The use of microfluorometric method for activity-guided isolation of antiplasmodial compound from plant extracts
The use of microfluorometric method for activity-guided isolation of antiplasmodial compound from plant extracts
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DOI:
10.1007/s00436-008-0879-6
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发表时间:
2008-05-01
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2
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Kouno, I.
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Shuaibu, M. N.;Wuyep, P. A.;Kouno, I.
In vitro antiplasmodial activity of methanolic extracts of 16 medicinal plants was evaluated by fluorometric assay using PicoGreen. The IC50s, as determined by parasite DNA concentration, ranged from < 11 to > 200 and < 13 to > 200 mu g/ml for Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 and K1, respectively; and the most active extracts were those from Anogeissus leiocarpus and Terminalia avicennoides (< 11->= 14 mu g/ml). Aqueous, butanolic, ethyl acetate, and methanolic fractions of these two extracts revealed butanolic fraction to have a relatively better activity (IC50, 10-12 mu g/ml). Activity-guided chromatographic separation of the butanolic fraction on Sephadex LH-20 followed by nuclear magnetic resonance and correlation high-performance liquid chromatography revealed the presence of known hydrolysable tannins and some related compounds-castalagin, ellagic acid, flavogallonic acid, punicalagin, terchebulin, and two other fractions. The IC(50)s of all these compounds ranged between 8-21 mu g/ml (8-40 mu M) against both the strains. Toxicity assay with mouse fibroblasts showed all the extracts and isolated compounds to have IC50 >= 1500 mu g/ml, except for Momordica balsamina with < 1500 mu g/l. All the extracts and isolated compounds did not affect the integrity of human erythrocyte membrane at the observed IC(50)s. However, adverse effects manifest in a concentration-dependent fashion (from IC50 >= 500 mu g/ml).