Anti-tuberculosis Activity of Quassinoids.
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Pharmaceutical Society of Japan in CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN
- Vol. 45 (9) , 1527-1529
- https://doi.org/10.1248/cpb.45.1527
Abstract
In vitro evaluation of anti-tuberculosis activity was conducted for fifty-six quassinoids isolated in our laboratory from Simaroubaceous plants, Ailanthus altissima (= Aa, 10 compounds), Brucea antidysenterica (= Ba, 16 compounds), Picrasma ailanthoides (= Pa, 14 compounds), and Brucea javanica (= Bj, 16 compounds). Of the compounds tested, shinjulactone K (1), ailanthone (2), shinjudilactone (3), and dehydrobruceantin (4) were the most potent. Although the activities were very low (0-19%), the resulting data provided a picture of structure-activity relationships.Keywords
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