Antimalarial Activity Screening of Some Alkaloids and the Plant Extracts from Amaryllidaceae

Sener B., Orhan İ., Satayavivad J.

Phytotherapy Research, cilt.17, sa.10, ss.1220-1223, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/ptr.1346
  • Dergi Adı: Phytotherapy Research
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1220-1223
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: antimalarial activity, Amaryllidaceae, Plasmodium falciparum, alkaloid
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Four groups of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids, namely lycorine-, crinine-, tazettine-, and galanthamine-type, as well as plant extracts of the Amaryllidaceae plants (Pancratium maritimum, Leucojum aestivum, and Narcissus tazetta ssp. tazetta) growing in Turkey were evaluated in vitro for their ability to inhibit Plasmodium falciparum growth by a high-throughput screening method with a 96-well microtiter plate. All four groups of alkaloids exhibited antimalarial activity at different potencies. 6-Hydroxyhaemanthamine, haemanthamine and lycorine were found to be the most potent alkaloids against P. falciparum (T9.96) and galanthamine and tazettine had the least potent activity against P. falciparum (K1). Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.