Medicinal plants of Chile: evaluation of their anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity.

نویسندگان

  • Orlando M Muñoz
  • Juan D Maya
  • Jorge Ferreira
  • Philippe Christen
  • José San Martin
  • Rodrigo López-Muñoz
  • Antonio Morello
  • Ulrike Kemmerling
چکیده

The extracts of several plants of Central Chile exhibited anti-Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes activity. Most active extracts were those obtained from Podanthus ovatifolius, Berberis microphylla, Kageneckia oblonga, and Drimys winteri. The active extract of Drimys winteri (IC50 51.2 microg/mL) was purified and three drimane sesquiterpenes were obtained: polygodial, drimenol, and isodrimenin. Isodrimenin and drimenol were found to be active against the trypomastigote form of T. cruzi with IC50 values of 27.9 and 25.1 microM, respectively.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, Journal of biosciences

دوره 68 5-6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013