• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.27 no.8
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• pp.1401-1408
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• 2017

Petiveria alliacea L. (Phytolacaceae) is a medicinal plant with a broad range of traditional therapeutic properties, including the treatment of dysentery and intestinal infections caused by protozoan parasites. However, its effects against Entamoeba histolytica have not been reported yet. We investigated the antiamoebic activity present in the leaves of P. alliacea Antiamoebic activity was evaluated in methanolic and aqueous extracts, as well as in the hexanic, methanolic, and EtOAc fractions. The P. alliacea methanolic extract showed a better antiamoebic activity than the aqueous extract with an $IC_{50}=0.51mg/ml$. Likewise, the hexanic fraction was the most effective fraction, showing a dose-dependent activity against E. histolytica, with an $IC_{50}=0.68mg/ml$. Hexanic subfraction 12-19 showed the highest antiamoebic activity at 0.8 mg/ml, producing 74.3% growth inhibition without any toxicity in mammal cells. A major component in subfraction 12-19 was identified as isoarborinol, which produced 51.4% E. histolytica growth inhibition at 0.05 mg/ml without affecting mammal cells. The P. alliacea leaf extract has antiamoebic activity that can be attributed to a major metabolite known as isoarborinol.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.35 no.10
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• pp.2945-2949
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• 2014

As a part of ongoing phytochemical research on Euonymus alatus leaves and twigs, we have isolated one new reissantane-type triterpene (1), together with eight known triterpenes, isoarborinol (2), friedelin (3), abruslactone A (4), $3{\beta},22{\alpha}$-dihydroxyolean-12-en-29-oic acid (5), $3{\alpha},22{\alpha}$-dihydroxyolean-12-en-29-oic acid (6), $3{\alpha},22{\beta}$-dihydroxyolean-12-en-29-oic acid (7), $22{\alpha}$-hydroxy-3-oxoolean-12-en-29-oic acid (8), demethylregelin (9). The structure of 1 has been elucidated as 24,24-dimethyl-reissant-7(8),25-dien-$3{\alpha}$-ol, by extensive 1D and 2D spectroscopic methods including $^1H$-NMR, $^{13}C$-NMR, $^1H-^1H$ COSY, HSQC, HMBC and NOESY. Anti-inflammatory activities of the isolated compounds were determined as potential regulating excessive inflammatory responses in RAW264.7 macrophage cells. Particularly, abruslactone A (4) and demethylregelin (9) showed the most potent activity, which effectively reduced the expression of iNOS protein and subsequent nitric oxide production induced by lipopolysaccharide in RAW264.7 cells.