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16890968

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
Chemical investigation of the roots of Diospyros assimilis had led to the isolation and characterization of six naphthalene derivatives, two 2-naphthaldehyes, namely 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy-2-naphthaldehyde 1, 4-hydroxy-5-methoxy-2-naphthaldehye 2, its related isomer 5-hydroxy-4-methoxy-2-naphthaldehyde 3 and three commonly occurring naphthoquinones, diospyrin 4, 8'-hydroxyisodiospyrin 5 and the simple monomer, plumbagin 6. Their chemical structures were established by detailed NMR investigations including 1H and 13C NMR, HSQC, HMBC and NOESY experiments. In addition, the naphthalene derivatives 1-5 were evaluated for their in vitro antiprotozoal activity against protozoan parasites belonging to the genera Trypanosoma, Leishmania and Plasmodium. Among the tested compounds, naphthaldehyde 1 showed moderate inhibition of the growth of the parasites, T. brucei, T. cruzi, L. donovani with IC50 values of 19.82, 12.28 and 38.78 microM and displayed cytotoxicity towards rat skeletal myoblasts (L-6 cells) with IC50 of 174.94 microM, while 2 and 3 were found to be comparatively less active to 1. The dimeric quinones 4 and 5 exhibited good activity against T. brucei and L. donovani with IC50 of 1.12 and 8.82 microM and 12.94 and 16.66 microM respectively.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0031-9422
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1950-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Antiprotozoal and cytotoxic naphthalene derivatives from Diospyros assimilis.
pubmed:affiliation
Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry Division, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530 003, Andhra Pradesh, India. ganapatyseru@gmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't