- Title
- Anti-cancer and anti-trypanosomal properties of alkaloids from the root bark of Zanthoxylum leprieurii Guill and Perr
- Creator
- Eze, Fabian I, Siwe-Noundou, Xavier, Isaacs, Michelle, Patala, Srivinas, Osadebe, Patience O, Krause, Rui W M
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/193352
- Identifier
- vital:45324
- Identifier
- xlink:href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/tjpr.v19i11.19"
- Description
- Purpose: To isolate the anti-cancer and anti-trypanosomal principles of Zanthoxylum leprieurii, a medicinally versatile wild tropical plant used for managing tumours, African trypanosomiasis, and inflammation in southeastern Nigeria. Methods: The pure compounds were isolated using chromatographic methods. The structural elucidation of the pure compounds was based on their NMR (1D and 2D) and mass spectral data as well as chemical test results. Structure-activity relationships were based on the structural differences among the compounds. The cytotoxicity of the extracts and compounds (1, 2, 3, and 4) was evaluated in HeLa (human cervix adenocarcinoma) cell line while the trypanocidal activities were evaluated on Trypanosoma brucei brucei. Results: Two acridone alkaloids, 1-hydroxy-3-methoxy-10-methylacridin-9 (10H)-one, named fabiocinine (1), and 1-hydroxy-2,3-dimethoxy-10-methylacridin-9 (10H)-one (arborinine, 2), together with a furoquinoline alkaloid, skimmianine (3), and a chelerythrine derivative, 6-acetonyl-5,6-dihydrochelerythrine (4) were isolated from the root bark of Zanthoxylum leprieurii. Skimmianine (3) exhibited cytotoxicity and anti-trypanosomal IC50 of 12.8 and 13.2 µg/mL respectively (p less than 0.05). Compound (1) and arborinine (2) were selectively cytotoxic to HeLa cells with cytotoxicity IC50 of 28.49 and 62.71 µg/mL, respectively, while (4) did not show significant activity (p less than 0.05). Conclusion: Zanthoxylum leprieurii root bark contains cytotoxic and trypanocidal compounds, and is thus a potential source of anti-cancer and anti-trypanosomal leads.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (7 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Pharmacotherapy Group
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Eze, F.I., Siwe-Noundou, X., Isaacs, M., Patnala, S., Osadebe, P.O. and Krause, R.W., 2020. Anti-cancer and anti-trypanosomal properties of alkaloids from the root bark of Zanthoxylum leprieurii Guill and Perr. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 19(11): 2377-2383, Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research volume 19 number 11 p. 2377 2020 1596-9827
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- Open Access
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