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PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH
Volume 21, Issue 7, Pages 653-657Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2136
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Allium neapolitanum; antibacterial; canthin-6-one; Mycobacterium; Staphylococcus aureus.
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- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [GR/S30269/01] Funding Source: researchfish
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The emergence of multidrug-resistant strains of many human pathogens has led to an urgent need for the discovery and development of new antimicrobial agents. As part of an ongoing investigation into the antibacterial properties of the Alliaceae, the isolation of I (canthin-6-one), 2 (8-hydroxy-canthin-6-one) and 3 (5(zeta)hydroxy-octadeca-6(E)-8(Z)-dienioc acid)) from A. neapolitanum, a perennial bulbous herb found in open pastures of the Mediterranean is reported. Compounds I and 2 were isolated by Sephadex LH-20 from fractions exhibiting a positive reaction with Dragendorff's reagent on TLC, compound 3 was isolated after HPLC purification of Sephadex fractions. Structures were elucidated by extensive ID and 2D NMR experiments and are in accordance with published data, however, the C-13 NMR data for compound 2 and the H-1 and C-13 NMR data for compound 3 are reported here for the first time. Canthin-6-one alkaloids are well-known constituents of the Simaroubaceae and Rutaceae, and display a wide range of biological activities. These metabolites are reported as constituents of the Alliaceae here for the first time, and displayed minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) in the range 8-32 mu g/mL against a panel of fast-growing Mycobacterium species and 8-64 mu g/mL against multidrug-resistant (MDR) and methicillin-resistant (MRSA) strains of Staphylococcus aureus. Compound 3 displayed antimycobacterial activity in the range of 16-32 mu g/mL. Copyright (C) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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