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Chemical investigation of the MeOH extract of the leaves of Scyphocephalium mannii (Benth. & Hook.f.) Warb. (Myristicaceae) led to the isolation and characterization of one new metabolite (+)-(7'S, 8S, 8'S)-4,4'-dihydroxy-3,3',5,5'-tetramethoxy-2,7'-cyclolignan (1) along with five known compounds. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic means, including 1 D and 2 D NMR, HRESI-MS and by comparison with published data. The absolute configuration of compound 1 was determined by single-crystal X-RAY diffraction. Compound 1 showed moderate antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans with respective MIC and MMC values of 64 and 256 µg/mL.
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Anti-Infective Agents , Myristicaceae , Molecular Structure , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Plant Leaves , Anti-Infective Agents/pharmacologyABSTRACT
One new degraded diterpenoid 3,6-dihydroxy-1,7-dimethyl-9,10-phenantroquinone (neomacrodione) (1) together seven known compounds were isolated from the roots of Neoboutonia macrocalyx (Euphorbiaceae). The structures of the compounds were established based on their NMR and mass spectrometric data in conjunction with those previously reported in the literature. Compound (1) displayed moderate antibacterial activities.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemistry , Diterpenes/chemistry , Euphorbiaceae/chemistry , Phenanthrenes/chemistry , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Diterpenes/pharmacology , Drug Evaluation, Preclinical/methods , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Molecular Structure , Phenanthrenes/pharmacology , Plant Roots/chemistryABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Four compounds including beauvericin, parahydroxybenzaldehyde, indole-3-carboxylic acid and quinizarin were isolated from endophytic fungus Epicoccum nigrum and their cytotoxicity, antibacterial and antioxidant activity were evaluated. Beauvericin had remarkable activity against two Gram-negative strains (Bacillus cereus and Salmonella typhimurium) with respective MIC values of 3.12 and 6.25 µg/ml. All the compounds had weak cytotoxic effect on both normal and tumor cells. LC50 values ranged from 40.42 to 86.56 µg/ml, 31.87 to 86.57 µg/ml and 21.59 to 67.27 µg/ml on Vero cells, THP-1 and RAW 264.7 respectively. The present study showed that these compounds could be developed for the formulation of antioxidant-rich therapeutic diets and as a therapeutic agent against bacterial infections.
