Title
Alkaloid Composition and Biological Activities of the Amaryllidaceae Species Ismene amancaes (Ker Gawl.) Herb.
Date Issued
01 August 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Rodríguez-Muñoz C.A.
Tallini L.R.
Bastida J.
Publisher(s)
MDPI
Abstract
Natural products have always played a significant role in the search for new drugs. One of the most relevant alkaloid-containing plant groups is the Amaryllidaceae family, a source of exclusive structures with a wide variety of pharmacological activities. The aim of this work was to determine the alkaloid composition and biological potential of an extract from the bulbs of an endemic Peruvian Amaryllidaceae species Ismene amancaes (Ker Gawl.) Herb. The alkaloid profiling was carried out by GC-MS, which revealed the presence of 13 compounds, 2 of them unidentified. The plant extract was found to contain high amounts of lycoramine, a galanthamine-type alkaloid. The extract also presented low inhibitory potential against the enzymes AChE and BuChE, with IC50 values of 14.6 ± 0.6 and 37.6 ± 1.4 μg·mL−1, respectively, and good to moderate inhibitory activity against the protozoan Plasmodium falciparum strain FCR-3 (chloroquine-resistant), with IC50 values of 3.78 ± 0.3 μg·mL−1. This is the first report of the alkaloid profile of a plant of the Ismene genus, which could be an interesting source of bioactive compounds.
Volume
11
Issue
15
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85136792061
Source
Plants
ISSN of the container
22237747
Sponsor(s)
We thank the Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico, Tecnológico y de Innovacion Tecnologica (FONDECYT) del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia Tecnologia e Innovacion Tecnologica (CONCYTEC- Peru) Grants N. 110-2018—FONDECYT, for financial support for this study. The authors thank the Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnologia para el Desarrollo (CYTED 416RT0511) for providing the framework and economical support. L.R.T. is thankful to CAPES (Coordenação de Pessoal de Nível Superior) for a doctoral fellowship (Processo 13553135) and to CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) for a DTI-B fellowship (grant # 380791/2022-6), Brazil.
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