| Literature DB >> 14599525 |
Fabrice Fekam Boyom1, Vincent Ngouana, Paul Henri Amvam Zollo, Chantal Menut, Jean Marie Bessiere, Jiri Gut, Philip J Rosenthal.
Abstract
In a search for new plant-derived biologically active compounds against malaria parasites, five essential oils extracted from the Cameroonian plants Xylopia phloiodora, Pachypodanthium confine, Antidesma laciniatum, Xylopia aethiopica, and Hexalobus crispiflorus were evaluated in regard to their anti-plasmodial activity against the W2 strain of Plasmodium falciparum. The oils were obtained from the plants with 0.12, 0.13, 0.18, 0.6 and 0.1% yields (relatively to dried material weight) respectively. Analysis by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry identified mainly terpenoids, among which alpha-copaene, gamma-cadinene, delta-cadinene, alpha-cadinol, spathulenol and caryophyllene oxide were most commonly found. The five oils were active against Plasmodium falciparum in culture. The most effective was the oil of Hexalobus crispiflorus, with an IC50 of 2 microg/ml.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 14599525 DOI： 10.1016/j.phytochem.2003.08.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phytochemistry ISSN： 0031-9422 Impact factor: 4.072