Tits, Monique[Université de Liège - ULg > Département de pharmacie > Phytochimie et phytothérapie >]
Angenot, Luc[Université de Liège - ULg > Département de pharmacie > Département de pharmacie >]
Frederich, Michel[Université de Liège - ULg > Département de pharmacie > Pharmacognosie >]
13-May-2011
No
National
15th Forum of Pharmaceutical Sciences
du 12 mai 2011 au 13 mai 2011
Belgian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Spa
Belgium
[en] In the course of our investigations on Strychnos usambarensis leaves in order to isolate isostrychnopentamine, the main alkaloid responsible for the antiplasmodial activity of the plant, a new tertiary indolic alkaloid has been isolated: 17-O-acetyl, 10-hydroxycorynantheol 1. Its structure was determined by means of spectroscopic and spectrometric methods such as UV, IR, CD, NMR and ESI-MS. 17-O-acetyl, 10-hydroxycorynantheol 1 is one of the most active monomeric indole alkaloid known to date showing an in vitro activity against Plasmodium falciparum close to 5 µM and a high selectivity.