TY  - JOUR
A1  - Atilaw, Yoseph
A1  - Duffy, Sandra
A1  - Heydenreich, Matthias
A1  - Muiva-Mutisya, Lois
A1  - Avery, Vicky M.
A1  - Erdelyi, Mate
A1  - Yenesew, Abiy
T1  - Three Chalconoids and a Pterocarpene from the Roots of Tephrosia aequilata
JF  - Molecules
N2  - In our search for new antiplasmodial agents, the CH2Cl2/CH3OH (1:1) extract of the roots of Tephrosia aequilata was investigated, and observed to cause 100% mortality of the chloroquine-sensitive (3D7) strain of Plasmodium falciparum at a 10 mg/mL concentration. From this extract three new chalconoids, E-2,6-dimethoxy-3,4-(2,2-dimethyl)pyranoretrochalcone (1, aequichalcone A), Z-2,6-dimethoxy-3,4-(2,2-dimethyl)pyranoretrochalcone (2, aequichalcone B), 4-ethoxy-3-hydroxypraecansone B (3, aequichalcone C) and a new pterocarpene, 3,4:8,9-dimethylenedioxy-6a,11a-pterocarpene (4), along with seven known compounds were isolated. The purified compounds were characterized by NMR spectroscopic and mass spectrometric analyses. Compound 1 slowly converts into 2 in solution, and thus the latter may have been enriched, or formed, during the extraction and separation process. The isomeric compounds 1 and 2 were both observed in the crude extract. Some of the isolated constituents showed good to moderate antiplasmodial activity against the chloroquine-sensitive (3D7) strain of Plasmodium falciparum.
KW  - Tephrosia aequilata
KW  - chalcone
KW  - retrochalcone
KW  - aequichalcone A
KW  - aequichalcone B
KW  - aequichalcone C
KW  - pterocarpene
KW  - antiplasmodial
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22020318
SN  - 1420-3049
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -