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Al-Wahaibi LH, Rehman MT, Al-Saleem MSM, Basudan OA, El-Gamal AA, Abdelkader MSA, AlAjmi MF, Abdel-Mageed WM. Virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulation study of abyssomicins as potential inhibitors of COVID-19 virus main protease and spike protein. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023; 41:8961-8977. [PMID: 36300522 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2022.2139295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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The lack of any effective cure for the infectious COVID-19 disease has created a sense of urgency and motivated the search for effective antiviral drugs. Abyssomicins are actinomyces-derived spirotetronates polyketides antibiotics known for their promising antibacterial, antitumor, and antiviral activities. In this study, computational approaches were used to investigate the binding mechanism and the inhibitory ability of 38 abyssomicins against the main protease (Mpro) and the spike protein receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The results identified abyssomicins C, J, W, atrop-O-benzyl abyssomicin C, and atrop-O-benzyl desmethyl abyssomicin C as the most potential inhibitors of Mpro and RBD with binding energy ranges between -8.1 and -9.9 kcal mol-1; and between -6.9 and -8.2 kcal mol-1, respectively. Further analyses of physicochemical properties and drug-likeness suggested that all selected active abyssomicins, with the exception of abyssomicin J, obeyed Lipinski's rule of five. The stability of protein-ligand complexes was confirmed by performing molecular dynamics simulation for 100 ns and evaluating parameters such as such as root mean square deviation (RMSD), root mean square fluctuation (RMSF), radius of gyration (Rg), solvent accessible surface area (SASA), total number of contacts, and secondary structure. Prime/MM-GBSA (Molecular Mechanics-General Born Surface Area) and principal component analysis (PCA) analyses also confirmed the stable nature of protein-ligand complexes. Overall, the results showed that the studied abyssomicins have significant interactions with the selected protein targets; therefore, they were deemed viable candidates for further in vitro and in vivo evaluation.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Lamya H Al-Wahaibi
- Department of Chemistry, Science College, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Science College, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, El Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Al-Saleem MSM, Al-Wahaibi LH, El-Gamal AA, Al-Massarani SM, Siddiqui NA, Basudan OA, Salem-Bekhit MM, Abdel-Kader MS, El-Gamal RA, Abdel-Mageed WM. Chemical constituents from Centaurothamnus maximus and their antimicrobial activity. Nat Prod Res 2023; 37:693-701. [PMID: 35608190 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2022.2079123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A new sesquiterpene lactone, 3β,10α-dihydroxy-10β-(hydroxymethyl)-8α-(4-hydroxymethacrylate)-1αH,5αH,6βH,7αH-guai-4(15), 11(13)-dien-6,12-olide (1), along with twenty-one known compounds, were identified from the aerial parts of Centaurothamnus maximus. The structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic evidences and correlated with known compounds. Compounds (2, 3, 5‒13 and 15‒22) were identified from C. maximus for the first time. Antibacterial and antifungal activities of the isolated compounds were tested using the agar disc diffusion method. Compounds that demonstrated promising antimicrobial activity were evaluated for their minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). The results showed that compounds 3 and 7 were the most effective antibacterial compounds against B. subtilis ATCC 6633, S. aureus ATCC 25923 and S. pyogenes ATCC 27736, with MIC estimates between 8 and 32 mg/mL. In addition, compound 2 exhibited the strongest antifungal activity against C. albicans ATCC 14243 and C. krusei ATCC 14243 with MIC 8 mg/mL.
