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Planta Med 2014; 80(06): 498-501
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1368352
Natural Product Chemistry
Original Papers
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Antimycobacterial Furofuran Lignans from the Roots of Anemopsis californica

Robert O. Bussey III
1   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
,
Arlene A. Sy-Cordero
1   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
,
Mario Figueroa
2   Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico DF, Mexico
,
Fredrick S. Carter
1   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
,
Joseph O. Falkinham III
3   Department of Biological Sciences and Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery and Development, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA, USA
,
Nicholas H. Oberlies
1   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
,
Nadja B. Cech
1   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
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received 25 November 2013
revised 19 February 2014

accepted 24 February 2014

Publication Date:
31 March 2014 (online)

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Abstract

Topical preparations of Anemopsis californica have been used by Native American tribes in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico to treat inflammation and infections. We report results of bioassay-guided isolation conducted on a sample of A. californica roots. The furofuran lignans sesamin (1) and asarinin (2) were isolated and shown to have MIC values ranging from 23 to 395 µM against five different species of environmental nontuberculous mycobacteria. These findings are significant given that these bacteria can cause skin, pulmonary, and lymphatic infections. Crude A. californica extracts were analyzed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, and it was determined that sesamin and asarinin were extracted at relatively high levels from the roots (1.7–3.1 g/kg and 1.1–1.7 g/kg, respectively), but at lower levels from the leaves (0.13 g/kg for both compounds). Our findings suggest that the majority of activity of crude A. californica root extracts against nontuberculous mycobacteria can be attributed to the presence of sesamin and asarinin. This paper is the first to report the isolation of these compounds from a member of the Saururaceae family, and the first to describe their activity against nontuberculous mycobacteria.

Key words

Anemopsis californica - Saururaceae - nontuberculous mycobacteria - antibacterial - botanical - sesamin - asarinin

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