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HERO ID
7753963
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Bioactive Neolignans from the Leaves of Piper rivinoides Kunth (Piperaceae)
Author(s)
Moreira, D; de Paiva, RA; Marques, AM; Borges, RM; Silva Barreto, A; da Rocha Curvelo, JA; Cavalcanti, JF; Villela Romanos, MT; de Araujo Soares, RM; Coelho Kaplan, MA
Year
2016
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Records of Natural Products
ISSN:
1307-6167
Publisher
ACG Publications
Volume
10
Issue
4
Page Numbers
472-484
Language
English
Web of Science Id
WOS:000372803800008
Abstract
Piper rivinoides is a Brazilian Piperaceae species of a little research from a chemical and biological point of view. The crude hydroalcoholic extract from leaves, the n-hexane fraction and pure isolated compounds from the leaves were evaluated against two strains of Candida albicans as well as Leishmania amazonensis and L. chagasi. Bioguided purification of the n-hexane fraction lead to isolation and chemical characterization of a mixture of two benzofuran neolignans, 2-(4â-methoxyphenyl)-3-methyl-5-(E)-propenylbenzofuran (1) and eupomatenoid-3 (2) as well as the pure compounds: eupomatenoid-5 (3), (2R,3R)-2,3-dihydro-2-(4â-hydroxy-3â-methoxyphenyl)-3-methyl-5(E)-propenylbenzofuran (4), eupomatenoid-6 (5) and conocarpan (6). The first approach in quantification found with basis on quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance showed that the n-hexane fraction contains about 29.8% of eupomatenoid-5 (3), 7.6% of eupomatenoid-6 (5) and 5.5% of conocarpan (6). The biological results showed conocarpan as the most active compound with less cytotoxicity than the other tested compounds. Our results suggest conocarpan as owner of the best scaffold model of the four neolignans tested for new promising antimicrobial agents against the tested parasites. The high content of neolignans in the n-hexane fraction stands out P. rivinoides as an important source of bioactive neolignans. © 2016 ACG Publications. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Piperaceae; Piper; benzofuran neolignans; Leishmania; Candida
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