Stereochemical analysis of leubethanol, an anti-TB-active serrulatane, from Leucophyllum frutescens

J Nat Prod. 2011 Sep 23;74(9):1842-50. doi: 10.1021/np2000667. Epub 2011 Aug 22.

Abstract

Bioactivity-guided fractionation of the methanolic root bark extract of Leucophyllum frutescens led to the identification of leubethanol (1), a new serrulatane-type diterpene with activity against both multi-drug-resistant and drug-sensitive strains of virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Leubethanol (1) was identified by 1D/2D NMR data, as a serrulatane closely related to erogorgiane (2), and exhibited anti-TB activity with minimum inhibitory concentrations in the range 6.25-12.50 μg/mL. Stereochemical evidence for 1 was gleaned from 1D and 2D NOE experiments, from 1H NMR full spin analysis, and by comparison of the experimental vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectrum to density functional theory calculated VCD spectra of two diastereomers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / chemistry
  • Antitubercular Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology*
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Mexico
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Bark / chemistry
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Scrophulariaceae / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Diterpenes
  • erogorgiane
  • leubethanol