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Isolation of leishmanicidal triterpenes and lignans from the amazonian liana Doliocarpus dentatus (Dilleniaceae)

  • Michel Sauvain
  • , Nicole Kunesch
  • , Jacques Poisson
  • , Jean Charles Gantier
  • , Philippe Gayral
  • , Jean Pierre Dedet
  • Inst. Francais Rech. Sci. pour le D.
  • Université Paris-Saclay
  • Annexe de la Fac. de Med.

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Abstract

The in vitro antileishmanial activity of triterpenes and lignans of an Amazonian medicinal plant, Doliocarpus dentatus (Aublet) Standley, is reported for the first time against amastigotes of Leishmania amazonensis. Terpenes, for example, betulinic acid, betulin and betulinaldehyde were isolated by bioassay-linked extraction. The lignans were characterized as (+) pinoresinol, (+) medioresinol and (-) lirioresinol B.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-4
Number of pages4
JournalPhytotherapy Research
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1996
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • (+) Medioresinol
  • (-) Lirioresinol B
  • Betulin aldehyde
  • Doliocarpus detatus
  • Leishmanicidal activity

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