| Literature DB >> 20529682 |
Igor Ngantchou1, Barthélemy Nyasse, Colette Denier, Casimir Blonski, Véronique Hannaert, Bernd Schneider.
Abstract
In continuation of our study on medicinal plants of Cameroon, stem barks of Polyalthia suaveolens were phytochemically studied. This investigation yielded a new indolosesquiterpene alkaloid, named polysin (1) and four hitherto known alkaloids (2-5). Polysin (1) appeared as a competitive reversible inhibitor (K(i)=10 microM) of phosphofructo kinase (PFK) of Trypanosoma brucei with respect to fructose-6-phosphate (K(i)/K(M)=0.05) and could be used in the design of new trypanocidal drugs. The other isolated compounds (2-5) also exhibited interesting inhibitory effects on selected glycolytic enzymes (PFK, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and aldolase). Crown Copyright 2010. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20529682 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.04.145
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823