Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth inhibition by constituents of Sapium haematospermum

J Nat Prod. 2004 Apr;67(4):598-603. doi: 10.1021/np0303411.

Abstract

Four novel compounds consisting of two new pimaranes, lecheronol A (1) and lecheronol B (2), an acylated cycloartane, 3-O-beta-lauroyl-cycloart-(23E)-en-25-ol (10), and a highly oxygenated novel chalconoid, alpha,beta,3,4,5,2',4',6'-octahydroxydihydrochalcone (12), were isolated along with seven known triterpene derivatives and three flavonol glucosides from Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth-inhibiting fractions of the CH(2)Cl(2)/MeOH (1:1) extract of the aerial parts of Sapium haematospermum. Compounds 1, 3 (3 alpha-hydroxyolean-12-ene), 8 [3 alpha-hydroxylup-20(29)-en], and 9 (cycloartanol) were found most active, with MIC values of 4, 12.2, 13.4, and 8 microg/mL, respectively. Cytotoxicity tests in Vero cells for compounds 1, 3, 8, and 9 gave IC(50) values of 104.8, 127.2, 127.2, and 102.4 microg/mL, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Abietanes / chemistry
  • Abietanes / isolation & purification
  • Abietanes / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Antitubercular Agents / chemistry
  • Antitubercular Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology*
  • Argentina
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Sapium / chemistry*
  • Vero Cells

Substances

  • Abietanes
  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Diterpenes
  • lecheronol A
  • lecheronol B