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- Muneera S M Al-Saleem
- Department of Chemistry, Science College, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Science College, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, Mansoura University, El Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Kayyali Chair for Pharmaceutical Industry, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia.,Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, Mansoura University, El Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Al-Saleem MS, El-Gamal AA, Al-Massarani SM, Al-Wahaibi LH, Bayoumi SA, Basudan OA, Abdel-Kader MS, Abdel-Mageed WM. Chemical constituents from Nuxia congesta and their chemotaxonomic significance. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2021.104341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Al-Massarani SM, El-Gamal AA, Al-Rehaily AJ, Al-Sheddi ES, Al-Oqail MM, Farshori NN, Estep AS, Tabanca N, Becnel JJ. Insecticidal Activity and Free Radical Scavenging Properties of Isolated Phytoconstituents from the Saudi Plant Nuxia oppositifolia (Hochst.). Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26040914. [PMID: 33572261 PMCID: PMC7915531 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26040914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Chromatographic purification of the alcoholic extract from the aerial parts of the Saudi plant Nuxia oppositifolia (Hochst.), Benth., resulted in five isolated phenolic compounds. Two flavones, hispidulin (1) and jaceosidin (2), and the phenylethanoid glycosides, verbascoside (3), isoverbascoside (4), and conandroside (5), were identified and their chemical structures were determined by spectroscopic analyses. The insecticidal activity of compounds 1 and 2, in addition to 11 compounds isolated in a previous research (6-16), was evaluated against the Yellow Fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Four compounds displayed adulticidal activity with LD50 values of 2-2.3 μg/mosquito. Free radical scavenging properties of the plant extracts and compounds (1-5) were evaluated by measuring the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) and 2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate radical cation (ABTS•+) scavenging activity. All compounds exhibited notable activity, compared with the positive control, l-Ascorbic acid. This study suggests that N. oppositifolia could be a promising source of secondary metabolites, some with lethal adulticidal effect against Ae. aegypti.
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- Shaza M. Al-Massarani
- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (A.A.E.-G.); (A.J.A.-R.); (E.S.A.-S.); (M.M.A.-O.); (N.N.F.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (A.A.E.-G.); (A.J.A.-R.); (E.S.A.-S.); (M.M.A.-O.); (N.N.F.)
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (A.A.E.-G.); (A.J.A.-R.); (E.S.A.-S.); (M.M.A.-O.); (N.N.F.)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (A.A.E.-G.); (A.J.A.-R.); (E.S.A.-S.); (M.M.A.-O.); (N.N.F.)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (A.A.E.-G.); (A.J.A.-R.); (E.S.A.-S.); (M.M.A.-O.); (N.N.F.)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (A.A.E.-G.); (A.J.A.-R.); (E.S.A.-S.); (M.M.A.-O.); (N.N.F.)
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- USDA, ARS, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA; (A.S.E.); (J.J.B.)
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- USDA-ARS, Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, 13601 Old Cutler Rd., Miami, FL 33158, USA;
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- USDA, ARS, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA; (A.S.E.); (J.J.B.)
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Abdel-Mageed WM, El-Gamal AA, Al-Massarani SM, Basudan OA, Badria FA, Abdel-Kader MS, Al-Rehaily AJ, Aati HY. Sterols and Triterpenes from Dobera glabra Growing in Saudi Arabia and Their Cytotoxic Activity. Plants (Basel) 2021; 10:119. [PMID: 33430053 PMCID: PMC7827382 DOI: 10.3390/plants10010119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A new lupane caffeoyl ester, lup-20(29)-ene 3β-caffeate-30-al (7), and a new oleanane-type triterpene, 3β-hydroxyolean-13(18)-en-12-one (17), were isolated from the aerial parts of Dobera glabra (Forssk), along with ten known triterpenes, including seven lupane-type lupeol (1), 30-nor-lup-3β-ol-20-one (2), ∆1-lupenone (3), lup-20(29)-en-3β,30-diol (4), lupeol caffeate (5), 30-hydroxy lup-20(29)-ene 3β-caffeate (6), and betunaldehyde (8); three oleanane-type compounds were also identified, comprising δ-amyrone (15), δ-amyrin (16), and 11-oxo-β-amyrin (18); together with six sterols, comprising β-sitosterol (9), stigmasterol (10), 7α-hydroxy-β-sitosterol (11), 7α-hydroxy-stigmasterol (12), 7-keto-β-sitosterol (13), and 7-keto-stigmasterol (14). Their structures were elucidated using a variety of spectroscopic techniques, including 1D (1H, 13C, and DEPT-135 13C) and 2D (1H-1H COSY, 1H-13C HSQC, and 1H-13C HMBC) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and accurate mass spectroscopy. Subsequently, the different plant extracts and some of the isolated compounds (1-9, 11 and 13) were investigated for their possible cytotoxic activity in comparison to cisplatin against a wide array of aggressive cancer cell lines, such as colorectal cancer (HCT-116), hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG-2), and prostate cancer (PC-3) cell lines. Compound 11 displayed broad cytotoxicity against all of the tested cell lines (IC50 ≅ 8 µg/mL in all cases), and a high safety margin against normal Vero cells (IC50 = 70 µg/mL), suggesting that 11 may be a highly selective and effective anticancer agent candidate. Notably, the evidence indicated that the mode of action of compound 11 could possibly consist of the inhibition of phosphodiesterase I (80.2% enzyme inhibition observed at 2 µM compound concentration).
