In vitro antileishmanial and antitrypanosomal activities of flavanones from Baccharis retusa DC. (Asteraceae)

dc.contributor.authorGrecco S.D.S.
dc.contributor.authorReimao J.Q.
dc.contributor.authorTempone A.G.
dc.contributor.authorSartorelli P.
dc.contributor.authorCunha R.L.O.R.
dc.contributor.authorRomoff P.
dc.contributor.authorFerreira M.J.P.
dc.contributor.authorFavero O.A.
dc.contributor.authorLago J.H.G.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-13T01:08:26Z
dc.date.available2024-03-13T01:08:26Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractLeishmaniasis and Chagas' are parasitic protozoan diseases that affect the poorest population in the world, causing a high mortality and morbidity. As a result of highly toxic and long-term treatments, novel, safe and more efficacious drugs are essential. In this work, the CH2Cl2 phase from MeOH extract from the leaves of Baccharis retusa DC. (Asteraceae) was fractioned to afford two flavonoids: naringenin (1) and sakuranetin (2). These compounds were in vitro tested against Leishmania spp. promastigotes and amastigotes and Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes and amastigotes. Compound 2 presented activity against Leishmania (L.) amazonensis, Leishmania (V.) braziliensis, Leishmania (L.) major, and Leishmania (L.) chagasi with IC50 values in the range between 43 and 52μg/mL and against T. cruzi trypomastigotes (IC50=20.17μg/mL). Despite of the chemical similarity, compound 1 did not show antiparasitic activity. Additionally, compound 2 was subjected to a methylation procedure to give sakuranetin-4'-methyl ether (3), which resulted in an inactive compound against both Leishmania spp. and T. cruzi. The obtained results indicated that the presence of one hydroxyl group at C-4' associated to one methoxyl group at C-7 is important to the antiparasitic activity. Further drug design studies aiming derivatives could be a promising tool for the development of new therapeutic agents for Leishmaniasis and Chagas' disease. © 2011 Elsevier Inc..
dc.description.firstpage141
dc.description.issuenumber2
dc.description.lastpage145
dc.description.volume130
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.exppara.2011.11.002
dc.identifier.issn0014-4894
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/36829
dc.relation.ispartofExperimental Parasitology
dc.rightsAcesso Aberto
dc.subject.otherlanguageAsteraceae
dc.subject.otherlanguageBaccharis retusa DC.
dc.subject.otherlanguageFlavanones
dc.subject.otherlanguageLeishmania
dc.subject.otherlanguageTrypanosoma cruzi
dc.titleIn vitro antileishmanial and antitrypanosomal activities of flavanones from Baccharis retusa DC. (Asteraceae)
dc.typeArtigo
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