Ficaprenol-11 (polyprenol) (1), squalene (2), lupeol (3), -sitostenone (4), trans-coumaric acid (5), cis-coumaric acid (6) pheophytin-a (7), pheophorbide a methyl ester (8), methyl-13-hydroxy-(13-S)pheophorbide-b (9) and aristophyll-C (10) were isolated from the whole plants of Leucaena leucocephala (Leguminosae). Among them, 1 and 2 was found for the first time from this species. The structur...

Leguminosae, Erythrina, Pterocarpans, Isoflavans, Phytoalexins Two new phytoalexins isolated from the fungus-inoculated leaflets of Erythrina sandwicensis have been identified as (—)-6aS; 11 aS-3,6 a,9-trihydroxy-10-isopentenylpterocarpan (sandwicarpin) and (—)-6a/?; 11 a^-3-hydroxy-9-methoxy-10-isopentenylpterocaipan (sandwicensin). These compounds co-occur with several known pterocarpan (deme...

A new liana species of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae), namely Bauhinia nakhonphanomensis, collected from the Phulangkha National Park, Nakhon Pranom Province, Thailand, is described and illustrated. It is easily recognized by the following combination of characters: tendrilled liana, entire leaves, acuminate or caudate leaf apices, oblong or elliptic floral bud, floral bud 25-35 m...

Com cerca de 50 espécies, o gênero Abarema Pittier está posicionado na tribo Ingeae (Caesalpinioideae, Leguminosae), com distribuição Neotropical e espécies grande representatividade no domínio atlântico ocorrência em matas ombrófilasdensas, restingas campos rupestres, como por exemplo: A. langsdorffii (Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes, brachystachya (DC.) J.W.Grimes cochliacarpos (Gomes) (Igan...

Copaiba oleoresins are exuded from the trunks of trees of the Copaifera species (Leguminosae-Caesalpinoideae). This oleoresin is a solution of diterpenoids, especially, mono- and di-acids, solubilized by sesquiterpene hydrocarbons. The sesquiterpenes and diterpenes (labdane, clerodane and kaurane skeletons) are different for each Copaifera species and have been linked to several reported biolog...

In the present study, 1220 plant extracts obtained from 352 plants belonging to 73 families that grow in the Amazon and Atlantic rain forests were screened for cytotoxicity against PC-3 prostate cancer cell lines. Extracts were tested in the single dose of 100 microg/mL. Activity was observed in 17 aqueous or organic extracts belonging to Annonaceae, Apocynaceae, Araceae, Capparaceae, Commelina...

An investigation of the ethanolic extract from stems of Caesalpinia echinata Lam (Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae) led to the isolation of five new cassane diterpenes along with known lambertianic acid. Their structures were determined based on spectroscopic methods. A preliminary study on leishmanicidal activity demonstrated that compounds 1, 2 and 6 were found to inhibit the growth of amastigote...

Earlier studies [1, 2] have demonstrated that a number of isoflavonoid (pterocarpan) phytoalexins [3] accumulate in excised, fungus-inoculated leaflets of species belonging to the genus Lathyrus (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae; tribe Vicieae). Apart from pisatin (3-methoxy-6a-hydroxy-8,9-methylenedioxypterocarpan, 1), the most commonly en­ countered Lathyrus phytoalexin, small quantities of three o...

Four steroids, 5α,8α-epidioxy-(24ξ)-ergosta-6,22-dien-3β-ol (1), β-sitosterol (2), β-sitostenone (3), and stigmastenone (4), along with 10 known compounds were isolated from the whole plants of Leucaena leucocephala (Leguminosae). 1, Lupeol (5), 1,3-dipalmitoyl-2-oleoylglycerol (6), methylparabene (8) and isovanillic acid (9) were found for the first time from the species. The structure of thes...

Botanically beans belong to the legume tribe Phaseoleae within the Papilionoideae-Leguminosae (Freytag & Debouck 2002). Bean species are all from the Americas, and their presence in other parts of the world is due to historic movements by humans after 1492. Although Amerindians may have used several species in pre-Columbian times, only five species have been ñiUy domesticated from still existin...