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| Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:402364. | | Antipoliovirus Activity of the Organic Extract of Eupatorium buniifolium: Isolation of Euparin as an Active Compound.[Pubmed: 23956770] |
METHODS AND RESULTS:
The antiviral activity of the organic extract (OE) of Eupatorium buniifolium against poliovirus type 1 was determined by in vitro assays with an effective concentration 50 (EC50) of 23.3 ± 3.3 μg/mL.
Bioassay-guided fractionation of the OE allowed the isolation of an active principle that was identified by spectroscopic methods ((1)H- and (13)C-NMR, EI-MS, UV, and IR spectroscopy) as the benzofuran Euparin. The plaque reduction assay in Vero cells was used to assess the antiviral activity of Euparin against poliovirus types 1, 2, and 3 with EC50 values of 0.47, 0.12, and 0.15 μg/mL, respectively. Moreover, this compound showed high selectivity indexes of 284.9, 1068, and 854.7, respectively. In order to identify the mechanism by which Euparin exerts its antiviral activity, the virucidal effect, the pretreatment of Vero cells, and the time of action on one viral replication cycle were evaluated.
CONCLUSIONS:
Results obtained demonstrated that Euparin exerts its effect during the early events of the replication cycle, from the virus adsorption to cells up to the first twenty minutes after infection. This is the first report on the presence of Euparin in E. buniifolium and its antiviral activity. | | J Nat Prod. 1996 Mar;59(3):323-6. | | Phytogrowth-inhibitory and antifungal constituents of Helianthella quinquenervis.[Pubmed: 8882437] |
METHODS AND RESULTS:
Investigation on the roots of Helianthella quinquenervis (Hook.) A. Gray (Asteraceae), led to the isolation of one new benzofuran (6-methoxy-tremetone (1)) and a new prenylacetophenone (4-beta-D-(glucopyranosyloxy)-3-[3-methoxy-trans-isopenten-1 -yl] acetophenone (3)). In addition, 6-hydroxy-3-methoxytremetone (2), encecalin (6), euparin (5), demethylencecalin (4), and angelic acid were obtained. Structural assignments of the isolated compounds were based on spectroscopic and spectrometric analysis.
CONCLUSIONS:
Natural products 1-4 showed marginal cytotoxicity against three human tumor cell lines [MCF-7, A-549, and HT-29]. Compounds 4 and 6 inhibited the radicle growth of Amaranthus hypochondriacus and Echinochloa crusgalli. Furthermore, substances 4-6 exhibited antifungal activity against Trichophyton mentagrophytes. |
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