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J. Ethnopharmacol.,2008 Mar 28;116(3):554- 60. | Antibacterial compounds from Planchonia careya leaf extracts.[Pubmed: 18289814 ] | METHODS AND RESULTS: Six known compounds were isolated from the leaf extracts and were identified as 1, (+)-gallocatechin; 2, gallocatechin-(4alpha-->8)-gallocatechin; 3, 9(S)-hydroxy-10E,12Z-octadecadienoic acid (alpha-dimorphecolic acid); 4, 2alpha,3beta,24-trihydroxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid (hyptatic acid-A); 5, 3beta-O-cis-p-coumaroyltormentic acid(3-O-cis-p-Coumaroyltormentic acid ); and 6, 3beta-O-trans-p-coumaroyltormentic acid.
CONCLUSIONS:
Compounds 5 and 6 were weakly selective for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) compared with eukaryotic cells, with an MIC of 59.4microg/mL and a 50% inhibitory concentration (IC(50)) of 72.0microg/mL for MA104 cells. | Phytochemistry,2002 Feb;59(3):315-23. | Production of bioactive triterpenes by Eriobotrya japonica calli.[Pubmed: 11830140] | Callus tissue cultures induced from an axenic leaf of Eriobotrya japonica (Rosaceae) produced triterpenes in large amounts (ca. 50 mg/g dry wt).
METHODS AND RESULTS:
Nine triterpenes were characterized as ursolic acid, oleanolic acid, 2alpha-hydoxyursolic acid, maslinic acid, tormentic acid, 2alpha, 19alpha-dihydroxy-3-oxo-urs-12-en-28-oic acid, hyptadienic acid and a mixture of 3-O-cis-p-Coumaroyltormentic acid and 3-O-trans-p-coumaroyltormentic acid. The triterpene composition in the callus tissues was noticeably different from that in intact leaves. The contents of tormentic acid with antidiabetic action, and 2alpha, 19alpha-dihydroxy-3-oxo-urs-12-en-28-oic acid with anti-HIV activity, were much larger than those in the intact leaves.
CONCLUSIONS:
All of the triterpenes isolated from the callus tissues showed an inhibitory effect comparable to (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) of green tea on the activation of Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA).
2alpha, 19alpha-Dihydroxy-3-oxo-urs-12-en-28-oic acid was the most potent inhibitor among them and caused a significant delay of two-stage carcinogenesis on mouse skin. |
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