Planta Med 1999; 65(3): 283-284
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-960781
Letter

© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Trypanosomicidal Kaurane Diterpenes from Wedelia paludosa

Ronan Batista1 , Egler Chiari2 , Alaíde Braga de Oliveira3
  • 1Institute de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  • 2Institute de Ciências Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  • 3Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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1998

1998

Publication Date:
04 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

The diterpenes ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid, ent-kaur-9(11),16(17)-dien-19-oic acid and 3α-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-3β-ol, ent-kaur-16α-ol-19-oic acid, β-amyrin acetate and (22-E)-stigmasta-5,22-dien-3β-ol, were inactive. This is the first report on the trypanosomicidal activity of ent-kaur-9(11),16(17)-dien-19-oic acid and 3α-angeloiloxy-ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acids; this effect was already known for ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid.