Antimalarial alkaloids from a Bhutanese traditional medicinal plant Corydalis dubia |
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Authors: | Phurpa Wangchuk Paul A Keller Stephen G Pyne Anthony C Willis Sumalee Kamchonwongpaisan |
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Institution: | School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia; Pharmaceutical and Research Unit, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan. |
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Abstract: | Ethnopharmacological relevanceCorydalis dubia is used in Bhutanese traditional medicine as a febrifuge and for treating infections in the blood, liver and bile which correlate to the signs and symptoms of malarial and microbial infections.Aim of the studyTo validate the ethnopharmacological uses of the plant and to discover potential new therapeutic drug leads.Materials and methodsC. dubia was collected from Bhutan and the alkaloids were obtained using acid–base fractionation and separation by repeated column and preparative plate chromatography. The alkaloids were identified from analysis of their physiochemical and spectroscopic data and were tested for antiplasmodial, antimicrobial and cytotoxicity activities.ResultsA systematic extraction and isolation protocol yielded one new natural product, dubiamine, and seven known isoquinoline alkaloids, scoulerine, cheilanthifoline, protopine, capnoidine, bicuculline, corydecumbine and hydrastine. Among the four alkaloids tested, scoulerine showed the best antiplasmodial activity with IC50 values of 5.4 μM and 3.1 μM against the antifolate sensitive and the multidrug resistant P. falciparum strains: TM4/8.2 and K1CB1, respectively. None of the alkaloids tested showed significant antimicrobial or cytotoxicity activities.ConclusionsThe antiplasmodial test results, of the isolated alkaloid components, are commensurated with the ethnopharmacological uses of this plant. |
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Keywords: | Bhutanese traditional medicine Medicinal plant Corydalis dubia Antimalarial Scoulerine |
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