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- Wael M. Abdel-Mageed
- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (W.M.A.-M.); (S.M.A.-M.); (O.A.B.); (A.J.A.-R.); (H.Y.A.)
- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (W.M.A.-M.); (S.M.A.-M.); (O.A.B.); (A.J.A.-R.); (H.Y.A.)
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura 35516, Egypt;
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (W.M.A.-M.); (S.M.A.-M.); (O.A.B.); (A.J.A.-R.); (H.Y.A.)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (W.M.A.-M.); (S.M.A.-M.); (O.A.B.); (A.J.A.-R.); (H.Y.A.)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura 35516, Egypt;
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- Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia;
- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21215, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (W.M.A.-M.); (S.M.A.-M.); (O.A.B.); (A.J.A.-R.); (H.Y.A.)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (W.M.A.-M.); (S.M.A.-M.); (O.A.B.); (A.J.A.-R.); (H.Y.A.)
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Al-Tamimi M, Al-Massarani SM, El-Gamal AA, Basudan OA, Abdel-Kader MS, Abdel-Mageed WM. Vacillantins A and B, New Anthrone C-glycosides, and a New Dihydroisocoumarin Glucoside from Aloe vacillans and Its Antioxidant Activities. Plants (Basel) 2020; 9:plants9121632. [PMID: 33255291 PMCID: PMC7761211 DOI: 10.3390/plants9121632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A new dihydroisocoumarin glucoside, vacillanoside (3), and two new anthrone C-glycosides microdantin derivatives; vacillantin A (10) and B (11), together with nine known compounds belonging to the anthraquinone, anthrone and isocoumarin groups were isolated from the leaves of Aloe vacillans. The structures were determined based on spectroscopic evidence including 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and high resolution mass spectrometry (HRESIMS) data, along with comparisons to reported data. The leaves were used to extract compounds with different solvents. The extracts were tested for antioxidant activity with a variety of in vitro tests including 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH•), 2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate (ABTS•+), ferric reducing antioxidant power assay (FRAP), superoxide, and nitric oxide radical scavenging assays. The dichloromethane fraction was most active, displaying significant free radical scavenging activity. The n-butanol fraction also showed notable activity in all assays. Therefore, these findings support the potential use of A. vacillans leaves as an antioxidant medication due to the presence of polyphenolic compounds.
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- Maram Al-Tamimi
- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, PO. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (M.A.-T.); (S.M.A.-M.); (O.A.B.); (W.M.A.-M.)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, PO. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (M.A.-T.); (S.M.A.-M.); (O.A.B.); (W.M.A.-M.)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, PO. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (M.A.-T.); (S.M.A.-M.); (O.A.B.); (W.M.A.-M.)
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, PO. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (M.A.-T.); (S.M.A.-M.); (O.A.B.); (W.M.A.-M.)
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- Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia;
- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21215, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, PO. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (M.A.-T.); (S.M.A.-M.); (O.A.B.); (W.M.A.-M.)
- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt
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Al-Sheddi ES, Al-Zaid NA, Al-Oqail MM, Al-Massarani SM, El-Gamal AA, Farshori NN. Evaluation of cytotoxicity, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis induced by Anethum graveolens L . essential oil in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line. Saudi Pharm J 2019; 27:1053-1060. [PMID: 31997913 PMCID: PMC6978617 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2019.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2019] [Accepted: 09/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Anethum graveolens L. (A. graveolens) commonly known as dill, is an essential oil bearing plant extensively being used in traditional system of medicine. However, the reports on the components and biological responses of A. graveolens essential oil (AG-EO) from Saudi Arabia are scarce. The present study was designed to explore the presence of basic constituents and apoptosis induced by AG-EO in HepG2 cells. The constituents in AG-EO was analyzed by Gas chromatography-Mass spectroscopy (GC-MS). Cytotoxicity of AG-EO was measured by MTT assay and cell cycle arrest and apoptosis assays were conducted by using flow cytometer. Based on GC-MS analysis, the main constituents present in AG-EO were carvone (53.130%), dillapole (25.420%), dihydrocarvone 2 (11.350%) and dihydrocarvone 1 (6.260%). A few other minor components were also identified viz. cis-dihydrocarveol (0.690%), limonene (0.580%), isodihydrocarveol (0.370%), myristicin (0.210%) and cis-arsone (0.190%). The cytotoxicity results showed that AG-EO decrease the cell viability and inhibit the cell growth of HepG2 cells in a concentration-dependent manner. The inhibitory activity of AG-EO was found with IC50 = 59.6 ± 5.64. The cell cycle arrest results showed that HepG2 cells exposed to AG-EO exhibited an increase in G2/M and pre-G1 cell population after 24 h exposure. Furthermore, the flow cytometry data revealed the primarily activation of cell death by apoptosis manners in HepG2 cells exposed to AG-EO. Overall, results from this study highlighted the anticancer potential of AG-EO, which could be considered as a new agent for the management of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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- Ebtesam S. Al-Sheddi
- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Alzabib AA, Abobakr Y, Al-Sarar AS, Hussein HI, Basudan OA, El-Gamal AA, Abdel-Kader MS, El Komy MH. Molluscicidal activity of cardiac glycosides isolated from Adenium obesum. Pest Manag Sci 2019; 75:2770-2775. [PMID: 30838743 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2018] [Revised: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Terrestrial mollusks are one of most important agricultural pests worldwide. Natural phytochemicals have an extended history as a source of pesticides. This study was planned to isolate molluscicidal active compounds from the stems of Adenium obesum. RESULTS The benzene-soluble fraction of the hydroethanolic extract displayed the most potent molluscicidal activity against Monacha obstructa among different solvent fractions with a median lethal dose (LD50 ) of 4.91 µg g-1 body weight (bw). The bioactivity-guided chemical exploration of the benzene-soluble fraction led to the isolation of two known cardiac glycosides, cerberin and neriifolin which showed significant molluscicidal activity with LD50 values of 5.39 and 4.3 µg g-1 bw, respectively. CONCLUSION Isolation of the cardiac glycoside neriifolin from A. obesum and the molluscicidal activity of cerberin and neriifolin against terrestrial snails are reported for the first time. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Ali A Alzabib
- Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Animal Pests, Plant Protection Research Institute, Sabahia Research Station, Agricultural Research Center, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Animal Pests, Plant Protection Research Institute, Sabahia Research Station, Agricultural Research Center, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Mycology and Plant Disease Survey, Plant Pathology Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Alexandria, Egypt
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Mothana RA, Khaled JM, El-Gamal AA, Noman OM, Kumar A, Alajmi MF, Al-Rehaily AJ, Al-Said MS. Comparative evaluation of cytotoxic, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the crude extracts of three Plectranthus species grown in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Pharm J 2018; 27:162-170. [PMID: 30766425 PMCID: PMC6362157 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2018.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2018] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Natural products from medicinal plants represent major resource of novel therapeutic substances for combating serious diseases including cancers and microbial infections. The genus Plectranthus (Family: Labiatae) represents a large and widespread group of species with a diversity of traditional uses in treatment of various ailments. Therefore, this research study aimed to evaluate the cytotoxic, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of three Plectranthus species growing in Saudi Arabia namely P. cylindraceus Hocst. ex Benth., P. asirensis JRI Wood and P. barbatus Andrews. Moreover, this work focused on the isolation of the active constituents responsible for the activities from the most active Plectranthus species. The extracts were tested for their cytotoxic activity against three cancer cell lines (Hela, HepG2 and HT-29), using MTT-test, antimicrobial activity against Gram positive, Gram negative bacterial and fungal strains using broth micro-dilution assay for minimum inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations (MIC and MBC) and antioxidant activity using scavenging activity of DPPH radical and β-carotene-linoleic acid methods. The ethanolic extracts of the Plectranthus species showed remarkable cytotoxic activity against all cancer cell lines with IC50 values ranging between 10.1 ± 0.33 to 102.6 ± 8.66 μg/mL and a great and antimicrobial activity with MIC values between 62.5 and 250 µg/mL. In addition, the three Plectranthus species showed almost moderate antioxidant activity. The most interesting cytotoxic and antimicrobial results were observed with the extract of P. barbatus. Consequently, this extract was partitioned between water and n-hexane, chloroform and n-butanol and tested. The cytotoxic activity resided predominantly in the n-hexane and chloroform fractions. The analysis of the chloroform fraction led to the isolation of four diterpenoid compounds, two of labdane- and two of abietane-type, which were identified as coleonol B, forskolin, sugiol and 5,6-dehydrosugiol. Purification of the n-hexane fraction led to isolation of a major abietane-type diterpene, which was identified as ferruginol. Sugiol, 5,6-dehydrosugiol and ferruginol were isolated for the first time from P. barbatus in this study. The isolated diterpenoids showed variable cytotoxic effects with IC50 values between 15.1 ± 2.03 and 242 ± 13.3 µg/mL, a great antimicrobial activity with MIC values between 15.6 and 129 µg/mL and a total antioxidant activity ranging from 23.1 ± 2.9 to 69.2 ± 3.8%.
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- Ramzi A Mothana
- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Departments of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Vitiligo Research Chair, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Aati HY, El-Gamal AA, Kayser O, Ahmed AF. The Phytochemical and Biological Investigation of Jatropha pelargoniifolia Root Native to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Molecules 2018; 23:E1892. [PMID: 30060587 PMCID: PMC6222854 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23081892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Extensive phytochemical analysis of different root fractions of Jatropha pelargoniifolia Courb. (Euphorbiaceae) has resulted in the isolation and identification of 22 secondary metabolites. 6-hydroxy-8-methoxycoumarin-7-O-β-d-glycopyranoside (15) and 2-hydroxymethyl N-methyltryptamine (18) were isolated and identified as new compounds along with the known diterpenoid (1, 3, 4, and 7), triterpenoid (2 and 6), flavonoid (5, 11, 13, 14, and 16), coumarinolignan (8⁻10), coumarin (15), pyrimidine (12), indole (17, 18), and tyramine-derived molecules (19⁻22). The anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic activities were evaluated for fifteen of the adequately available isolated compounds (1⁻6, 8⁻11, 13, 14, 16, 21, and 22). Seven (4, 6, 10, 5, 13, 16, and 22) of the tested compounds showed a significant analgesic effect ranging from 40% to 80% at 10 mg/kg in two in vivo models. Compound 1 could also prove its analgesic property (67.21%) when it was evaluated on a third in vivo model at the same dose. The in vitro anti-inflammatory activity was also recorded where all compounds showed the ability to scavenge nitric oxide (NO) radical in a dose-dependent manner. However, eight compounds (1, 4, 5, 6, 10, 13, 16, and 22) out of the fifteen tested compounds exhibited considerable in vivo anti-inflammatory activity which reached 64.91% for compound 10 at a dose of 10 mg/kg. Moreover, the tested compounds exhibited an antipyretic effect in a yeast-induced hyperthermia in mice. The activity was found to be highly pronounced with compounds 1, 5, 6, 10, 13, and 16 which decreased the rectal temperature to about 37 °C after 2 h of the induced hyperthermia (~39 °C) at a dose of 10 mg/kg. This study could provide scientific evidence for the traditional use of J. pelargoniifolia as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
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- Hanan Y Aati
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
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- Technical Biochemistry, TU Dortmund University, Emil-Figge-Strasse 66, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany.
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, El-Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
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El-Gamal AA, Al-Massarani SM, Abdel-Mageed WM, El-Shaibany A, Al-Mahbashi HM, Basudan OA, Badria FA, Al-Said MS, Abdel-Kader MS. Prenylated flavonoids from Commiphora opobalsamum stem bark. Phytochemistry 2017; 141:80-85. [PMID: 28582635 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2017.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A phytochemical study on the stem bark of Commiphora opobalsamum looking for cytotoxic compounds afforded eleven flavonoids, including six previously undescribed prenylated congeners, comophorin A-E, and comophoroside A. The structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic evidences and correlated with known compounds. Isolated compounds were biologically evaluated using in vitro cytotoxicity MTT-based assay against two cancer cell lines; namely human hepato-cellular carcinoma (HepG-2) and human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7). Comophoroside A revealed to retain the strongest cytotoxic activity against MCF-7 and HepG-2 cell lines with IC50 values of 8 and 12 μg/mL, respectively.
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- Ali A El-Gamal
- Department of Pharmacognosy, King Saud University, College of Pharmacy, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia; Department of Pharmacognosy, Mansoura University, Faculty of Pharmacy, 35516, El-Mansoura, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, King Saud University, College of Pharmacy, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, King Saud University, College of Pharmacy, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia; Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, P.O. Box 33039, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen
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- Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, College of Medicine, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, King Saud University, College of Pharmacy, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Mansoura University, Faculty of Pharmacy, 35516, El-Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, King Saud University, College of Pharmacy, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Pharmacy, 11942, Al-kharj, Saudi Arabia
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Abdel-Mageed WM, Bayoumi SAL, Al-Wahaibi LH, Li L, Sayed HM, Abdelkader MSA, El-Gamal AA, Liu M, Zhang J, Zhang L, Liu X. Noncyanogenic Cyanoglucoside Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors from Simmondsia chinensis. Org Lett 2016; 18:1728-31. [PMID: 27035218 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Two new noncyanogenic cyanoglucoside dimers, simmonosides A and B (1 and 2), were identified from the aqueous extract of jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) leaves. Compounds 1 and 2 are the first examples of noncyanogenic cyanoglucoside dimers containing a unique four-membered ring, representing novel dimerization patterns at α,β-unsaturated carbons of a nitrile group in 1 and γ,δ-unsaturated carbons in 2. Their structures were elucidated based on spectroscopic evidence and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations. Compounds 1 and 2 exhibit promising COX-2 inhibition activity, with IC50 values of 13.5 and 11.4 μM, respectively.
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- Wael M Abdel-Mageed
- Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University , P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.,Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University , Assiut 71526, Egypt.,Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100080, China
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- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University , Assiut 71526, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Science College, Princess Noura bint Abdul Rahman University , Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College , Beijing 100050, China
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- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University , Assiut 71526, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sohag University , Nasser City, 82524 Sohag, Egypt
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- Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University , P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100080, China
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Abdel-Mageed WM, Mohamed NH, Liu M, El-Gamal AA, Basudan OA, Ismail MA, Quinn RJ, Liu X, Zhang L, Shoreit AAM. Lipoxygenase inhibitors from the latex of Calotropis Procera. Arch Pharm Res 2016:10.1007/s12272-016-0725-9. [PMID: 26960736 DOI: 10.1007/s12272-016-0725-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A radical-scavenging, guided phytochemical study of the latex of Calotropis Procera afforded five lignans (1-5), including a new one (4). The structural determination was accomplished using 1D- and 2D-NMR, high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HRESIMS), and correlation with known compounds. Among the isolated compounds, acylated lignans (3-5) showed stronger antioxidant activity than non-acylated derivatives (1,2). Anti-inflammatory activity was evaluated by determining the inhibitory potential against 5- and 15-lipoxygenase enzymes. The highest anti-inflammatory activity was observed in compound 4, with IC50s values of 7.6 µM and 2.7 µM against 5-LOX and 15-LOX, respectively.
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- Wael M Abdel-Mageed
- Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, Samtah, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Eskitis Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, 4111, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
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Al-Massarani SM, El-Gamal AA, Al-Said MS, Al-Lihaibi SS, Basoudan OA. In vitro Cytotoxic, Antibacterial and Antiviral Activities of Triterpenes from the Red Sea Sponge, Siphonochalina siphonella. TROP J PHARM RES 2015. [DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v14i1.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Abdel Halim OB, Marawan ESM, El-Gamal AA, Zaghloul MG. Socotroside, a New Pentacyclic Cucurbitane Glycoside from Dendrosicyos socotrana. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1515/znb-2008-1212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Phytochemical investigation of the ethyl acetate extract of the stem of Dendrosicyos socotrana Balf. f. resulted in the isolation of a new pentacyclic cucurbitane glycoside Socotroside, in addition to the three known cucurbitacins, dihydrocucurbitacin D, dihydrocucurbitacin F and cucurbitacin G. The structures of the isolated compounds were established on the basis of their spectral data. The isolated cucurbitacin aglycones showed marked cytotoxic activity.
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- Osama B. Abdel Halim
- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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Five new sulfur-containing polybromoindoles, 2-methylsulfinyl-3-methylthio-4,5,6-tribromoindole (1), 3-methylsulfinyl-2,4,6-tribromoindole (2), 4,6-dibromo-2,3-di(methylsulfinyl)indole (3), 3,3'-bis(2'-methylsulfinyl-2-methylthio-4,6,4',6'-tetrabromo)indole (4), and 3,3-bis(4,6-dibromo-2-methylsulfinyl)indole (5), as well as seven known sulfur-containing polybromoindoles, 3-methylthio-2,4,6-tribromoindole (6), 3-methylthio-2,4,5,6-tetrabromoindole (7), 4,6-dibromo-2,3-di(methylthio)indole (8), 2,3-di(methylthio)-4,5,6-tribromoindole (9), 4,6-dibromo-2-methylsulfinyl-3-(methylthio)indole (10), 4,6-dibromo-2-(methylthio)indole (11), and 3,3-bis(4,6-dibromo-2-methylthio)indole (12), have been isolated from the Formosan red alga Laurencia brongniartii. The structures were elucidated by extensive spectral analysis, and their cytotoxicity against selected cancer cells was measured in vitro.
