Trypanocidal activity of quinonemethide triterpenoids from Cheiloclinium cognatum (Hippocrateaceae).
We report the trypanocidal activity of quinonemethide triterpenoids isolated from root extracts of Cheiloclinium cognatum, a plant of the Hippocrateaceae family, collected in the Cerrado Reserve at Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil. The trypanocidal activity assays showed an effect on the blood trypomastigote forms of the Y strain of Trypanosoma cruzi where tingenone and tingenol demonstrated activity on the parasite. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral data, particularly COSY, HMQC and HMBC experiments, and chemical transformations.
Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus Samambaia, C. P. 131, 74001-970 Goiânia, GO, Brazil. luciano@quimica.ufg.br
Luciano M
LM
Lião
Gilmar A
GA
Silva
Marcos R
MR
Monteiro
Sérgio
S
Albuquerque
D031320:Hippocrateaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry*; D018547:Plant Stems / Q000737:chemistry*; D011809:Quinones / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology
D010936:Plant Extracts; D011809:Quinones; D014315:Triterpenes; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents; C451004:tingenol