title: Trypanosomicidal kaurane diterpenes from Wedelia paludosa.
abstract: The diterpenes ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid, ent-kaur-9(11),16(17)-dien-19-oic acid and 3 alpha-angeloiloxy-ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid were identified as trypanosomicidal compounds of the ethanolic extract from the aerial parts of Wedelia paludosa D.C. (Asteraceae), showing activity up to the lowest dose of 0.68 mg/mL in the in vitro assay against trypomastigotes of T. cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis). The other isolates, friedelan-3 beta-ol, ent-kaur-16 alpha-ol-19-oic acid, beta-amyrin acetate and (22-E)-stigmasta-5,22-dien-3 beta-ol, were inactive. This is the first report on the trypanosomicidal activity of ent-kaur-9(11),16(17)-dien-19-oic acid and 3 alpha-angeloiloxy-ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acids; this effect was already known for ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chiari
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019659:Asteraceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D051379:Mice; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents