Erythrina alkaloids and a pterocarpan from the bark of Erythrina subumbrans

J Nat Prod. 2008 Jan;71(1):156-8. doi: 10.1021/np070506w. Epub 2008 Jan 3.

Abstract

Three new erythrina alkaloids, (+)-10,11-dioxoerythratine (1), (+)-10,11-dioxoepierythratidine (2), and (+)-10,11-dioxoerythratidinone (3), and a new pterocarpan, 1-methoxyerythrabyssin II (4), were isolated from the bark of Erythrina subumbrans, together with seven known pterocarpans, erythrabyssin II, erybraedin A, erystagallin A, erycristagallin, erythrabissin-1, eryvarin A, and hydroxycristacarpone, three flavanones, 5-hydroxysophoranone, abyssinone V, and lespedezaflavanone B, three triterpenes, sophoradiol, soyasapogenol B, and lupeol, and one isoflavanone, vogelin C. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data. Some isolates were tested for antiplasmodial, antimycobacterial, and cytotoxic activities.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / chemistry
  • Antimalarials / isolation & purification*
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Antitubercular Agents / chemistry
  • Antitubercular Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Erythrina / chemistry*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
  • Plant Bark / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Pterocarpans / chemistry
  • Pterocarpans / isolation & purification*
  • Pterocarpans / pharmacology
  • Thailand

Substances

  • 1-methoxyerythrabyssin II
  • 10,11-dioxoepierythratidine
  • 10,11-dioxoerythratidinone
  • 10,11-dioxoerythratine
  • Alkaloids
  • Antimalarials
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Pterocarpans