Antibacterial activity and structure-activity relationships of berberine analogs
Antibacterial activity and structure-activity relationships of berberine analogs
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DOI:
10.1016/0223-5234(96)85167-1
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发表时间:
1996-01-01
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Taniguchi, M
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作者:
Iwasa, K;Kamigauchi, M;Taniguchi, M
Analogs of berberine 1 and related compounds were prepared to evaluate structure-activity relationships. Among the 13-alkyl-substituted and the 13-unsubstituted protoberberinium salts, the 13-ethyl-9-ethoxyl homolog 30, the 13-ethyl analog 29, and the 13-methyl derivative 3 showed an increase in antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus by eight-, four- and twofold respectively over the parent base berberine 1; this is suggestive that steric effects play a significant role in the antibacterial. activity. Reduction of the protoberberinium salts yielding the tetrahydro derivatives greatly reduced the antibacterial activity. Replacement of methoxyl groups at the C-2 and the C-3 of ring A by a methylenedioxy group resulted in increased antibacterial activity. These data strongly suggest that the quaternary nitrogen atom such as in protoberberinium salts, an alkylsubstituent at C-13, and a methylenedioxy function at C-2 and C-3 are required for enhanced activity. Tetrahydroprotoberberine alpha-N-metho salts showed higher activity than tetrahydroprotoberberine hydrochlorides, but appreciably lower activity than protoberberinium salts. The effects of substitution at C-13 and on ring A in the alpha-N-metho salt were similar to those in protoberberinium salts. Stereochemical changes of the B/C ring juncture from trans to cis, and of the methyl group at C-13 from alpha to beta, had, respectively, marked and slight effects on the activity. The tested compounds were less active against Escherichia coli (Gram-negative bacterium) and Candida albicans (fungus) than S aureus (Gram-positive bacterium).