Chemical and Antiplasmodial Investigations on Eremophila-Derived Alkaloids and Semisynthetic Ether Analogues
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Lum, Kah Yean
White, Jonathan M
Duffy, Sandra
Lock, Aaron M
Avery, Vicky M
Davis, Rohan A
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Microthecaline A (1), the known antiplasmodial quinoline serrulatane alkaloid from the roots of Eremophila microtheca F. Muell. ex Benth. (Scrophulariaceae), was targeted for isolation and subsequent use in the generation of a semisynthetic ether library. A large-scale extraction and isolation yielded the previously undescribed quinoline serrulatane microthecaline B (2), along with crystalline 1 that enabled the first X-ray crystallographic analysis to be undertaken on this rare alkaloid structure class. The X-ray diffraction analysis of 1 supported the absolute configuration assignment of microthecaline A, which was originally assigned by ECD data analysis. Microthecaline A (1) was converted into 10 new semisynthetic ether derivatives (3-12) using a diverse series of commercially available alkyl halides. Chemical structures of the new serrulatane alkaloid and semisynthetic ether analogues were assigned by spectroscopic and spectrometric analyses. Antiplasmodial evaluations of 1-12 showed that the semisynthetic derivative 5 elicited the most potent activity with an IC50 value of 7.2 μM against Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 (drug-sensitive) strain.
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Journal of Natural Products
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87
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4
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LE0668477
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Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine
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Zhang, C; Lum, KY; White, JM; Duffy, S; Lock, AM; Avery, VM; Davis, RA, Chemical and Antiplasmodial Investigations on Eremophila-Derived Alkaloids and Semisynthetic Ether Analogues, Journal of Natural Products, 2024, 87 (4), pp. 849-854