Ancistrolikokine D, a 5,8'-coupled naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid, and related natural products from Ancistrocladus likoko

Phytochemistry. 2003 Feb;62(4):631-6. doi: 10.1016/s0031-9422(02)00570-8.

Abstract

A new naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid, ancistrolikokine D, and the likewise 5,8'-coupled alkaloid ancistroealaine A, as well as two further, biosynthetically related, but nitrogen-free natural products, ancistronaphthoic acid B and cis-isoshinanolone, have been isolated from Ancistrocladus likoko J. LEACUTE;ONARD (Ancistrocladaceae). The 5,8'-coupling of the new alkaloids and of the alkaloids isolated earlier hints at a close phylogenetic relationship of A. likoko to other Central African Ancistrocladus species. The compounds show moderate activities against Leishmania donovani, Trypanosoma cruzi, and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Anti-Infective Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Infective Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology
  • Biological Products / chemistry
  • Biological Products / isolation & purification
  • Biological Products / pharmacology
  • Caryophyllaceae / chemistry*
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Isoquinolines / chemistry*
  • Isoquinolines / isolation & purification*
  • Isoquinolines / pharmacology
  • Leishmania donovani / drug effects
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Naphthalenes / chemistry*
  • Naphthols / chemistry
  • Naphthols / isolation & purification*
  • Naphthols / pharmacology
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Rats
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Trypanosoma / drug effects

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Biological Products
  • Isoquinolines
  • Naphthalenes
  • Naphthols
  • ancistrolikokine D