Antituberculosis activity of natural and semisynthetic azorellane and mulinane diterpenoids

Fitoterapia. 2010 Jan;81(1):50-4. doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2009.07.005. Epub 2009 Jul 24.

Abstract

The antituberculosis activity of 14 natural azorellane and mulinane diterpenoids isolated from Azorella compacta, Azorella madreporica, Mulinum crassifolium, and Laretia acaulis, together with eight semisynthetic derivatives, was evaluated against two Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. The natural azorellanes azorellanol (3) and 17-acetoxy-13-alpha-hydroxyazorellane (6), and the semisynthetic mulinanes 13-hydroxy-mulin-11-en-20-oic-acid methyl ester (13) and mulinenic acid methyl ester (23), showed the strongest activity, with MIC values of 12.5 microg/mL against both strains. The methylated derivatives 13-hydroxy-mulin-11-en-20-oic-acid methyl ester (13), mulin-11,13-dien-20-oic acid methyl ester (15) and mulinenic acid methyl ester (23) proved to be more active than the parent compounds.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology
  • Apiaceae / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / chemical synthesis
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Diterpenes
  • Plant Extracts
  • azorellane
  • mulinane