Phytochemical Screening And Evaluation Of The Antimicrobial And Antioxidant Activities Of Ferula Caspica M. Bieb. Extracts

Chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts from the aerial parts of Ferula caspica M. Bieb. were tested for their antioxidant capacities by CUPRAC, ABTS, FRAP, Folin–Ciocalteu and aluminum chloride methods and for antimicrobial activities by the broth microdilution method. Chloroform and ethyl acetate extracts showed the highest antioxidant capacity and antimicrobial activity. Three known sesquiterpene derivatives; 1-(2′,4′-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,7,11-trimethyl-3-vinyl-6(E),10-dodecadien-1-one (1), 2,3-dihydro-7-hydroxy-2,3-dimethyl-2-[4′,8′-dimethyl-3′,7′-nonadienyl]-furo[3,2,c]coumarin (2), 2,3-dihydro-7-hydroxy-2,3-dimethyl-3-[4′,8′-dimethyl-3′,7′-nonadienyl]-furo[3,2,c]coumarin(3); phenylpropanoid; laserine/2-epilaserine (4/5) and steroid mixtures; stigmasterol and β-sitosterol (6/7) were isolated from chloroform extract; three known flavonoids; kaempferol-3-O-β-glucopyranoside (8), kaempferol-3-O-α-rhamnopyranoside (9), quercetin-3-O-β-glucopyranoside (10), and one benzoic acid derivative; 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid (11) were isolated from the ethyl acetate extract. The structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods.PubMedWoSScopu

Identification of cytotoxic sesquiterpenes from Laurus nobilis L.

A new sesquiterpene, lauroxepine and six known sesquiterpene lactones, were obtained through bioactivity-directed isolation from a methanol extract of the fruits of Laurus nobilis. The hexane-soluble part of the methanol extract yielded lauroxepine, costunolide and gazaniolide, while the dichloromethane- soluble part of the methanol extract afforded costunolide and four other sesquiterpene lactones including santamarine, reynosin, 11,13-dehydrosantonin and spirafolide. The new sesquiterpene lauroxepine and spirafolide have a rare molecular structure carrying an oxepine ring. Structures of the compounds were determined through 1D and 2D NMR and mass (EI-MS) techniques. The extracts were investigated for both ovarian cytotoxic activity and DNA damaging properties against three yeasts. Among the three tested extracts prepared from flowers, leaves and fruits of L. nobilis, the most cytotoxic active extract against ovarian cancer cell line was found to be the fruit extract with 98% inhibition. Among all tested extracts, only the fruit extract showed marginal inhibition (63.2%) against one DNA repair-deficient yeast strain (pRAD52 Gat). Six known sesquiterpene lactones were found to be highly cytotoxic against the A2780 ovarian cancer cell line, however, lauroxepine was not found to be active in A2780. (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd

Ovarian antiproliferative activity directed isolation of triterpenoids from fruits of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh

Bioassay-guided fractionation of a methanol extract of the fruits of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. with moderate antiproliferative activity afforded the new triterpene, 3 beta-acetoxy-urs-11,13(18)-dien-28-oic acid (1) along with the known triterpenoids 3 beta-hydroxy-urs-11-en-28,13 beta-olide (2), 3 beta-acetoxy-urs-11-en-28,13 beta-olide (3), 3-acetylbetulinic acid (4), oleanolic acid (5), ursolic acid (6), beta-amyrin acetate (7), beta-sitosterol (8) and sitosterol 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (9). Their structures were established on the basis of analysis of their (1)H and (13)C NMR, APT, gHSQC, gHMBC, UV, IR and mass spectral data. The tested triterpenoids (1-7) exhibited weak-moderate antiproliferative activity against the A2780 human ovarian cancer cell line. (C) 2011 Phytochemical Society of Europe. Published by Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved