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Antiprotozoal activity of natural products from Nigerien plants used in folk medicine

Sevik Kilicaslan, O. and Cretton, S. and Hausmann, E. and Quirós-Guerrero, L. and Karimou, S. and Kaiser, M. and Mäser, P. and Christen, P. and Cuendet, M.. (2023) Antiprotozoal activity of natural products from Nigerien plants used in folk medicine. Front Pharmacol, 14. p. 1190241.

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Abstract

In the course of the screening of plants from Niger for antiprotozoal activity, the methanol extract of Cassia sieberiana, and the dichloromethane extracts of Ziziphus mauritiana and Sesamun alatum were found to be active against protozoan parasites, namely Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania donovani and/or Plasmodium falciparum. Myricitrin (1), quercitrin (2) and 1-palmitoyl-lysolecithin (3) were isolated from C. sieberiana. From Z. mauritiana, the three triterpene derivatives 13, 15, and 16 are described here for the first time. Their chemical structures were determined by 1D and 2D NMR experiments, UV, IR and HRESIMS data. The absolute configurations were assigned via comparison of the experimental and calculated ECD spectra. In addition, eight known cyclopeptide alkaloids (4, 5, 7-12), and five known triterpenoids (6, 14, 17-19) were isolated. The antiprotozoal activity of the isolated compounds, as well as of eleven quinone derivatives (20-30) previously isolated from S. alatum was determined in vitro. The cytotoxicity in L6 rat myoblast cells was also evaluated. Compound 18 showed the highest antiplasmodial activity (IC(50) = 0.2 microm) and compound 24 inhibited T. b. rhodesiense with an IC(50) value of 0.007 microM. However, it also displayed significant cytotoxicity in L6 cells (IC(50) = 0.4 microm).
Faculties and Departments:09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology (MPI) > Parasite Chemotherapy (Mäser)
UniBasel Contributors:Bossart, Cécile and Kaiser, Marcel and Mäser, Pascal
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
ISSN:1663-9812 (Print), 1663-9812 (Electronic), 1663-9812 (Linking)
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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