title: Saponins of the ivy plant, Hedera helix, and their leishmanicidic activity.
abstract: Antileishmanial activity is reported for the first time for saponins of ivy, Hedera helix L., in vitro on promastigote and amastigote forms of Leishmania infantum and Leishmania tropica. The compounds tested were an extract containing 60% of saponic complex (CS 60), the bidesmosides hederasaponin B, C, and D (saponin K10), their corresponding monodesmosides alpha-, beta-, and delta-hederin, and hederagenin. CS 60 and bidesmosides have shown no effect. Monodesmosides were found to be as effective on promastigote forms as the reference compound (pentamidine). Against amastigote forms only hederagenin exhibited a significant activity which was equivalent to that of the reference compound (N-methylglucamine antimonate).
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Parasitologie Faculté de Pharmacie, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Majester-Savornin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elias
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Diaz-Lanza
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balansard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gasquet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delmas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000633:toxicity; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000187:drug effects; D007895:Leishmania tropica / Q000187:drug effects; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010944:Plants / Q000032:analysis*; D012503:Saponins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D012503:Saponins