Four pyrrolizidine alkaloids, namely 7-O-angeloyllycopsamine N-oxide 1, echimidine N-oxide 2, echimidine 3 and 7-O-angeloylretronecine 4, were isolated for the first time from the whole plant ethanolic extract of Echium confusum Coincy, through bioassay-guided approach. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic means. All the isolates compounds showed moderate activities in inhibiting AChE, with IC50 0.276–0.769.

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity of pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Echium confusum Coincy / Benamar, Houari; Tomassini, Lamberto; Venditti, Alessandro; Marouf, Abderrazak; Bennaceur, Malika; Serafini, Mauro; Nicoletti, Marcello. - In: NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH. - ISSN 1478-6419. - 31:11(2017), pp. 1277-1285. [10.1080/14786419.2016.1242000]

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity of pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Echium confusum Coincy

TOMASSINI, Lamberto;VENDITTI, ALESSANDRO;SERAFINI, Mauro;NICOLETTI, Marcello
2017

Abstract

Four pyrrolizidine alkaloids, namely 7-O-angeloyllycopsamine N-oxide 1, echimidine N-oxide 2, echimidine 3 and 7-O-angeloylretronecine 4, were isolated for the first time from the whole plant ethanolic extract of Echium confusum Coincy, through bioassay-guided approach. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic means. All the isolates compounds showed moderate activities in inhibiting AChE, with IC50 0.276–0.769.
2017
7-O-angeloyllycopsamine N-oxide; anti-AChE activity; boraginaceae; Echium confusum; pyrrolizidine alkaloids; acetylcholinesterase; Echium; enzyme inhibitors; ethanol; inhibitory concentration 50; molecular structure; plant extracts; pyrrolizidine alkaloids; spectrum analysis; analytical chemistry; biochemistry; plant science; organic chemistry
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Acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity of pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Echium confusum Coincy / Benamar, Houari; Tomassini, Lamberto; Venditti, Alessandro; Marouf, Abderrazak; Bennaceur, Malika; Serafini, Mauro; Nicoletti, Marcello. - In: NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH. - ISSN 1478-6419. - 31:11(2017), pp. 1277-1285. [10.1080/14786419.2016.1242000]
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