Revisiting Previously Investigated Plants: A Molecular Networking-Based Study of Geissospermum laeve

J Nat Prod. 2017 Apr 28;80(4):1007-1014. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b01013. Epub 2017 Mar 10.

Abstract

Three new monoterpene indole alkaloids (1-3) have been isolated from the bark of Geissospermum laeve, together with the known alkaloids (-)-leuconolam (4), geissolosimine (5), and geissospermine (6). The structures of 1-3 were elucidated by analysis of their HRMS and NMR spectroscopic data. The absolute configuration of geissolaevine (1) was deduced from the comparison of experimental and theoretically calculated ECD spectra. The isolation workflow was guided by a molecular networking-based dereplication strategy using an in-house database of monoterpene indole alkaloids. In addition, five known compounds previously undescribed in the Geissospermum genus were dereplicated from the G. laeve alkaloid extract network and were assigned with various levels of identification confidence. The antiparasitic activities against Plasmodium falciparum and Leishmania donovani as well as the cytotoxic activity against the MRC-5 cell line were determined for compounds 1-5.

MeSH terms

  • Antimalarials / chemistry
  • Antimalarials / isolation & purification*
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology
  • Antiparasitic Agents / chemistry
  • Antiparasitic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antiparasitic Agents / pharmacology
  • Apocynaceae / chemistry*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • French Guiana
  • Humans
  • Indole Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Leishmania donovani / drug effects
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Parasitic Sensitivity Tests
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Antiparasitic Agents
  • Indole Alkaloids
  • O-methylgeissolaevine
  • Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids
  • geissolaevine
  • geissospermine