Abstract
Methanolic extracts prepared from the leaves of Lantana camara have been found to inhibit human thrombin. An assay, in which thrombin activity is measured as a function of clot formation from fibrinogen, was used to guide the fractionation and purification of five principal active constituents (1-5), which were all characterized as 5,5-trans-fused cyclic lactone-containing euphane triterpenes.
MeSH terms
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Carbohydrate Sequence
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Crystallography, X-Ray
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Fibrinogen / antagonists & inhibitors
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Humans
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Plant Extracts / chemistry
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Plant Leaves / chemistry*
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Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
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Spectrophotometry, Infrared
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Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
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Thrombin / antagonists & inhibitors*
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Triterpenes / isolation & purification
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Triterpenes / pharmacology*
Substances
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Plant Extracts
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Triterpenes
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Fibrinogen
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Thrombin