aéreos da Planta/química , Rizoma/química , Sesquiterpenos de Germacrano/isolamento & purificação , Sesquiterpenos de Germacrano/farmacologia , Sesquiterpenos de Guaiano/química , Sesquiterpenos de Guaiano/isolamento & purificação , Sesquiterpenos de Guaiano/farmacologia
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