Diarylheptanoid Glucosides from Pyrostria major and Their Antiprotozoal Activities

✍ Scribed by Mehdi A. Beniddir; Philippe Grellier; Philippe Rasoanaivo; Philippe M. Loiseau; Christian Bories; Vincent Dumontet; Françoise Guéritte; Marc Litaudon

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 310 KB
• Volume: 2012
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-193X
• DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201101414

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Eight new diarylheptanoid glucosides 1–8 have been isolated from the leaves of Pyrostria major (A. Rich & DC.) Cavaco [syn. Canthium major (A. Rich & DC.)] Cavaco. Their structures were determined by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic and HRMS analyses. The absolute configurations of the diarylheptanoids 1–4 were determined to be 3__S__ and 5__S__ by the application of the CD exciton chirality method to the corresponding 3,5‐bis(p‐bromobenzoyl) (1–3) and 3,5‐bis(p‐dimethylaminobenzoyl) (4) derivatives. Their antiparasitic activities against Plasmodium falciparum, Leishmania donovani (amastigote forms), and Trypanosoma brucei (trypomastigote bloodstream forms) as well as their cytotoxic activities against the HL‐60, KB, and MRC5 cell lines of naturally occurring diarylheptanoid glucosides and their derivatives are reported.