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Isolation of the New Antiplasmodial Butanolide, Malleastrumolide A, from Malleastrum sp. (Meliaceae) from Madagascar.

ABSTRACT: An extract of Malleastrum sp. (Meliaceae) collected in Madagascar by the Madagascar International Cooperative Biodiversity Group was found to have antimalarial activity, with an IC50 value between 2.5 and 5 ?g ml-1 . After purification by liquid-liquid partition, chromatography on a Diaion open column, C18 SPE and C18 reversed phase HPLC, the new butanolide, malleastrumolide A, was isolated. The structure of malleastrumolide A was determined by mass spectrometry, NMR, and ECD. The double bond position was determined by cross-metathesis and mass spectrometry. The compound has antiproliferative activity against the A2780 ovarian cancer cell line with an IC50 value of 17.4 ?m and antiplasmodial activity against the drug-resistant Dd2 strain of Plasmodium falciparum with an IC50 value of 2.74 ?m.

SUBMITTER: Du Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5739943 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Isolation of the New Antiplasmodial Butanolide, Malleastrumolide A, from Malleastrum sp. (Meliaceae) from Madagascar.

Du Yongle Y Abedi Alexander K AK Valenciano Ana Lisa AL Fernández-Murga Maria L ML Cassera Maria B MB Rasamison Vincent E VE Applequist Wendy L WL Miller James S JS Kingston David G I DGI

Chemistry & biodiversity 20171215 12

An extract of Malleastrum sp. (Meliaceae) collected in Madagascar by the Madagascar International Cooperative Biodiversity Group was found to have antimalarial activity, with an IC50 value between 2.5 and 5 μg ml-1 . After purification by liquid-liquid partition, chromatography on a Diaion open column, C18 SPE and C18 reversed phase HPLC, the new butanolide, malleastrumolide A, was isolated. The structure of malleastrumolide A was determined by mass sp ...[more]

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Isolation of the New Antiplasmodial Butanolide, Malleastrumolide A, from Malleastrum sp. (Meliaceae) from Madagascar.

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Isolation of the New Antiplasmodial Butanolide, Malleastrumolide A, from Malleastrum sp. (Meliaceae) from Madagascar.

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