Antibacterial and cytotoxic triterpenoids from Lantana viburnoides ssp. viburnoides var. kisi
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2011-12-07
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Spatula DD-Peer Reviewed Journal on Complementary Medicine and Drug Discovery
Abstract
Lantana viburnoides ssp. var. is used in traditional medicine as a mosquito repellent and sometimes chewed for treatment of gastrointestinal problems. Gastrointestinal problems are varied and may include microbial infections, parasitic infestation; inflammatory bowel disease, malignancies, peptic ulcers, or simply colic pains. This work seeks to establish proof of the concept on safety and efficacy for treatment of bacterial infections.
METHODS
Root and stem bark ethanol extracts, extract fractions and two isolated compounds were tested for antibacterial activity against five standard Gram positive and two Gram negative bacteria using the broth micro-dilution method. The extracts and isolated compounds were also tested for cytotoxic activity against brine shrimp larvae ( ).
RESULTS
The stem and root bark ethanol extracts exhibited strong antibacterial activity against (195.3 μg/ml) and (390.6 μg/ml). Camaric acid (1), isolated from the dichloromethane fraction of root bark extract, exhibited antimicrobial activity against (MIC = 19.5 μg/ml) (MIC = 19.5 μg/ml) (MIC = 9.76 μg/ml), (MIC = 4.88 μg/ml), and (MIC = 19.5 μg/ml), and was toxic to the shrimps (LC50 = 4.1 μg/ml). Betulinic acid (2) also from the same fraction exhibited poor anti-bacterial activity against all bacteria tested but showed high cytotoxic activity against brine shrimp larvae (LC50 = 2.4 μg/ml).
Conclusion
Detection of antibacterial activity and isolation of an antibacterial compound, camaric acid, from extracts of ssp. var. supports the traditional use of extracts of the plant for treatment of gastrointestinal problems. Betulinic acid and
camaric acid are already established to have anticancer activity.
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Betulinic acid, Antibacterial, Camaric acid
Citation
Innocent, E., Nondo, R.S., Moshi, M.J. and Shah, T., 2011. Antibacterial and cytotoxic triterpenoids from Lantana viburnoides ssp. viburnoides var. kisi. Spatula DD-Peer Reviewed Journal on Complementary Medicine and Drug Discovery, 1(4), pp.213-218.