- Methylenebissantin: a rare methylene-bridged bisflavonoid from Dodonaea viscosa which inhibits Plasmodium falciparum enoyl-ACP reductase.
Methylenebissantin: a rare methylene-bridged bisflavonoid from Dodonaea viscosa which inhibits Plasmodium falciparum enoyl-ACP reductase.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters (2011-11-16)
Akhtar Muhammad, Itrat Anis, Zulfiqar Ali, Sufyan Awadelkarim, Ajmal Khan, Asaad Khalid, Muhammad Raza Shah, M Galal, Ikhlas A Khan, M Iqbal Choudhary
PMID22082562
ABSTRACT
A new methylene-bridged bisflavonoid, methylenebissantin (1), and nine known compounds, including flavonoids (2-5), diterpenoids (6 and 7), and phenol derivatives (8-10) were isolated from the aerial parts of Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. The structure elucidation was based on spectroscopic data analyses. The isolated compounds were evaluated for the inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum enoyl-ACP reductase (PfENR). Methylenebissantin (1) exhibited a moderate inhibition (IC(50) 91.13 μM) against PfENR.