title: Anti-tuberculosis activity of quassinoids.
abstract: In vitro evaluation of anti-tuberculosis activity was conducted for fifty-six quassinoids isolated in our laboratory from Simaroubaceous plants, Ailanthus altissima (= Aa, 10 compounds), Brucea antidysenterica (= Ba, 16 compounds), Picrasma ailanthoides (= Pa, 14 compounds), and Brucea javanica (= Bj, 16 compounds). Of the compounds tested, shinjulactone K (1), ailanthone (2), shinjudilactone (3), and dehydrobruceantin (4) were the most potent. Although the activities were very low (0-19%), the resulting data provided a picture of structure-activity relationships.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interdisciplinary Studies on Natural Environment, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fukamiya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tagahara
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005900:Glaucarubin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D005900:Glaucarubin