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- Ali A El-Gamal
- Department of Marine Resources, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Hussein HA, Abdel-Halim OB, Marwan ESM, El-Gamal AA, Mosana R. Dendrocyin: an isocucurbitacin with novel cyclic side chain from Dendrosicyos socotrana. Phytochemistry 2004; 65:2551-2556. [PMID: 15451315 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2004.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2004] [Revised: 07/09/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Dendrosicyos socotrana Balf.f. is a unique species (Cucurbitaceae) native to Socotra island in the horn of Africa. From the chloroform extract of the stems, A new isocucurbitacin (Dendrocyin) with unusual cyclization in the side chain; 24beta-ethoxy-20-25-epoxy-3alpha,16alpha-dihydroxy-9-methyl-19-norlanost-5(6) ene-2,11,22-trione has been isolated alongside isocucurbitacin R. Their structural configuration were established by usual spectroscopic (1H NMR, 13C NMR and DEPT) and two-dimensional NMR techniques (1H-1H Cosy, HMBC and HMQC).
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- Hosny A Hussein
- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
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Eight new sesquiterpenes, tubipolides A-G (1-7) and tubiporone (8) (novel carbon skeleton), and a known sesquiterpene, spirotubipolide, have been isolated from the Formosan stolonifer Tubipora musica. The structures of compounds 1-8 were determined by 1D and 2D NMR spectral analysis.
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- C Y Duh
- Department of Marine Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Fruits of Smyrnium olusatrum afforded three sesquiterpene lactones, namely, 1beta,8beta-dihydroxyeudesman-3,7(11)-dien-8alpha,12-olide, 1beta,8beta-dihydroxyeudesman-4(15),7(11)-dien-8alpha,l2-olide, and 1beta,10alpha,4alpha,5beta-diepoxy-6beta-hydroxyglechoman-8alpha,12-olide. Four related known sesquiterpenes were also isolated and characterized. The structure elucidation of the isolated compounds was based primarily on 1D and 2D NMR analyses. The in vitro cytotoxicity of the extract and isolated compounds against P-388 mouse lymphoma cells will be also discussed.
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- A A El-Gamal
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, 35516, Mansoura, Egypt.
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Duh CY, Chia MC, Wang SK, Chen HJ, El-Gamal AA, Dai CF. Cytotoxic dolabellane diterpenes from the Formosan soft coral Clavularia inflata. J Nat Prod 2001; 64:1028-1031. [PMID: 11520220 DOI: 10.1021/np010106n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Six new cytotoxic dolabellane diterpenes, (1R,12R)-dolabella-4(16),7,10-triene-3,13-dione (1), (1R*,7R*,8S*,12R*)-dolabella-4(16),10-diene-7,8-epoxy- 3,13-dione (2), (1R*,10R*,11S*,12R*)-dolabella-4(16),7-diene-10,11-epoxy-3,13-dione (3), (1R)-dolabella-4(16),7,11(12)-triene-3,13-dione (4), (1R*,3R*)-3-hydroxydolabella-4(16),7,11(12)-triene-3,13-dione (5), and (1R*,7R*)-7-hydroperoxydolabella-4(16),8(17),11(12)-triene-3,13-dione (6), have been isolated from the Formosan soft coral Clavularia inflata. The structures of compounds 1-6 were determined by 1D and 2D spectral analysis, and their cytotoxicity against selected cancer cells was measured in vitro.
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- C Y Duh
- Department of Marine Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Extracts of the aerial parts of Xanthium strumarium and fruit of X. pungens afforded a new Xanthanolide diol derivative, 11alpha,13-dihydroxyxanthatin and a new dimeric xanthanolide sesquiterpene lactone, pungiolide C, in addition to some known compounds. The structures of the new compounds were determined by spectroscopic methods particularly high resolution (1)H-, (13)C-NMR and 2D (1)H- (1)H and (1)H- (13)C COSY NMR analysis.
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- A A Ahmed
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, El-Minia University, El-Minia, Egypt
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